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Show WASHINGTON. Nov. 9. Capture of Maubeuge by the British. General March said today, marks the definite severance of the last German artery to that sector of the west front, and will make it impossible for tho enemy to shift his forces to meet a new attack. at-tack. Summarizing the allied successes since the inauguration of the forward movement, General March pointed out that the Germans have been driven G-l miles further from Paris and the territory ter-ritory they occupy in France has been reduced from 10.000 square miles to less than 2500. American divisions operating with the British in Flanders were identified identi-fied as the 37th, (Ohio), under Major-General Major-General C. S. Farnsworth, and the 91st (Pacific coast, Alaska, Wyoming. Montana. Mon-tana. Nevada and Utah) under Mnjor-General Mnjor-General W. H. Johnson. Tho 91st was, on last reports, on the heights of Ar-denarde Ar-denarde on the Scheldt river. me American rirsi array unuer General Pershing has advanced 30 miles in the last eight days. General March characterized the publication of the erroneous announcement announce-ment of tho armistice as "very bad for the military program or tho United Slates," for instance, he said, in New York the stevedoros who were engaged In loading very essential supplies for tho expeditionary forces stopped work and did not return at all on that day or tho next day and army food shipments were thus delayed. In commenting on this Incident, the chief of staff made the statement that the American army will be In France for some lime even when peace is declared. de-clared. The re -organization of the. Ameri-$ Ameri-$ can expeditionary forces into two ! field armies has resulted In several changes in corps commanders. These : include the following: ' First corps, Major-General Joseph j Dickman; Second corps. Major-General George W. Reed; Third corps. Major-General L. J. Hines; Fourth corps, Major-General Charles II. Mulr; n Fifth corps, Major-General C. P. Sum- imeral; Sixth corps, Major-General s William M. Wright; Seventh corps, I Major-General Charles H. Mencher. In reply to questions concerning individual in-dividual units, the chief of staff announced an-nounced that the 351st aero squadron I is in an observing school in France; the 34Gth machine gun battalion was attached to the 91st division in Flanders; Flan-ders; the 303rd field artillery was at Clermont-sur-Aisne at last reports, the 364th field artillery brigade originally orig-inally with the 89th division, has been in action in Flanders: the -list division divis-ion (Pacific coast, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) still is acting as a replace -! ment unit, and the 3Sth division (Ken- tucky and West Virginia) has not 1 been reported since October 23 when it was in action west of the Meuse. General Bundy Assigned. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 . Major- , General Omar Bundy, until recently commander of the Fifth American corps In P'rance, reported to Secretary Baker and General March loday and i received his assignment to command at Camp Pike. Arkansas, where he , will lake up his duties at once. General Bundy, as divisional commander, com-mander, directed the operations of the first American troops in the fighting near Chateau Thierry Avhere the last German offensive came to an end. While it has never been stated au- ; thoritatlvely he is generally believed to be the American ofilcor who wrote the famous note to tho French army commander saying he could not explain ex-plain it to his troops if he failed to ' counter-attack immediately and restore re-store a lost position. I j WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Wresting ! froni the enemy of his last hold on the heights east of the Meuse is reported ' by General Pershing in his Friday evening communique. |