The sun., 1918-11-03
GERMANY NOW ONLY
FOE, SAYS MARCH
Chief of Staff Sure Other
Belligerents Are Complete
ly Out Of the War.
FEW SICK ON TRANSPORTS
Only % Cases of Influenza
Developed Among Last 25,-
600 Troops Sent Over.
FEW SICK ON TRANSPORTS
Special Despatch 10 THE sux.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-The war now
has become a question OF breaking en-
envy resistance centred IN one nation,
Germany. according to Gen. Peyion C.
| March, Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria,
he dearly indicated. are now all COM
pletely out of the reckoning.
"Slnce last Saturday" Gen. March
said IN his talk to-day with the newspa-
per men. "the debncle of the outlying
allies of Germany has been going on 10
a finish"
! In describing the general character OF
the fighting Gen. March explained that
| the Fortysecond tRainho~) Division
was in action west OF the Meuse three
| days ago.
Most Progress Made In Italy.
"Durlng the week the general prog
| rcss along the western front has been
slight as compared with what the
! troops there had been doing before.
The greatest advance has been IN the
italian region.
TN the FIRST part of the week there
| was little change In the situation on the
western front The enemy continued 10
retire slightly from the salient north of
| Laon and IN tho Champagne under
pressure from the French. Thursday
| and Friday the allied forces In Flanders
| including Americans. pushed forward
| several miles on a twelve mile front be-
tween the Lys and tho Scheldt to posi-
| tons on the Scheldt south OF Client.
! THE British attacked again south OF
| Nalenclennes on Friday. crossing the
| Ehonelle and gaining ground
"A drive on both sides o: the Argonne
| by the French on the west side and the
\ At,,nrf.a,, Eirct nv, ha 81
yesterday and Is making good progress,
| This advance has developed a pocket in
| the enemys limo in tho Argonne which
| threatens to make him fall back. The
enemy opposite the Americans resisted
stubborn.y, throwing in all available d.
visions Thirty-siN hundred prisoners
are reported taken
! "On the Italian front the local at
| tacks which we mentioned last week on
the Asiago plateau. OH the Grappa sec
tor and on the Piave River gave place to
| a well organized drive The Austrian
! armies between the Brenta and the
/ Adriatic coast have been routed,
Line of Withdrawal Cut.
| ION Sunday morning Rritish and ltal
| ian troops crossed the Piave az Grave d
! Papadapoli in spite Of strong enemy re
| slstauce, advancing two miles across tn,
| plains on a front of five miles. A cross
| ing was also effected by the Italiar
| forces twenty miles up stream from IN
other. near where the Piave comes on
from among the foothills Of the Alps.
ION Monday both bridgeheads wer
| extended and the enemy was force
back from the river In both sectors Of
either side OF the Monselle hills. On tn
Venetian plains the Allies broke throuGI
the Austrian lines on a two mile from
and reached 81. l.uria and Vene!a. fiv
miles beyond the Pave.
| The geDeral strategic idea OF tho al
lied advance has been 10 cut the line o
| withdrawal, which has been successful
| accomplished, resulting in forcing the en-
envy in the Adige-Piave sector, IL h
| withdraws at all, TO go back throug
the Trentino. The entire line on tn
| Venetian plains on thirty-fve mil
front has advanced from two TO seye
miles.
| The American forces embarked. a
has been announced by the Presider
and Secretary OF War, have crossed tn
100000 mark and that progress
steadily going on.
| at is a matter Of qualification to IN
| War Department that the transport
that landed at the regular time after tn
beginning Of the influenza epidemic her
and had on board large number Of me
| who had developed the disease on III
voyage, are now arriving In France III
der the system of protection inaugr
rated so that casualties on board ar
practically nothing. We have report
OF $4,000 troops landing with only se'
enty-eight cases of influenza anon
them.
"In addition TO extending the hospi;i
space on the ships, | have cut down III
crowded conditions. so that so per GER
of the actual berth space only rs use
, and the men are wearing masks acros
, Under the system inaugurated the cast
alties on board ship are less than II
| casualties at home where We have Il