| Show AMERICANS JOIN SH IN NORTH EVIDENCE aff OF SUCCESS OF EM EMER E R GENCY MEASURES TO TO GET iwan POWER TO EUROPE odthe of the new army lakly lately ar ii lulng in france to help to block the path of huns to the channel ports evidence of tile the success of nf y Men measures io to bring ameal awn power to alie aid of the fretic french aad armies in repelling i ng the brive came on may 19 with the that Ameil american can troops hafid bidd flanders auders Fl and gone into futo training the british lines there soldiers fron general army have been in itoe with the french and british front of akiens amiens for some time but the decision to send additional forces from tills this country direct to the british army was made after the great german drive laun launched ebed march 21 was well under way less than two months has been required to get the first of these troops across the sea and into position nothing Is available at the war department part ment to indicate the identity or numbers of th the e men in flanders it t Is probable however that the national army regiment reviewed rec recently antly in london by king george Is included ahe L lie infantry tind and machine gun units of i the hie division to which th that a t regiment wll WIB attached probably constitute tills this first american force to appear in the flanders theatres theartres the atres the men it Is noted tire are described as being in training lit in the british zones that Is taken here to mean that they are baing be ang brigaded with british divisions in reserve and will get their final seasoning quickly through tills this close association with the veterans of sir douglas haigs army unless it 11 great emergency arises when the german assault Is renewed it is not regarded as probable that the american battalions will be employed on the front line for some time the immediate result of greatest importance probably is that the battalions of 0 british troops displaced id in these divisions by the americans will lie be ava available liable to io fill up other british divisions to full strength or for the organization of bf ney british divisions as general haig deems best |
