Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-10
HAIG'S FINAL REVIEW.
British General Praises Foch and the
Americans.

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London, Tuesday, Jan. Filed Mar
shall Haig, whose report on operations
from the end of April until the end of
hostilities was made public tonight
pays a high tribute to Marshal Foch
and alludes to the splendid fighting
qualities Of the American forces" In
concluding his report, the field mar
shall wrote:
"At the moment when the final tri-
umph Of the Allied cause is assured,
we and all others of the Allied and as
sociated armies can look back on the
years that have gone with satisfaction
undimmed by any hint Of discord or
conflict of interest and ideals. Few
alliances of the past con boast Of such
a record. Few can show a purpose
more tenaciously and faithfully pur-
sued or so fully and gloriously real
lied.
IF the complete unity and harmony
Of our action is to be ascribed to the
justice of our cause 1t Is due to the
absolute loyalty with which that cause
has been pursued by oil those entrusted
with the control of the different Al
lied armies which fought side by side"
fighting on various parts Of the Brit
ish front, which, the field marshal
states, was carried on as part of the
grand plan of the campaign laid down
by the Allied high command. At the
close of the operations the renQrt de-
clares: "In the decisive contest In the
period covered by the report the
strongest and most vital parts OF the
enemy's front were attacked, his lat
eral communications were cut and his
best divisions were fought to a stand
still. On the different battle fronts the
British took $4,000 prisoners and g.
$50 guns, bringing the total number
Of prisoners captured during the year
to over POI, 900. These results were
achieved by So fighting British divi-
sions, which in the course Of three
months battle engaged and defeated
90 separate German divisions. When
the armistice was signed by the en-
emy his defensive powers had already
been definitely destroyed. Continu-
ance of hostilities would have meant
only disaster to the German armies
and an armed invasion Of Germany.
American troops were the first to
break the Hindenburg line. according
to The Daily News in its comment to.
day on the report Of Field Marshal
Haig on the operations from the end
of April last to the close Of hostili-
ties. The News points out that at
least the first mention Of the break
through contained in the field mar
shals report was in the course OF his
description of the days work on Sep
tember 20, in which he wrote:
North of Bellenglise the Thirtieth
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and District Of Columbial
American Division. Maj Gen. f. M.
Lewis, having broken through the
deep dcfenscs of the Hindenburg
lie, Estormcd Bellincourt and seized
Nouroy. On their left the Twenty
seventh American Division (New
York;, Major General Organ, met
with very heavy enfilading machine
nm fire, but pressed on with great
gallantry as far as Jouy, where bitter
ctrugele took place for possession OF
the village. The fiehting on the whole
front Of the Second American carps
was severe and in Bellingcourt. Nou-
~ov. Gillemort Farm and q number u
other points. amid the intricate de-
ferses Of the Hindenburg line, strong
bodies Of the enemy held out with
rrcat obstinacy for manv hours.
These points Of resistance were
gradually overcome either by the sun
port troops of the American divisions
or by the Fifth and Third Australian
Divisions"