Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-19
YANKS TOLD
they TURNED
BAT 7 Tie TIDE
German Admits U. S. Men
Real Factor in Defeat
Occupation Goes on.

Paris. Nov 19-French advance
guards yesterday entered the town
of st. Louis, opposite Basle, Switz-
erland.
With the American Army North
east of Verdun, Nov. 18.-(By the
Associated Press German Off
GERS who met the American forces
at Boulingny today were eager to
hear about the latest developments
in Germany. They say that news
has been kept from them.
Lieutenant William Schmidt told
the Americans their entrance into
the war unquestiOnably turned the
tide against Germany.
Bells Welcome Yanks.
With the arrival of the Third di-
vision at Conf1ans on Sunday after
noon, church and school bells were
rung and the civilians turned out
in force to welcome the Americans.
Contains is damaged but little
with the exception of the railroad
where bombers put out of commits
sion one of Germany's main lines
of communication from Metz to the
front opposite the Americans.
The Germans were not short of
ammunition on this sector The
road from Etain to Contains is lined
on both sides at places with ammu-
nition of all kinds.
Villages along the Etain and
Contains road are apparently de-
serted of French people
Americans Pushing On.
Washington. Nov. 10. Another
days march of the American Third
army into territory evacuated by
the Germans was reported today by
General Pershing in his com
munique for Monday The dispatch
reads in part:
The third army continued its ad-
vance today into the territory evac-
uated by the enemy.
"On the left crossing the Belgian
frontier. our troops occupied Vir-
ton and by evening had reached
Etalle and ST. Leger.
AT the close of the day they en-
of Longwy, situated at the junction
of the boundaries of France, Bel
gium and LuXemberg. Further
south they have occupied Audiun-
Le-Roman and the town of Briey,
the center of the great iron district
of Lorraine"
Occupation Goes On.
Paris, Monday, Nov 1S-PTog
ress by French troops advancing to
occupy territory west of the Rhine
is traced in the official statement
issued at the war office tonight The
statement follows:
Our troops continue their march
this morning and are being receiv-
ed with growing enthusiasm by the
populations of the occupied regions.
The enemy has abandoned cnor-
nous quantities of material, loco
motives, railroad cars, automobiles
and magazines of all sorts. ThOUs-
ands of French, Russian, English
and Italian prisoners are entering
our lines from German prisons.
Their condition is indescribable
'In Belgium we have passed the
railroad running between Beurain
and F1orenville Further east we
have reached the line of Hoffagne,
Bertrix and StraimOnt. Our troops
are also in the JamOigne region
south of Neuf Chateau
I'm Lorraine we have occupied
St Maurix, Chesnes on the south
bank of the Niedr river, and ara on
the road toward ST Avoid. We are
in the region of the Heights of the
Saar. Our troops have made SOL
emn entry into Saarburg, Dieuze
and Mohrangan.
Nearing Rhine
"In Alsace we have crossed Col
Saverne and have installed our ad-
vance guards at the gates of Was
selnheim and Holsheim. Further
south we are in the proximity of
the Rhine from north of Neu Brei-
sach as far as the Swiss frontier.
THE people of the occupied re-
gions do not cease to give our
troops touching evidences of their
love for France