THE GERMAN EXIT.
COUNTY STRIPPED BARE
LONDON, September 15
It is reported that the town was subjected to forced levies of a million francs. A large number of men and boys were deported to Germany. Prior to their flight the Germans stripped the countryside bare by sj^tematic pillage and destruction , even stealing the entire contents of the peasants' cattages, including the bed-clothes. Mr Baker, the American War Secretary, states: General Pershing and General Petain entered St MJhiel, where they were wrleomed by the Mayor and its remaining citizens with touching enthusiasm.
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Grey River Argus, 17 September 1918, Page 3
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