CONFUSION OF RETREAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 5

CONFUSION OF RETREAT

CONTROL LOST BY LEADERS ADDITIONAL NAVAL DEMAND SURRENDER OF FIVE CRUISERS The Germans are conducting their retreat from the western front in the greatest disorder, the army leaders hiving entirely lost control of the troops. Chaotic conditions are reported from Brussels. Prince Rnpprecht of Bavaria, who commanded one of the German armies on the western front, is said to have been obliged to flake shelter in the Dutch and Spanish legations from lawless German soldiers. A Soviet Hs sitting in the Senate at Brussels. In addltirj to the German warships previously mentioned in the armisti a terms, Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander of the Grand Fleet, has ordered five German light cruisers to leave port not later than five o'clock on Monday morning with reduced crews and no ammunition. Their surrender will be accepted by the Commander of the Grand Fleet at the appointed rendezvous in the-mldst of a great concourse of allied warships. Congratulatory messages have been received by the Ring from all parts of the Empire, including New Zealand, on the termination of hostilities. - « The first party of released British prisoners, comprising 1300 of the Naval Brigade who were captured at Antwerp early in the war, were given an enthusiastic reception at Hull.