The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-22
attack. shows that Berlin sees No
uutck end to the battle.
On Battlefield of the sommc.

attack, shows that Berlin secs No
uutck end to the battle.
On Battlefield of the somme.
The great attack led the British
hvsr much of the ground where the
last stages OF the Somue battle were
Fought. 1t takes in the region TO the
south Of Arras. In the very scene
! u the battle the British see 81 happy
D1nen. For IL was on the Somme that
the British. together with the French.
Utopped the crown princes Nerdun
drive last year. at time when the
ntx fortress seemed near its doom.
Hhfs time the drive that already has
pwailowed up most OF the line where
last years Somme drive stopped
ehcrt. is inevitably linked with the
Teutpn campaign in Italy, There is
y deep-rcoted confidence that the
present drive will do the same ser
vice 10 the Italians that last years
push here did to Verdun.
Resoiution I'm Tncfics
Overnight the lighting tactics IN
the West-snd in the whole war
have ben revoiutionized. The general
assault without artillery preparation
- unprecedented. Equally the Brit
ssh are expected 10 topple over the
hxed theory a real winter campaign
in the west is i'm possible
Az this 10 written dispatches from
the trcnt tell puoilantiy Of increasing
success
There 10 every reason to aSsuue f.
that an actual break through" has
been affected. The whole Teuton lue
from the sea down to the Swiss front o.
ser may be shaking before another
day has passed
Already the trench deadlock seems
broken and open position warfare
begins to Ia he it's place.
The mum Der of prisoners filing back
10 the rear also IS Increasing hour
~
II was twenty minutes after siN
yesterday morning when. after a night
marked only by de@ultory small ArtLe+
the tank army" started To roll for
ward. How these monsters had been
brought silently M in front Of thr
British first line trenches Is ono ~f
The mysteries adding considerably a.
she popular admiration paid the third
army tonight The fact is that 1t en-
drely escaped the German intelligence
be-vtcs. In each case the enemy Was
implicitly surprised" says General
Byng in his bulletin.
Moving Wall of Monsters.
Once this moving wall Of monsters
had started on its way nothing could
stop them AS the tanks tore across
the field. brushing aside barbed wire
entanglements like so much rubbish,
then smashing into, through and over
every conceivable abstacle that TWEEN
beth century engineering skill had
Sudged i'm pregna BILE" and finally
dipping across the trenches them
SELVES all the while streams Of ma
chine gun bullets shooting out from
their front, sides. and rear. the leu
ions were struck as IL by the terror II
judgment day. There Was no unsw er
10 these rip-sawing giants o. steel II
was case of technical skill out
skiIled,
On through successive beta OF Ger
eaan defenses, which were of great
depth and strength. a. Sir Julian pu'y
II In his bulletin. the tanks marched
sheir way ahead Before the Ger
mans had fully, realized what was
happening. three. four, five miles had
been devoured by the tanks. Behind
these Irresistible machines British in
fantry came In close ranks. moving
down everybody that hadn't been fell
ed or wouldn't surrender.
English Scottish. Irish and Welsh
tire ret cOrr rfratfur OF -ffTirFST GreU
sives. oycrran the Hindenburg lines
FIRST defense. then the second q mile
beyond, and then tackled the third
D. one point the past.
Rally Comes Too Late.
Gradually the Teutons rallied The,
began to HE back with the fury O
trapped men. Rut il was too late L
halt the tide Some piiful thing
happened then. whole companies o
5renzied Tentons were seen to throw
themselves into the path Of tanks
rhe hiilocks formed by their bodie
delayed the monsters for a few min
Ntes. but only a few minutes. Or
FTept the tanks leaving mangfe,
fragments of human bodies behind
pns Teuton soldier fatally wounded
~a& seen TO rise With one. last exer
ton Of hie FADING strength and wal
n ghsstiy gritnace. fury perao7df4e6
fnaash his bsyonet against the side O
= tank. The impact shot back III
butt OF his rife squarely between hi
eyes and knocked him dead TIL
tank swept on Soon the German
feal.ed there was no use tackltn
the big machines And az the latte
kept on paving the way. Teutons an
Eritens clashed in hand to- hand arr
grenade to- hsyonet combats ''Etit
rghtins" the matter Of fact buneti
st the war office calls IT,
The British relentiessly hewed thei
way through the stirepIue rtsistaBC.