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Show GREAT BATTLE IS STILL jOING 01 Days of Enemy's Tenure of Allied Soil Now Are Numbered. By the Associated Press. Although emissaries of Germany in search of an armistice are reported to have started for France, there is as yet no official indication that they have reached the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the man in whoso hands lies the absolute power of granting or denying to the last remaining combatant of the entente en-tente allies the cessation of hostilities it now so urgently requests. Meanwhile thc great battle which has as its purpose the driving of the Ger-mans Ger-mans from French and Belgium soil continues con-tinues from the Meuse river to Belgium. Every where thc Germans arc giving uround. and rapidly the vast sack Is being be-ing cleared of enemy forces. Sedan, famous as a fortress in the Franco-Prussian war and thc backbone of the German line of retreat from the southern portion of thc battlefront. is partly in the .hands of the American troops, and with its fall will vanish all the dreams of the Germans of being able to fall behind thc lino of the river Meuse xnd hold a footing on French soil west of the Luxemburg border. Also by the :-apt ure of Sedan the lateral lines of communication with the great German fortress of Metz arc cut or dominated by the guns of the Americans and thus rendered unavailable for enemy use. From the west of thc American sector to thc east of St. Quentin the French igain have driven forward, liberating many additional towns, villages and hamlets. ham-lets. At some points since Wednesday they have penetrated to a depth of i en miles, notwithsta nding the heavy round, due to rain and mud, and at last accounts were still pressing onward and nee ting with only moderate resistance ny machine gun rea rguardc. From the -egion of OrigTiy the French guns are now dominating the important railway juncl ton of Hirson. which the enemy must use fcn a retreat from the district ast of S". . Quentin toward his frontier. Phe French now have thrown cavalry nto the action on the eastern end of ;heir line where it connects up with Gen-ral Gen-ral Per.-hing's front, and are driving the Germans toward the Meuse. In the north field Marshal Halg. north rCrnrinucd on Face Eight.) the statement said. It added that the entire en-tire region, between the Mouse and tho Bar rivers has now been liberated by the first army in close co-operation with the French fourth army. . All that part of the city east of the Mcuso was reported filled with tho retreating re-treating enernv, who not only blew up all bridges, but flooded the valley of the river. The guns of all calibers captured by the American first army since November 1 now exceed 260, while a partial count of captured munitions and material shows more than 2000 machine guns, over 5000 rifles, 75 trench mortars and many antitank anti-tank guns. PERSHING REPORTS BIG ADVANCE MADE BY YANK TROOPS WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. General Pershing in his communique for tonight reports that the First army continued its offensive east of the Meuse today, the Fifth division and , national guard troops from Wisconsin and Michigan taking tak-ing the heights overlooking Brandeville and other ground after hard fighting against a desperately resisting enemy. The French territory west of the Meuse within the zene of action of the American army has now been cleared of the enemy by the gallant and. dashing advance of our troop. Since November 1 wc have advanced forty kilometers, broken down all enemy resistance freed 700 square kilometers of France, liberated 2000 civilians who joyfully joy-fully hailed our soldiers as deliverers; captured nearly 6000 prisoners, including an unusually large portion of officers and groat quantities of arms, munitions, stores and supplies. General von OstrowskI were conspicuous in this work. The general himself, after being served a meal in a private house in Deynze, tore down the blinds and appropriated ap-propriated various souvenirs -from the parlor. par-lor. GERMANS STEAL FOOD BOUGHT FOR BELGIAN RELIEF ON THE BATTI.EFRONT IN BELGIUM, BEL-GIUM, Tuesday, November 5. (By tho Associated Press.) German soldiers at one point during the retreat in Belgium carried off a stock of flour, lard and pork purchased by the Belgian relief commission commis-sion and desncd to feed the Belgian civilian popu.'j ?)n. Sixteen non-commissioned officer; altered a flour mill and ordered the German soldiers to load six box cars with flour valued at $100,000. The relief commission's stores then were robbed of 48,000 pounds of lard and 18,000 pounds of pork. NOTHING COULD STOP AMERICAN PROGRESS ON MEUSE WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Important advances ad-vances by the American First army yesterday yes-terday on both sides of the Meuse were reported today by General Pershing. Neither difficult ground nor two fresh enemy en-emy divisions delayed the progress on the east, but west of the river the German positions were taken only after . bitter struggles. BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE CLOSE TO BELGIAN BORDER LONDON, Nov. 7. British forces are continuing their progress along the Franco-Belgian battleline. Northeast of Valenciennes, according to Field Marshal Haig's report today, they have reached the outskirts of Quievrain and Crespin, close to the Belgian border. Further south the town of Angre has been taken. Southeast of the ,Mormal forest the British have captured Monceau-St. Monceau-St. Vaast and Domperre, three miles northwest of the railway junction of A vesnes. AMERICAN FORCES PLAY BIG PART IN RELIEF OF GHENT ON THE BATTLE FRO NT IN BELGIUM, BEL-GIUM, Tuesday, Nov. 5, night. (By the Associated Press. ) A wireless dispatch was received this afternoon af the headquarters head-quarters of General Beau rains from the