New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-20
ValOr of Americans ShOwn
In Furious SOnn1e Battle
New Enganders Fight Side by Side with Canadians in
Victorious Charge That Wins Courcelette- Tanks"
Pave Way for Success

came back for some time the stsr, sit
ting in the centre of the web Of tele-
phone and telegraph wires over which
was flashing the news Of the progress
of the great battle, began 20 wonder II
the Canadians we're in trouble. But
presently they got word that the charge
had swept beyond the village and that
the Canadians had been so busy dig
ging in they had not had time to send
news.
But the exploit Of the Canadians i
, only one Of the many chapters of what
the soldiers humorously called "the
tank offensive" having reference 20 the
new armored motor cars. There was 4
London division, comprising represen-
tstives Of all classes Of the great clty'S
life. who were told they must reach
their objective IN a given time. In
front Of them in High Wood was
fastness Of machine guns which neither
the artillery nor the trench mortars
had ben able 20 reduce.
I'VE left 10 20 the blooming tank,
said one Of the soldiers. I'VE had 70
take chances Of those machine guns
shooting into our backs II the tanks
could not DO the job. The tanks wiped
out the machine guns and ne reached
our goal.'
Work Of New Zealanders.
Then there we're the New Zealsnders.
They were ordered 70 90 20 certain
spot and stay there. They went, and
later on the situation was such they
were warned they must try and hold II
against A heavy counter attack. Out
of the clouds Of shell smoke. in which
bullets and fragments Of steel screamed
/, eel I'D " n
information as it would be to learn
what a man in the next block was doing
in an earthquake.
Finally word came back: 1--WE have
stopped counter attack and taken some
more ground and are going 70 hold IL"
This cheered the staff as much as the
sight Of the columns of German prison
ers filing by. Il particularly cheered
them, as at some points things we're not
going so we'll as az others.
There was spectacular moment
when, some time after the battle had
opened, word ran down the line that
the Guards were going in The
Guards are the crack regiments Of the
British regular army, and are STEPPED
IN the old aristrocratic traditions.
When they went over the lid a. the
slang phras. is for mounting the para
pet of the trench for a charge, il was
the supreme moment FOR the Guards to
live up 20 their traditions. They were
to reach a certain objective in so many
minutes and then wait. But they did
not wait. they took their second OBJ
jective in the same rush. When they
reached their final objective where they
were 10 have il out with the Germans
in as hard fighting as this war has
known, an Irishmsn in the Irish Guards
exclaimed: as thiS as far as they told
US to go? Sure, haven't got my sec
ond wind yet"
More than once, facing counter-st-
tacks, the British have gone out 70
meet the German charges in the open
with the bsyonet and the Germans have
done the same. All past records In
ferocty of lighting seemed to have
been surpassed during the latest Brit
] ism advance. So freely was life given
ard so wonderful was the courage
/ shown on both sides that the whole
thing seemed unreal to the spectator.
| In to-day's mist and rain the ceaseless
pounding OF the guns goes on as fresh
| troops march up TO the front from the
rear 10 take their place in the next bat
tie Of this Tremendous ofsnxiya