New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-20

British Front in France. Sept. IS via
London, Sept. l9).-Ths Canadians con.
Quoted their frs. great offensive OF
the war in the furious battle on the
SCmme last Friday. At the second bat
tic OF Ypres, at ST. Eloi and Sanctuary
Wood II had been their fortune TO
stand up under blows rather than TO
give them. On the Somme they had
constantly stood the shock of attach
ard hoped for the chance 20 make
good on the offensive. In the most
dramatic and picturesque battle Of the
British army in all itc two years n
France they had their chance, and they
made good
And in the foremost ranks, fighting
side By side with men from Quebec
crd Vancouver, were men from Amer
lca -men with the accents OF Missouri
end New England and Kentucky, who
or the soil of France hailed one an
other in the tongue of the French
Canadian.
we got into the big show all right,
said the Americans, land that IS what
We came here for" And the officers
egreed that these men. who had rushed
20 the attack OF the ridges Of the
Somme against a deadly machine gun
fire. carried themselves in a manner
worthy of the traditions Of the Civil
War.
Tanks" Complete Victory.
With them went into action the ar
mored motor cars. 1. was the tanks
that completed the wonderful business
Of this battle When the spOnd-
ent was calling on Canadian Drlgadier
today Il was d "tank' called the Cor
con Rouge, looking Ike prehistoric
monster IN a skin OF modern srmor
thar took him ACROSS the field OF shell
crate-s. weaving It's way with pythonic
adaptabih,y by all irregularities up 70
the door Of the 5rlgadier's cugout.
The skipper OF the Gordon Rouge
alishted and with phlegmatic drawl
announced that he reported for further
orders The brigadier lsughlngly bade
him not 70 start the brute down the
stairs Of the dugout, but move Il ~
one side and wait. So the tank am
bled with the bulky leisure OF hippo
potamus over some moro she'll craters
20 a place where Il would be out OF the
way until II was needed.
The correspondent went over the
ground to-day where the Canadians had
gone and saw where, under the most
awful fire, they had stuck in trenches
which they had gained after their sec
ond charge and which were not in the
original plan. The night before the
battle the staff officer IN charge OF
that branch Of the front showed the
correspondent the Canadian objective
Only 4 sacrifice Ay was expected from
them, but they made home run and
brought in all the men on the bases.
They gained their FIRST objective In
an uninterrupted dash. absolutely or
time. Behind this trench and ahead Of
IL she'll craters we're - thick that you
could step from ore % another. Hsv'
ing taken their objective, their par
was finished. but General Byng. leader
Of "th- Byng boys" decided. despite
the complicated time table methods OF
a modern offensive, that he could e
further.
When the word was given they start
ed for Courcelette. which they were or
dered TO take This village had beer
less crumped" than any yet captured
Il had had less hammering by prepare
tory shell fire TO clean out its stroni
points and its nest of machine guns
Through the streets Of Courcelette q
their new objective went these fighters
OF the new world. When no wore