South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-23
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LONDON, Nov- 25.-Pausing IN
their drive against Canbrai. the
British attacked the German posi-
tions on the West Flanders front.
southeast of Ypres.
a slight advance. was made The
war Office announfed 40 noon
The attack which was preceded
by a vigorous cannonade. was made
in the sector OF the now famous
Ypres-Menin road
The situation IN front Of Cambria.
where the British won their big VIE
tory on Tuesday and Wednesday. re-
mains unchanged the official state
ment added
Make Counter Attacks.
The war Office report indicated
that the lighting ON the Arras front
has now reached the counter attack
phase and that the Germans are
making counter assaults against the
new British front IN the double ~
fort ~ cheek the advance and win
back some OF their lost ground.
The Germans are making a des-
perate defense OF CAM rai. in north
ern France The citE which the
Germans had used as base since
Won Kluck's hordes overran north
eastern France in the autumn OF
1914 is crumbhng under the fire
OF British gums and is in flames.
Consolidate Positions
The British troops which had en-
tered Fontaine Notre Dame two and
three-quarters of mile west -
Cambria. have taken up "a position
slightly 10 the west. across the Ba-
paume-Cambrai road
Consolidation Of the newIy-v-on
British positions has now been sc-
compIished. the new British line be-
ing linked up with the old
German artillery was very active
throughout the night said advice-.
from the front today. Both s-@s--O -
the deep salient driven mo the Ger
man front by The great British VIC
tory of Tuesday and wednesday,
were deluged with shells of aU CALI
bres
Within this salient ie the wreck
OF "A dozen village from which the
Germans were driven and thc elab-
crate works making up the north
ern defenscs OF the famous linden
burg line through which the third
British army smashed ts way
Pressure Continue
North of the salient. from The line
or Moeuvres- Rour'ouz to the -earpe
river. strong British pressure against
the German front continues
Un this section Is the eo-calied
Drocourt-Q ueant switch one of the
chief supporting lines ~ defen<es to
the northern end m the IHrdenhurg
IineD
a remarkable feature of thr vic
tory was the smalIue-- of tna British
casualty list. 10 is reported chat th.
number If British killed AVID wound
cd was only about 5000 $50 prise
oners were lost
Prisoners Tel Of Fighting.
British wounded AND German
prisoners who are --H rrcEung
back % the rear today told inter-
esting stories OF the rEhtIaE
To was just az dawn or Tuesday
that the British soldiers along the
first line began to lat oIt bursts Of
smoke from quetr-IooErs machines
that had been moved ao % the front
during the ni-ht Tn.> paI spread
out into $50 Alan Land mirEiiug
with the early morning mist As ~
settled down into foe-iike sapor a
long line Of tanks began 20 rumble
forward. the huge ereakilg mon
STEERS moving over rha -round ike
grim. steel animals
The guns had rluoled az inter-
taIs during the night but there was
nothing in the artillery l-e to indt-
cate an impending attack The Ger
man Iook0uts were terrified 90 see
a great mass OF strange looking
monsters creepinE upon their lines
They fired their rifles u alarm. bur
before the German soldiers could os
Gathered for any effective resistance
the tanks had cut their way through
me German bar5ed wire and the
machine guns in them were sweep
ing the German trenches. once past
the first line Of trenches the tanks
kept on. leaving the work of killing
or capturing the Germans in their
dlg0uts 20 the mOppers up."