The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-21
YANKEES CROSS
GERMAN BORDER
The Frontier Was Crossed at
Three Points.
AMERICANS ENTER LUXEMBOURG
German Soldiers Cast Aside Their
Rifles Declaring They Are Done
With Fighting.

American Army of Occupation, Nov.
2l.-American troops showed their
line across the German frontier.
The frontier was crossed at points
opposite Briey, and Audun-le-Roman,
and ut points between these two plac-
eS.
Further north the Duchy of LuXem-
burg was entered in the direction of
the city of Luxembourg.
Food supplies ammunition and ar
tillery are moving eastward with the
infantry and the American force is
prepared for any eventuality.
The advance is regarded by both Of
ficerS and men, however, as nothing
more than an ordinary march.
The latest reports on the movements
Of the Germans indicate they are re-
firing i'll full compliance with the
terms of the armiStice. 1t is report
ed that in some towns on the line of
the enemy retreat there are piles of
thousands of rifles thrown down by
German soldiers, who declared they
would not fight any more regardless
of the provocatiOn.
With the exception of few laggard
units, the last of Germany's armies
disappeared Tuesday behind their own
frontier
From the villages located in the mar
row strip of unoccupied territory be-
tween the American and German
forces came reports that the stragglers
were engaged in lOoting.
Appeals were received from the in
habitants and the advancing Ameri-
cansS FASTENED to their relief. -1nveS-
tigation proved, however, that the vii
layers were more excited than injur-
ed and that most of the damage deing
done by the little groups of Germans
was to the Germans own stores Of
food and clothing.
Other appeals were found to have
more foundation. Those from the
Mayors of HalanZy and other neigh
boring towns reported the presence
of wounded and sick in greater num-
bers than the local physicians could
attend and to those points medical
officers and supplies were sent, after
notification to the Germans of the
Americans plan.
When the Germans evacuated these
towns they took with them not only
the medical and nursing staffs, but
also the hospital supplies, abandon
ing the sick and wounded to the mer-
cies of The townspeople and the army
of occupation.
Such was found to be the case in
the hospital at Longuy, where was
located the thirty-second division
headquarters. Six wounded Ameri-
cans were found there. three of them
officers
The Germans had taken all their
own men from the hospital, leaving
only prisoners of war The stories
of the American and other wounded
agreed that they had been accorded
poor treatment. The nurses and doc
tors. they declared had been indif-
ferent in their attention and the food
provided was no better than that serv-
ed in prison camps.
The care of the sick and wounded
in this hospital was shared by To-
cal committee, headed by Nine. Rothe,
president of the Franco-Belgian relief
and included five French nurses and
many women Of the town.
Repatriated soldiers and civilians
continued to march back to the lines.
The Russians offered the greatest
problem. There are thousands of
them. many of whom have contract
ed Spanish influenza. They are being
sent to the hospitals in the back
areas aS quickly as possible.