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Show IKS FACE HI M RUE Sentries on Opposite Sides of River; Inhabitants Inhabi-tants Treat U. S. Men Rather Independently y Aaeealated Pre. GOBLEXZ (By Courier to Nancy), Tuelay, Dec. 10. Sentries of the American and , German armies face each other cross the Rhine. From Ander- naeh, below Coblena, northward to the British line. American forcee hold th weet bank of tha a Ire am. Booth of Coblena, advanced element of .the American army have reached the rlvr. It I expected the movement aero th. Bhn fill t-1 "-d V In. morrow. Th First and Third division di-vision have been designated to occupy oc-cupy th advanced position alone1 th thirty-kilometer aro eaat of t.'n- 1 blen. eonall tutlng th bridgehead stipulated In th armltk-a Th Thlr-ty-second. Ninetieth, Fourth and Forty -eecond will occupy positions In ' mii'puit of tha advanced llnee. REGULAR ARMY UNITS. Th Flrt. Third and Fourth division divis-ion are of th regular army. The Thirty-eecond Is mad up of national guard reglmenta from Michigan and Wisconsin. Teiaa and Oklahoma national na-tional army man mail up th Ninetieth, Nine-tieth, while th Forty-aecond I th Kalnbow dlvlilon. Th Thirty -eecond and perhap the Ninetieth will oroe at Coblena, and the others will uae the bridge north nd south of th city. CHRENBREIT6STEIN. Across th river from Coblena, hi th fortress of Ehrenbreltseteln. there ha been a small fore of Oermana; but It ha Men withdrawn anff a ti American furce entered th fortreaa today, following fol-lowing a request to that' effect from the ;rman authorities. WOMAN HURLS BOTTLE. A bottl thrown from a window by a woman at an American oldlr ha been the only overt act of hostility reported re-ported elnc th American hav en-tared en-tared Cnlns. Th Incident wa regarded re-garded a ao trivial that It wa left to the local polio to deal with th w "ti n. There ha developed. howvr, within with-in th past twnty-four hours, an unmistakable un-mistakable air of Independence on th part of th people, reflecting their conviction that th American are going go-ing to deal with them much more delicately deli-cately than hav th French or British Brit-ish north and south of th oily. SNEER AT SOLDIERS. Instead of cringing or ven showing deep respect, th population adopted an attitude today that found ipre-ion ipre-ion In Joetllng Amarlcan aoldlers on the streets snd In sneer and laughs which were only vaguely concealed. Th burgomaster ha published only th reulea regulating local affair. The latest on orders th closing of cafe at 11 o'clock in th evening. It I e-1. 1 1 maud at hla offlc that there are ufflrlent foodstuff In this dtatrlct to last them till February, after which uslatanca will be Imperative. |