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Show HAIG PRAISES ) 1ETWS! i Opened Road to Final Vic-1 ' . i tory, British Field Mar- ! shal States. ; 'AYITK THE BKlTISiJ ARMY C Kill - ! f;iL-M, Nov. 2-1. (By the Assoeiat-d I'ress.) The American Se.md curp:, j rvhich served with tlie Htttish Fourth ' "my Aiix-iu the closin;; Ja".. of the war. ' has been rewarded for its work by a , :;iowlug letter of praise from Field Mar-1 Mar-1 Mint Haig, the Brltltm commander-in-chief. The field marshal's message to the command of the oorpn reads: ".Vow Hint you Kit; leaving the British on1. I wish again to thank you ami all ' lie of f jeers, non - commissioned oi r'ict-rs and men, on behalf of iiiyweJ f and all ranks of tlit Hrltish armies In Frant o and Fkmdeis. for the very gallant and -i f icfont service you have re mi ere -3 during dur-ing your operations with the i:ril.:-;h ; !'nrth iii iny. N.m the :::ith of September you partiei-paiofl partiei-paiofl with distinction in :i great ;iml ,'-iit!oal attack, whiuh opened the road to i( fin a 1 victory. ( "The deeda of (lie Twenty-seventh and .Thirtieth American divisions which took j Kelleeourt and Nauroy and gallantly -ustalncd (ho desperate struggle for Mony will rani.- with the highest achievement' achieve-ment' of the war. '"The nam'1?: ot rirancourt. Prrmnnt. t lluslgny, Vaux-Andlgny, St. Soup lot and . Wassigny will testify to the dash and nflrgy of your attacks, t am proud to ; have had you in iny command." The Thirtieth division mentioned by K:e!d Marshal Haig wan known as the : Wildcat division and came from the southeastern state. The Tweniy-sev-- fliith and Thirtieth divisions probably were- the first American division.1! to light, in Belgium, having: crossed the bother bot-her with the Fourth British army. |