The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-27
HINDENBERG ORDERS HOLD
ING OF CAMBRAI TO THE
LAST MAN
Germans Fear British
Tanks
British Objective Is Coal Field
Near Cambrai-Fighting Will
Continue Through Winter-Ber-
lin Reports British Repulse.

LONDON. Nov. 7-Reforming their \
shattered forces, the Germans renew
ed their counter attacks in front of
Cambria during the night, but all were
repulsed, the war office announced to-
day.
British positions at the northeast
corner of Bourbon wood were heavily
assaulted, but the attacks were crush
ed by the terrific fire of British artil-
lery and machine guns
Bourbon wood, which was the scene
of violent fighting on Sunday, lies
about three miles west of Cambria and
just north of the ruins of what was
once the village of Fontaine Notre
Dame. 1t rests upon high ground
which dominates the German strong
hold of Cambria and so long as they
retain it the British can rake Cam
brai with their fire.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenberg, the driving force of
the great German war machine, has
ordered that "Cambrai be held to the
last man." according to statements
made by prisoners captured in the
fierce struggle raging around Bourbon
wood.
AS the German line in the west
stands today the fall of this strong
hold would be a strategic calamity to
the Germans and the divisions batter
ed into wrecks by the British drive
against the Cambrai defenses, are be-
ing reformed and sent back into the
fray as fast as the officers can per-
form the task.
German artillery, held in reserve at
the base of Lille, has been rushed to
the front and is now posted behind
Cambria, Queant and Bullecourt she'll
ing the British lines.
That Field Marshal Haig has the
Germans guessing is shown by their
= nervousness.
Dispatches from the front today
said that German batteries all along
the front from Lens to st. Quentin
keep a steady shower of star shells
= lighting up the field from sunset tc
}, dawn, not knowing where the mex
= thrust will be made.
2 The Germans apparently fear the
S British tanks more than they do the
; infantry for tank attack delivered OF
the first day of the attack did more
than anything else to smash the Hin
denberg line and they have put
wholesome fear into the hearts of tn
Teutons.
In front of Cambria the British hav
r continued to launch their chief pres
= sure northwest of Cambria, attempt
!" ing to drive between the German bas
and Queant and thus get in the rea
of the German defenses along tn
-Queant switch, series o
J. positions supporting the northern en-
of the Hindenberg line.
q The big objective of the British
= which lies behind all the intensiv
II operations in northern France sine
l. the opening of the attack in the sprin
is to break through to the French Goa
fields and industrial district whic
o lies behind the Hindenberg line.
Military experts express the opinio
that the fighting will continue throug
the winter, in spite of inclemer
weather and muddy terrain.
BERLIN, Nov 27.=British force
under cover of darkness attacked Gel
man positions at Bourbon wood and ;
the villages of Bourbon (west of Can
braid, but were repulsed, the war o
flee reported today. The struggle ws
marked by fierce hand to hand figh
ing, the statement said.