The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
The Horse Soldiery Dashes Through Great Holes in
 Enemy Defenses
GEN. HAIG'S INFANTRY SUCCEEDS IN CHARGE ON BIG GERMAN GUNS
Hand to-Hand Fighting Is Severe. Civilian Prisoners Are Released From Towns Retaken From
 the Huns in Great Drive
By the Associated Press

British Army Headquarters in hand-to-hand fighting near Fies- quieres today, British troops, preceded by tanks, stormed the town. The Ger mans fired on the tanks with seven big guns at short range. The British infantry charged the guns. captured them and killed the crews. Three other big guns were captured in . similar manner at Frenzy ChnppeIie. British cavalry captured battery at Rumillys sabering the crews.
 British Army Headquarters in France, November 21.-(4 ?. m-) Thousands of British cavalry today were co cooperating with the great army of tanks and infantry in continuing the successful assault begun yester- day by the British troops against the Hindenburg defenses over wide front
 in the Cambrai section.
 Open fighting has been going on at many places since yesterday and the horse troops, who long had waited for chance to vindicate their existence in this war, were rendering inval- uable services in "mopping up" the enemy territory.
 Bitter fighting occurred at many places, but the British forces, who up
 to this morning had penetrated strong German positions for distance Of
 some five miles, were still pushing on- ward this afternoon. Masnieres, Mar coing, Ribecourt, Havrincourt, Grain court and Flesquieres all lay behind the advancing troops and by noon the cavalry was to be seen drawing in on the Bourbon wood. which lies west of Cambrai and dominates that town. The Masnieres-B -Beaurivir line of trenches was penetrated today. It is believed that the prisoners already to-
 tai about 5000 and many guns have been gathered in by the British. Ger tainly thousands of Germans were Tn the British cages this morning Tor anyone to see who cared to visit them. The German losses have been heavy. At least four divisions of infantry had been badly smashed since the fighting began.
 Large numbers of civilians already have been released from captured towns. About 800 were brought back from Mas
 neres and other places furnished their quotas of noncombatants who received their deliveries with rejoicings.
 | To General Byng, who fought on the Ganipoli peninsula and who won fame as the commander of the Canadians at vimy ridge falls the honor of having planned and successfully carried out the present drive in which tanks and the cavalry have played such a leading part General Byng staked his chances on the 1 tanks and the tanks made good beyond ] the widest expectations.
 Just before these mighty engines went | forward to prepare the way for the in- fantry and cavalry, the general commando ing the iron monitors distributed an or der of the day in which he said:
 "We expect every tank to do it's damnedest" They did this and dealt
 the Germans one of the most staggering ! blows they have received in many
 months With the tank general leading
 them in a monitor which flew his flag
 they charged through two of the strongest
 lines in the German defense system on
 the western front as though these forti- fled trenches had not been there and be hind them on a front of some six miles infantry and cavalry poured through the great gaps which had been made