VICTORIOUS BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES TO LAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17007, 14 November 1918, Page 6

VICTORIOUS BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES TO LAST.

WONDERFUL SCENES AT LIBERATION OF TOURNAI. FINAL PROOFS GIVEN OF THE TRUE GERMAN NATURE. Australian and N-Z. Cable Association. LONDON, Nov. 11. Mr. Philip Gibbs writes The spirit of victory is in the air. Our troops are following up the retreating enemy, singing as march, with flags on rifles and gun-limbers, the French and Flemish people cheering them with rousing cries of " Vive I'Anglais." It is glorious weather. The people of Tournai, who have been living in collars for weeks, crept out of their houses on Friday and gave the first Englishman a huge reception. Revolve? in hand he climbed across the broken girders of the bridge. Women flung their arms round his neck, kissed him, and led him into the town. Later came a patrol, and finally the British staff. There were Wonderful scenes in a Romanesque cathedral, when the bishop celebrated the Te Deum before a crowded congregation, and all joined in the Belgian National Anthem, " La Brabanconne." Times, LONDON, Nov. 11. Mr. H. Perry Robinson writes that Maubeuge strikingly adds to the general testimony of the German rapacity, arrogance, and gross bestiality. General Holtman and three members of his staff occupied the city official's house. They were drunk every night, and emptied 700 bottles of stolen wine in five weeks. Other officers were similarly guilty of excesses during their bouts, and indescribable acts of defilement were committed. Maubeuge was fined nine million francs, besides an enormous total of individual fines. Many hostages were deported to Russia, where they died of their privations.