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Show r WHITE FLAG DELEGATES SEE FOGH By Associates press.. GKRMANY'S armistice pipni-potrntiaries, pipni-potrntiaries, having entered tho French linos under a white flap last ' ui?ht, met Marshal j-'och at 9 o'clock, French time, .. - Kriday morning. From him theywlll receive the armistice terma of the aMUs and the I'ntted States. The historic his-toric meeting occurred in a little vll- luge Jn thdepartment ofJhe A lane.- lifrmanv will be nlvrn eeventv-two hours In which to reply to the terms presented by Marshal Foch. It Is de- i - elared there wttr-be; no cessation of hostilities. The Ortnan delegates will i not bo permitted to haggle; they must accept or go on fighting. ! ALLIES FIGHT ON. 1 British, French snd American troops I maintain the pressure which has f driven the enemy from many square I miles of territory In the past week. On j the north the British are moving on I Maubeuge and Mons and are lese than three miles from Maubeuge. While the Americans command the situation at ftedan, although they apparently ap-parently do not hold the entire city, the French are pressing on toward sVisaiseis stud hee iwniipUd IHwgly, less than eight miles to the south. Elsewhere on their front the Frenoji armies continue the rapid advance of the last three days. At no point are the French more than thirty mllee I from the Belgian frontier, and at most places the distance over which they still have to drive the Inverter is mnrh leaa. ) REVOLT IN ftlAVY. Virtually ah the German navy U in the hands of the- revolutionists, who also are reported In power In Hamburg and moat of northwestern (ermany adjacent to the North sea. The revolts are also reported In Bremen, 8chwerln anf Tilsit and Wilhelmshaven. By Associates Press. j Sedan has fallen to American forces. The historic city was entered first by contingents of the Rainbow and First divisions, after a thrilling dash northward north-ward against the savagely resisting (ermane. In making this advance the - Americans wiped out a rather dangerous salient which had ..been formed between their positions and those of the French further west. GAP IS CLOSED. Th capture - BMs:n Tf inltl" oIoss th rap sjouth of th Rls;lan border throusjh which th frermsni misjht Attempt to withdraw thalr harried colamna, now In full rtrat from the region between tha Olse and thft A tuna rlvara. It maj-ki the , mlnatins triumph of American armies ; In the flahtlna; which haa been arotns; ! on with terrific violence alnce Hep t em- ! ber 2. The Oermana, realialna; that the advance of tha Americana on j Sedan waa fatal to their chancea of 1 making; an orderly retreat eastward j into German Lorraine, brought up 1 freah forcea to hold cunningly con- I atructed fortlflcatlona, which were j erected to bar the progress of Per- L ahlng'a men. Their efforta were un-, availing. The first American army haa taken a very vital role in the mighty offensive which haa broken Germany's strength In eastern France. TORRENTIAL RAINS. . Torrential ratna have been falling ' ver the ftelow of l-Van-e whrc the PaMtlah and French are In close pur- f j; autt of the Oermana. Thla rain haa j J hampered the enemy's retreat very , aerloualy, and while It haa also flowed down Vhe allied advance, the Oermana i are apparently In grave danger of -being urterly crushed. The British are seemingly within cannon range of I ? the railroadf) north and north eaat of Hirson, leadhag Into Belgium. If this : la a fact. theGermana must attempt to make goodtheir escape through the wooded Arennes region. This ; country la devoid of railroads and haa only mediocre highways. It la reported that the Germane s have decided to abandon Ghent, but j : the allied entry of .the city has not 1 ; as yet" been announced I |