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Show HUNS BEGIN TO-' CR0SS1I Fifth German Army Will Withdraw by Way of Frankfort. WITH THIS AMERICAN AKMY OF OCCUPATION, Nov. L'8. (By the Associated Asso-ciated lJress.) General von der Mar-witz's Mar-witz's Fifth army will begin crossing the Rhine tomorrow. The. crossing will require re-quire eight or nine days, according to reports reaching here. The movement is being carried out by three columns at points distant from each other. According to tho Gorman plan, 200,000 men will be quartered daily at 'Frankfort, 'Frank-fort, but accommodations for but 80,000 dally have been prepared. Congestion at Treves is reported. It was originally planned to move the troops toward Germany Ger-many by rail. At other points it is said that the railroads are unable to handle the extraordinary trafilc and that thousands thou-sands are marching eastward after waiting wait-ing days for trains. Apparently the Germans Ger-mans are endeavoring to withdraw as rapidly as possible. Copies of a proclamation by Field Marshal von Iltndenburg, urging German soldiers and civilians to receive allied troops with "resignation and courtesy." have appeared in villages opposite the American lines. |