The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-08
BRITISH TROOPS
CONTINUE DRIVE
TOWARD CAMBRIA
Now Less Than Three Miles
From Foes Base.
TANKS AIDED BY CAVALRY
More Than 10000 Teutons Have Been
Taken Prisoner - Sanguinary
hand-to-t Hand Fighting oc-
curs--AIlies' Losses Less
Than Number Of Cap
tives Taken.

British Army Headquarters In
France, Nov. 23.-The British are
battling their way forward less than
three miles west of Cambria after
breaking Into the enemy's last defense
line at Anneux and Cantaing, They
are drawing In on Bourbon wood, which
dominates the entire section. including
Cambria
Gain on Left Wing.
British cavalry, tanks and Infantry
are operating along a line running
from west of Cambria To the south of
that town
Meanwhile, the offensive had been
successfully prosecuted on the left,
and In the region Of Bullecourt the
German line had been pushed back
considerably, thereby widening the
salient which the British have driven
into the enemy territory, 10 the south
and southwest OF Cambria.
The attack around Bullccourt was
complete success, and something like
100 prisoners We're captured here.
Snnguinary hand-to-hand fighting
has taken place at many points.
Three Counters Smashed.
During the night three German
countcr-attacks In Novelties and Ru-
milly were beaten off and another
thrust by the enemy near Bullecourt
was smashed.
The number of prisoners Is increas-
Ing steadily. More than 10000 were
In the hands Of the British at night
and large cont.ngents have been COM
Ing back during the early morning
hours.
The cavalry, tanks and infantry at
many points west and south OF Cam
brai nrc less than three miles from
the outskirts Of the town.
British Hold Gains
London, Nov. 23.--The six-mile
wedge driven into the German dcfenses
In the British offensive on the Arras-
81. Quentin front Is penetrating still
deeper and spreading out, Reuters
correspondent at British headqquar-
tiers In France telegraphs.
On some stretches Of the front the
British troops have broken into the
enemy's final defense line.
All the German countcr-attncks have
been repulsed, and all the British gains
are being held.
The prisoners taken in the advance
now number more than 5000 the cor
respondent reports.
49, Cavalry Still Going.
How far the cavalry has gone 10
not known, but one correspondent Mt
the front says that early In the morn
Ing the cavalry. was still pouring over
III" farthesCN hill, good six miles
from the cracked line" while 1t is also
stated by correspondents that the Brit.
ish line swings much farther north
than Gralncourt, behind the broken
wing of the lIindcnburg line. II the
latter he true, the retreat of the Ger
mans entrenchcd between the Bapau-
me Cambria road and the Scarpc river
Is seriously threatened.
The official war office announcement
follows:
Moving forward north of Cantalng
our troops attacked and captured the
village Of Fontainc Notrc Dame. They
took u number of prisoners
(FOntainc Notre Dame is two and
three-quarters miles southwest of
Cambria on the main road between Ba-
paumc and Cambrai)
Take Many, Lose Less.
London, Nov. 23.-Thc British cas-
ualtieS i'm the advance toward Cam
brai are reported to be very consid.
ernbly less than the number Of pris-
oncrs taken, II was announced by Mai.
Gen. T.. II. Maurice, chief director Of
military operations nj the war Office.
(The latest British official estimate
Of prisoners taken gives the number
ms 100000
The British, said General Maurice.
had advanced to n depth of six and
u half miles ut the fartheSt point on
a front of ten miles, which was rec.
ord advance In "a hours on the western
front, and was farther than the prog.
ress made during three months fight
Ing nj Ypres.
The victory az Cambria. General
Maurice continued, was the direct re.
suit Of the fighting Mt Ypres and
therefore the men who fought M
Ypres deserved equal credit for the
Cambria success.