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Show Joy Eclipses That of City of Lille First News From Outer World. ALL METALS TAKEN Roubaix and Ttirceing Gold Wild When Swash-. Swash-. -hi!cklinglenslar- LONDON. Oct. 21. Scenes of happiness hap-piness at Bruges eclipsed those at Lille after the liberation of the two cities, according to the correspondent of the Daily Mail. During the occupation occupa-tion of Bruges by the Germans the people there were not allowed to re- eclve news from the outer world un-i un-i less the news was handled by .the Goj 'man officer. The correspondent writes: I "When the only American woman 'left in Bruges was, told of the deeds of Americans in France she cried with happiness: 'Oh, if I had only known that!" Bruges was fined enormous sums on various occasions, the correspondent correspond-ent says, and everything made of metal was taken away. The city was searched four times for copper. The1 works at Bruges were robbed of every scrap of machinery. The town Itself is InlacL Most of the pictures remain in the gallery and Bruges seems to be as restful as in the old days except that all the bridges are gone. |