The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-29
HUN MAN-POWER
DRAINED DEEPLY
Effectives Reduced One-half
as Result of Drives That
Began Last March.
RETREAT EMBARRASSING
Steady Pressure of Allied
Armies Gives High Com
mand no Chance to Re
organize Units.

! London. Aug. 2S.-Reliable figures
are now available as to the drain on
! Gerrrany's man power caused by the
steady allied offensive since the tide
was turned at the Marine by Mangfn' 8
great Ranking attack on July IL.
Between July Is twhen the German
'FFriedensturm' heEan). and July 81,
Hindenhurg used up seventy-three di~
visions on the Marine front. Three Of
these were used twice.
Sixty-six divisions Of this total had
been used twice in the German often
sives on the Sonme Lys, Aisne and
Disc rivers aud in the Champag ne this
year.
The other seven divisions had been
used once before in offensive actions.
It is estimated that Hindenburg has
today only eleven fresh divisions that
have not yet been used on the west
front. although HaiEs attacks may he
81 this very moment drawing in some
N this last small reserve at the Ger
man high commands disposal
II IA believed that Germany has had
her $50 divisions of electives reduced
by one half since March-her COM
pauies now comprise from IS TO leo
men. her hattaltons are from 400 to 500
strouE--and LudendorG is unable 10 OBJ
tain q cessation in the fighting long
enough to pull out hts shattered units
and redraft up to strength by eomhin-
ing divisions cut I'm halves. for he has
not enough drafts at the depots to
make good his losses.
1t lis estin at ed that f5o .o0e wouths OF
tho 1899 class win be avaiiaois for
front service by the end Of September.
These. however. cannot be used indie
pendently. but must be mixed with sea
soned troops.
The enemy's principal losses this year
have consisted OF replaced BILE
troops-''st osstrupen. machine n n
ners. field artilierynen and pioneers
who compose the finest fshting ma
teriaI in Hindenhurg's forces
General Won Ebens army used up
tw entv two divisions: Won Boehns sew
enth army used up twenty-five; Otto
Won Reiow's FIRST army thtrt cen. and
Won t,iner's first army twenty divi-
sions, three being used twice.
Speaking OF the advance Of the Brit
fsh. General March after reviewing
briefly what was done Saturday and
Sunday said.
On Monday the British captured the
heights Of Arras known as Orange
hill and on Tuesday, continued along
the Arras-Cambrai road TO a depth Of
ssh overran the so-called Hfndenhurg
(
front Of three miles"
General March pointed ont that this
advance of the British exertad pres
sure forty miles down the line and
made possible linking up of the
English right and the French left.
Similarly the French and Americans
and the French army which Is operat
ing at Neale znd Licourt also are in
touch. so that there now appears to be
one soil d Anglo American-French-
Italian host of front line men forcing
back and cracking the German ad-
vanced posts.
| General March referred briefly 10 the
slight reverse the Italians have sur
| fered in Albania
I'm Albania" he said. IAN Austrian
attack succeeded in driving back the
Italians several miles in the region
about Berat. restoring part of the
| line which they gave up on our recent
| offensive"
! In addition to the remarks of Cen
eral March about the French actions,
he thus described their new offensive
on Tuesday
THE French began n new offensive
| opposite Roye on a ten-mile front and
| went forward a distance of two miles.
! The railroad junction at Roye. very
| important point, fell into the hands of
the allies and also the ground east
of 1t, which is quite high and very
! important"
1t was stated by General March sum
ming up the results. that the total
width of the line OF battle yesterday
was about fifty miles: and that the
number of prisoners taken by the al
| lies from July to date is about fl2.-
900 and the number of field guns cap
tured over 1900.
! Answering questions. General March
said that the Ninety-ffrst division
under Brigadier- General r. S. Fo1tz
| is in training with the French. The
| Fortieth division has not yet reached
| France.
! General March announced that Col
onel Charles 8. Blakeley is In COM
mand at Camp Knox, field artillery
training sector.