Germans saying they had decided to abandon Ghent and asking the Belgians not to fire on tho suburbs or the town where white flags are raised. A merican troops from Ohio, under the command of General Farns worth, played a great part in the relief of the city by an attack on the Kccke salient, sixteen miles' southwest of Ghent, which was taken by storm yesterday. Their losses were comparatively light GERMANS MUST DISARM WHILE CROSSING HUNGARY BERNE, Nov. 7. The German field marshal, Mackensen, On requesting permission per-mission for his army to pass through Hungary from the Balkans to Germany, was informed by the Hungarian government govern-ment that the request would be granted on the condition that the troops lay down arms on entering Hungarian soil. The arms are to be forwarded to Germany later. A dispatch received here from Innsbruck Inns-bruck says the Bavarian war minister has informed the Tyrol authorities that a considern ble number of Bavarian troops would march to the northern Tyrol frontier as a guard. The minister added: , "Wc come as frlends, but will use force if we are resisted." The dispatch adds that it is understood the Bavarlnn vanguard already has crossed the Bavarian frontier. ALLIES' ADVANCE IN FLANDERS GOES ON AT RAPID RATE WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 7, 4:30 p. m. (By the Associated Press.) Persistent rain and deepening mud, although making communications com-munications more difficult, do not nppear to have checked pursuit of the Germans retreating toward the Belgian frontier. The advance continued this morning over the greater part of the French front with such rapidity It was Impossible to follow it with precision. Latest reports are that the French cavalry Is moving toward the Meuse and the infantry toward MeziereH. General Debeney's forces alo were close upon tho German rear guards, occupying numerous villages and carrying their advance ad-vance toward Hlrson. Capture of this important railway center will bring about the final crumbling of tho transportation organization of the German armies in France. Subsequent operations may become a race between the armies in retreat and those In pursuit to Aix-la-C'hapelle, as the American fluccesses have made the line of tho Meuse a precarious refuge for the enemy. NOTED RAINBOW DIVISION MADE DASH TO SEDAN with the AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN FRONT- Nov. 7. 1 0::t0 p. in. By the Aswo-'lHted Frew. ) - It was contingent of the noted Rainbow division and of 111) flrit dfVlfliOII that Itiade tho final whirlwind dash into sedan. The famous rainbow division and t he first (rtgui&r) division sclv.o.t thr hfttghtl south and southeast of Sedan and thti suburbs of t hat city went of tho Mmse, CAPTURE OE SEDAN RANKS BIO FEAT (Continued from Page One.) lutely forced to do so. They have made btg concentrations on the heights back of the city and in such places as can be defended de-fended both above and below on the river. Concrete entrenchments near the city are strongly held, while all the woods and bridges in the neighborhood have either been destroyed or mined. YANKEES ADVANCED OVER FOUR MILES DURING ONE DAY WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 6, 1 1 p. m. (By the Associated Press.) The great wedge which the French and Ameriqfcns have driven into the German lines west of the Meuse is within four miles of Sedan tonight. During the afternoon American forces have taken Villemontry, Mont de Brune Autrocourt and Connagc. To the west, the French, In co-operation with the Americans, have reached Omicourt. During the day the Americans at one place advanced over four and a half nr.les. The villages taken Include Bulson, Harau-court Harau-court and Raucourt. Great quantities of stores have been captured. Desperate fighting continues east of the Meuse. In the face of strong resistance the Americans gained nearly two and a half miles during the day, capturing Mur-vaux, Mur-vaux, Fontaines and hill 284, which the Germans gave up only after a severe struggle. Machine guns continue the chief weapon of fighting in the German efforts to hold the heights west of the Meuse, which have been in their possession since 1914. BRITISH CLEAR ALL TEUTONS FROM MORMAL FOREST WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Wednesday, Nov. 6. (Reuter's. ) Mormal forest has been thoroughly cleaned out by British troops, but some few Germans are still, in Berlalmont. where they are in danger of being cut off. British forces are east of porquerie and aro advancing toward Pont-sur-Sambre. New Zealand troops are moving along the road to Bavay and are near Hargnies. Up until last evening, the third British army had counted 128 German officers and B8t9 men taken prisoner since Monday morning. Since that time prisoners have been coming back through the lines. The fourth army had taken 4500 by last night, while the first army had captured several thousand. GERMANS FIRE ON CREW OF SINKING GREEK VESSEL ATHKNS, Nov, 7. A German submarine, subma-rine, after having torpedoed n Greek sailing sail-ing ship. Is said to have fired on the crew when the men tried to escape from the sinking vessel, according to an official telegram received here from Crete. The lifeboat has been examined and found to be shattered by projectiles from the submarine's sub-marine's guns. GERMANS GUILTY OF CRUELTIES IN FLANDERS RETREAT ON THE BATTLE 6" R O N T IN BENCH BEN-CH 'M, Tuesday. Nov. 3. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) In their rStrSat through west Flanders the Gormana were guilty of unnecessary cruellies and destruction and these assumed n more savage aspect fn the vlcliflty or Ghent. The town of Peynzn. southwest of Ohent suffered cruelties recalling; tho German atrocities of l in (. There was organized (Ullage by soldiers under command of of fleets, deliberate de-liberate burning and theft' Bavarian troops under the command of |