WESTERN FRONT.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1918, Page 6

WESTERN FRONT.

AMERICAN ARMY'S ADVANCE. GERMAN INDIFFERENCE.. (Rec. December 7, 1.45 p.m.) Washington. Dec. 6. The American Army under General Dickman ia advancing at the rate of twelve miles daily towards the Rhine. The American headquarters is at present situated at Treves. Everywhere the Germans display indifference, the inhabitants of the towns remaining indoors with bliad3 drawn. Food supplies are discovered to be adequate for the people's needs. ALLIED ADVANCE. BRITISH NEARING COLOGNE. SINISTER STORIES OF FIGHTING. NECESSITY FOR CAUTION. (London, Dec. 6. The British are within ten miles of Cologne.—Reuter via AmericaLondon, Dec. 6. A war correspondent states:—Although the first stage of the march through Germany has been completed without untoward incident the air is full of rumors of collisions between Ger- j man and Allied troops. There are circumstantial stories of fighting at one place or another. It is impossible to learn whether tEere is any truth in them, but their prevalence indicates how the air on both sides of the frontier is charged with electricity and how necessary it is to go cautiously. The German countryside looks beautiful and prosperous and the people seem contented and well nourished. Certainly the food in large towns like Aix-la-Chapelle is cn an infinitely more generous scale than anything in Belgium, and it is doubtful whether London or Paris could better it. Everywhere the Boches are outwardly courteous and obeying the signed orders of the Belgian Commandant, which arc framed on lines similar to the German proclamations in Belgium restricting the liberty of, the local populations.—AusN.Z. Cable Assn. and Renter,