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to haul their supplies and some ar
tillery.
Barriers Demolished.
American forces have completed
demolishing barriers which guarded
thu old German front east of Yer
dun, consisting of reinforced con-
crete pillars stretching along the
old front for two miles. I
At Mars-La-T Tour, just at the edge
of the village, the Americans en-.
countered tank barriers some OF
which were only half completed.
A few blasts of dynamite soon put
them out of commission.
At Etain the Germans had bar
riers of logs chained together on
four wheels, the logs being movable
like a gate. On these barriers the
Germans had installed ingenious de-
vices to remove the wheels from be-
meath the logs which would then
drop across the road at the main
road entrance into Etain. This log
barrier was just at the western
entrance, the logs acting as a check
in the event that the mines failed
to destroy the bridge.
Verdun- Metz Railroad Completed.
American engineers today laid
the last rail connecting the stand
ard guage railroad between Verdun
and Metz, having virtually rebuilt
nine miles of the track. 1t is over
this line principally that the forces
of occupation will be supplied dur
ing their advance, and regular serv-
ice will begin probably tomorrow.
More than 10000 Americans are
employed on the task Of rebuilding |
the railroads across No Mans Land |
northeast of Verdun, the Twenty
third engineers regiment having
charge of the work. Mile after mile
of trackage has been destroyed by
four years of constant shelling, nee
essitating new road bed.
Luxembourg, Nov. 24.-Within a
stones throw at some points of the
rear guard of the German army,
the American forces, under Major
General Dickman, settled themselves
Friday for step across the enemys
frontier. Without opposition at any
place the Americans continued the
absorption of that part of the terri
tory evacuated by the Germans un-
der the armistice terms. On the
extreme left the American army of
occupation reached before night fall
about a mile west OF
Diekirch.
In general line along the Our
and Moselle rivers was occupied,
the extreme right being south OF
Remich. The closing movement to-
day brought more than score OF
towns under allied control. In one
or two of these, just west of the
German frontier, the inhabitants
were somewhat less demonstrative,
but even then a majority of the
people seemed to be pleased at the
change. In most of the towns en-
thusiasm found lively expression in
flags hanging from public buildings
and even the poorest houses, while
the villagers shouted a welcome to
every passing group o., soldiers.
Along the Moselle river, near the
northern part of the lines, the
American outposts look across the
narrow stream at German soldiers
or sauntering along the
streets of villages over which the
German flag flew. Grevenmacher,
The largest town in proximity of the
American line, was evacuated before
noon, the movement of the Germans
20 the opposite bank of the river in
iicating that they were making
-eady to retire still further during
he night or on Saturday.
French Steadily Advancing.
Paris, Nov. 24.-The war Office
announcement last night on the op-
,rations of the army of occupation
Jays:
THE complete occupation of lib
rated territories in Alsace and Lor-
'aine is in process of achievement
During the course of the day our