Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-14 | Page 1 | 2532 Yank Prisoners Freed

jg? j? JZ? JZ? JZf ' . , ; ; AMERICANS M3 W BGCfrE CAT. i?S GIVEN LIDEuW It It Estimated Only Few Hundred More United States Soldiers Are Held; First Prisoners - Reach the Border. . y AimiiM Press. PARIS. Nov. .14. More than 255J American prisoners In i Gentian camps were released immediately by the siRninr of the 'German armistice, according to the latest figures prepared by the , American Rti Crocs in SwitaerlanJ. i i : s ' This number includes all the Americans captured to November Novem-ber 1. It is estimated that only a few hundred more Americans were captured after that date. . ,. "Z 3 Of the total number of prisoners to be released, .2 3 So are IQtiymn, 12 "are. from ttie" navy and" l40 are civilians. In" the camps were 241 jrmy officers and 2139 noncommissioned officers and privates, ana 3 naval officers and 9 sailors. ' ' A majority of the privates were at Rastatt. ' . - There were 117 at Giessen and 103 at Llmberg. There were 103 officers at Villengen, 43 at Karlsruhe, 29 ai Landshut and 20 at Rastatt. . .. . Hum Begin Great Retreat By Aaaeelated Preea. W1TFT THE AMKRIOAN ARMT IN FRANCS, Nov. 14 11:3" u. nv Tha Oarmana oppoalta the First American army north and northeast of Verdun are reported to be moving northward rapidly. Preparatlone ' begun by tha enemy several dive ago to withdraw In force now are becoming affective. Great railroad activity ta reported at Meig and other railroad Junctions. . , First Prisoner ' , . -Are Returned ' By Aaeeclated Press. t WITH THK AMERICAN JtRMT IS FRANCE. Nor. 14 (I p. m.) Tha advance ad-vance Tuarel of several .hundred Rue-elan. Rue-elan. Palish and Italian aoldlera. freed by Jtie Germane' In Ijorralne, reached the American lines In the region of -HI. Hilalre today. The first group numbered forty-five. They said they were relaaae4 eev-erai eev-erai daya ago, the Uormana. teilinr them to slsrl for the American line . Immediately. Tha releaaed .prlaonera were attired principally In IMrrnai unlforma. They evpreaaed the opln. , inn that the Germane had aet them free so as to be rid of them during preparations for moving northward. ' ' The arrlvata were taken In charna ' by American officera and furnished with additional clothing- and plenty of food. ' . ,