The sun., 1916-09-17
NEW BRITISH ARMED
MOTOR Is TERROR
Burrows Of Dead Germans Are
Left in Wake Of "MOn-
ster" Cars.
MACHINE Gun Is BEATEN
"Armadino" Speeds over
Shell Cratcrs and Tree
Stumps.

Barron FRONT IN France. Sept. 10
tvia London).--The work OF the new
armored automobiles In cooperation with
the British infantry In their charges
In yesterdays successful attack Is the
one theme Of The talk throughout the
army to-day.
The new mobile turrets ave lone val
us bic work. without claiming too much
for this latest addition to our war ma
'hinery. u looks as though a good means
Of effectively dealing with the German
machine guns has been devised. Pris-
onsrs admit that the sight Of these mon
sters creeping toward them and splitting
fre gave them the worst start they had
yet encountered.
With the British infantry for the frst
tine on Friday went those new motor
cars. seross trenches and shell holes.
SO ludtcrous are they In appearance
that the British soldiers laughed at
them In the midst Of the charge. They
chsered them as they played their
streams Of machine gun bullets. Like
some prehistoric monsters they must
have seemed 20 the Germans. who had
10 ssst duGouts or flight or else they
surren1ered.
80 far As reports indicate. the British
everywhere gained possession Of the new
German trenches. except opposite Ginchy.
There The Germans chung with desperate
coUrsge and dog to bone tenacity to re-
main on that bit OF high ground In hat
piece BY piece defence of his. Again. In
High Wood. he had kept a rsdoubt with
. nest OF machine guns. which the aS-
mored motor cars engaged. machine gun
10 unachine gun. while the British In
AnA~s ,,naaAA nra.,pl IL aa n~AssyA N
rock In a food.
NJ German COIOne1s Captives.
Among the prisoners are six colonels.
One a these had the honor of being cap
tured by the newest weapon. This ar
mored motor car. which crosses trenches
and holes. ran over the Colonel's dugout.
He surrendered to the crew. which took
him on board and after the fight WAS
over delivered him to 4 guard Of In
fantry.
In one case 100 Germans surrendered
IN . body to one of the armored motors.
Again an a~eroRlane reported that one OF
the motors was moving up n street OF
the village Of Flers. while wildly yelling
British infantry followed Il.
AerOplanes descended very low during
the battle and never were there more
lights or more vicious ones than those in
~hich the new s-more car. r%artici-
pated In the infantry charges.
The idea of the new aruiored car was
10 good when II was offered" said z
staR oficer. that We had some built.
n the way they I'VE gone over the
German trenches and ave enniaded
them with machine gun IRE Is some re-
turn for the surprise the Germans gave
US with their gas attacks in the nrs,
battle Of Ypres."
C~sastPsction Kept . secret.
The British were able to keen the
building OF these cars entirely secret
n the first that the Germans knew OF
their existence was when In the misty
dawn yesterday morning ,hey cams
trundling across shell craters and over
tree stumps. cutting dow many small
trees IN their way. toward the Germsn
trneches. on the second line and even
TO the third line. The return to earth
Of tchthyosaurs or dinosaurs spouting
bullets from their ~nostrils could no.
have been more amazing.
Tanks Is the slang word tina, the
army stan has applied TO these strange
creations Of machinery. but they look
less like tanks than anything else in the
world. 1t 10 hard to say what they look
X They have been compared both "a
aTWhoiIioS anu measuring worms, ana 10
many other weird creeping or crawling
objects Of natural history. 4 man-of.
wars turret crossing fields. in and out
Of gulleys and through fences would pre-
sent \ spectacle resembling their prog.
ress.
During the days preceding the attack
as they moved up to the front and the
soldiers Gased At them. the disabilities OF
all ranks we're tickled. III sorts OF
questions were propounded. Would thu
thing stand when IL vas hitched ?-and
what vas 1t fed? Which was its tail ant
which Its head? At all events il was g
steel tointed incarnation OF military SEE
recy. Spectators laughed at II. but will
the ~ British sporting instinct hoped
that II would al least have a sporting
chance.
Troops Discass Its Prowess.
Last night rounded men back fror
the line foi got their pain and what par
their battalion played during the battl,
In telling What the tanks" did. Note.
we're compared between the actions OF
"our" n your tank. Cooperating with
the infantry according to prearrange,