The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-23


British Army Headquarters in France, Thursday Nov %
success Of the British IN the Cambria sector has Continued
"n NV the Germans dring M r Gr,rr % T, f their @ncrcr
i've Vcrdn British cavalry tanks and infantry today were
ng their forward along line which at many points west
Cambrai miles from that
rtn The advance also spreading northward in thr
Of Beeourt and the salient toward Camha being wild
e The total o prisoners captured must approach the 'ooO marx
Al last the British and Germans at grips comparatively
and the drr, hand fighting of the has
m gong on The enemy troops were Gppar'd Tor ' attack hul
icy have been putting every ouc" of their strength into AN attempt
Troops have been pulled away from other and rushed o
Cambria sector by tn" desperate Germans and hard pressed
they for of rpp and conaSccnS were
r'ed hastily a' one camp and thrown into the r m toc region
MaSne some Of these pim objects IN British hands and
roner the last stages Of tuberculosis and he had TO be
the disease from spreading to the others who we're
state of cruel exhaustion and virtually helpless from their valiant
cmPtN To fight under the lash Of their nnrcIcnms Officers
The great battlefield has taken ON the aspect scenes ma war,
by It longer conflict of trenches and shell holes but of
round while the long neglected cavalry in picturesque
hargcs against the positions over the wide territory involved
he 'front.' Man, rcang non r"mharm men, women and children
pouring of the captured towns under the guidance of
heir dcliycrcr> from German hondag"
Th, has A. buttc strange striking
spectacle has been witnessed than that of these people marching "
ward homes and comfort back of the British front Through III" very
gaps which the tanks had torn the famous ncnbug c mothers
YESTERDAY and today were pushing n"l galfageI eGn'""s infants
BESIDE mem "ddrd other Youngsters many q" U'" l'P u' @
Treasured doll, and not few cmgmg d"tmm"dy 10 >qurmHg pup
bringing away m the household effects they coud pack
ou push carts or carry ou their backs
slavery The, had been u,i,tng the bounty of the American
relief which furnished them virtual, the only i"od they
obtained
Hard fighting taken placed today at 'ryyr,oour >oare,
Ma,urc> The British holding high ridge 100 front of tins
place troops had forced entrance into the western part
of the town still holding the eastern section
\ German battery whrr had been giving trouble was charged
and captured Toy d.,moutcd r,yaHmc The battery was sur
ROUNDED hray, barc r'Igcmcu> prcudug the of
horse, thc soldier, >omr ' position "n foot and mmhhai'd
the crews.
IA IN, region Ruuly h,l,} maru. and uil" fighting
proceeding last night and th, morning
West of Cambria tanks cavalry amt infantry p'~>u" h"
attack vigorously Noir Dame and the
bourlou wood Fontaur No Dame has not been officially
with ho, coffee b, the civilians m this place ti, morning frd
Marshal Hang official report Thursday night said the N"nn"nN h''
rctakru Foutainc Norr Dame.
Further north near Bulccour the British possession of
famed supposed nuprrgnahrty NJ least ''' u
tcnucd have been smashed IN tins region south
ucou hard fighting occurred Mo"uT'> last mgh' ana
q strong counter attack r,pulNrd
The line trench dricnsrS the region OF 'auduE nave
and huN established dl
point, u tn, Ma,u,crr, licaJuoe line south of Cambria
II possible io more details &" IWN'. '"''. ~
the I,ac, south of Camlr the first hard fighting occurred al
tumlrI highway south u Ma~lrlN
TIN, finally cleared of Germans and the advance continued
toward opposition encountered m suburb hu
E,,am canal at "a The small German garrison fought hu
y to retain Ma,uorc~ The whole place undermined WIN
lupous n hidden with machine guns hi ih
German, were give Tins place after ~meu"r} battle
although ot them were >u holding o"l m '"r cellars '"
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Mau,ro
reinforced .o Grr'nsus n, '".u pa'"- Yesterday r lr -.rn,