Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-11
KEEP THE ENEMY RUNNING" " SAYS GENERAL MARCH Allies Must Continue to Hit Hard and Keep Foe
 in Retreat. GREAT OFFENSIVE
 JUST BEGINNING "NO Time Now to Talk About the War Being Over," American Chief
 of Staff Declares in
 Interview.

for the greatest effort: keep the enc my running"
 General March chief of staff, sum. marized thus today to newspaper mer the situation in France On military maps he pointed out that the great , battle front was rapidly being traighsed out from Rheims to the sea
 "They have not yet," he said, "got- ten back to the original Hindenburg line where the German began his ad- vance this year. We still have some appear that indicate the war is over at this point, discourage it.
 "This is the time for the greatest effort, keep the enemy running. That is the reason the United States is being called upon for increased man. power; that is the reason we want the age limits for the draft both low cred and raised to get more men.
 Time To Hit Hard.
 "It is nc time now to talk about the war being over. It is the time to hit hard.
 ''The greatest advantage of the whole thing has been the change of the allies from the defensive to the offensive, which is great military asset. We have the enemy guessing now instead of guessing ourselves.
 From a confidential report Genarl March read the following account of the situation on the British-French front south of Albert
 Capture General and Staff.
 "Allied troops found little opposi- tion and have captured more prison CTS than it is possible for them to handle, including German general and his staff, showing elements of a surprise attack.
 British report their prison camps back of Amiens so full that it is im- possible to hold more.
 "Allies have captured all the artil- lery in this sector"
 Tells of Foch's Plans.
 Describing the effect of the allied operations, General March said: :,
 Surveying the battle line broadly, you see that there have been num- Der of places where we have been nibbling along the Vesle river front, acquiring foothold on the northern bank, but have not yet attempted to go up the slopes on the north side, where German intrenchments are supposed to be. That part of the line has remained stationery.
 ''As the line has become stationary, Foch has kept up his pressure on the enemy, working on the perfectly sound principle that when you get an enemy going, you keep him gong; never give him chance to recuperate or think it over; keep on hitting him'
 "On August 8 combined British and French force, commanded by Field Marshal Haig,-attacked on a front of 20 miles east of Amiens.
 "This terrain is flat. almost level, and while some time ago there were small clumps of woods, all of those undoubtedly have been leveled long: ago by artillery fire, so we can count that country as practically level with very little natural impeachment to an advance.
 "There are a few valleys perpendic- ular to the front of our advancing armies instead of parallel of it, So that the advancing troops can go right through the valleys. Enemy Taken by Surprise. "The enemy was apparently taken bv surprise and made no essential re- sistance in the center, confining thelf strong resistance to the Hanks. 70
 Hitting the big salient on a la' mile front, we pushed it in an aver, ', age of eight miles and reduced Il from an outer salient to an inner sal tent.
 "That gives us a salient somewhat corresponding to the Marne salient and places the enemy again Tn a oao position. ~ ..1
 "The advance of the British ane . French at this point comes up so tha' they are getting into control o' threatening, the railroad line o1 com. munications, which at that point run up from the Montdidier sector to Chaulnes. :. IL. .o,,
 con the Flanders salient the enem! on August was withdrawing on tns ts southern sector of the salient, soutI of Merville and British occupied u tna' al territory. The general effect of thes' movements is strengthening ,out O