Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-23
CAMBRIA 3 MILES AWAY
Hindenburg's Last Defense
Broken at Anneux and
Cantaing.
CAVALRY INDICATING ITSELF
Performing Valiant Service in
Connection With Infantry
and Mammoth Tanks.

LONDON, Nov. 22.-Thc city of
London will celebrate Field Marshal
I!aig's victory In France AZ noon to-
morrow when the bells In all the city
churches will be rung, flags Will be
flown and buildings dressed with
bunting.
The Germans have been drawing
troops from other sectors and rush.
Ing them to the Cambria region.
Among them were two companies OF
cIipples and convalesccnts. some OF
whom were captured, exhausted and
helpless from valiant attempts u
fight under the whips of their Officers.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN FRANCE, Nov 20. - The
British today We're battling their way
forward less than three miles west of
Cambrai after breaking into the
| enemy's last defense line Mt Anneux
and Cantaing yesterday. They were
drawing in on Bourbon wood, which
dominates the entire section, includ-
ing Cambria.
British cavalry, tanks and infantry
running from west of Cambria to the
south of that town.
| Meanwhile the offensive had been
successfully prosecuted on the left and
| In the region of Bullecourt the Ger
man line had been pushed back con-
siderably. thereby widening the sa-
| lient which the British have driven
into the enemy territory to the south
and southwest CO Cambria. The at
tack around Bullecourt was n COM
plete success and something like
seven hundred prisoners were cap
tured there.
Positions Consolidated.
Sanguinary hand to- hand fighting
has taken place at many points. Dur
! Ing the night three German counter
attacks in Noyelles and Rumilly were
beaten off and another thrust by the
enemy near Bullecourt was smashed.
Consolidation has been effected OF
all the captured area in the region OF
Cambrai except the village OF Fon-
taine Notre Dame, which has been re-
| captured by the Germans in a coun-
ter-attack.
The present battle, more than any
,other In the western theater, has
taken on the SAVIOR of fighting in
other wars. when men struggled in
the open and cavalry made thrilling
charges against enemy guns. Many
military critics long have contended
that cavalry was "a thing of the past,
but the mounted men have refuted
this claim.
Field Marshal Haig's blow against
the Cambria front represents true
strategy. He had hammered at the
enemy in Flanders until they were
worn-out completely. He had driven
them back as far as the mud would
permit and had compelled them TO
call on every ounce of strength they
had to maintain themselves. Then he
suddenly sprung his surprise attack
In an unexpected sector
The Hindenburg lines on the Cam
brai front were the strongest the Ger
mans had laid out in the west. The
enemy considered them impregnable.
Not only were they strongly fortified
but they were protected by very
deep belt of barbed wire, which il
was thot that only protracted BON,
bardment by great concentration OF
guns would cut sufficiently to allow
the infantry to go thru.
Tanks Carved Path.
British tanks had never before been
called upon for such extensive work
but they did In a few hours what
\
to accomplish. The Hindenberg line
was pierced absolutely on wide front
and TO a greater depth than ever be-
fore.
The correspondent today inspected
the main Hindenburg line near Have
| rincourt and saw the amazing work
done by the iron monsters. In most
places they had no trouble either In
| tearing thru the wire or in crossing
There frat f,, >
wire entanglements n rod In width
where not a vestige OF wire was left
standing and by following the tracks
of the tanks one could see where they
had trundled across the trenches as
tho they were merely scratches in the
ground instead of wide deep ditches
The tanks of course went thru No
Mans Land under the full observation
of the German artillery. and while the
gunfire was weak some fire was di-
rccted on the tanks as they advanced.
1t was interesting 10 follow the trail
OF the tanks and see where shells had
struck all about, apparently without
doing damage, for in the whole
section the correspondent did not see
one tank which had been knocked out.
The condition OF the German
trenches showed plainly that the oc-
cupants had abandoned them In
hurry. All sorts of equipment and
personal belongings strewed the
ground.
Gupfire Weak.
Since the beginning of the attack
the gunfire had been extremely weak
No Mans Land showed comparatively
few shell craters today and this morn
ing the British guns were doing vir-
tually all the firing along most OF the
front involved. This is a striking con-