The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-07-25

! not a great strategic objective like
an advance on Paris or an advance
on the English ports. 1t plainly had
for it's objective simply the applying
| of the nut cracker process on the
| city of Rheims. If it were possible
for them to come in there and squeeze
Rheims they could force a surrender
in time. Rheims, however, as has
been shown, is very we'll organized
for defense. Without going into de-
tails, it is organized for house to
house defense, and that has been the
reason why the Germans have not
been able to get it.
Blow By Foch.
GAS soon as the German advance
along the line of the Marne east OF
Chateau-Thierry had been brought
to a standstill Foch struck hard
along the western side of the salient.
| The series of lines you see in the
map represents the German advances
which produced that salient day by
day, and at the start of this fight,
| which began last Monday, our line
was along here Indicating a line
running southwark from the Aisne
to the Marne). The blue cord rep
resents the line I pointed to you on
the larger detailed map showing
former German advances day by day,
and our troops held that line when
the counter offensive began. The
front over which we advanced is 22
miles, and the maximum penetration
so far reported officially has been to
depth of 10 miles, and at the other
points indicated there has been a
penetration of seven miles, so that
We have gone forward seven miles
on a % mile front.
''This is the official statement OF
how far we have gone. The last
indication we had in the official re-
ports was that fighting was still in
progress and the official reports also
indicate the capture of guns and pris-
oners in very helpful amounts
''In this advance and opposing the
advance of the Germans there ARE
seven American divisions and one
regiment of colored troops.
Twelve Hundred Thousand.
''The press has carried during the
past few days statements about the
number of troops We have continued
to send over. 1t was an estimate
made by some person which arrived
at his conclusion by assuming that
we were sending troops over at the
rate we did last month and, like
! many guesses, it was wrong. The
statement published in the papers
was that we had sent over about 9O,-
900 men last week, and that the NUM-
| Der was now little short of 1,200,-
900. The fact of the matter is that
we have passed the 100000 mark on
the second million. We have over 1,
100000 embarked If you will wait
for these things will tell you the
facts; they are always better than
when you guess.
Zone question asked me has been :
will you be good enough to tell US
where the Illinois National Guards
which trained at Fort Logan H. Root
is situated in France?'
''The division is commanded by
Gen. George Bell, Jr., and is in the
English training sector. A unit from
that division took part in the fight
ing which was reported last week
where the Australians made an ad-
vance accompanied by American
troops, so that the training has pro-
gressed to a point where they can
actually take part in the fighting.
Another question is: Where is
the Seventy-seventh division and are
they operating as division?'
''The Seventy-seventh is in the line
near Luneville, and is operating as a
division complete, under its own COM
mand.
"In the stenographic account OF
what 1 told you about the organiza-
tion of the three corps, stated that
the Seventy-eighth division was COM
posed of drafted men from Delaware
and New York, omitting the State OF
New Jersey, which furnished large
proportion of that contingent. About
| half the men in the division came
from New jersey"
scissors Under Fire.
In answer to questions, General
March said:
'Our reports do not indicate that
scissors has fallen. We have no in
| E. e. So