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Show ON LUST LAP OF TRIP TOJTHE RHINE ALLIED ARMIES BEGIN WORK OF TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY EVACUATED BY HUN8. Comrades of Arms In Gigantic Battlet That Led To Enemy's Defeat Are Now Headed for German Territory. Paris. Tho allied armies hnvo begun be-gun their mnrch towards- Germany. The Belgian forces havo already occupied oc-cupied Antwerp, which was evacuated by tho enemy on Friday and Immediately Immed-iately taken over. Pershing's march to the Ithlno began nt dawn on November 17. In column formation tho American first and second armies started on tho historic advance, between Sedan olid tho mouth of Mctz, flunked by the Trench fifth and tenth armies. Yankees and pollus, comrades' of nrnis in the gigantic battles that led to the enemy's en-emy's Jefcnt and now comrades In triumph, headed for Germany. American cavalry In fnnllko formation, forma-tion, trotted nlieud of tho Franco-American Franco-American untiles. Then enmo the, picked infantry units nnd then tb mnln forces, engineers In the forefront to pavo the path whenever the roads became Impassable. In tho rear rumbled endless columns' of vehicles of nil sons chock full with supplies and material. A largo fleet of nlrplnjies sped ahead of nil tho forces, ntlll serving ns tlio "eyes of tho nrmy." If tho Germnns laid any traps, they will be discovered beforo they can do nny harm. .So far there has been no lndlcutlou of trickery. trick-ery. A thunderous cheer from hundreds of thousand of husky soldier throats started off tho great triumphal mnrch when nlong tho far flung front the word wns paused, "let's go." The British Second nnd Fourth irmlos began n triumphal forward march on November 17 In regular bat-tlo bat-tlo order, patrols leading, alt ready for a scrap at n moment's' notice. In the wako of the troops huge columns of wagons loaded with supplies rumble along. Bands wero playing and Jho troops wero wildly cheered and showered with flowers by thousands of civilians lined up nlong the road. Tho houses and streets were bcflngged, and In many places tho troops passed through arches of roses. Tho country which suffered humiliation humilia-tion worso. than, death for the freedom' of tho world is now llko u new world to tho people, who are hysterical with Joy. It Is Impossible for theso people to reallzo that tho greatest moment In tho world's history lias arrived, Allied civilians, old friends nnd relatives rela-tives of tho Inhabitants who live been barred put for four years, aro arriving arriv-ing by tho tens of thousahds. The Inhabitants rush like mnd Into tho marching columns and grasp tho hands of tho soldiers. All allied flags are displayed oven In the faco ot German Ger-man sentries In places not yet completely com-pletely evacuated. Marshal Foch lunched with Field Marshal Halg Friday. Ho pnld trlbuto to the British army, whoso ceaseless hammer blows, ho said, wero largely Instrumental In bringing about the Gentian collapse. Foch Insisted on visiting vis-iting all British commanders personally person-ally and thanking them personally. |