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BELGIANS AND GERMANS. ' (ACS. AM) KJS. CABLE ASSN. AND KKBTBS.) LONDON, 7th December. An English correspondent describes the Belgian entry into Aix-la-Chapelle. He says that the Allied proclamation prescribing behaviour exactly translates the German proclamations in Belgium. An incident during the entry demonstrated to the population that the proclamation must be obeyed. A divisional General stood in the city square to take the Belgian division's salute. When the first regiment' wheeled into the square, files of soldiers walked on the pavement ahead of the colours, calling "Hats off!" A nnmber of men and boys hesitated, and the soldiers flung the offenders' hats in the mud. There was no hesitation anywhere when the next regiment's colours passed.
A dramatic episode during entry occurred when a strange sound of British guns was heard in the distance. Presently an unkempt, unshaven stream was seen marching from the east, where the British prisoners from Sennelager, many of the "Old i Contemptiblea," had the satisfaction of seeing the Germans doff their hats to them.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 139, 9 December 1918, Page 7
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