Republican farmer., 1918-12-06

1 ly that he had one to reckon with"
 The report shows fo1 the first time
 officially that with this brilliantly ex-
 ecuted coup, General Pershing's men
 had cleared the way for the great
 effort of the Allied and American forces to win a conclusive victory. The American army moved at once toward
 its crowning achievement, the battle of the Mouse.
 The general tells a dramatic story of this mighty battle in three distinct phases, beginning on the night of i September 27, when Americans quick ! Iy took the places of the French on the thtnly held line of this hong, quiet sector. The attack opened on Septem- 1 Der 26, and the Americans drove 1 through entanglements, across No Mans Land to take all the enemy's first line positions Closing the chap ter, General Pershing says:
 "On November a division of the First Corps reached a point on the Mouse opposite Sedan, 25 miles from our linG- of departure. The strategical goal, which was our highest hope, was gained. We had cut the enemys
 main line of communications, and nothing but surrender or an armistice
 could save his army from complete disaster.
 Tn all 40 enemy divisions had been
 used against us in the Meuse-Argonne 1 battle. Between September 26 and i November 6 we took 26, ,O59 prisoners and 46S guns on this Bont Our di- visions engaged were the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 26th, 18th, 18th, 32d, 33d, 35th,
 37th. 42d, 77th, 18th, 18th, S0th, 82d, S9th, Seth and 91st."
 1 The comma nder in chief tells of the work of the 2d Corps, comprising the l 27th and 30th Divisions, in the British assault on the Hindenburg line.
 Army Strength 2,O53, ,347. 1 Of the total strength Of the expedi- tionary force General Pershing re- ports:
 There are il Europe altogether, ! including a regiment and some sani- tary units with the Italian army and
 the organizations at 1Jurmansk, also including those en route from the States, approxima. ely 2G53,347 men, ! less our losses Of this total there are in France 1,33S,169 combatant i troops. Forty divisions have arrived, of which the infantry personnel of 10
 have been used as replacements, leav- | ing 10 divisions now in France organ tzed into three armies of three corps each"
 1 Of their equipment he says: "Our entry into the war found us with few of the auxiliaries necessary 1 for it's conduct in the modern sense. 1 Among our most important defcieu- ] cies in material were artillery. avia- l ton and tanks. In order to meet our requirements as rapidly as possi- | bIe we accepted the offer of the | French government to provide us with the necessary artillery equip- | ment of 75s, one 55-milIirletre how itzers and one 55~G. P. F. guns from their own factories for thirty divis- ions. The only guns of these types produced at home thus far received | in France are 1O9 75-miIlilnetre guns.
 Tn aviation we were in the same
 situation, and here again the French government came to our aid They havep rovided us with a total of D. | 676 pursuit, observation and bomb- 1 ing planes. The first airplanes re- ceived from home arrived in May, and altogether we have received l. 3T9. The first American squadron completely equipped by American 1 production, including airplanes,
 crossed the German line on August | ', 1918. As to tanks, we also were
 compelled to rely upon the French.