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Show iiis-coiimi dUJIBL SUNDAY j . Up to Last Moment, Ruth- leisnett Ia Feature of Their Work. 8 Aaaoclated Prese. WITH THE AMKFtK'AN FORCES I IN FRANCK. Nov. 13. Atlhouffh there' Iwaa no reason for It, fierman ruthleea-neaa ruthleea-neaa was sllll rampant Hunday. alir- ; rina; the American artillery In the re- , glon of Dun-aur-Meuae and Mouny to greater activity. Krx hundred aged men, women and children were In Mnueay when the Hermans attacked It m-lth itaa. There was only a small detachment of American troops there ; and the tnmn we longer waa of strata. , fflcal value. However. It waa made the direct tara-et of ahella filled with phoafc'ne. The enemy hurled them Into the town until every street reeked with gas. Not contented with this, the Cer- 1 mana again drenched the place with gas Hunday niicht. even while they i were evacuattna; Utenay. a few miles to the nofth. Prompt work by the Americans saved moat of the civilians from serious consequences. I'oorly clad and ahnwlng plainly evl- dencea of malnutrition, the Inhahttants crowded about the Americana, kissing their hands and hailing them aa deliverers. de-liverers. They declared they had had no meat for mix weeks. They virtually had been prisoner a fur four yeara and , were overwhelmed with Joy when they ; learned that an armistice was prob- j able. i The little children betmeen ft and 10 years spoke Herman alternately with French. It vn the first time they , had seen Americana and they showed plainly thelf amazement. j |