Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-04
BRITISH CAPTURE
10000 GERMANS
IN GREAT DRIVE
Haig's Troops Advance 8 Miles
on 32-Mile Front.
TANKS HIT HINDENBURG LINE
Hugh Machines Smash Way Through
Teuton Defense and Open Way
for nfantry-Enemy Taken
by Surprise-Victors At
tackled Without Artll-
lery Preparation.

lery Preparation.
British Amy Headquarters In
France, Nov. 23.-The British are
battling their way forward less than
three miles west of Cambria after
breaking into the enemys last defense
line at Anneux and Cantaing. They
are drawing in on Bourbon wood, which
dominates the entire section, including
Cambria.
Gain on Left Wing.
British cavalry, tanks and infantry
are operating along a line running
from west of Cambria to the south of
that town.
Meanwhile, the offensive had been
successfully prosecuted on the left,
and in the n gion of Bullecourt the
Germun line had been pushed back
considerably, thereby widening the
salient which the British have driven
into the enemy territory, to the south
and southwest of Cambria.
The attack around Bullecourt was q
complete success, and something like
700 prisoners were captured here.
Sanguinery hand-to-hand fighting
has taken place at many points.
Three Counters Smashed.
During the night three German
cOunter-attacks in Novelties and Ru-
miIIy were beaten off and another
thrust by the energy near BullecOurt
was smashed.
The number of prisoners is increas-
ing steadily. More than 10000 were
in the hands Of the British at night
and large cOntingents have been com
ing back during the early morning
hours.
The cavalry, tanks and infantry at
many points west and south of Cam
brai are less than three miles from
the outskirts of the town.
British Hold Gains.
London, Nov. 23.-The eight-mile
wedge driven into the German defenseS
in the British offensive on the Arras-
st. Quentin front is penetrating still
NCCpCA anu OuI, .
correspondent at British headquar-
tiers in France telegraphs.
On some stretches of the front the
British troops have broken into the
enemy's final defense line.
All the German counter-attacks have
been repulsed, and all the British gains
are being held.
The prisoners taken in the advance
now number more than 10000, the cor
respondent reports.
The official war office announcement
follows:
Moving forward north of Cantaing
our troops attacked and captured the
village of Fontaine Notre Dame. They
took a number of prisoners"
(Fontaine Notre Dame is two and
three-quarters miles southwest of
Cambria on the main road between Ba-
paume and Cambrai.)
Take Many, Lose Less.
The British casualties in the advance
toward Cambria are reported to be very
considerably less than the number of
prisoners taken, 1t was announced by
Maj. Gen. +. b. Maurice, chief director
Of military operations at the war Of
flee.
(The latest British official estimate
of prisoners taken gives the number
as 100000
The British, said General Maurice,
had advanced to a depth of six and
half miles at the farthest point on
a front of ten miles, which was a rec
ord advance in "a hours on the western
front, and was farther than the prog
ress made during three months fight
Ing at Ypres.
The victory at Cambria, General
Maurice continued, was the direct re-
suit of the fighting at Ypres and
therefore the men who fought at
Ypres deserved equal credit for the
Cambria success.
Thrilling Charge by Cavalry.
British Army Headquarters In
France, Nov. 23.-The present battle
more than any other In the western
theater has taken on the SAVIOR of
fighting In other wars when men strug-
gled In the open end cavalry made
thrilling charges against enemy guns.
Many military critics have long con-
tended that cavalry was a thing of the
past, but the mounted men have re-
tuted this claim.
Field Marshal Haigs blow against
the Cambrni front represents true
strategy. He had hammered at the
enemy's forces in Flanders until they
were worn cut Then he suddenly
sprung his surprise attack in an un-
expected quarter.
The Hindenburg lines on the Cam
brai front were the strongest the Ger
mans had laid out I'm the west. Brit.
ish tanks bad never before been called
upon for such extensive work, but they
did in few hours what the artillery
would have required days to accom-.
pliSh. The Hindenburg line was
pierced absolutely on a wide front and
TO a greater depth than ever before.
The tanks went through mo Mans
Land" under the full obServatieA OF
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Be Charitable.