El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-30
1T IS A REGULAR WAR NOW
WHERE 1T is IN THE OPEN

seems more like regular war now that in three places
it has emerged from the ground and come out IN the
In Palestine the British and the Turks have been fight
ing the old way open ground charging and counter
charging executing long marches and flank movements
storming heights and capturing towns The holds
Italy with the difference that the fighting in Italy
has been Of deenoes OF rivers and mountain positions
and Of attacks upon them
And now the Hndenburg line has been broken insofar
the trenches are concerned IN one important place ana
the Busn and Germans are at gIlPS IN open oolalI l
ing along roads, fields in woods and towns. The trenches
behind the British in that one place the Cambria sec
tor, and they glad to be out of them
American officers observing the course Of the fighting
west of Cambria expressed the truth exactly when they
said This Is the kind Of fighting American troops would
he-ghting in the open where they get at the
enemy with cold steel" British ike It also and their
dauntess charges against strongly held positions proof
Of the assertion. It the German who first dug into
the ground after the battle Of the Name and forced his
opponents to meet him his game. He has an in
snct passion for digging. Like mole he viii go under
GROUND at the IIst opportunity ana ne VIII og tn mar
and darkest and deepest trenches IN the world He
VIII tunnel and mine like gopher and like gopher hide
his head when the storm breaks aboVe he VIII not Igl
the defensive In open ground unless forced do It
IS way but If isn't his. If he is winning and the allies
are falling back ne comes out with his massed ATTACKS II
thrown the defensive into the ground he goes That is
first class strategy, 1t must be admitted but It is very dis
tasteful to our side.
Coming into open has brought cavalry back
again There ezperts-not in the cavalry arm
hOwever-who believed the cavalry doomed oblivion
far this concerned They hope of
getting away from trench warfare the 'front.'
least and predicted cavalry would have part in any
were mo-e hopeful particularly when the Italian retreat
began It IN small part due to the daShing hero
Of Italian dragon regiments brgades that the
dIawal Of the Italians from the onzo to the Tagameno
and thence TO the PaTeAsiagO line
wholesale massacre Whole regiments sacrificed
theees II casng charges or hopeless GefenCes order
to delay the enemy and they succeeded with the help
tain infantry organizations and the amo-ed motors
hot less brilliant has been the work of the British
cavalry in the Cambria battle It had had little chance
the western front since the from Mons when
played holding game as did the Italian cavalry recently
With the Hindenburg line cracked the British cavalry swept
like raging tide. Never did cavalry distinguish itself
glOrously than these hard riding Engslmeu and
Canadians Almost ike the Balaklava charge that
squadron which, with cannon roaring to right and left drew
sabeTs and charged battery Of guns blazing point blank
detachment Of tanks it had held up. Into the Jaws Of
death, into the mouth of hell rode the 500 but
the parallel ended there for unlike the heroes Of Baakava
these caeu rode down the battery sabering those who
had not fled OF did not surrender.
Who can forget the exploit Of the same command on the
day Masnieres when riding hard, it upon
camouilsged trench which really sunken road? The
cavayen charged It, great Of horses and humans
taking the leap and landing down among the Germans with
hoOfs and S.bers flying And then finding themselves too
far ahead Of their supporting troops and hemned BY the
enemy with what superb vaor did they dsount stampede
Their horses and cut their way IN the darkness
These events must make great reading for the cavalry
regiments left border patrol They viii be heartensd
believe the cavalry is not to be abandoned dsmouuted
but that it. too, VIII have its chance TO fight and win
The bean crop was increased this year by 100 percent
and the price Is doing its best to follow suit.
The consolidation Of city departments did not evoke
much enthusiasm from politicians and office holders which
IS one Of its chief recommendations.
There those among rs who have faith to believe that