Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
RED ARMYL|
PERFECT DEFENSE
Forces, Hampered by Blue
Aviators, Are Delayed in
Reaching Detectives.
By J. S. EDGERTON,
et.R r.orraenopdapf NJ The star

stan Correspondent Of The star.
FAIRFIELD, Ohio, May 22.-When
dark fell last night the Red Army had
five divisions organizing a defense line
east of Big Darby Greek from Oriont
To Kileville. Ohio, and outposts were
being located on the east bank OF the
stream. Another division, mobllizeo at
Chillicothe, had been delayed by Blue
Army aviation and was in the vicinity
Of Lockbourne.
The Fed I'd Corps. modified in the
vicinity of GAINESVILLE, Newark and New
Lexington. Ohio, also had been delayed
by Blue aviation and at nightfall was
behind its detectives. The artillery OF
the list and I'd Corps was supporting
the defensive Red position from west
OF the Scioto River.
Shortly before dusk the Red covering
attachments had been forced east OF
Big Darby Creek, and the Red main line
of resistance lay east Of the creek and
IL miles west of Columbus, the Red
capital. Many foreign military attaches
have arrived here to witness the ma
neuvers. Among them Wing Condr. t.
G.. Hetherington, British air attache;
Capt. John r. Godfrey. assistant Brit
ish military attache; Lieut. Col. Fhra
Amara and Mai. Luang Deves OF the
Siamese air service; Brig Gen. Augusta
Villa, italian military attache, ana
Capt. Walter Warlimont and Capt. VIII
helm Speidel of the German army.
ISIS Hammer Red Army.
Batteries of 75's, sent forward with
fine advance battalions Of the Blue First
Army went into actN0N this morning
along the west banks of Big Darby
Greek and were reported by observation
planes TO be pouring destructive shfap-
mel FIRE into the Red defensive positlons
and the heads of advancing REQ COL
umns in the mimic warfare.
Infantry patrols of the Blue Army,
annroachine the Red intrenchments on
the rising ground behind placid Darby
creek, at dusk last night attacked with
rifles and machine guns, but, nnolng
the enemy strongly posted, aug IN 10
await the arrival Of supporting Blue
infantry and artillery. Shipping was IN
progress during the night across tne
creek. and OF both sides roads were
choked by advancing columns: tor.ss
rrossed the mythical international
houndary 10 miles west Of Columbus
csnital of the Red Nation, aerial oper-
otions have been continuous. approx
r1atelv 100 Army planes have been as
signed TO each Army and now are
functioning with the ground troops on
a wartime basis. Attack aviation mas
been called upon to delay the nrlnsns
IN If artillery, and, owing to the m
tsr.iva aerial activity along the IT.
,,,iie front, troop movements can be
,nads oniy under cover Of darkness.
Ped boi11bardnent planes made three
s,n1je raids into Blue territory last
NIGHT and the umpires ruled That tney
had knocked out one span OF bridges
al Pioua and Dayton, closing tne
bridges to trafic for several hours. IN
retaliation eight Blue planes. leaVins
here at $50 pm, made ralos on .he
enennv regulating station at Newark,
ohio, tnfiicting damage which theoret-
ically put the station out OF commission
for ia hours. This regulating station,
the target for several destructive raids
curing the opening phases OF the war
last week, controls the movement OF
troops and supplies and the conse-
quences Of . successtul RAID tnerelOie
are regarded as especially serious.
Observation Planes Driven on.
Al dawn today Red observation planes
located 81 Blue attack planes on Deeds
field. southwest Of Dayton. A Blue
force Of 10 pursuit planes. carrying
2s-pound bombs, was sent out ana
drove the observation planes away,
Aerial AIG III dOIAOll OAA bSNAA
sides of the international line through
out the day and night, and this morn
ing Blue attack and pursuit pilots were
called out at $3.50 o'clock TO stand on
the alert
Blue divisional stan headquarters
were established early this morning at
Resaca, Checkery, Unionville Center,
Lilly Chapel, Lafayette and Plumwood
on a line several miles behind the
fiehting outposts. while corps head
quarters are in operation at Mechanics
burg and London, midway between
Fairfield and the division posts OF
command.
Training Of the commanding ofncers
and their STATS at these posts OF com.
rnand Is one Of the chief purposes OF
the present Ohio concentration, the
other primary phase being the co-opera.
ton Of the Air Corps with ground
troops. The command stats now in
the field are organized to handle OPP
posing armies totaling nearly 1.o00.ooO
nnen Thea. armies are represented In
the field by skeleton forces Of Regular
Army infantry men. who love panels
representing the various Army units In
accordance with commands from head
quarters