New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-22
Fled Marshal Haigf
Judgment Regarding
Use of Horses il
Modern Warfare
THEY SAVE THE DAY
FOR MONSTER TANKS

Germans Pour Heavy Shells Againa
Huge Monsters But the Cayalryme'
Storm the Enemy Guns and Captur
Them With G'nncrs, Shooting an
sabrcing Right and Left.
British Army Headquarters
France, Nov. 21-(By the Associate
Press. 1.-The present battle more TIN
any other in the western theater ii
taken on the SAVIOR of fighting in otht
wars when men struggled in the op1
and cavalry made their chark
against enemy guns. Many miatA1
critics have long contendod that O.
airy was a thing of the past, but a
mounted men have refuted this claa1
Field Marshal Haig has clunG
his horse troops throughout q
weary months of trench lighting.
believed that some day he wou
have a chance to use them, and
judgment has been v1ndicated.
the Cambria front represents tn
strategy. He had hammered at
enemy until they were worn out cor
pletely. He had driven them back
far as the mud would permit aa
had compelled them to call on ev1
ounce Of strength they had to mails
tain themselves Then he suddega
sprung his surprise attack in an y
expected quarter. .
The Hindenburg lines on the Can
brai front were the strongest the GN1
+ mans had laid out in the west. III
eEemy considered them impregnabl'
Not only were they strongly forttft
but they were protected by a dee
belt of barbed wire, which it NJ
, thought that only a protractedf bon
! bardment by great concentration
guns would cut sufficiently to allc,
infantry to go through:
! British tanks neyer have been acAlA
! iron for such extensive work befDti
l,ut they did in a few hours what tl
! artillery would have required days
accomplish. The Hindenburg line NJ
pierced absolutely on a wide front an
to a greater depth than ever befoE
Tie correspondent today inspected tf|
main Hindenburg line near. HavfiH
court and saw the amazing work doJ,
by the iron monsters. In most placl
they had no trouble either In teal
ing through the wire or in croasifI
trenches. There were gaps in til
wire entanglements a rod in widt
where not one vestige OF wire wi
left standing, and by following Il,
tracks of the tanks one could ~
where they had trundled across tn
trenches as though they were mer(
ly scratches in the ground instaad
wide. deep bitches.
The tanks of course, went throun
No Mans Land under full observatiq
of the German artillery. and Whi>
the gun fire was weak some fire vi
directed on the tanks as they I'd
vanced. 1t was interesting to follo}
the trail of the tanks and to see who
shells had struck all about, apparent
ly without doing any damage, for
this whole section the correspondeE
did not see one tank which had bee
knocked out.
The condition of the Germs
trenches showed plainly that the od
cupants had abandoned them IN
hurry. All sorts of equipment an
personal belongings strewed th
ground.
Since the beginning Of the attAc
the gunf1re had been extremely veal
No Mans land showed comparativul
few shell craters today. and tn
morning the British guns were dotn
virtually all the firing along most
the front involved. This Is strikin
contrast to the Flanders regiot
which has been an inferno OF artiller
fire for weeks.
The Germans have attempted yer
few counter-attacks thus far, and 81
of them have been smashed. TIL
latest counter-thrust reported wa
made last night near Demicourt, AM
this was dealt with promptly.
The Germans, who at the first at
tack yesterday retreated or surren
dered in dismay, were fighting desper
ately today to regain a hold on theil
rear positions. A hand-to-hand en-
gagement occurred this morning
when the infantry. ac
companied by tanks, stormed AM
drove out the Germans from the sNlgH
ing about Flesquieres began last Algh1
but it was not until about o'clpcl
today that the British made an or
ganized assault on the town. Th(
tanks went ahead and were engaged
by seven heavy Germa1
guns, which began TO fire at them
point blank at short range. It wa
a critical moment, for while the tank
will Withstand heavy fire, they canno(
be expected to stand up long under
big shells hurled from guns only
short distance away.
The British infantry which swarmed
behind the tanks, saw thu
predicament Of their iron friends and
deliberately charged the enemy arr