Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1918 — LAON IS WILD WITH JOY [ARTICLE]

LAON IS WILD WITH JOY

Six Thousand Weep and Shout ax Allies Liberate City. With the French Army jn the Lorraine Area, Oct. 15.- —In a literal transport of joy the 6,000 inhabitants remaining in Laon rushed to the gates of the city to greet General Mangin, who' made his entry into the • sity at 3:30 o’clock Men, women and children with, tears running down their checks and waving 'their tricolor flags cried, “Long live General Mangin! Long live the army! Long live our liberators!’’ The people crowded around the general, almost carrying him in triumph to the city hall, where he was received by the deputy mayor. The mayor and 600 young men had been carried off into captivity by the Germans before the French troops arrived. £