The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-27
German Hold on Oueant Pre-
carious as British Have Ii
Nearly Surrounded
MAY MAKE CAMBRIA
A NO-MAN'S LAND
With Losses to Be Had in
Frontal Attack English May
Make 1t Untenable by Heavy
Bombardment

London November 26.---A para =
tive hull has set In OF the front Of
Cambr The Germans have been
fought tc standstill The. have
abandone!-~for the moment AZ least
their efforts to wrest Bourbon wood,
with IFS dominating hill. from the Bri-
| ttsft. Axe for bourbon village. the
major part It il in General By-n' s
hards Teu.on attachments maintain
ing themselves only in the northern
and eastern outskirts. IaFontaine,
Notre Dame is still held by the Ger
mans The British are now chiefly.
concerned with consolidating the
ground Won since Wednesday and with
bringing. UP their heavy artillery.
For q while today II looked az if
| Haig WIS about 10 strike new blow.
I in FLANDERS Violent artillery corr =
bats nertheast OF Ypres promised
/ hero would be "=o1nthinr doing" II
ND nat Gs'Ene te Infantry re hitting how =
ever,
serliu Ciat~ today that Bouriin
village vEs still In & eru1ar hands. II
was also eserted by The German war
ONCE that 500 Hritiahera we're taken
prisoners and twenty machine guns
captured in the repulse of new tfrusts
and in couater-attacks.
THIS situation cr-ths- ScuthHestArn
edge OF Bourbon wood is somewhat
obscure, Sat even II the Germans
| hc.re come back" tn, re, they merely
expose themselves 20 he British Ere
fYcr, this hill. which is firmly III poe-
session OF Byns's troops,
British Surrounding Quesnt.
General Byng has al the advsnt-
aGes on hss slice, and q resssrn ptfcr ~
his eastward smash toward Cam brfai
is expected shortly Meanwhfie the
German hold on Quesnt. due wese OF
Canbr is precarious Stree the town
ls almost surrounded by the British.
Queant is the southern pivot OF the
Wotan supper. line" OF somme bst-
tie fame Two hundred officers are
among the nearly 10000 prisoners
taken by General Byng's army
siace "Wednesday
Some trent dispatches today es-
, pressed doubt whether the ca pture of
Cam nrai is tho immediate objective
OF the third army's drive. Cores
pondents pointed TO the natural
strength OF ts,e town and 10 the heavy
price tlfAi HUuiu GnO00psSdi} nave TO
! be paid for frontal alta ok on the
| labyrinth Of fortified suburbs and the
strong walls surrounding the city.
! The theory Is gaining ground that by
reducing the town to n no-msn's land,
through sustained bonn hardment, and
THUS deprivinr the Germans OF one of
their important miHtarv depots, the
British would fully exploit the advant-
/ ages gained in the hve-day drive.
Front dispatches told picturesque
stories today OF the part taken in the
British advance by the avistors. Fly
ing at an altitude OF between thirty
and fifty feet. a verftaole air army
preceded the tanks and the infantry.
sending terrific fusf.lades into this
rams a. tAA -stnnnad- Teautnns--
The French remained masters to-
/ day OF all the ground they won yes
terday in the Vs~,!pn area. on the
right bank of ter Meuse, between
| Samogneux and agfemont farm.
| Teuton counter -tlrusts, violent as
! they were. BROKE dor'n in the French
artillery End rife FIRE.