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Show ftHiratts 1 10 YANKS ' AT FINAL HOUR Citizens Took Refuge in; Cellars, Expecting Bombardment. By Aaaoclated Preaa. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE MEUflE AND MORELL.E, Nov. IS. The laat French town to fall Into American handa before tha armistloe armi-stloe went into effect waa Si e nay. l'a-trols l'a-trols reported they had found It empty, not more than a quarter of an hour before be-fore 1 1 o'clock yeaterday morning. American troopa rushed through the town and In a few mlnutea allied Taga were beginning to appear from the wlndowa. Aa the church bell aoiemnly toiled the hour of 11 troopa from the Ninetieth divlaion were pouring Into the town. CAMP FIRES MARK FRONT. Only a line of glowing campfirea marked the front laat night. Kxcept for the njmble of thousands of trucks and other noises Incident to the stirring of enormous armies there was not a aound to Indicate that two great forces were still facing each other. So far no violation of ths armistice has been re-P' re-P' tied, there not being ven an ac-l ac-l .dental burst of machine gon fire. INHABITANTS IN CELLARS. Ths greater part of the 10 -odd persons per-sons still remaining In Htenay were In their callara fearfully awbltlng the bombardment which they believed would surely come, aa the Americans entered Stenay. Many had yielded to German-persuasion ur fume and had Cr tree ted with the enemy. Those few who dared first to ventur Into the streets greeted U Americana with tears In their eyes, and fairly deluged them with quesUoiia. The majority seemed too dased to be understand that fighting fight-ing had stopped. With trembling handa they offered coffee and bread to their dellverera. The town Is not badly damaged by shell fire, but, according to the remaining re-maining inhabitants, has been plundered plun-dered of nearly everything of value. |