American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-08-06
I .3OO. 900 YANkS UNDER
GEN. PERSHINGS COMMAND
Three Hundred Thousand American
Soldiers tr0ss Atlantic During
Month Of July.


Major General Hunter Liggett. COM
handing the first American corps, is /
in active charge Of that corps on the /
center Of the allied drive in the Aisne- F.
Narne salient. General March, chief
Of staff. told newspaper spondents .
a. the semi eekly conference al the
var apartment.
The American divisions forming this
corps are serving contiguously on This
sector The control of which is in the
hands of Major-General Liggett. as
commander Of the first major Ameri-
can unit to get into action IL France
General Pershing. as a result Of re-
cent transfers Of American divisions
hich had been brigaded with the
British. now has 100000 men under
his direct command the chief Of staff
stated.
The number Of American divisions
actively engaged on this sector has
been increased TO eight, now including
the First. Second. Third and Fourth
regulars and the Twentysixth, Iwen-
tv-eighth. Thirty-second and Forty
second national guard General March
announced that il was the Forty-sec-
ond division which met and defeated
the Prussian guards during the pres
ent week.
Total embarkation OF American
troops during July broke all records.
il was announced officially, more than
800 900 men having been shipped.
The grand total embarked TO the
end Of July has passed the l,5oo.uvV
mark. The previous high monthly
record was for June. when 216.ooe
men were sent overseas.
Discussing the lighting General
March said that official dispatches
covering the battles 10 August
showed that the front is running prac
tically parallel TO the Vesle and Ardr'
valleys. the next defensive line OF tbs
enemy. At that time the advancin:
forces we're within six miles OF this
line Later dispatches, however. indi
Gated that the Vesle-Ardre line IA
turned already.
: The objective OF the American am
allied-armies still is the destruction o
the euemys army. General March said
The maximum retreat OF the enemy u
. tc August measured sixteen miles
the total length of the Aisne- Maru
salient having been reduced from sew
entv-four miles 20 forty-eight miles
The French and British pounding
both flanks of the salient. Genera
March said. had resulted in the col
lapse Of the German resistance o
August l. and the French had wake
into scissors.
le The complete success OF the allies
4 indicated by a confidential messas
a reaching the chief OF staff. from an OF
IS fcer who. al the time OF writing. ha
l. inst returned from Fere-en-Tardenoii
y. This officer reported that IL wa
e. seemingly impossible for any arm
3. ~ gather the number OF guns an
D. shells that were abandoned by N
N Germans in their retirement
ID The message added that the Gel
le mans had been driven back wltnOl
Is time 10 bury their dead. and the Gel
m man bodies lay so thickly it was in
possible TO advance without WalAln
nj over them.
se The advance in the center has avei
re aged three miles. on a front OF thirI
le miles. the chief of staff said. While o
re the east flank. west of Rheims. an al
k vance of four miles on four mi
n front already had been made 10 Augu
le /.
General March said the war depar
he ment still was without any inIorm'
10 ton as 70 the number of American ca
as ualties in the lighting since the pre-
er ent battle began