El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-22
ALLIES TRY To
TAKE CAMBRIA
Great British Drive Is Pro
ceeding, With the Enemy
Now Fighting Hard.
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ceedlng, With the Enemy |
Now Fighting Hard.
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range. It was a critical moment. FOR /
while the tanks viii Withstand heavy
fire, they cannot be expected TO stand
mp long under big shells hurled from
suns only q short distance away.
Guns Captured; Crews Killed.
The British infantry which swarmed
through behind tine tanks saw the pre-
diCament Of their iron friends and
liberarely charged the enemy ar
tillerv with rifles and hand grenades.
All the guns We're captured and their
crews We're killed.
Cavalry Charges Guns.
a similar incident occurred at
Pr-my Chappelle. northwest Of Mar
Going, where three guns were stormed
and their crews auulhilated- Some OF
tine most spectacular work Of this ma
ture fell TO the cavalry The mounted
troops got into MarcOing and Mas
uieres last night and in the latter town
engaged i'm Sangulnary battle with
German infantry An enemy battery
there was giving trouble and q squad
OF horsemeu charged the position,
shooting or saberiug the entire crew
Another battery at Eumilly was taken
in similar fashion.
GraincOurt Taken By Storm.
GraiucOUrt was carried by storm,
cavalry. tanks and infantry working
together. British forces At the latest.
reports have carried their line in this
section northward to the Bapaume-
Cambria road.
The Germans ran from Ribecourt,
with the British close at their heels.
This town is n mass Of ruins, party on
Of n.N
lack OF repairs The German dug
outs were left intact
The occupation Of Marcoing and
Masuieres was a great stroke Tor the
British, as Il gave them much needed
crossings for the EsCaulJ river and
canal which formed natural barrier
20 the advance from this direction. .
Cavalry, infantry and tanks were I
poured Immediately across these I
passages and proceeded to work north 4
ward
Great Day for Cavalry
Military necessity precluded the
mention Of cavalry in the first dis
patches regarding the present often /
sive. but il now may be said that the /.
mounted men went into action at II -30 .
tanks had opened the way through the
barbed wire.
This was one Of the features OF the .
battle in which Gen Pershing ap-
NEaLtL To take deep interest u ME ne
was AT the front yesterday II has
been a wonderful two days for the
hOrsemen who had been releEated TO
rear areas in the western front, with
a few exceptions, since early in the
war. Thousands Of them have been
operating over wide area beyond
The Hindenburg line
-Four Divisions Smashed.
The German losses have been
hea w AZ least four divisions OF
infantry have been BADLY smashed
since the fighting began
Large numbers Of civilians already
have been released from captured
towns About 500 we're brought back
from Masuieres. and other places
furnished their quotas of non com
hatants who received their deliverers
with rejoicing.
Ryng banked on Tanks.
To Gen BynE- who fought on the
Gll.pOI peninsula, and who won
fame as the commander OF the can
adams who took the Nimy ridge on
the western front. falls the honor
OF having planned and successfully
carried out the present drive. in
which tanks and the cavalry have
played such q leading part Gen. I
Byng staked his chances on the tanks. l
and the tanks made good beyond the
widest expectations.
Fight TO The Utmost.
Just before these mighty engines
went forward to prepare the way FOR /
the infantry and cavalry. the general T.
commanding the iron monitors dis
trl0uted an order OF the day in which I
he said
we expect every tank to do its
damnedest-" They did this and dealt
the Germans one OF the most stag l
EerinE blows they have received in I
many months. With the tank gem J
eral leading them in a monitor which /
flew his flag. they charged through I
two of the strongest lines in the Ger
man defence system on the western f.
front as though these fortified .
trenches had not been there and be- I
hind them on a front OF some six /
miles infantry and cavalry poured I
through the gaps which had been /
made.
Whole Army Electrified.
Canadian Headquarters in France, /
Nov 2l--The splendid British ad- ,
vance has electrified the allied forces ]
on the western front Nowhere has ]
the striking success Of Gen Byug Z
and his army been greeted with .
greater enthusiasm then by the Can ]
adam corps None Of the cOmmuni- Z
cations pouring in upon him are more I
sincere than those from the Canadian I
forces whom he commanded so ably. I
This is the Vital Theater.
Within q month, France TO the I
north. had shown her mettle and .
repudiated the SANDER of those who /
said her strength was broken Can /
ada and Britain at Passchendaele had I
stormed positions Of great value TO I
the enemy and captured the hold on 4
the ridges which threatened his COM ]
mand OF the Belgian coast and I
Flanders. Now to the south the
troops Of the United Kingdom have
broken their way through the enemy's 4
defences for gains never before .
eQualled on the western front in the
same length of time Neither the .
confusion of Russia nor the ordeal =
Of Italy can offset the Importance
Of these developments on the vest /
ern front. for this is the vital theater
OF the war.
No wonder the Canadians are iub-
liant So is all France and Flanders. ]
This war has been marked by chang /
ing tactics but nothing more daring !
or dramatic than the policy which .
sent the troops over the top with .
multitudes Of tanks and without a I
suggestion OF a barrage to indicate I.
their coming. CBy Canadian Press. [
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