Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
ADVANCE PLANNED
!. TO BEGIN sunday
MORNING AT $50.
Army Will Travel About
Twelve Miles a Day
Until Arrival. IS,
YOUNGEST ARMED FORCE
FIRST 0CCUPATlONAL UNIT
Belgian Capital Liberated After
Four Years of Prus-s.9s.
sian Rule. );
REPORT THEFT OF PROPERTY
Aviators Returning From Prison
Camps Declare Guns and Wagons
Are Purposely Damaged. = 3. -. si
YOUNGEST ARMED FORCE
FIRST OCCUPATlONAL UNIT
REPORT THEFT OF PROPERTY
Aviators Returning From Prison
Camps Declare Guns and Wagons
Are Purposely Damaged. 80
rBy Associated press.


FRANCE, November 16.-The .AmerlcSn
army will begin to move towardIGer-
many at $50 o'clock Sunday morning.
The army will travel about twelve
miles each day.
To the army just organized has fallen
the honor OF heading the first big unit
OF the allied occupational force. The 4,
advance will be made in columns and
not in the order of the battle soeionE q
followed. But it Is not forgotten. .ttiat
technically, at least, there is stilIsas {
state OF war. Nothing will be~sieft
to chance and every precauticn wnIsbo,s
taken to guard against surprises .-fIdt.
withstanding none is expected. --rss ..
Care will be taken to have the forceN
we'll echeloned. The advance guard
will be followed by engineers, who haSey
been instructed not only to repair
roads and reconstruct bridges. but stcs
inspect keenly every object and posi-
tion that might. be q trap. Mineaswliiy
be sought carefully. The Germans
have sent word that the way Stsscpen.
and the mines. removed except In caSaa
which they have designated. : Mater,
also will he Inspected carefully.t.f-lvis@
The arrangements In force ar az such
that the entire formation could neSBI-.
nation. Divisions moving on thosfronts
viii have others In support and ;rf5ey
TANKS Will be carefully covered., Fs4tis {
baoons viii I0be be up ne behind hi sss naa
and they, too. will be moving slowly
forward, observing the movem entsy q
the retreating Germans. st's- ss{sss; ss{ssss
The advancing Americans Will beS
hanked by the armies of France.Zands
by Sunday evening 1t is expected that
the advanced elements Of the Ameri-s
~ On N a NJ tEn pAlr - -
The Fifth French Army on tho Lott
and the Tenth French Army on the:
right will advance abreast the Ameri-N
cans, while far along the limo to tho
left and right the allied troops will
continue to march toward the-l limo
agreed upon in the armistice.
AMERICANS ARE ANXIOUS s.ssssss sss
TO BEGIN THEIR TASK
Wonderfully rested by the wsdays;
OF inactivity and their pride touehea
by the honor conferred upon them, the
divisions Of the new American army
arSan AWAITED "a eagerly eagerly Saturday SATURDAY. niEht the
newly equipped with uniforms. sis5.r;s
The weather since hostilities ceased
has mas turned much colder. ice forming on
tfm tne brooks and thinly crusting tho
ward to the steady march along the
highways with keen pleasure Ssss}}5
me american advance VIII begin
from Mouzon to-. .Thiaucourt, the .Aex-s
tending lines embracing LuxembuFs4
selle. ,.'ss, ~, - 5ss
The occupation of the iis,,., terrifory. s
which is being steadily eyacuafSds6
the Germans, according to the terms
or the armistice. will not be carelessIys
mast nastened. 1t Will be some days be-
less time the duchy Of Luxem burg will
ital. - 5etAf' Il
AvIAToRs CLAIM PROPERTY
IS PURPOSELY DAMAGED:
Great quantities Of civilian property
are being carried away by the retfr-a
ing Germans. according to Lieutenant
NJ: X. Lockwood and Lieutenant p, c.
who returned to the American front to-
day after being prisoners In the hands
or the Germans for ten days, The
nSiahors nv TO ,, were shot down November
thel; and were released by the Germans
on Thursday. . 81 4 /:
Walking towards the American lines.
Lieutenants Lockwood and Bebe passed
great numbers OF motor trucks and
occasional guns and caissons abandoSed8
mere and there In the mud. but inSeverya
appeared to have been destroyed De
liberately. The aviators said the Ger
mans were taking herds OF eattts,
with household articles.
During the first few days the GerIi
mans billeted the aviators in Sedan.
ia'et removing tnem farther back, The
lieutenants said their guards had their
attention centered on the uprising IN s
Germany and fretted because OF tho
meagerness of news from Berlin Two
days after their capture, the aviatorsf
said. they heard soldiers "boo" the.r g
officers: and the guards repeatedfs
spoke disparag!ngly Of the Kaiser...s.s,yy Z y s
GERMANS HEARD NO NEWS y@ss,sg
OF RIOTS IN BENLfNs
The German soldiers heard little
news from Berlin and other cities,y5 as
the wires had been tampered with by
some element desiring TO keep SnssssS
front. ~, - : s q y5,Slis
The ayiatora had plenty to eat, But 4
the food was OF poor quality.
Belgian advance guards entered
brussels Saturday morning. The Ger
man troops, In accordance with the
armtstice, began moving out of tho Z
belgian. capital Friday and now5sarsf I
nine miles away. according to the lcDyyS
front F9s-sS1.1tl
Brussels had been, In Gormsr, hands 4
since August 20, 1914 When Ii be .l
game evident the Liege forts could rSt 4
ho held d. out v the Belgian capital wan ssyss
aaded; aas losi k'nE Az tASiSess the E9ysrnInsss
ward. Some Of tho Bolgian Sorsts q
stoutly by Belgian and British tS93iSStI
before ~ Toll. IN "a eis oceupStt6n Az