The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-03
Detectives Of Huns and Hopes Of
the Allies Have Been
Cast Aside.
BRING UP GERMAN RESERVES
United States Forces Have Been Re-
enforced by Throwing Into Action
the Forty.Second (Rainbow)
Division, Now on the
Firing Line.

tlves of the Germans and the hopes
Of the allies when they started their
winning counter-offensive have been
cast aside and the struggle now in
progress on the western front has re-
solved itself into battle to destroy
each other, according to Gen. Peyton
c. March, chief of staff.
1t is now battle to the death,
with the Germans bringing into ac-
ton all of their available reserves.
The United States forces now have
been REINFORCED by throwing into &C.
ton the Forty-second divsion--the
Rainbow division-Which now is
fighting to the eastward of Fere-en-
Tardenois.
The maximum retirement of the
Germans since last Saturday, accord
ing to General March, has been about
ID miles on the center When the
present fighting began the scissors
Reims circle along which the troops
were very heavily engaged was IA
miles. Last Saturday it had been
reduced to Ga miles Today 1t is
less than "a miles. These figures of
themselves tell the story of the won
derful work which the United States
and their allies have done in check
ing the Germans.
To Kill as Many as Possible.
eIt wtis zt1se Third division undel
command Of Major General Dickmar
which met and crushed the attack OF
the Prussian guards and the picked
Bavarian forces. The entire alliec
forces have done wonderful work
according to the latest reports
reaching the war office and the
general staff here. Discussing the
general outlook General March made
1t plain that the developments in the
present battle caused both sides to- re.
consider earlier detectives. In the
generals own words:
Each side is now out to- Kill as
many of the others as possible"
This has resulted in the bringing
up of re-enforcements as fast as pos
sible. SO rapidly did the Germans
retreat last Saturday on the 20-mile
front along which the battle was rag
ing that they got out of touch witt
the infantry of the American, French
and British, and it was necessary tt
throw cavalry into the chase to- re
establish contact lines.
U. S. Army of-the Future.
| In announcing the satisfactory prog
ress Of the fighting from the American
standpoint, General March also let i
be known that there Is to be a United
States army in the future. The regu
lar army, the National Guard and tn
National armies, as separate units, ar
to be done away with. All will be or
ganized by the general staff as til
army of the United States. Or, a
General March so aptly put it,.
at is our intention to put the letter
U. S. in the collar of every soldier VIII
is fighting for the nation"
General March also announced tn
creation of six additional division
which are to be organized in this cour
try. These will be numbered the FL
teenth to the Twentieth, inclusive an
will be organized at, Camps Logan
Kearney, Beauregard, Travis, Dodg
and Sewer. The divisions will be o
ganized around 10 regiments of cavalr
the Three Hundred and First to tn
Three Hundred and Fifteenth-take
from the National army and reorgal
lied as field artillery.
I General March stated that 1t was til
purpose of the war department to e,
pedite the sending Of all casualty lis
to this country. This will be our repl
.. to the German ,-insinuation that tt
lists are being concealed. Gener'
Pershing, 1t was stated, has been d
rected to cable all casualties the m
ment they become available at hea
quarters. They will be checked hel
:, and as soon as their accuracy has bee
established the names will be mat
public Immediately.
The work. of the. Third divisio
which has been at the tip of the spea
head directed by the allies into. Il
German lines, has been most exceller
These troops, made up of regular arm
men, many of whom wereveterans, n
only met German force withsforce, ,bJ
when forced to- retire by sheer weig
Of numbers, always came back strong
than ever andoeventually held the q
vantage when the German alta
- slackened and then stopped.
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