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Show Set With Time Fuse Under Center of Town and Goes ' Off With Roar. , GREAT DAMAGE DONE French Civilians Rush to Meet Allies and Greet Them : With Cheers. ' WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ; ) FORCES SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRAI, Oct. 10. The powerful mines which ' 't tho Germans have placed under Cam- ' bral seem to have been set with a timo t fuse, the idea being to complete tho . ; destruction started by fire and to kill 1 butti i jiuiiiuei ul me iiiueu. 501- diers as was possible. " f The explosion went off with a roar. under the center of the town after it f had been occupied by the British. The - crash and detonation were seen and heard for miles. i Great damage, the extent of which ' has not yet been determined, was done j' In Cambrai. More French civilians have been freed from tho Germans. Some of tho ! inhabitants of the town rushed out to meet the marching British and greet- i ed them with cheers and tears. M Few German prisoners are coming Jn for the bulk of the Teutons, even 1 machino gunners, fled as the British I and Americans approached. As the al- I lies advanced the opposition diminish- I ed and finally died away at many parts ' of tho front ' ; Germans Loot Flanders. ' AMSTERDAM, Oct 10. Throughout ' ? Flanders, the newspaper says, the 1 . roads arc encumbered with cattle, horses and pigs which are being transported trans-ported to Germany. nn , |