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Show jes J&r j&r j&r jg? jg? "6000 UTAH BOYS FIGHTING THOU MAUBEUGE FATAL British Victory Makes Further Defense in That Sector Futile, General March Says Battling aids by side with the j British troop in the fierce onslaught on-slaught in Flanders. 6000 Utah draft man, mam bar of the famous Nmety-firat division, tratnod at Camp Lewis, Wuh, mrm en tho heights of Ardenerde, on tho Sohaldt river. Word of tho activity ac-tivity of tho Ninety-first, together with ita location, wot containod in an Aaaociatad Proso ra port today. Two American divisions, now operating with tho ' British in Flandars, waro id ant if i ad as tho Thirty-aavanth (Ohio), undor Ma- Jar General C. 8. FamawoFth, and tho Ninaty-firat (Pacific coast, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, No t vada and Utah), unoor Major Gonoral W. H. Johnson. According to Major Frod Jor ganaan of tho adjutant gonoral' office, 6000 Utah national army man, who received their training at Camp Lawia, aro with tho Ninaty-firat. WASHINXiTON. Nov. 9. Capture of Maubeuge by the British, General March Raid today, marks the definite severance sever-ance of the 1at German artery to that sector of the weat front, and will mako It ImpoMlblo for the enemy to ahlft his forces to meet a new attack. Summartxina: the allied successes since the Inauguration of the forward movement, CI en era I March pointed out that the Germans have been driven aixty-fo'ur miles further from Paris and the territory they occupy in anco hns been reduced from 10.000 square ml lea to less than 25O0l UTAH MEN IN BATTLC. American divisions opera tine with the Kritiffh In Flanders were Identified a, tho Thirty-seventh Ohlo. under Major flenersl C. 8. Ksrnsworth, and the Vinety-first H'acific coast, Alas-Iks. Alas-Iks. Wyoming, Montana. Nevada and 1'talw, under MuW.r Oneral U. H. Johnson. The Ninety-first was, on last reports, on the helptits of Arde-nirrle Arde-nirrle on tho Hchelrtt river. The American First army under General f'erahlnie ha a advanced thirty miles in the last eight days. FALSE REPORT INJURIOUS. Oeneral March eharca tented the publication of the erroneous announce-tnent announce-tnent of the armistice as "very bad fnr the milttsry proa; ram of the I'nlt-ed I'nlt-ed StMtes," for Instance, he said: In New York tho stevedores who ware n r a red In load in tr very essential sup- ' pltea for tha expeditionary forces atupped work and did not return at all on that Say or the next day. and army food shlnmenta were thua delayed. de-layed. In commenting on thia Incident the chief of atari nade the statement that tha American arm will be in France for eome time even when peace la . declared. NEW CORPS COMMANDERS. Tha reorganization (,f the American expeditionary force Into two . field armies has neulted In eeverel changes in corp. cornmandera. These Include the followtig: first eorpa, 1)"r toneral- Joeeph Dlrkman; Second corps. Major General Gen-eral tieorge W. Feed: Third corpa. alaj'T General L. J. Hinea: Fourth 1 corp Major Oenerai t'harlea H. Iu!r; Fifth corpa. Major nerl P. Hum- mere': Sixth corp. Majr tl'eneral (Continued orT pa s 2 ) l HUN LOSS (Continued from page I ) Will ia m M . W right; cte ven t h corps. Makr (iencral t'harles H. Mnher. LOCATION OF UNITS. In reply to fveatina concerning Individual In-dividual unita. the chief of staff announced an-nounced that the Three Hundred Kifty-flrst aero squadron was at an artlilerv obeerv ing school In France; the Thre Hundred Forty -slat h mi-ch:ne mi-ch:ne gun battalion was attached to the Ni net -first division In Flanders; the Three Hundred. Third fle d artil-lenr artil-lenr brigade whs at flermotit-sur-Aisne at laat reirta: the Three Hundred Hun-dred Sixty-fourth field artillery hri-(wide. hri-(wide. friKiuallv with the Klghty-nlnth division, has been In action tn Flah-dra: Flah-dra: the Forty-first division (Pacific ,ri. Montana, ldaho and Wyoming . mi ill ia acting aa a replacement unit lard the Thirty-eighth division f Kentucky Ken-tucky and- West Virginia has not been rc,orted sine rcfoher ?J. when ,:t was in action west of the Me use |