The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-29
HUNS SURRENDER
28 MORE U-B0ATS
SUBMARINES STRIKE coLoRs AT
HARWIcH IN PRESENCE OF
SIR ERIC GEDDEs.
u. S. UNITS IN PRUSSIA
PARIS REPORTS TROOPS CON.
TINUE ADVANCE IN BELGIUM
AND OCCUPY LUxEMBURG.
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Harwich. England. Nov. 25.-In the
presence of Sir Eric Geddes, first lord
of the admiralty, twenty-eight more
German U-boats surrendered yester-
day. This was the most imposing flo
tiila to haul down the German flag
thus far. 1t included several very
large submarines and four of the crui-
ser type. one being nearly $50 feet
long. The noted cruiser submarine
Deutschland, U-153, was among the
number. She carried two American
officers who had been rescued from
the American army cargo ship Tfcon-
deroga, torpedoed Sept 80 last
American Army of Occupation, Nov
25.-The German frontier was crossed
at several places Saturday by Ameri-
can signal corps units and ambulance
workers. Short trips were made into
Rhenish Prussia, where the inhabi-
tants are reported to have shown the
Americans every consideration.
The Paris war office announcement
on the operations of the army of oc-
cupation says: Our troops continued
their progress in Belgium and Luxem-
/ burg, Witt. Naville and Nadrin were
occupied. Our cavalry pushed forward
! to the east frontier of Luxembourg"
/ Harwich, England. Nov 22.-An-
other flotilla of German U-boats sur
rendered Thursday to British squad
ron. There were nineteen submarines
in all: the twentieth, which should
have come. broke down ON the way.
The warship was badly damaged and
sank.
The German fleet that surrendered
to the British navy consisted of nine
battleships. five battle cruisers. seven
light cruisers and fifty destroyers.
The surrendered German fleet will
be taken to the Scapa flow.
The British grand fleet, accompa-
nied by an American battle squadron
and French cruisers steamed out at
3 o'clock Thursday morning from its
Scottish base TO accept the surrender
of the German battleships, battle
cruisers and destroyers. 1t got into
touch with the German ships Thursday
morning and the surrender was car
ried out according to plan.
The point of the rendezvous for the
allied and German sea forces was be
tween thirty and forty miles east OF
May island. opposite the Firth oi
Forth
The fleet which witnessed the sur
render consisted of some 400 ships
including sixty dreadnaughts, fifty
light cruisers and nearly 200 destroy
ers Admiral Sir David Beatty. com
mander of the grand fleet. is on the
Queen Elizabeth.
Washington.-An American battle
squadron, probably including five
dreadnoughts commanded by Rear Ad
miral Hugh Rodman and operating a!
unit of the British grand fleet, par
ticipated Thursday in the passing o
German seapower by the surrender o
the main force of the German higl
of armistice.
Rosyth, Scotland.-King George an,
Queen Mary entertained Thursday OIL
board Admiral Beatty's flagship tn
British, French and American admir-
ais assembled here in connection witt
the surrender of the German warships
The king reviewed the entire British
grand fleet and was received enthusi
astically.
Afterward the king and queen wit
messed the departure of the fast de
stroyers forming the vanguard of tn
200 fighting ships which the German
surrendered.
Harwich. England, Nov. 21-Twent
|, U-boats surrendered to Rear Admira
Tyrwhitt. thirty miles off Harwich, a
sunrise Wednesday morning. Tyrwhit
received the German surrender aboar
his cruiser flagship. Twenty more Z
boats will surrender today and twent
more Friday and the balance later
Following their surrender the twent
submarines proceeded with their owl
crews to Harwich, where they wer
boarded by British crews. The Gel
mans will return to their own countr
later in a German transport.
American Soldiers Sail For Home.
Liverpool.-Several thousand Amer
, ican soldiers sailed for home on tn
liners Lapland and Minnehaha