The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
SILENT STEADY
FLOW OF TROOPS
TO BATTLE FRONT
March Tells Of Move
ment of Soldiers To-
ward Cambria.
800, 900 IN EUROPE.
Yankees Confront Foe
men on Four Fronts
and + orm Menace to
Hold on Belgium.

Washington. SEPT. i.--tmcri-
can troops, probably 100 600. on
front lines and closeup reserves.
are fighting today on four fronts
successfully and ,aIiantly, with
plenty OF glory left tn go round
among the allies. After talk
today with General payton &.
March, chief Of stan. IL was APP
parent that troops from the
United States are engaged daily
at the~,. points and areas:
In the British thrust forward
from Mount KENNEL
In the French American and
all American advance east of Ju-
signy.
On a sector described officially
A. half way down between >oiS-
sons and the Nt'eie river.
Ia the sector from Rheims
down to the Swiss border.
This latter sector has not been
much In the public eye. but the
daily reports Ia the war depart
meut show that the Germans are
making thrusts along that line
I'm the vain hope of causing Gen
eral Foch 10 weaken the sectors
where the bloodie~t work il
going on.
I.6o0. 900 Men at Front
General March today told Of the
landing of reinforcenents for the
American troops at Viadivostok un-
der the commander in chief, General
William :. Graves The actual en-
barkation of American troops for
France ur TO date exceeds 1000 ooe.
More than ,250so troops EN- narked
for she western front during tbs
month OF August The iargest mum
Der EN- bar ked for a single month was
2S5 .oo0 men.
General March said today, almost
but most siCniti-
eantly, that the objective OF The
British is Cam braf"~ According 10
March. they are within seven
and half miles of that objective
Further discussion OF this disclosure
by General March with staff officers
shows that the capture OF Cam bra
viii practically enyeiop Lille, as point
ed out in last nights dispatches.
The British, who are undoubtedly
utilizing the American troops sttf
brigaded with them. are manifestiy
doing ~ Camhrai what the Germans
tried 10 do at Epernay. the object
there being til enveinp Rheims
Rctrogradc Toward the Rhine.
To the military mind here nothing
can now prevent the fall of Lille. It's
fail, as already pointed out means
the inevitable abandonment Of this
greater part of Belgium by the Ger
man armies. The, patent effect OF this
fall of Lille. taken in connection with
todays reported onward rush of the
north OF scissors, will be
to force the Germans TO contract their
~. ~. ~
Rhine.
The eve of the military world i:
rivet,-d Just now on the two part:
OF the long battle front, one where
the British and American troops are
to mask Lille and force
its surrender the other where tn.
French and Americans, principal,
Americans. are endavoring TO reach
and cross the Hindenburg line cas-
and north of the Aisne. Midway ths
French, as noted today by Genera
March. are lighting day and night ane
are achieving notable successes s----
Referring to the French spirit anf
dash. General March said:
The French advanced south of tn,
Somme 80 quickly on twenty FIVE
mile front that they gained from fv'
to six miles in one day-last Wednes
day. At the Canal du Nord the Ger
mans tried TO hold the French bu
without com plete success. TIL,
French crossed the canal at severa
places, and near Noyon have ad
vanced more than mile beyond 1t.
Crediting the Americans with par
OF the great British drive, Genera
March said.
Flanders IAnc Strengthened
ION the front north of the Somm,
the British have advanced fourteei
miles since the drive began on Angus
81. In Flanders the enemy has with
drawn without being under specia
nressure, falling back directly towart