Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-25
Press DIVISION sees
3 last HUN QUIT FRANCE
Taken c. German Sol
oilers as They Cross Bolrd-
,sspsrSe AIRY Line.
CIVIL POPULATION is HAPPY
Give Am .rican Newspaper Men Rou>-
ling Reception, Every Community
Being Anxious to Entertain Them.
Probably Got PcrshinS's Dinner.
ny DAMON nu\,ON.

bctnR ANXIOUS 10 Entertain IhcHi'
Probably Got Pcrshin2's Dinner.
rs, ny DAMON Hu>,ON.
~ WITH THE AMERICAN PRESS Di-
sEISloN HEADED FOR THE RHINE.
|SNovember ~ Delayed lit was our
ttot to-day to see the las; armed Ger
man iquit the north OF France which
he has occupied for more than four
wears. The thing came 10 pass quite by
aacrIdent. II was really not our inren,
tion to, get mixed UP with Germans,
espeGiaily armed ones In fact. nothing
Thoughts. But We missed, the road to
&Longwy That was the beginning of
sour rela tions with the last OF tn" Ger
mans. We had been bu2zine pleasantly
{atong beside the rhirjy-sccomd pivi-
Seion Of General Joe pickman's con
quering host which IS marching !"
OF the crack divisions Of Tue Amer
can army.
we greatly desired 10 see r.ongwy.
|ssMe PASSED band with It's instruments
ssquattinE al the side Of the road. eat :
Ing their midday corned Vile" bread
|sit ocSurred to us this must be the head
OF rhf column or close 20 II low
ever, American soldiers We're still! 60
ApE down the road bcy"nu - Ne went
x Part OF LonGwy tuy n q valley be-
low the hill on the road along which
we were moving. 1t loohcd most peace
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|4ltHG in the sun OF = clear winter day.
Fart OF 1t lay all about the hills IN
small pieces. 1t was scattered By the
German guns early in the war. We
passed over the road through the ruins
and came again into open country; As
AR as we knew. We were headed FOR
sthet, mnin part of longwy all right.
Though It struck us that American SOL
d:ers were conspicuous by their alb
sehce-.
d d n y Monsieur CASTOR des
Champs, veteran director of the Paris
newspaper lie Temps. who was again
our guest, riding IN the front seat with
er; because We thought it would be
warmer for him there. began coming
out Of his head wrappings. layer By
layer, showing signs OF interest in
the civilians going past All of them
showed white lines above their over
coat collars.
"a They were waving.
SAW, BUNCH OF GERMAN
ssPRISONERS" HEADED WRONG;
i,Murmurings o! bon jour began is
suing from NJ. des Champss lips. sud
denly to came Cameron Mackenzie. 0:
the London Daily Chronicle. who had
less dreamily conjuring up visions Of
"a large luncheon in Longwy. He took
long squ:nt ahead ana remarked
casually:
,ers headed the wrong way"
Sure enough just beyond gray ME
| WAS moving down the road. More
suddenly than anything that had pre-
yiously TRANSFERRED. however came a
Whoop from Tom johnson. OF the New
"Heils fire he said, ITS the Ger
man army"
Richardson TANNED on the brake
Our machine came to Earring stop in
the middle of the road right n, the
heels Of column OF heavily-lade 4,
heavily booted German intantrymen
with their guns Sung over their backs.
- 4 In WY Ia,
tRos AT the rear o. the column was
la little cart with all sorts OF camp
eauipmen,; Behind The car, trndged
one much heSogGled They turned at
the sound OF the car and Stared. The
rest of the soldiers also turned and
stared. From Ground the head OF the
column cam" slim German officer in
long overcoai riding boots and spurs
cane s,unH over one arm. He also
down the road.
Out OF the ear We pied. johnson and.
Fur Price, ~ The SIC" YORK Herald
ssouts ' hes cnsn mn Fpa
the ear with l.ieu,cAan, Arthur Hart
cell, assistant ccnsor OF the press div-
sion. They fe!t that The situatiop
might develop certain complication IA
far as they We're concerned.
There was i'ttlc town ahead with
na .ss lying .ym, from sHt =: window There
o. them were unfamiliar to us. one
look at them caused " to inquire the
name OF the town. 1t was Aubangc.
were at the Bclgiah' bordcf Further
inquiry developed that the boundary
line itself was only Few Yards be-
yond. With the German flo bearing
down on 1t.
HALTED TWO RETREATiNG
GERMANS RIGHT on LINE
Away wen, all hands on gsllop 10
set ahead or the Germans Johnson
and irice were set on fighting them
as they crossed the border I'hev
could no, quite get ahead OF the col.
umnE In time, but Mackenzie man
aged 70 clutch The last two men and
stared In wonder. buy as suon as they
saw inc cameras they got the idea
ana posSd with vide gr!ns on their
faces Then they If,ed their heavy
feet across the line ana The last Oar
man was out OF france
Then We a resumed the gallon after
,ns do' ". rs. The @erman oricer
He glared for a moment, thcn sail in
perfect English "
Nh you want to lake picture"
we allowed Ne q. one word LED
to another md finally he stopped "a
have conversation win us II. SAID a
word to ne men ana ihey moved To
down their packs. stacked their arms
and gathered around US. The Officer
turned gu, 10 he quite pleasant fell
ioN. ne was i>lllNlc!sic T lCdpia IN OF
cavalry lhsscn. OF Constant, Germany,
| he! said
He had thirty men Of the thirty.
third Landwehr win nm; They werp
&tke rear guard. He said the res, O,
his command VAS on ahead som. d.
tance. He had remained to turn Over
AN aerial station ard other property II
the Americans He said he had heard
| about the Kaiser leaving Germany. hui
DID not believe he had abdica,ct ed
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