Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
HUNS ALONE HOLD,
GEN. MARCH SAYS
!CrumbIing of Germany's Allies
Leaves Foe Resistance Gen.
tered in One Nation.
U. S. UNITS NOW FIGHTING

The debacIe Of Germany's allies is
being pressed to completion. Gen.
March said today, and the events OF
the past week in the world war have
resulted in the concentration of
enemy resistance in one nation.
Resistance of the Germans on the
west front has continued and the
greatest allied advance has been reg
istered on the Italian front. where
maximum progress of thirty-seven
miles has been made. Gen. March said
the object of the allies on this front
was the cutting of the Austrian line
of withdrawal This has been &C
complished," he added.
U. S. Forces in Italy.
Gen. March identified the American
forces in Italy as the 3S2d Infantry
Regiment, with Ambulance Battalions
| 5, 6, IL, IL and -. Field Hospital 3Sl,
| Base Hospital 102. In addition there
are certain air service training units
The new Franco-American attack on
both sides of the Argonne already, the
chief of staff explained, has progresses
! to such an extent that decided
pocket has been formed in the German
lines, indicating the necessity OF an
i
portion of the Argonne forest This
would bring the American forces with
their heaviest artillery nearer the
main German railway line through
Stenay.
Few Influenza Deaths.
| Gen. March announced that infiu-
| enZa conditions among troops arriving
| in France have improved so materi-
ally that deaths from the disease
practically have stopped. recent
| transport convoy carrying 10000 men
| arrived at the American port of de-
barkation, he said, with only seventy
| eight cases of influenza.
Regimental units identified and To-
Gated by Gen. March included the
Hath Engineers with the LIST Army.
| west of the Mouse. and the SD Pho
neer Infantry with the 9Th Army
| Corps, in the same territory These
are not part of any division.
Individual Units Identified.
In reply to questions regarding in
Idividual units Gen. March said the
lS9th Division (KanSas, Missouri, South
dakota. Colorado, New Mexico and
tArizona troops) was last reported in
faction October % between the Ar
lgonne and the Mouse. The 35th Di-
Vision missouri and kansaS) has not
jbeen on the front line since Septem-
lber, although it is attached to the LIST
American Army. The sd (negroes
from Camp Dodge) is on the line east
of the Moselle; the 31th (Ohio) had
lbeen on the line in the Vosges. but
|more recently its headquarters was
reported in the Woevre.
The 8Sth Division (North Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa and western Illinois,.
commanded by Maj. Gen. William
Weigel, is on the line in the Belfort
sector in Alsace near the Swiss border
the 26th (New England) has been in
action east of the Meuse; the S0th
Virginia, West Virginia and western
Pennsylvania, has not yet been re-
ported in action; the SD (Ohio and
western Pennsylvania has headquar.
tiers at LIE Mans; the 90th (Texas and
Oklahoma) was reported in action with
the LIST Army west of the Mouse on
October %; the Both Tennessee, North
Carolina, South Carolina and District
of Columbia, is with the British in
Picardy; 4th CIRCULARS, is west of the
Meuse; 10th (New England and New
York;, still is acting as a depot
division: the eth tNew York; is with
the British in Picardy.