Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
LARGE TERRITORY
HAS BEEN RETAKEN
Allies Throw Foe Out of 1000
Square Miles in Three
Months.
MARCH ANNOUNCES CHANGES
MaJor-General Clarence R. Ed
wards Is Assigned to Com
mand of Camp Lee.

line, taken 5000 prisoners in the thrust
begun on the Asiago plateau and along
the Piave and carried the Balkan
PeninSula pursuit over the Danube into
koumania. The weeks drive has
ADDED 400 square miles to retaken ter
ritory. General March said:
During the week since l talked to
you last the steady retirement OF the
s, enemy has been in progress. and we
Since July IS. when the German drive
was brought to a standstill by our
iirst counteroffensive. the territory we
naEe = oHe I,a retaken amounts to more than
After I talked to you last Saturday
the allies advanced rapidly eastward
across the plains OF Flanders to the
on the Dutch frontier, to Deynze on
the Lys. where the enemy had stopped
II ms retreat and had organized resist
Beigium occupied by the allies has
been increased TO 1900 square miles,
i've times as much as the allies held
south OF the Belgian frontier. in
French Flanders and Artois. the enemy
withdrew quickly from Lille and Douai,
twenty miles to the line OF the Escaut
isircr, through Tournai and Nalenci-
enncs: This retreat released all of the
coal iiEids IN Northern France except
that lies east OF the Escaut.
BRITISH FRCSTRATE FOES
AT"TEHrT TO STAND ON SELLE
The cnemy's attempt to stand behind
the Sc!ie River. between the Iscaut
and lie Cateau; was frustrated by the
nesday. Thursday and Friday across
that organized defense line on a fifteen
mile front. and advanced five miles in
three days 10 lie Huesnoy and the
South OF this sector the allied ad-
vance, stopped at the Sambre Canal
and the oise River. Enemy resistance
angle and eastward to the Arsonuc
along the II funding -Brunnhilde line. The
general line nov held by the allied
parallel to the railroad SYSTEM, which
IL threatens at all points. In front
OF our troops In the Argonne a very
concentrated. since il is imperative for
tho enemy to protect this railroad line.
which runs from Mezicres down to
Metz.
ON the Italian front an attack has
been begun By Italian, French and
British forces on the Asiago plateau
on the mountains between the Brenta
prisoners have been reported captured
during the first two days. The extent
OF ground gained is not yet definiteIy
known officially.
"on the Balkan front. in Northern
Serbia. the French and Serbian troops
arc pursuing the enemy toward the
DANUBE. anu are no" ABOUT S'NtE miles
south of II on the Morava Liver. on
the east the French troops have the
Danube. in the northwest corner OF
Bulgaria. and patrols have crossed the
hostile troops on the Eoumanan side"
GENERAL c. II. EDWARDS
COMING TO CAMP LEE;
General March an1ounced that live
American corDs and division com
manders. who have been actively en-
home
on the recommendation OF General
Pershins to take important assign
Omar Bundy, who organized and COM
manded the Fifth Army Corps, and
who will go 10 command Camp Pike,
Ark: Major-Generals Clarence r. Ed
wards, VINO took 10 France the TWen-
ty-si1th (New England National Guard)
Division. and who will be assigned 10
command Camp Lee, Va: John l.. Nc
(regular) Division, and who will be
assigned to camp Zachary Taylor. Ky:
George II: Cameron. who commanded
later the Second Army Corps. new as
signment not announced, and Beaumont
B. Buck. recently awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for Gallantry
ed. new assignment not announced.
VIRGINIA SOLDIERS
IN THICK or BATTLE
Among American divisions on the
line. General March identified the Sew
enty-niNth Pennsyivania, Maryland
and District OF Columbia). Eighticih
Virginia, West Virginia and Penn
sylvania>. Thirty-third (lllinois).
Tennessee) as being east or the Meusc.
West of the Mouse are tbc seventy
sixth (New England and New York;.
Seventy eighth tNew York. New Jersey
and Della warc). seventy seventh New
York City and vicinityl. and Thirty
second tMichisan and wisconsin,.
Geores 5Ss B.
(New York National Army Division.
will not be returned to the United
states as previously announced. Cen
General March laid great stress upon
the fact that all of the officers ordered
home had done splendid work at the
e Ma they
all men Of more advanced years. upon
whom the strain of active campaigning
bore Heavily
General March pointed out that the
Franco American lines from the Meuse
to the Disc stood virtually parallel to
the great military iine near, the Bel
against that line throughout its en-
tire length.
General March. in reply to questions.
gave out information about various
The One Hundred and Scconu Field
Artillery went over a par; of the
TUcnty-ninth Division, but Is not with
third ia depot division, and has not
been in action. The Eightyfour Di-
vision is just arriving in France
The Three Hundred and Thirteenth
Infantry. which sailed from here as n
part OF the Seventy ninth Division. Is
sun part Of that division, which is
OH the line near tho NIcusc
The Flfty.cighth Infantry was in ac-
ton wost OF the Mouse on October IL.
The Three Hundred and Nineteenth In
fantry is In the Eightieth Division,
which has been In action near tho
Mouse. The Forty-ninth Division. un.-
der Ma3or.Generai strong. is 4 dcpot
division. The Three "iiafndred and
Twelfth Field Artillery belongs to tho
Eighticth Division. The Three Hun
is attached to the Thirty second Divi-
Sion. now In action. between tho aNIeuso