The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-21

Field Marshal Haig has sprung Q
Ssurpf4se on hezae9tnans IN northern
France. attacking suddenly on a front
Of more than thirty miles. and break
/ ing the famous Hfndenburg line to
maximum depth ofSnearly five miles
His troops still are fighting their way
forward in the most spectacular often
sive Of the war on the western front
since the trench lines were established.
The blow was struck without warning,
no artillery preparation preceding It,
The British tanks in great number
smashed their way through the for
midable fore wire entanglements,
ploughing openings for the infantry,
which swarmed irresistibly forward.
Village after village fell into British
hands as General Haig's troops pressed
on until at Marcoing and at Anneux
on the Bapaume- Cambrai road, they
were only three and three-quarters miles
from Cambria. the important German
base and important railway junction
which apparently is the British OBJ
jective.
Several thousand prisoners have
been taken by the British as well as
large quantities of war material. The
attack was carried out in unfavorable
atmosphere conditions and the wealth
er has since grown stormy.
{ Berlin admits important advances by
the British. conceding the capture OF
Marcoing and Graincourt in the field
OF Haig's thrust. but says the attack
ers were checked after ground had
been gained.
Today's German. official statement
reports no change on the Italian front,
indicating that the Italians still are
holding firmly their line on the Piave
and westward to the Trentino.
American troops and American ships
are needed by the allies. Premier Lloyd
George informed the American mission
now in England at the ficst meeting OF
the Anglo-American wa- council.
An early increased supply of tonnage
is necessary for the continued welfare
of the allied cause. and the british
prime minister is anxious to know how
soon the first million American soldiers
can be expected in France. Erssia's
collapse and the Teutonic success ir
Italy. Premier Lloyd George declared
make IL even more imperative thar
before the United States should send as
many troops across the Atlantic as early
as possible.
With the Italians holding the Austro
ociuidiS AiOhh A<ohC o4Ata " httt <hdi .
attic. Field Marshal Haig has carried
out successful operations against ths
Germans from 81. Quentin TO the
Scarpe. east Of Arras. a front of mofs
than thirty-five miles. He reports nc
details, but says the effort had beer
satisfactory. Prisoners were captured
and much war material taken.
The British attacks were made on
the roads from Bapaume and Pei onnt
to cabrai. Berlin reports. anu the Ger
mans were forced to give ground.
Violent German and Austrian counter
attacks are being thrown against Monte
Tomba. but the Italians have repulsed
all efforts successfully. The position Is
one OF the last natural strongholds
protecting the plains Of western veneta
behind the Piave river. and the invaders
are making strenuous efforts to gain IL
Italian offensive operations east al
Asiago continue and the invaders have
been driven from several positions al
the loss of 800 prisoners. No further
attempts have been made by the Aus
tro-Germans to cross the Piave after
the disastrous results attending the ef
forts of last week.
The Russian maximalist government
has declared Russia out of the war. &C
ccrding to information from German
and Scandinavian sources. A dispatch
to Berlin from Copenhagen says the