Arizona republican., 1918-08-04

Continued from Page One) The result of these blows on the Hanks forced a retirement along the entire German front on August 2.
 "On the west flank the enemy had to retire across the Crise river and the French walked into SoIssons. In the center during the day of August the retirement covered an average dis tance of from three to four miles on a front of 30 miles.
 "On the east flank on the heights west of Reims, our advance was final ly on a four-mile front for a distance of about one mile.
 Enemy Only Six Miles Away Our line last evening ran nearly parallel to the valley of the com- bined Vesle and Ardre rivers and the distance from where we are to their positions which is a more or less nat ural defensive position, is only little more than six miles.
 "The perimeter of this gradually diminishing salient has now come down to AS miles on August 2. from "A miles at the start. The depth of the enemy's retirement is now 16 miles. "Rainbows" Against Prussian Guards
 During this advance. beginning with the counter offensive, we have had eight United States divisions now en- gagged, First. Second. Third, Fourth, Twenty sixth, Twenty eighth Thirty second and Forty second. We have located definitely the troops which were engaged against the Fourth Prussian guards. They were the For | ty-second division, the rainbow" divi- | sion.
 | The objective of our forces is still the enemy's army. and the success of | the advance is indicated by the con- | fidential cablegram which l am going to read to YOU:
 NO TIME TO BURY DEAD An officer of General Muir's | cTwenty eighth division, just returned 1 from Fere- en- Tardenois, reports that | it does not seem possible for an army to have gathered as many guns, as much ammunition as the Germans had abandoned in their retreat, which had l been so nasty that they had not time l to bury their dead. The ground was so covered with corpses that it was i'm possible to advance without walking ever them, and further that the ad- vance of the Twenty eighth division had been extremely rapid in spite of the fact that their position was some distance from the nearest railroad
 Tn connection with the American forces abroad there has been some dis cussion about the proportion of the | force which is brigaded with the Brit ish, and I will say that General Per- shing has in his own area as his own force. not brigaded with the British over 100000.
 | July Departures Break Record
 "The number of men embarked dur- ing the month of July, just closed. was over 300,000. That breaks the record the previous high record was in the preceding month, when we reached 276,- 900. The number of men embarked tc France is now over 1900, 000."
 It was in reply to questions that Gen. eral March revealed that the First American army corps under Genera Liggett is operating as a unit on the sector southeast of Fere- e-en- Tardenois He also revealed that the Thirty fiftf division has replaced the Thirty-secon6 division on the Swiss frontier.
 Eighty ninth Reaches France
 General March refused to reveal tho identity of the combatant unit sent tt Italy, saying he did not think the uni had been identified by the enemy. St far as has been reported. this unit ha. not actually entered the firing line, tn general said
 The Eighty ninth division. Genera March said, has reached France, bu no further report as to its location ha been received.