March on the Rhine.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 November 1918, Page 2

March on the Rhine.

A LUES MOVE FORWARD

: JCLiUU'IUO rm.KGKAPH—COJ'YKIGHT.J Received thi6 day, 10.40 a.m. London, November' 17. Mr Phillip Gibbs says; The march on tlit; Rhine Began on a keen frosty morning with a cavalry screen first. The horses were well-groomed and their riders, the Lancer,", bore flying pennone, then came the field artillery and infantry. The guns, carrying flags, looked lit to participate in a tournament. The gunners spent the whole week polishing for the march. Received thCs day, 11.40 a.m. London, November 18. Mr James, the Times correspondent with the American Army, says they_ ireached Montmedy on Sunday morning, the Germane having left on Saturday night. The Germans looted and pillaged everything they could reach and dieetroyed the interiors of many houses. All day thousands of released, British, French and American prisoners passed our lines, returning homewards. Received this day, 8.40 a.m. London, November 18. Sir Douglas Hal g reports that the Second and Fourth Armies under General Rawlinson yesterday advanced in accordance with the terms of the armistice in conjunction wtli the armies of the Allien. Our advance reached the approximate line Cerfontaine, Pay, Biesmes, Pieton, La Louvicre, Lorgny, En-gh-lien to southward of Ninove. A communique states : The French yesterday advanced over the ?vacuated regons and crossed the frontier on the whole front of enthle Belgium and tile annexed provinces. Not a single enefny is left on national territory. The liberated populations everywhere were mopst enthusiastic. We ocupied Bouillih and' Sedan, reached Carignan and entered Gravelotte and the forte sout'K of Metz, also Morhange, Deuze, Donon, Louermook, Oolmar, Rocihecourt Chateau, Sailins, Munstar, Cernay and Altkircli. General Hirschnuer solemnly enteredi Mulhausen and was ovated by the population. TflE VANQUISHED NAVY. ' 'Received tills day, 10.13 a.m. London, November 18. The Koenigsberg, conveying Admiral Merur and other German delegates, was met on Friday afternoon at a rendezvous in the North Sea, arranged by wireless, and was tlieil escorted to *!he Firth of Forth, convoyed by the Queen Elizabeth. The conference with the British naval authorities regarding the handling over of the portion of the German fleet agreed to in the armistice lajfced till the early morning and wals thcfi renewed and concluded on Saturday. BREAKING THE ARMISTICE. ; Received this day, 10.40 a.m. i Paris, November 57. Deip/te the armistice, the Germans ) on the 12th blew up a number of wagr i sons 'loaded with explosives at Asdhe les liruxelles' in order to diestroy the sta- ; tion and railway line. Four' people i were killed and fifty injured. ROUMANIANS IN HUNGARY.

Berne, Noveqiber 17. Received this day, 9.40 suta. Tlie •Roumanians on the 15th crossed seyeVal ridges of the Carpathians. 'GENERAL CABLES.

Received this day, 10.40 a.m. (London, November 18. Sir Robert Borden has arrived, accompanied by several Minisfceirs and, h'gh officials.

Received this day, 10.40 a:in. London, November 18. The Irii h Nationalist Executive - has decided to urge, the Irisih in Britain to vote Labour at "the gemeraJ 1 alectfons. .Receiived this day, 10.40 a.m ; London, ■ November* 18. The British Parliamentary elections promise to be pre-eminently khaki in the best sense. The naval and military exceed four million. There are over 900 candidates of whom at least 600 at 3east are coalition with the largest proportion of soldier candidates ever seen. * • •

Received this day, 11.40 a.m. London, November 18. *An influential meeting in London oonvenedi by the Empire Union demanded that the Government insist on the pun-

Received this day, 11.40 a.m. ifiJiment of the ex-K.aiiser and the offic- i's guilty of outrages. .London '.November 18.

Lord Northcliffe, in a letter, urges delay in relaxing the censorship of commercial cables, otherwise will" flood the world witJi trade correspondence through neutral firms and forestall British traders. Germany is ready to push a most elaborate organisation of oversea commerce. . ,

Received' this day, 11.40 a.m. Copenhagen, November 18. Tie Lokalauzeiger sates that the exKaiser is likely to return, to Germany owing to disturbances in Holland. Received tins d(ay, 11.40 a.m. Bruaselle, November 18. The last German soldier departed after extraordinary scenes. The German troops sold all their loot. Some" established stalls in the streets and shouted: "Wares sold at ridiculous prices." Received this day, 11.40 a.m. London, November 18. Mr Ackenson, the Times correspondent at Omsk, Siberia, says the bodies of five Grandl (Dukes were/found in a, well at Alispavick. The-Red Guards hurled them down and .then dropped grenades on the bodies. Sixty-five leading citizens who had been shot were found in an adjacent forest. R-eceriVedl this day, 11.40 a.m. ' ' New York. November 18. ; Some of the New York papers contrast the fortitude of the Allies under reverses with Germany's attitude. The, Sun Bays: "Germany, now howls like a, whipped pup, cringes before her ©on-/ querore, weeps crocodile tears and whines. Sllie is all'yellow."' Received this day, 11.40 a.m. Washington,' November \lB. The influenza has caused more American deaths than the entire casualties of t!he American troops in Frauoe. Received this day, 11.40 a.m. Ottawa, November, 18. The burgomaster of Mons thanked the Canadian Third, Division officially for their defluVeranoe of. the city from German tyranny, emphasising the admiration of the citizens for the heroic Dominon of Canada.