Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
MARCH SAYS ALLIES
AIM AT ST. QUENTIN
Franco-American Advance Most
Serious Menace to German
Stronghold.
BRILLIANT COUP By BRITISH
Foch Plan of Attacking Every
where Prevents Massing of
Enemy Troops.
BRILLIANT COUP BY BRITISH

'r'tiSh. rench and American troops
in great masses within the last TWEEN
tE-four hours have resulted in converg-
ing drives of the troops of the three
nations against st. Quentin. the kew
OF the liindenburg line. according to
by General March. chief OF staff
Foremost in the actions which so
seriously menace the Germans strong
est and most stratcEical position. in
the opinion Of General March. IL that
IN which our tFrcnch and American)
allied allied forces crossed the vesle- -Aisne
ten-mile front" This advance dem. NJ.
ons,rates ,ss that General March's theory
idly and with artillery along the pia-
teau east Of Juvigny has been veri-
fed. and also that the commanding
vanced enabled them to deploy readily.
so that they and the French are pre-
sn,,s sen,dns a. front Of ten miles, to The
storm all the hills intervening between
me last slopes OF the plateau 20 the
been accomplished in exactly seven
days of the hard lighting pointed out
% here as being necessary to produce
Largely because of its military i'm
portance, staff officers take great pride
in in the fact that it will be the great
will be Inevitably due the turning Of
the south end OF the IiindenburE line
ing can now stop the onward rush H' Of of
the French and Americans in that di-
rection. Incidentally it is understood
ful army Of French and Americans on
the south bank and ready to cross tho
Aisne ne that p part Of it may be diverted
II was noted by General March that
the retreat of the Germans since Wed
in1enen1pn
British front between Arras and Pc
OF scissors. He credits the british
wn eamb4a this in 'hsr suEn drSs tSs
British were forced to stop for a while
at the Sensee marshes northwest of
British turned aside from this maneu-
yer rapidly and evidently unexpected
y and moved south. crossing not only
HindenhurE line. north Of ST. Quentin.
of the British, with whom Americans
are fighting. is that the moment the
Americans and French cross the Aisne
front already Threatened for crossing.
will proceed against St: Quentin. The
south. the French and American forces
from the Juvigny sector. and the Brit
northwest CHE .CambraD sector are
destined to break the whole German
system of defense by the capture or
masking OF st. Quentin.
TEN DAYS REQUIRED To
BRING ABOUT RESULT
1t will require, 1t is thought. ten
suit, 4 that be accom- plished., the
will crumble and there is no one in
formed as to where the Germans will
SINGER on ,hsir RS stan
The round headlines Of soldiers on
General March's maps OF to-day show
that the French and English. the for
southeast. have made a junction north
cast of Noyon. This was effected by
OF the Autrecourt plateau on Wednes-
Gay and succeeding days.
II IS thus seen that the enormous
rin"er movement against 81. Quentin is
of Tie French at the center. 1t is
again pointe out that the Foch plan
Of attacking all along the line in force
is preventing the Germans from mass
inS any Erea, body OF troops against
any particular attack.
In the course OF his conference to.
Military Affairs. General March was
asked what proportion OF the American
exrcGi,ionary forces was at the front.
I'm tho American sectors in France
there are over 90 per cent of the
American forces"
THREE NEW ARMY
DIVISIONS ORGANIZED
General March to-day announced the
formation OF three new divisions-the
Nincty-tifth. Ninety y-sixth and Ninety
seventh at Camps Sherman. Wads-
worth and Cody. respectively This
July ].
General March also touched on the
military situation in Siberia. lie said
IN. reports sLcw that the release Of
the czcchs is In sight. In their advance
eastward froE, Lake Haikal they are
beinG assisted by Cossacks and Japa-
ana worked westward through Man
chulla. The road has been cicarcd To
Nladivostok by the defeat of the enemy,
~ho US held the middle section OF
tn" Siberian road at and near Chita.
Tine following announcements were
made as TO individual units:
The Three Hundred and Thirtie,h
France. but not ON the tirins line.
The Eighty-nin,h Division is in the
line north Of Toul and since the middle
General March also stated that thero
was nothing yet to announce AS to
America. Am erica He s,id that that ali que aues;ions 3;
relating TO the treatment and dispo-
sition of prisoners will he considered
at me bern conference Wnlcn VIII not
meet until September %.
General Pershing has sent to the de-
partment report Of minor casualties
hitherto unreportcd because OF their
trivial character. They total 10000
cases up to August 20, most OF them
being men who were so slightly wound
ed that they were returned to tho
ranks within few days. In connec-
ton with this announcement, General
March disclosed that the new policy Of
the department would be to have Gem
eral Pershing forward by courier twice
n week lists of all wounded. The COM
p!ete list will be made public from
Washington. and casualty reports ca
bled from American headquarters will.
when the system Ia In effect, include
only dead and missing.
General. March explained that COM
plete data In each case Will be Included
in the list Of wounded, So that rela-
tivesi may be advised fully as to. the
nature OF tho. wounds. .t'f % 4
American troops In, italy still are. In
reserve sectors. and have not taken
merit in any activities. Referring to tho
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