CROSSING THE RHINE.
HISTORIC SPECTACLE
■'LONDON, Deccml^-r 16.1'
.■..The curtai 11."lias lifted 'on tho last scene of the great• .drama,"-says a correspondent, describing, in a message from 1 Colokne, -tlie significant and historic < spectacle of. the; British crossing the Rhine in order to, occupy the prescribed '-.limits 19 miles inland and 12 miles along th'£'river front. : The, correspondent says: ''General Sir), H.. Plumer and Lieutenant-General;. Sir C; W. Jacob, .driving in motor-cars, headed; 1 the advance with. .their staffs, and;took up a> position on:the.:western end df the missive, Hohenzplle'rn bridge, under a jyi'eat \Union Jack, almost immediately b«lo^;^ equestrian statue of the.:ex-;Eaieer,: who, < facing ;the '■ cifcy,V. seemed.to avert '■ his face,from/the sjjecr taole' below. •> •'.Dragoons, Lancers, HuKHars,'! and horse artilleTyV' crossed, perfectly equipped, and • marching superbly: '• Armoured cars added a erini, touch of; humour, paEsirtg: the, cenefajs wrfc}j-no.'mean showing; They guided their ' cars by the lbopholea in the.svpin^ing turrets untilvthe.• machine-, guns i 1 pointed ■over .■■.Sir.^:'-H.-'-.'l?lumer|.'9' : head, and then the guns were dipped to him. ;The spectacle' was. witnessed by throng of silent ,tow,nsfolk ,on both aides of $ie l>ridp;e." > :
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9491, 3 January 1919, Page 5
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180CROSSING THE RHINE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9491, 3 January 1919, Page 5
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