The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-22
BRITISH MAKE GREATEST ADVANCE;
MANY GERMANS AND GUNS TAKEN

tack, but, aided by monster tanks
which are leading the way, followed
by infantry and machine gun detach-
ments, are pressing forward for fur
Their conquest
spontaneously, to the south around
st. Quentin and east of that point in
the Aisne region, the French have be-
gun an offensive. While no details of
this movement have been received, it
doubtless has the object of pushing
back the Germans eastward in the for
mer sector and northward in the latter
region toward Laon; strategic moves
which, if successful, doubtless would
compel that part of the German line
north of st. Quentin which is still i'm
tact to fall back precipitately east
ward.
The British drive was begun without
the usual artillery prelude and as the
tanks and infantrymen made their
way through the wire entanglements
and pressed into the German first line
positions the surprised enemy began
sending up myriads of signal rockets
calling for assistance. Whether aid
was rushed up is not definitely known,
but seemingly the surprised Germans
fled in disorder leaving all kinds of
equipment behind and in most cases
did not even take time, as is usual, to
apply the torch to villages they evac-
uated.
The British casualties are described
as extremely light, while German dead
covered the ground as the British
pressed forward. Reports to date in
dicate that the depth of the penetra-
ton in the region of Cambria has ex-
ceeded five miles and that at one point
at least, the troops swept on five miles
beyond the German lines, capturing
additional villages. The offensive was
under direct command of Gen. Sir Ju-
Ian Hedworth George Byng, and Gen.
John ]. Pershing, commandments
of the American forces in France, was
an interested observer of it.
Still further progress has been made
lby the British in Palestine, the line
l1f General Allenbg having been driven
Ito points five miles northwest aW SIX
miles west of Jerusalem. The FORMER
bayonet.
An indication that the German for~-
titled line had been passed by the Brit
ish at some points is the entry of the
cavalry into the fray. Not since the
famous retreat of the Germans along
the Ancre and the Somme, in the
spring of the present year, have the
horsemen been engaged. At that time
they performed valiant service in har-
RAISING the retreating columns and in
rounding up prisoners.
Bulletin British Army Headquarters
in France, Nov. 22.-The advance OF
the British army against the Germans
was continuing yesterday afternoon.
The towns of Masnieres, Marcoing,
Ribecourt, Graincourt and Flesquieres
all were behind the British advancing
line and the cavalry, which is CO.
operating with the tanks and render
ing invaluable service, was, drawing
in toward the Bourbon wood, west OF
Cambria.
About 5000 German prisoners were
in the British cages this morning as
result of yesterdays attack in the
Cambria sector and nearly score OF
guns were captured.
The The British continued the at
tack today and the troops which had,
poured through the gaps torn In the
Hindenburg line by the tanks, were
making good progress in hopping up
the enemy territory west and south
west of Cambria. Both Havrincourt
and Flesquierer are we'll in the rear
of the advancing British, who were
pushing on toward Cantaing at the
latest reports. Marcoing and Mas
nieres, south of Cambria, had been en-
tered and the high ground north OF
Marcoing, known as Poremy Chappelie
had been fought over, the Germans be-
ing forced to withdraw.
The Germans this morning appear
ed to have stiffened their resistance
and were reported to be fighting with
more determination on their line OF
defense in these parts.
The. correspondent early today
passed the main Hindenburg line near
Havrincourt. The paths of the tanks
through the great masses of barbed
wire before this line could be clearly
followed. III many places the tanks
had torn the obstruction away COM
pletely, leaving wide gaps which were
entirely free for the troops to pass