The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-09-22
1,75O,OOO HAVE
SAILED FROM
US. TO FIGHT
March's Talk Indicates Lor-
raine Battle May Be
Renewed Soon.
BRITISH THANK YANKS
Scot Commander Praises
Services Of First u. S.
Division.
BRITISH THANK YANKS

One million, seven hundred and
fifty thousand American troops have
been embarked for foreign ports, Gen
March announced today.
Gen. March also announced that
the French under command of the
son of Clemenceau. the French Prime
Minister, were the first forces to
enter ST Mihiel, and made public a
cablegram from the commander of
the Fifteenth Scottish division highly
commencing the First American divi-
sion for its splendid cooperation
with the British under the most try
ing circumstances.
In a general way Gen. March
stated that the news continued to be
good from all the fronts, and in sew
eral instances he referred to the
places where progress is being made.
The situation in Lorraine seems to
indicate that the time is not far OF
when the Germans and the Ameri-
cans and French, may meet again
in a pitched battle.
Serbia RevitaIised.
General arch yesterday made a
point of paying tribute to revitalized
Serbia and mentioned particularly
the service of Serbian troops in the
Macedonian campaign He said:
The Serbian army attacked the
Bulgarians on a front of IS miles
on a sector that has been quiet for
a long time, AMI has driven them
back shout 20 miles through the.
mountainous region OF the Balkan
front"
General March called attention to
official reports that "the British
have reopened activities in Palestine.
1t Is also reported, however, that the
British have withdrawn from Baku,
on the Caspian. The city is again
In the hands of the Turks"
II Is evident to military men that
the announcement of the reopening
or activities by the British means
an immediate effort to retrieve the
situation at Baku. as the line of
hghting in that direction has for
its object the support of the Mace
DOMAIN drive. This latter is regarded
as the most important of the recent
military developments.
General March passed rapidIy in
review yesterT the salient point.
of interest C.. the Western front
Enemy's New Line.
or the situation in Lorraine, he said:
Our new line in Lorraine, so rap
idly produced by cutting off the enemy
IN st. Mihiel salient, was Quickly
stabilized. The enemy has been bur
rledly strengthening his line of de-
tense, which lies only a mile or two
IN 'front.' of our new line on a front
of about 20 miles, from near Maizeray
to the Moselle River. near Vandires.
We are now 10 miles from Con-
fans and Il miles from Metz. Com
hans is the center of this section ana
rs very important strategic
point from which railways feed the
Lorraine front During the last few
days there has been no attack In
force by either our army or the enc
rny's. Reports indicate simply pa
trolls, airplane observations, and a IT,
lery fire."
General March referred also to the
advance of the British in their opera
lions against st. Quentin, and CON-
firmed the statement that 1000 pris-
oners have been captured lately, with
st. Quentin hardly three miles from
the British on the northwest and the
French on the southeast.
The operations Of the French north
east of Scissors, General March said.
have continued to force back the
enemy's BEST troops until they are now
within a half mile from the junction
Of the Maubuge road and the !Chemin
des Danes, and within ten miles of
Laon. which is being shelled.
Son of CIemenceau Leads.
! A cablegram giving some details
of the fine work of the French who
co-operated with the Americans in
the advance on st. Mihiel, was mem
toned by Gen. March, who said:
TT appears that the French regi-
ment that had the honor of being
! the first to enter St. Mihiel was led
I by the son of Prime Minister Glenn
enceau-a regiment of Zouaves, COL
onial infantry and men Of the foreign
/ legion. The work of the French In
J connection with that fighting was OF
the high character that we find them
always showing all along the fronts. +"
A message to General Pershinp
from Maj. Gen. E. L. Reed, COM
manding the Fifteenth Scottish diyi-
sion, was given out by General
March. 1t read:
81 would like on behalf of all ranks
Of the Fifteenth Scottish division to
express to you personally, to your
stan and to all our comrades in your
! splendid division our most sincere
thanks for all that has been Gone to
help us In a difficult situation. Dur
! ing many instances of taking ever
which we have experienced in the
war we have never received such as
sistance. and that rendered on the
most generous scale.
No Symptoms Of Fatigue.
TN spite of its magnificent sue
cess in the recent fighting the First
American Division must have been
feeling the strain of operations. ac-
eentaated by heavy casualties. vet
we could discern no symptoms of
! fatigue when it come to a question
OF addlng to 1t by making our task
easier.
To your artillery comma nder
(col. Holbrook) and his stan and to
CONTINUED on FACE lz,pH :