THE ALLIED ARMIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 156, 30 December 1944, Page 7

THE ALLIED ARMIES

STRENGTH AND CTOMMAND Kec. 10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 29. The "New York World Telegram" says that British criticism of the Supreme Allied Command as the result ot the German counter-offensive has drawn attention to the composition of the Allied armies on the Western Front, where United States troops outnumber the British four to one. The actual number, of Allied troops has not been published, but military authorities in Washington point out that there are four United States ground armies and one British army, which includes Poles; Czechs, Dutch, and Belgians. Field-Marshal Montgomery's Canadian First Army and British Second Army are holding probably 100 to 120 miles of the 500-mile line, and the four American armies about 300 miles. Units of the French Army hold about 80 miles., The British and Canadians have ten infantry and four armoured divisions in the line; the Americans have seven armoured and twenty-five infantry divisions. The London "Evening News'/ suggested that General Eisenhower should appoint Field-Mar-shal Alexander as his deputy, or pick the best subordinate to run the land battle.