The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-22

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- tanks and to see where shells had
serack all about apparently without do
~ any damage.
In this whole section the CORE
! spondsnt an not see one tank
which had been knocked out
The condition of the German trenches
sshcwed plainly that the occupants had
abandoned them in a hurry. All sorts
Of equipment and personal belongings
strewed the ground.
Germans Resume Fight.
The Germans who al the first attack
yesterday retreated or surrendered in
dismay. were fighting desperately today
to regain hold on their REAR positions
A particularly hard engagement oc-
CURED this morning at FlesQuiere',
when the infantry, accompanied by
tanks, Stormed this place and drove the
Germans from IT,
The fighting about FleSQuiereS began
last night, but It was not until s o'clock
today that the British made an organ
ized assault on the town. The tanks
went ahead and were engaged immc
diatek by seven heavy German guns,
which began to fire at them pcint blank
at short range. 1t was a critical mo-
ment, for while the tanks will withstand
heavy fire, they cannot be expected TO
stand upJlong under big shells hurled
from guns only a short distance away
The British infantry which
swarmed through behind the tanks
saw the predicoment OF their iron
friends and deliberately charged
the enemy artillery with rifles and
hand grenades All the guns were
captured and their crews were
killed.
A similar incident occurred at Prem,
Chappelle northwest OF Marcolng,
where their guns were Normcd and their
crews annhilatcd. Some OF the most
spectacular work OF th, nature fell to
the cavalry
Cavalry WELD SaberS.
The mounted troops got into Marco
ing aud MasniercS last night and IN the
latter town engaged in Sangunary bat
tlc with German infantry An enemy
battery there was giving trouble and a
squad Of horsemen charged the position,
shooting or sabcring the entire gun
crew. Another battery at Rumllly was
taken in similar fashion
Graincourt was carried by storm, cav
airy, tanks and infantry working to-
gcthcr. British Officers at the latest
reports have carried their line in this
section northward to the Bapaume Cam
brai road.
The Germans ran from Ribscourt
with the British close at their heels.
This town is mass Of ruins, partly
on account OF shellfire and partly
from lack Of repairs The German
dugouts were left intact
The occupation OF Marcoing and
Masnieres was great stroke for the
British as II gave them much needed
crossings for the EScault river and ca
nal. which formed a natural barrier 10
the advance in this direction
All FORCES Move Across,
Cavalry, infantry and tanks were
poured immediately across the pass
2 ages and proceeded to work northward
Military necessity precluded the mention
of cavalry in the first dispatches re
garding the present offensive, but it may
now be said that the mounted men went
into action at II; 30 o'clock yesterday
morning after the tanks had opened the
way through the barbed wire This
was one OF the features OF the battle in
which General PerShing appeared to
take deep interest while he was at the
front yesterday
II has been a wonderful two days for
the horsemen, who had been reegated |
to the rear areas Of the western front,
with few exceptions, since early in the
war.
Thousands of them have been operat-
ing over a wide area beyond the Hin !
dcnburg line