New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
GEN. MARCH DENIES
 HEAVY CASUALTIES
 AMONG ]. 5. TROOPS 5
Tells Senate Committees Lists From Gen. PershiDs Are Given
 Publicity When Received
1,5OO,O0O SOLDIERS
 HAVE BEEN SENT OVER

AnFu buGV UIUI UFUn Chief of Stan Receives Glowing Re- ports Concerning ValOr oI Our Boys Division Captures Ten Complete Yankee Chicf-Anothcr Takes B. 300 Prisoners in Ono Action
 Washington, Aug. 24.-Members of the senate military committee were assured by Gen March at their week ly conference today that stories of great unpublished American casual ties overseas are wholly false and that all casualties among the expeditiona1y forces are given to the public as promptly as the cables can transmit them.
 Further improvement in the ship ping situation was noted and Gen. March said the program of transport ing troops to France was going ahead without change. ... srz
 The total number of soldiers en1- l,DU mark, Gen. March announced.
 Commenting upon the military sit nation, the chief of staff pointed out that since last Wednesday the French advance has continued from the pla- teau overlooking Noyon. down to the Disc river making a maximum ad- vance for these troops of nine miles since August IS. This has forced the enemy hack across the Oise
 The French success, he said has been duplicated by the British who jnaugurated an attack Wednesday, south of Arras. Rapidly advancing. the British reached a depth of three miles but their progress has been held up by German counter er-attacl1s. The railroad to Arras still is in Ger man hands, according to latest off Cial advices, and the Germans are utilizing largely in their defense the railway em bankments.
 The British thrust Thursday in the Albert region resulted in an import ant advance between the Ancre and the Somme rivers which. Gen. March said had developed a new salient
 The rest of the line since Wednes- day has been reasonably quiet he said the Allied activities being con- fined to "nibbling" tactics and artil- cry fire.
 Gen. March spoke warmly of the achievements of the American sol 1iers in France.
 Americans Deliver the Goods.
 "The American soldier deserves the confidence of the American people, . ne said. Every time they have been tested they have absolutely delivered the goods"
 Every man who has served with American troops has absolute cOntf- deuce in them," he added, citing the reports made to him personally by American officers returning from Fraroc to take higher rank in new divisions. One of these described an s2tion in which an American division captured 6H German guns and brought tj2am back &t the rear Of army trucks
 This division al inc same time cap til4d 3,390 prisoners. Another Amer lean division iii a single action took lcn complete German batteries and presented them to Gen. Pershing.
 Gen. March said statements he made recently in hearings before the military affairs committee were the results of cold blooded military opin-
 
 hopes of the people. He apparently referred to his testimony that an army or 4,000,00D Americans could Gin the war next year
 Tn answer to questions, he said the E3rG division. (PennsylVanta and Ohio b'oopsJ, is serving a& a replacement division: the 37th division (Ohio lr0ops). is in the Fourth army corps
 The 18th division CDistrict of Col nmbia, Maryland and PennsylVania troops,) has reached France and is in Training in the rear Of the line.
 No recent reports have come to tho department from Gen. Pcrshine re- EIrd:1g progress in tie organization rf the First field army. Gen. March uas unable 10 say whether the An2eri- can divisions fQaning ttie army havc been concentrates in 3. new American sertor