Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-24
shelled the trenches held by the
British south of Moeuvres.

shelled the trenches held by the
British south of Moeuvres.
Fight Through Streets
Thursday morning the Irish were
holdinS mosl Ui Moeuvres ano the
east bank of the canal. In the aft
ernoon the Germans delivered a sud-
den counter attack from the north
and after hand-to- hand fighting
through the streets and among the
houses they forced the British to
withdraw to the southern outskirts.
This morning the Irish again surged
forward against the town and at an
early hour had worked their way
around toward the north.
In the Graincourt section, on the
riht of the Irish, remarkable work
was done by cavalry on the first day.
The horsemen had swept forward
and captured Anneux by Tuesday
evening. This represented an ad-
vance of about 1000 yards, which is
said to be a record for one day.
TWO squadrons of horse accom-
| rlished the downfall of Anneux and
captured 1t between and o'clock
in the evening. This place was
found to have a system of catacombs
under the church and these were held
by the Germans, who had an electric
rower station for lighting. An elab-
| o1ate battalion headquarters fell into
British hands.
During Tuesday night the Germans
| counterattacked Anneux with troops
which had just been brought from
the Russian front A strong battle
! took place and the British withdrew
! Thls trench was so remarkably well
camoufiaGed that no sign of it was
| PrIf fgh
faces apparently coming out of the
| ground. A hand-to-hand battle be-
gan. Later the British were forced
TO withdraw slightly because of the
| heavy machine-gun lighting from
| Boulon village. Yesterday morning
the British again attacked the trench
with the assistance of tanks and es-
tablished their line around the south
ern face of the wood.
The troops which captured Flies.
quires encountered hard resistance
| the hrst day of the offensive. Tanks
led the infantry in the attack. but
the Germans with the assistance OF
heavy guns, held out the whole oi
Tuesday in the face of strong at.
tacks. Wednesday morning the Brit.
| ish again attacked and this time
forced the Germans from the village
after taking their guns.
| Wednesday The advance was rapid
| Strong resistance was encountered al
the sunken road between Marcoine
and Graincourt and very heavy ma
chine-gun fire from the direction OF
| Cont ainS and Bourbon Wood. The
| British, however. battled their way
forward with rifles and bayonets anc
| by noon had forced an entrance into
| Containg.
Attack FOntaIne Notre Dame
| Wednesday night the advance con-
tinued and an assault was made or
| Fontaine Notre Dame. The Ger
mans battled determinedly here and
there was very hard fighting at close
quarters before the British finally
| drove the enemy out.
The British remained in possession
OF Fontaine until shortly after moor
yesterday, when the Germans made a
heavy counterthrust and again occu-
pied the town. However, the British
were forced to ithdraw only a short
distance and still hold the ground
from Containg to the south of Bour-
Ion Wood.
There was heavy lighting to the
north in the region of Bullecourt
The main objective here was the
famous tunnel trench, an under
ground fertilization of great strength
about 1000 yards long. The entire
trench was mined, as the British
well knew, and behind it the Ger
] mans had dug 1000 yards of suppor'