General Allenby commanding British and Arabian forces, routed and
destroyed three Turkish armies in Palestine, capturing Jerusalem which
had been held by the Turks for six hundred and seventy three years.
The turning point of the war came on March 29, 1918, when General Foch
was chosen Commander-in-Chief of all the Allied forces. This followed
Germany's great drive on a fifty-mile front from Arras to La Fere.
Successive German thrusts were halted by the Allied forces now strongly
reinforced by Americans.
Foch, patiently biding his time, elected to halt the German drive with
Americans. The Marines of the United States forces were given the post
of honor, and at Chateau-Thierry the counter-thrust of Foch was
commenced by a complete defeat of the Prussian Guard and other crack
German regiments, by the untried soldiers of America.
From Chateau-Thierry to the armistice which went into effect at eleven
o'clock on November 11th was only a short span of time, but in it was
compressed the humiliation of arrogant Teutonic imperialism, the
destruction of militaristic autocracy, and the liberation of the world.
CHAPTER LVII
BEHIND AMERICA'S BATTLE LINE
GENERAL MARCH'S OWN STORY OF THE WORK OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
DIVISION--OF THE WAR PLANS DIVISION--OF THE PURCHASE AND TRAFFIC
DIVISION--HOW MEN, MUNITIONS AND SUPPLIES REACHED THE WESTERN FRONT.
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