The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-11-23

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British Army Headquarters b
France, Nov. 22-The advance Of the
British army against the Germans con
tinued Wednesday afternoon. Tbs
towns of Masnie rs. Marcoing, Rib
court. Havrincourt, Graincourt and
Flesquieres all were behind the Brit
ish advancing line and the cavalry.
which is cooperating with the tanks
and rendering invaluable aervice, was
drawing in toward the Bourbon wood.
west of Cambria
The great Hindenburg defense line.
upon "hich the German commander
in-chief had builded his hopes of hold
ing the British from inroads into the
open territory beyond, has been
smashed And the task apparently
was an easy one.
Attacking over front OF thirty-two
miles, extending from the Scarpe river
east of Arras TO St Quentin, Field Mar
shall Haig. with his English, Scotch,
Irish and Welsh troops, made one Of
the most rapid and spectacular drives
Of the war. catching the Germans COM
pletely by surprise. capturing numer-
Gus positions which were regarded as
impregnable and taking thousands OF
prisoners and numerous guns
The apex of the offensive apparent
ly is conferred on the important rail-
way junction of Cambria, midway be-
tween Arras and St Quentin. Here.
having taken the towns of Marcoing,
AnneuN, Graincourt and Novelties, the
victorious troops at last accounts were
nearing Cambria with its railroad lines
and roadways branching out toward all
the main points of the compass.
The British drive was begun with.
out the usual artillery prelude. and a.
the tanks and infantrymen made their
way through the wire entanglements
and pressed into the German first po-
sitions, the surprised enemy began
sending up myriads of signal rockets
calling for assistance. Whether aid
was rushed up is not definitely known.
but seemingly the surprised Germans
fled in disorder. leaving all kinds Of
did not even take time, as is usual, to
apply the torch to the villages they
evacuated
The British casualties were extreme
ly light. while German dead covered
the ground. Reports indicate that the
depth of the penetration in the region
OF Cambria has exceeded five miles,
and that at one point. at least. the
troops swept on five miles beyond the
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lagos
The offensive was under direct COM
mand of Gen Sir Julian Hedworth
Byng, and Gen. John J. Pershing, COM
mander-in-c OF the American
forces in France, was an interested
observer
Paris.-The French troops Wednes-
day attacked in the region to the
north of Craonne and Berry-aU-Bac, on
front Of about two-thirds of mile,
and penetrated the German positions
to an average depth of about 400
yards, capturing strong defenses and
taking Us German prisoners, accord
ing to the French official communica-
ton
Washington. Swedish press reports
on the situation in Russia said Gen.
kaledines with an army of Cossacks
was moving against Moscow, where
5000 persons were reported to have
been killed in riots.
Italian army headquarters in
Northern Italy-The heavy fighting
which began on Sunday in the north
continues with great violence. center
ing on the slope of Monte Monfenera.
Enemy masses alternate fierce artil-
lery attacks with infantry assaults,
which have been repulsed by the heroic
bravery Of the Italian frnons