The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-04
100000 men
T HAVE Been Sent
ACROSS OCEAN
That Mark Was Reached ON the
31st of August.
Thirtieth Division Has Been
Fighting in Flanders.
35TH FAR FROM BIG BATTLE
Kansas and Missouri Boys ON
Quiet Vosges Sector.
Topeka Boys Are Nearly All
With the 35th.
CAMBRIA IS BRITISH GOAL
In Opinion of U. s. Chief Of
Staff, General March.
Broke Thru Hindenburg Line
on Smile Front.
CAMBRIA IS BRITISH GOAL
In Opinion of U. s. Chief Of
Staff, General March.
Broke Thru Hindenburg Line
on Smile Front.

Washington, Sept. General
March announced today that the total
embarkation of American soldiers for
all fronts, including the Siberian ex-
pedition, had passed the 100000
mark August 81. Theschief of staff
identified the American unit which
participated in the Flanders advance
as the Thirtieth division composed of
troops from Tennessee. North Caro-
Ira and South Carolina.
Turning to questions as to location
of various American troops General
March said the 35th division, COM
posed of Missouri and Kansas troops,
was still stationed in the Vosges.
1.-THE Vosges mountains close to
Switzerland and at the opposite end of he
front from the present heavy fighting.
are with the 35th. and therefore are clear
| away from the main battlefield today.J
The 39th division, composed of
| troops from Louisiana. Mississippi and
Arkansas, was now in process of be-
ing landed in France.
The chief of staff said the 36th di-
vision composed of Texas and Okla
homa troops has completed its de-
| barka ton.
32nd Division North Of Scissors.
The French advance north of Sois-
sons, resulting in the capture of
1cIuy-SSTny, was participated In Dy
| the 32nd division composed of Mich
| igan and Wisconsin troops, under Ma
ior General Haan. .
In answer to a. question General
March said it was estimated that more
than 100000 had landed in France
| during August. The record for month
| ly shipment he added, was 2S5,O00.
Cambrai the Objective.
Taking up the military situation
| General March said the object of the
| Canadian drive across the old Queant-
| Drocourt switch line was Cambria,
| which was now within TN miles of
| the British advance according to Of
| ficial advices.
| In this action east of Arras, General
[ March said, the British had crossed
| the so-called HindenDurg line on an
| eight-m mile front. He added that the
maximum advance of the British since
the drive started in Picardy and ex-
| tended northward. was fourteen miles.
| Flanders Salient Gone.
| On the Flanders front, General
| March said, the enemy was retiring
| without very severe pressure being
| brought upon him, and the Flanders
salient already had been virtually
blotted out. The chief Of staff pointed
| out that the main resistance to the
allied advance all along the line had
/ been encountered by the British on
the Scarpe sector. The rapid French
advance south of that sector, he added,
| was largely due to their successes in
overcoming this resistance. This was
shown clearly when the French adj
vanced between six and ten miles on
a twenty-five mile front in one day
south of the Somme. The enemy
| made efforts to hold the French along
the line of the Canal du Nord. but the
French have crossed the canal in
several places. In the sector north of
scissors, French and American troops
are advancing steadily against q stiff
advices to the war department shows.