Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-19
YANKEES CROSS BEL
GlAN BORDER ON THEIR
WAY TO LINE OF RHINE
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lC9nti1Hed trom Peg one1
returning home under tho present
conditions.
Among the prisoners who re-enter-
LED the lines between noon Saturday
and noon Sunday were 204 Americans.
They had not been treated with great
severity. The total number of Amer
leans who have reentered the lines
since the armistice was declared, is
244.
People Were Timd.
With the American Army in Lor-
raine, (Sunday), Nov. II. (by The AS
sociated Press. EARLY tomorrow
morning the American advance to-
ward the Rhine will be resumed and
another big step on the road toward
the heart of Germany will be taken.
foday's advance went without a hitch.
Villages and towns along the route
looked peaceful, except for some
here and there which had been scar
red by explosions of aerial bombs
These were tho only physical traces
of warfare. A deep ssilence broods
ever this area, for tile people We're
nearly all moved out by the Germans.
In some cases less than fifty persons
remain in a village.
The people generally were quite
timid when the Americans made their
appearance. They remained in their
houses until assured that tho Ameri-
cans were not another form of enc
my. The Germans had told them that
this would be the case Once assured
that the Americans were friends, the
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sometimes hysterical in its earnest
ness.
The start of the Americans across
the lines at five thirty o'clock sun
day morning was made in the coolest
weather of the season, the troops shiv
ering as they awaited their coffee be-
fore daylight. The sky was cloudy
making the day gloomy one, but all
along the front the Americans were
astir bright and early so that they
might be sure of being in place when
the historic march was begun.
Start Without Furry.
The vanguard of the first division
reached the American outposts at
Aubucourt, on the road running
from Verdun at nine O'Clock
Saturday night. The outpost on this
road. leading to Etain was command
ed by Lieutenant A. c. Dick, of Harris
villem, s. c.. of the third infantry.
sixth division. Major J, Ewell, of
I,eMngtcn, Va. commanded the van
guard. Major Ewell arrived inst
ahead of his troops and showed Lieu
tenant Dick the orders to advance
the following morning. On the ma
Tors asking where the division could
camp for the night, Lieutenant Dick
replied that the men could make
themselves comfortable on several
acres of flats just on the American
side of No Mans land Tents were
pitched and in few hours the men
were asleep.
Revillc was sounded at 4.30 o'clock
in the morning. IT was the signal for
q great scramble among the Infantry
meav for their coffee and to complete
the details of their preparation for
starting forward. When five-thirty
o'clock came Major Ewell placed him
self at the head Of the vanguard and
the column moved right on the dot,
No flags were flving. no bugles were
sounded and no bands were playing.
Tho infantrymen flarped their arms
to keep warm. Here and there was
heard the voice of an officer giving a
command Then came the tramp of
the soldiers and the achuggng of the
forming part of the adj
vancing column.
The yerdun- EteinS road. along
which the first division passed is
fringed with great poplar trees. Many
Of these beyond the German lines had
been mined, the explosives being
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