Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
ALLIES LIBERATE
7,OOOSQUARE MILES
OF BEL GUM FRANCE
Nearly All Coal Fields Wrested
From Hun Grip, General March
Saws in War Summary
DELAWARE MEN ON LINE

~ t=seciated press p Eter. F4-ian2
Washington, Oef 26 Summarizing
thr situation IN the western haftle front
todav. General March said tho Germans
have evacuated 0T been driven 9Gf of
seven thousand square nile- u Eniglan
and French territory since i'ilv ! is hat
four hundred square nie- haV" noen
freed during he past sock and that aii
the coal fields il mort hcrn France hat"
been reconqucred except for tvo-rnlie
tract where fhr allled advance now
beng pressed near he Belgian border
rIvH GENERALS ron ca1p-
General March announced tia, ava
American corps and division commanders
who have been actively engaged % France
are returning home ~ he recnmnrnda-
ton of General Pershlng To take important
assignments here
They arc NaI0rlJ Jenerai- Dnar i5undy
who organized and commanded nc EttH
army Corps and who will - - command
Camp Pike, Arkansas. tiarence "a
wards, who took to France the 10Th
Ncw England National Guard DIVISION.
and who xii be assigned ~ command
Camp Lee. Virginia: John n McMahon,
who commanded the Fifth Regular
division and will BE assigned 10 lamp
ZACHARY sdNit5f- IAttAi III lA 'ss1D4 - "A q
Cameron. who commanded first the Fourth
Regular division and 4ter the second
ARMY Corps new assignment not an
noInced, AMI Beaumont y. Buck. ~c-
Gently awarded The DISTINGUISHED ser
wee ross far 1aIlantr~ in action I'D which
time He Vas wounded, new assignment not
announced
Aafor-t trHcral George 5 J1T can
Nao eonmartsed rhc 18th New J ork
National Guard division. aIl eot he re-
turned 70 the / nlred states H. previously
announced General March SAID General
Duncan his recovered hl~ aealth and
viii - returned d aerlye duty
SPLENDID uoRN T Front
In making these announcements. lIen-
era March laia great stress 4pon me Iart
hat ali Fl he officers nrdered home nad
done splendid worh III tnC front aEG
proved their ability Oh every occasion.
lie Indicated they we're all mcn % mere
auHaIce4 wears unou 0 nom the strain "a
active caulpaiEnlag bore heavily
RevertinL 10 the military ~ItUa1oa
General March pointed ur -ha, the
Franco American lines from &c Meu>e e
the Oisp stood virtually parallel 70 he
great railway ire near ne Belgian FROM
fj,r and constituted threat against
tina; hae throughout = entire length
DEIAv tRE M o> FIRING LINE.
4mong American divisions oa the I.nc
General March Identified he 9Th Penn
-siEama Mar iand and district -
Gohlnnia >Gth Virginia. Vest Nirgiula
and Pennsylvania }5d Illinois Sd
Georgia. Alabama and tennessee lis
being caes /. the NIe,.>e West Il the
Neu@e arc nc 10Th Ne@ Ens,aaa and
M y efA 1>th \sw \ ora, \eW JET
,..l .nd Delaware 18th \ew York City
and vicinity sd Michigan aud Nie-
ro,..u ana .he 5Sth regiment d regular
infantry
llrnHf,.a- ome- operating wth me
PI!.s-a ea-s 81 Cami RAJ General March
named the iO6ef1 infantry .-ad he i04ta
IQ5th and l06 n machine gun hatta.son~.
AWAITING rHgja esll 10 aNtIt
The t0Ja California aaa \e~
Mexico. ArlleYa and Colorad anU SD
OHIO and He> Peuu,y yIvauia divisions.
General Niarcn sand rc 'teet divisions
and hase me- been u as.. - W'ule tac
StJh kentuthy lndsaas #ad Southern
Il6r,l, division l4ou IS airlNlE&ia France