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Show GERMANY IN COLLAPSE I ! 1 LONDON, Nov. 9 The Britis forces have captured the fortress c Maubeuge, Field Marshal Haig an fH nounced today. Maubeuge was the last importnn French fortress in the hands of th Germans. Before the var It was con 9H sldered a fortress of the first clas and guarded the Namur-Charler route Into France by the way of th liH Sambre river. ' ll Maubeuge was taken by the tjer I mans after heavy righting with th ! British and French late in AugUs. 'lH 1914. The town is within a few mile IH of the Belgian border south of Mon jjH which is thirteen miles northward b HH rail. Namur Is about forty miles east i IH northeast of Maubeuge and Charlero I flH is about midway between the two. '11 South of, Maubeuge the British nr ' fH pushing eastward and are well beyon ll the Avesncs-Maubeuge road. Il LONDON, Nov. 9. British troops v Flanders have crossed the rive ! Scheldt on a wide front north of Tour ll nai and have established themseive fH on the east bank, according to Fie! IkH Marshal Haig's announcement toda) 1 11 LONDON, Nov. 9 In their advanc north of the Danube and the Save tlv I Serbian troops entered Moldava, Baz lag, Kubin, Panosova, Semlin, Klcnal and Mitrovltz, according to a Serbiai official statement received here. IH The provisional government at Sara jevo, Bosnia, which has invited thi ' Serbian troops to come to its assist pH ance, the statement adds, Is headei IH by Atahasigne Chola. The Serbian now are on their way to Sarajevo. SALONIKA, Nov. 9. Allied troop have entered Sarajevo, in Bosnia, ac cording to, an official statement issue IH today by the French headquarter here. It was at Sarajevo that Arch IH duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria w; . j assassinated just prior to the outbreal ; of the great war. ! IH American Flag Flying Over Dun,. ! WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY 0? I THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 9. (B ! tho Associated Press.) The Ameri ! can flag today is flying over Dun-sur ; Meuse. Dun is a picturesque town ot JH the oast bank of the Meuse and Is sit uatcd on high hills whose tseep slope rise abruptly from tho main street. When the Americans entered 'h J , JH town tho German battle flag Avas Ha lH Ing on tho spire of the church Avb.ii.1 , fH crowns a hill. For a feAv hours th JH Americans Ave re too busy to botbe with it, but later the American flni took its placo, tho German emblen iH becoming the trophy of the euginee fH The usual despoliation marked Hi German AVithdrawal from Dum A grea HH part of the little city Isyet habitable but there are few houses that do no HH bear scars. Little of value Avas left behind with JH in the houses. The Germans carte IH away everything of value they couh ' jH carry, Wha t they could not mave the j miH deserted. , IH |