GERMANS PREPARING FOR ADVANCE OF ALLIES.
INHABITANTS EXPELLED FROM OCCUPIED DISTRICTS.
REFUGEES FLOCKING INTO FRENCH TOWNS. (Received April 2. 7.30 m l Paris, April 1. The Germans are expelling the inhabitants from the Argonne Mouse, and Marnc regions, and from Alsace. German officers admit that the feeling of the inhabitants is detrimental to the German soldiers. All houses have been searched, and food seized. Refuse-.": are flocking into French towns in a pitiable condition. A lieutenant attached to the German headquarters staff told a lady refugee that Germany had been deceived, and they now believed themselves that all that remained for them to do was to try to defend their line. Many of the soldiers are mere boys. Of 3000 who passed through Buzancy three-fourths are now dead.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15884, 3 April 1915, Page 7
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