Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-24

has promoted Lieutenant General
Byng to the rank of general. In rccog-
milton of his distinguished service In
the field In the recent operations, IL
was officially announced today.
LONDON. Nov. 23.--whlle In tho
main the British troops In the region
of Cambrai are consolidating the po-
sitlons they won In the spectacular
two-day battle. considerable hard
fighting of "A local character Is taking
place on numerous sectors. where tho
Germans are cndeavoring to oust tho
English, Scotch. Welsh and Irish con-
tingents. whose drive has placed them
virtually on tho threshold OF Cam
brai.
Especially severe has been tho
lighting around CreVe Occur, Moeuv-
res aud the Bourlos wood. In tho
latter region at last accounts. tho
British cavalry was operating bril-
liantiy in an endeavor to surround and
capture the wood. which would givo
to General Byhg IA position dominat-
ing the entire battle front. All the
ground previously gained by the Brit
ish had been held up to late Friday
and IN addition west OF Moeuvres an
elevation domination large section
of the canal Du Nord and the town
of Moeuvres. which is In the hands
OF the Germans, had been captured.
Germans Fight Desperately.
The Germans are fighting bitterly
10 recapturc lost terrain and to hold
back further inursions in To their
lines The fighting, however. appar-
emily is between the opposing British .
advance and the German rear guard,
for the major portion of General
Byng's army evidently is engaged in
consolidating the territory already
won and preparing for another push
forward when the time is opportune.
Altho the British are busily en-
gagged In the Cambria sector. Field
Marshal Ifaig has not overlooked
chance aagin to stab the German line
In Flanders. Southeast of Ypres in
an attack the British have thrown
forward their line slightly. on the
southern front the Germans have de-
livered several small attacks against
the French in the Aisne region, north
west of Rheims and In Champagne,
but all of them were repulsed by the
French artillery
Equals Verdun Drive.
The success of the British arms in
the Cambrai sector had continued to
grow steadily and Field Marshal
Haig's troops In little more than
two days fighting have overrun an
area equal In size to that won by
the Germans during the first 8 days
OF their spectacular drive on Verdun.
British cavalry. tanks and infantry,
today were battling their way forward
along line which at many points
west and southwest of Cambrai was
being widened. The total OF prisoners
captured must approach nine thou
sand.
Troops have been pulled away from
other points and rushed to the
Cambrai sector by the desperate Ger
mans and so hard pressed were they
FOR men that two companies of Grip
pies and convalescents were recruited
hastily at one camp and thrown into
inc llno in the region of Masnieres
One company of these pitiful objects
are in British hands and are receiving
medical treatment. One prisoner was
In the last stages of tuberculosis and
he had TO be moved to prevent the
disease from spreading to the others,
VINO were In. state OF cruel exhaus-
tion and virtually helpless from their
valiant attempts to fight under the
lash OF their unrelenting officers.
The great battlefield has taken on
the aspect of scenes of great wars
gone by. 1t is no longer a conflict
OF trenches and she'll holes, but OF
men struggling bitterly with rifles and
bayonets over n virgin battle ground,
while the long-neglected cavalry
against the enemy positions over the
wide territory involved The roads
everywhere for two days have been
swarming with advancing troops and
with prisoners and civilians coming
back from the front Many rejoic-
Ing -combatants. men, women and
children, have been pouring out OF
the captured towns under the guild
arce Of their deliverers from German
bondage.
Civilians Rejoice.
This has been BATTLE of strange
sights but no more shrinking spectacle
has boen witnessed than that of the
people marching toward homes and
comfort back of the British front
Thru the very gaps which the tanks
had torn In the famous Hindenburg
line, mothers yesterday and today
we're pushing baby carriages contain
ing infants. or trampng happily along
with their babies clutched to their
breasts. Beside them toddled other
many of them CARRYING
their treasured dolls and not few
clinging to squirmtng puppies. Old
men and women were bringing away
Ill the household effects they could
pack on push carts or carry on their
packs.
For three years they had been In
captivity and some of them in slavery.
rhey had been subsisting on the
bounty Of ths American relief COM
nittee which furnished them virtu-
lily the only food they obtained.
Civilians who were released from
Masnieres today told something or
heir experiences In the last three
years rhey reioiced NJ thar uew.