The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-18
Tanks Lead Ger. Degoutte's
cavaIrymen; Belgian Horse
and Foot Join Columns.
FULLY EQUIPPED FOR WAR
Even Gas Masks Carried by Troops
Advancing in Ruhr--Freneh Sing
as They Ride-cermany Recalls
Ambassador from France.
! sRuHR FRONT NOW HELD
BY $4,000 FRENCH TROOPS

4 Paris.-The new "Ruhr Front" 4
y is held by French army of 4
4 $4,000. =
X The line of the newly occupied \
4 region, seized at dawn runs from X
X Birchausen to Essen to Warden A
X to Rattingen. =
X Two divisions of French in X
X fantry and one of cavalry make \
X up the advance of army of X
4 occupation. X
4 The district held is the richest 4
X region of Europe, second only to X
X Pennsylvania in coal produc- 4
4 tiyity.
X
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Dusseldorf Degoutte, who
is to be in command of this region,
arrived to oversee the forward move
ment of troops that will back up the
Ruhr occupation force.
Belgian troops went forward into
the Ruhr few hours after the
French.
contingent COMPRISED of two bat
talions of infantry, two squadrons of
cavalry, field battery, ten armored
cars and ten escorting ariplanes, ad-
vanced from Mulheim to the north
of Essen.
Essen.-French troops entered Es-
sen, encountering no resistance.
Blue-clad cavalry appeared at the
outskirts of Essen-Bredeny, suburb
of this city. Three tanks, sent on
ahead yesterday, which had squat.
like huge toads at the crossroads all
night, came suddenly to life and led
the march into the city proper.
Other cavalry converged on Essen
by several roads. Then came infan-
try, spreading out gradually to north
and south, to form the jaws Of the
trap of steel that is 70 hold this rich
Industrial center while France "col-
lects."
There was no trouble as the first
poilus showed in the outskirts, and
none was anticipated.
The citizens of Essen are preparing
a protest to the United States, and
strict prohibition is to be enforced.
Otherwise life will. go on as normally
as the Germans can make it.
The army that had marched before
daybreak came rapidly on into Es-
sen.
Along the line of march, as the first
cavalry passed, other tanks that had
lain in wait rumbled into the process
\ 49, !,
the road from Kettwig to Bredeny.
AS the French troops, equipped
even with gas masks, swung eastward
through the lifting fog the columns
passed German stolid teamsters, puff
ing on their pipes, driving out to
farms or markets, displaying only
mild curiosity at the sight Of the adj
vancing hosts.
The French cavalrymen were gay
as they pranced through Kettwig,
their chargers mincing over the heavy
cobblestones. They chanted little
snatches Of French songs and their
remnants f1uttered gayly in the morn
ing sun.
The long blue line on its eastward
IudICu WOunO Tic Sl6Gpy udlI-
pin curves of sharp hills above the
Ruhr river, then dropped down to the
fats along the banks and into Kett-
wig. r
Nancy.-Seventy special trains have
been ordered to, transfer the French
garrison at Nancy to the Ruhr. The
troop movement will take four days
to complete.
Cologne.-The French Rhine flo
tilla moved from Mayence down the
river to Dusseldorf, Ruhort and D1is-
burg.
Paris.-Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, the
German ambassador to France, left
Paris for Berlin.
SIX LIEUTENANT GENERALS