Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-05
NORE TANKS PREPARED TO | AID FRENCH
 eneral March in Statement Said 1,6OO, 900
 Are lover There" |AN NOW FOELOW UP l VICTORIES ON WEST k,eakdowr of German De- |fense Lines May Prove l Entering Wedge.,
IAN NOW FOLLOW UP
 l VICTORIES ON WEST

Washington, Sept. 4.-Announce Int today by General March, chiel staff, that more than 1,60o.oo1 heiican troops had been embarked all frorts up to Aug. 31. furnish a new measure of the forces mar I! Toch has at his disposal with kich to follow up the victories al kdy won on the western front. tncluded in the American shipments 5 men sent to Italy and Siberia, 3 arrival O. Major General Graves belican commander at Vladivos- kk, with nearly 14.0o0 men of the Ices despatched direct from the 1ited States having been announc- tday by General March.
 The total number of men sent else |ere than to France. however, is B than 10000, leaving more than |million and a half American bps available for the use of the breme commander in he great (tle.
 he size of this American forces omes increasingly important as the rBitish assault at the very cen- of the German line on ehe Douai- mbrai front becomes apparent.
 In the opinion of army officials e the breakdown ot the German ense lines on this front may prove entering wedge for allied success of a sweeping nature. since the that General Pershing's army not yet been largely employed proof that Marshal Foch has am. reserves with which to press his Iantage.
 Reviewed Battles.
 n his mid-week conference with Fspaper correspondents, General fch reviewed breifly the battle si- tlon oi the last three or four days as particularly that the British tle most impressive phase of the ae east of Arras, had smashed VI way across the Hindenburs on an eight mile front with nDral a their objective.
 ne major enemy resistance along waole sixty mile battle front Fl tne scarpe to the Disc, he said, oeen encountered and overcome ,le British and the swift advance ne french troops last week when sained five or six miles on a %he tront in a single day, was largely to withdrawal forced on enemy in the north.
 Have Gone 14 Miles
 easlal March pointed out also ,s snolcating the rapiditt with Ia lne battle front is shifting un- 'ue steady drive of the allied ar- sa ,nat the British had pressed ~ la miles since they launched
 a'tack on Aug. 21.
 's. as General March talked. word m, 0 llom the battle front that th,. " had been hurled still farther a,ohg the Doual-Cambrai line ss..a.catlng s.as the British early to ,hs S.ooo within five miles of thi. tion " '"'s 1erihah oelense
 otAer Retreats Reported.
 u, On reports both from Flanders cataa a 'ne vesle, far to the south nroc. u .nat new retirements were 'osress in both places. casa a .ne despatches from abroad ktions "u.eo tsea again today yelled in s nSas..t mat some new and import. tea 'es CT the battle is to be ex comss Ou'n unofficial and semi-offi. imura mu,aentators which produced barine esslon that Marshal Foch is
 mug Tor new blow
 Ai Afefshing's Army In It.
 that 's tna the case, it. is believed pa,sh;s.a .ae employment of Gene. uded dns ;n s army may we'll be to hit ', r,!Ii !ae plans, the object be. an ana ~itn full force of the Am Germua uu allied armies now that De snrsa al disorganization apears
 ea0lng and his lire waver. s been esnes,slops tha, the Germans ca... .orced by :he rupture oy lssalssl lsl,sr sA to attempt such :, khal rosa sSa.reat, it is argued that nomerss Usn might we'll telive that lt had .a 'o attempt a decisive hhr, t cOme since the confusion III nsoa .oM such I movement tc
 @scessarily would be great