Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-05
Of This Number Less Than
10000 Have Been Sent
Elsewhere Than to France,
Says Gen, March,
BRITISH GAIN Ia MILES
IN WEST SINCE AUG. 21
Further Allied Successes in
the i-Cambrai Sector
May Prove Entering Wedge
for Success of Foch,

tHY "oRH'Ns JOURNAL s~stiAL LsksEs wiagi
Washington, Sept 4.-Aunounce-
ment today By General March tha,
more than 1000. 600 American troops
had been embarked for all fronts us
to August 81 furnished new meas.
ure of the forces Marshal Foch has
Iot his disposal with which to follow
up the victories already won on the
western front.
Included in the American shipments
ARE men sent to Italy and Siberia, the
'arrival of Major General Graves.
American commander at Yladivostot
with nearly 1.4O0 men Of the forces
despatched direct from the United
States having been announced today
by General March. The total number
of men sent elsewhere than to France.
however, is less than 10000. leaving
more than million and half Amer
lean troops available for the use OF
the supreme commander in the great
battle.
The size of this American force be-
comes increasingly important as tha
scope Of the new British assault AZ
the very center of the German line
on the Douai-cambrai front becomes
apparent. In the opinion OF army Of
ficials the breakdown of the German
lines on this front may prove the en-
tering wedge for allied successes of a
sweeping nature.
Reviews Battle situation.
In his mid-week conference with
newspaper correspondents General
March reviewed the battle situation
of the last three or four days. noting
particularly that the British in ths
most impressive phase of the battle
east of Arras had smashed their way
across the Hindenburg line on an
eight-mile front with Cambria az
their objective. The major enemy
resistance along the whole 60-mle
battle front from the Scarpe to the
Disc he said. had been encountered
and overcome by tha British and tho
last week, when they gained five or
swift advance of the French troops
six miles on 25smile front in a sim
.gle day, was due largely to withdrawal
forced upon the enemy in the north.
General March pointed out as in
dcating the rapidity with which tho
battle front is shifting under the
steady drive of the allied armies, that
the British had pressed ahead four
teen miles since they launched their
attack on August 2i.
News of Allied Success.
Even as General March talked
word came from the battle front that
the enemy had been hurled still fur
ther back along the Doual -Cambrai
line and indicating the British early
today stood within five miles of this
Cnmbrai pivot to this German de-
fense position.
Reports from Flanders and on the
Vesle indicated that new retirementa
were in progress in both places. dus
to the continuation of the British
thrust in the center and General
Mangins flanking movement toward
the Chemin Des Danes. The ad-
vance of Franeo-American forces
across the Yesle indicates that tho
German line at this end of the battle
front is being forced back toward the
Aisne by the pressure from the flank.
In all the dispatches from abroad,
officers here noted again today. veiled
Indications that some new and inn
portant phase of the battle Is TO no
expected shortly There was an air of
expectancy among both unofficial
and semi official commentators which
produced the impression that Marshal
Foch is preparing for new blow.
II this is the case, II is believed here
that the employment of General
Pershing's army may we'll be included
in the plans. the object being to hit
with full force of the American and
allied armies. now that the German
disorganization appears to be spread
ing and his line wavering.
Foch May Hit Decisive Blow.
The reports tonight indicated 20
many observers that the enemy was
along his whole front
from Flanders to Rheims. This was
the deduction made from the new
French advances in the pocket forme,i
by the Disc line around the Harri-
Guiscard- -Chauny triangle and also
from the movement across the Vesle.
II 1t develops that the Germans have
been forced by the rupture Of their
center to attempt such wholesale
retreat, it is argued that Marshal
Foch might we'll believe that the mo-
ment to attempt decisive stroke had
come.