Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-01
CLEARED OF ENEMY.


CLEARED OF ENEMY.
Gouzeaucourt, which was overrun
by the Germans had been cleared of
the enemy this afternoon. The streets
were paved with German dead. The
ruins of houses blasted by British
guns in driving out the enemy, We're
festooned with corpses.
German machine guns. sabres and
other war equipment Uttered the
streets to be kicked under foot by the
British when The ground was re-
gained.
BATTLE STILL ON.
The heaviest fighting in double
blow which was launched by Rupp-
recht against the British lines occurred
yesterday. But the battle was still on
today, its fury little diminished.
The first rush of the Germans swept
the British out of Lateau wood. Law
acquerie, Gunnelieu, Villers Guislain
and Gouezaucourt. This represented
an advance Of two miles from their
starting point. the fighting entering
directly south of Cambrai The enemy
had made this gain by 10 o'clock.
COUNTER ,THRusT LAUNCHED.
Around O'Clock in the afternoon the
British launched their counter thrust
The tanks were called upon. They
came numbering from their concealed
positions Just back OF the fighting
| lines. They rolled over the uptorn
| trenches, splitting fire and lead. The
British infantry followed them. Ar
tillery fire poured in upon the Ger
mans in Gouzeaucourt
The British swept over ground COW
cred with the bodies of men vainly
sacrificed TO restore the prestige of
the Bavarian crown prince and on into
Gouzeaucourt Then they retook Law
acauero, Gauche wood and moved to
the west and recaptured Villers Guis-
lain.
NEAR STARTING POINT.
This thrust threw the Germans back
to within $500 yards of where they
were at the kick Off in the morning.
Their net advance was no more than
this at it's deepest point.
With the repulse of the first assault.
the Germans shifted their attack and
delivered the second assault Of their
double blow.
Fresh enemy troops poured out
against Bourbon wood. The thrust
was swung froM south of Cambria to
the west.
STOOD LIKE STONE WALL.
The British were hard pressed but
they held like stone wall To the
west of the wood, the Germans
reached a sugar factory on the Ba-
paume Cambria road. but held it only
a short time. A sharp British coun-
ter attack and they were thrown back
to their starting point.
Using their old storming methods,
the Germans charged full into the
British machine gun positions In
densely packed masses. Into the wall
of humanity, the machine guns poured
a steady fire.
ARTILLERY HELPS.
British artillery. far behind. accu-
rately caught the wall with heavy
shells. They exploded. tearing to
pieces the sections of the German line
that still stood In the face Of the tear
ing of the machine guns.
The advancing wall melted away
Exploding shells flung bits of what
had been human beings over the field
g Machine gun fire continued to siice
holes into the quivering column.
Then the pitiful remnants turned
and dissolved in flight.
This was only one of numerous al
most continuous German counter at
: tacks. All were heavy. Crown Prince
Rupprecht evidently has determined
on every effort by maGsing OF every
available man. to regain some II no'
!. all of the ground newly won by ths
British.
syNo's DRIVE HARD BLOW.
I He hopes lfori some hlow which I'll
regain the lpr&stige German Arms
has losAa I4aslevident from the atti.
Itude o{NaertaH prisoners that Byns''
drive was the hardest blow strucl
. German morale sincs the French d-ov'
! the German crown prince back rou
} yerdun In February, 1918.
great German attack arount
! Graincourt cost countless dead TO
(Coatinusd on Pass rwo.)