Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-20
LORRAINE
IS
JUb|LAN I
Enthusiastic Reception Given
French Troops; Germany
Surrenders Warships
to the Allies.
Thermometer Readings !:

first section of the German
fleet to be delivered to the al
lies left Kiel on Sunday for the !.
North sea.
Paris, Nov. 19.-French
troops under command Of
Marshal Petain entered Metz,
the capital of Lorraine, this
morning amidst great enthus-
iasm on the part of the popu-
lation, according to an official
statement from the war Office
today.
The war office tonight describes
the operations along the French
front as follows;
Our advance continued today
without incident other than mani
festations of joy by the civilian pop
ulations. In numerous localities the
inhabitants displayed touching
thought in bringing forth, notwith-
standing the difficult conditions,
food for soldiers.
Material Accumulating- N
f"The material abandoned by the
enemy is accumulating, as well as
the number of liberated prisoners.
who have rejoined our lines.
I'm Belgium we have reached the
line of Bourseigne- -Vieillerienne.
"In Lorraine, in the meantime, a
detachment has pushed forward on
our left as far as Sarral; onr advance
guards established their front along
Kierberg, Hemmorreing, Saverne,
Allenvillers and Wangen.
"The entry of our troops into Sa-
verne under command of General
Gouraud was made amidst great en-
thusiasm at 80 o'clock in the aft
ernoon.
Marshal Petain made solemn en-
try into Metz, at the head Of troops
of the Tenth army, commanded in
the, absence of General Mangin, who
had suffered an accident through
fall from his horse, by General Le-
conte. The entire POPULATION went
out to meet our troops, loudly ac-
claiming them. The old city Of Lor-
raine, captive for AZ years and finally
reunited to France, has manifested
in a never-to-be-forgotten way its
love for the mother country.
I'm Alsace our soldiers received
yesterday the same moving welcome
in the loyal town of Colmar."
French advance guards yesterday
entered the town of St. Louis, op-
posite Basel, Switzerland.
Cavalry Pushes Ahead to Brussels.
A brigade of cavalry carbineers
has pushed ahead of the main Bel
gian army marching ON Brussels So
as to preserve order there. accord
ing to an official statement from the
Belgian war Office Monday. Some
ammunition depots in Brussels have
been blown up. These~w at the
Northern, Southern and Schaerbeek
railway station.
The enthusiasm with which the
people of Antwerp welcomed the en-,
trance of Belgian troops into the
city is described by the corresponds
ent of the Petit Parisien. who ac-s
companied the first cavalry patrols
that made their way into Antwerp.
on Sunday.
CAS- l landed" the correspondent
writes, II saw the quays of the
Scheldt black with people radiant
with happiness. The crowd was so
thick it was impossible to move for.
ward. The city was magnihciently,
decorated. with busts of the sovc-
reigns in every store window SUR
rounded with flowers and tri-color-
ed ribbons. Large bands of cloth.
were stretched across the streets
inscribed 'Flemings and Walloons
are but the first names; Belgian is
our family name 7"
-Four years of German brutal.
ity," the correspondent continues,
has effected the union soimuch de-
sired for the greatness and pros
perity of Belgium