The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-22
BRITISH WAR TERRORs sNORTED
AND LUMBERED ON TO AND
ACROSS TRENCHES.
AND THEY POUR FIRE
Hun Could Not Check the Great Ad-
vance and Hindenburg Line j. Cut
Deeper Than Ever Before-GenerL
Byng Uses Cavalry.
Ry the Associated P.essl.

British Army Headquarters in France
Wednesday, November 2l.-'The present
battle more than any other N the west
ern theatre has taken on the SAVIOR Of
fighting in other wars when men strug.
gled in the open and cavalry made
thrilling charges against enemy guns.
Many military critics long have contend.
ed that cavalry was a thing of the
past, but the mounted men have re-
futed this claim.
Field Marshal Haig has cluns TO has
horse troops throughout the weary
months of trench fighting. lie be
lieved that some day he would have a
chance to use them, and his judgment
has been vindicated.
Field Marshal Haig's blow against
the Cambria front represents true STRAIT.
egy. He had hammered at the enemy
in Flanders until they were worn out
completely. He had driven them Lack
as far as the mud would permit and
had compelled them to call on every
ounce of strength they had to maintain
themselves. Then he suddenly sprung
his surprise attack in. an unexpected
quarter.
Strongest Line In West.
The Hindenburg lines on the Cant ral
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had laid out in the west. The enemy
considered them impregnable Not only
We're they strongly fortified. bu; they
were protected by very deep belt of
barbed wire which II was thought that
only a protracted bombarlment of great
of guns would cut suf
ficiently to allow the infantry to so
through.
British tanks had never before been
called upon for such extensive work
but they did in a few hours what the
artillery would have required days to
The. Hindenburg line vas
pierced absolutely on a wide front and
TO a greater depth than ever before.
Inspects Monsters Destruction.
The correspondent today inspected
the main Hindenburg line near Havrin
court and saw the amazing work done
by the iron monsters. In most places
they had no trouble either in tearing
the wire or In crossing rrenoh-
es. There were gaps in the wire ELI
a rod in width. whore not
one vestige of wire was left standing
and by following the tracks of the
tanks one could have trundied across
the trenches as though they were mere.
~ scratches in the ground instead cf
wide, deep bitches.
The tanks, of course went through
No Mans Land under the full observa-
ton of the German artillery and, while
the gunfire was weak, some fire was
directed on the tanks as they approach
ed. Ii was interesting to follow The
tracks of the tanks in order to see
where shells had spattered about, ap-
parently without damage, for in this
whole section. the correspondent lid
not see one tank which had been knock
ed out The German trenches showed
plainly that the occupants had aban-
doned them hurriedly.
German Fire Is Weak.
Since the beginning of the attack, the
gun fire had been extremely weak. No
Mans Land showed comparatively -ew
shell craters today and this morning
the British guns were doing virtually
all the firing along most of the front
involved This is a striking contrast TO
the Flanders region which has been
an inferno of artillery fire for weeks.
The Germans have attempted very
few counter attacks thus far, and al,
IF them have been smashed. The latest
counter thrust reported was made last
night near Demicourt and this was
dealt with promptly