Arizona republican., 1917-11-22

from the cock pit of Europe around Ypres. For many months there has been nothing more than occasional raids with now and then a furry Of artillery fire in the Cambrai sector.
 This morning before daybreak things were moving along at much the same pace. The Germans had evinced some nervousness during the night and for 8 few minutes, about 5: 30 0 CLOCK III the morning. dropped a barrage along sector where it probably appeared as though the British might be planning 6 raid. The enemy presumably had been looking for something in this na- ture but that they did not expect battle was clearly evident.
 The correspondent reached point, near the British line a little after 6 clock At that hour there was very l little artillery work on either side | Machine guns occasionally broke out with their staccato bark as sentries on one side or the other thought they saw l a head over a trench top.
 Then came period of absolute still ness. Suddenly the long line of British 1 tanks moved forward and in a moment i the variegated signal lights of the Ger mans shot high in the air. The British 1 troops came out of their shelters and with fixed baynets and grenades fol- | lowed the tanks swiftly toward the en- i emy barriers.
 i The ground was firm and covered with long grass. There were few big 1 shell holes, such as are to he seen In Flanders. for comparatively little ar
 tillery work had been done against
 this sector It was ideal going for the | Ia md
 most of it. As they started forward | the British put a heavy screen Of
 smoke all about them, so it was inn possible for the enemy to see them
 many yards away.
 i The tanks reached the German out post line in front of the main line and without stopping surged through to-
 ward the barbed wire entanslements.
 their guns working steadily all the
 while Here was a point where it had
 been feared they might encounter diff
 faculties, but they did not They
 crashed through the barbed wire and
 by T:25 the British infantry were go-
 ing through the gaps thus made. At 7:45 the infantry, operating just
 west of Havincourt, had swarmed up
 the elevation known as Mount Ne-
 suvius. A few minutes later this
 knoll was blown up. having been
 mined by the Germans. At S. 34 seven
 tanks and infantry were seen in the
 Hayircourt station. In evacuating
 Havincourt the Germans did com l paratively litle damage and the place ; had not suffered greatly from shell
 fire. It is in much better condition
 than many of the towns which saw
 bitter fighting of the Somme last year.
 Few, if any, German airplanes ven
 tured over the British lines this
 morning. There was considerab ble fog
 and this. added to the smoke bar rage made observation practically i'm
 possible for them. British airplanes, however, were operating in large
 numbers, flying in most cases within a few yards of the ground. The advance of the British army i against the Germans was continuing
 this afternoon. The towns of Mas
 nieres, Marcoing, Ribcourt. HaVrin- ) court, Graincourt and F1esquieres all t were behind the British advancing } line and the cavalry which is CO., : operating with the tanks and render ing invaluable service, was dra wing : in toward the Bourbon wood, west o1 3 Cambrai.
 t In severe hand to hand fighting al l F1esquleres today British troops, pre- ceded by tanks, stormed the town The Germans fired on the tanks witt seven big guns at short range. The British infantry charged the guns capturing them and billed the crews Three other big guns were captured
 in similar manner at Premy Chap. '' belle. British cavalry captured :, battery at Rumilly, sabering th' | crews.
 General Pershing left the Cambra
 front last night, having spent the da! < with Field Marshal Haig witnessing = the operations. The American com : mander was close to the front durin, t the early part of the operations ant
 took the keenest interest in the work e ing out of the British scheme fo - smashing through this chain of de Q lenses.