The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-12
100000 MEN
NOW OVERSEAS
General March Announces he
ceipt of List of 10000 slight
Casualties.
REVIEWS ACHIEVEMENTS
In the Balkan Campaign to
Date Allies Have Captured
2.S44 Officers. 120,192
Men and Many Guns.

washington. Oct. 1.-THE whole
German army in flight, disorgan'zed
and shaken from wings to center, was
the subject Of General March's review
today Of the operations on the western
front. He announced that more than
/. 800, 900 men of the American expedi-
tionarv force were now in France and
that the first courier with the names OF
$4,000 slight casualties had arrived in
Washington. These names are to be
given out later.
In his. description of the fighting on
the western front and its purpose, Gen
eral March. who has recently been in
conference with President Wilson,
made II particularly plain that the pro-
gram is to utilize all resources of men
and snnnov to corr nlete the final vic
tory a. soon as may be
The new drive on the Cambria st.
Quentin sector las made rapid pro-
gress,- said General March ION the
first day the British and American
forces advanced an average of three
miles and reached positions on the
open ground well beyond the Hinden-
burg line.
On Wednesday the drive continued
and broadened until i, occupied a
width Of thirty-hve miles from the
Escaut to the Disc. and at its deepest
point toward LIE Cateau. gained six
miles. The French. extending their
sector northward. carried the south
third of the advance
"On Thursday the British entered
LIE Cateau. having carried the point Of
the drive fourteen miles in three days
more than they gained in any three
consecutive DAYS since they arst start
ed their drive east of Amiens in
August The enemy's resistance, tenn
porarily at least, was badly shaken and
disorganized.
AT lie Cateau the British are only
fourteen miles for Aulnoye. This town
lis very important strategtcal point
II is the junction OF the main railroad
running from valenciennes through to
MetB and the other great northern
artery called the LeGe and Mauheuge
railway.
These two roads join at this point
An advance Of about nine miles IN this
direction win put that junction under
gunfire. and II is a point of vital i'm
portance.
General March also pointed out that
the British advancing along the -ES-
cault in the north. are only twelve
miles from Vlaneciennes. thus threat
ening the communications of Douai
In the attacks east of tho Meuss on
Tuesday and Wednesday the British
went forward one and half miles.
clearing the right flank of the Ameri
an advance, This move threatens the
Metz valenciennes railroad. 1t was In
this sector. he said. that the heaviest
bombing expedition of the war took
place on Wednesday. when thirty-two
tons Of bombs were dropped on the Ger
man environments at Danvillsrs.
In the American sector between the
Argonne and the Meuse there has been
stin nghting which wiped out the
pocket south Of the Grand Pre- gap,
All of these operations General
March summarized as being actions to
keep the enemy's reduced forces con-
tinually in action.
In the Balkan campaign to date the
allies captured ASA officers. 12o.192
men. 1900 guns and more than 10000
machine guns during the month Of Sep
tcmber From July Is to September so
there were captured 5.sls officers, 2s4,-
4s4 men. 1850 guns and numbers Of
smaller arms.
Probable and actual positions of
troops on the western front were an
nounced as follows;
The Seventy ninth division Is In the
Woevre. the Twenty-ninth in the line
In the vosges. the Forty second in the
woevre. the Ninetieth In 81. Mihiel re-
sion. The Fourth. Twenty-sixth. First,
Forty-second. Ninety-rinth and Second
divisions were in the attack on st.
Mihiel The Third division was in the
attack at the Marine. The Eighty Sec
ond division 10 east OF the Argonne.
the Ninetieth near ST. Mihiel. the First
and Second battalions of the pioneer
Infantry At Montnoir and the Third bat.
talssn 4 st. Massacre and xaysnny,
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