El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-23
FIGHT
IN FULL FORCE
Every Available Man, Even
Cripples, Is Hurled
Against British.
Continued From rage II

few clinging determiuedly TO squ.rm-
ing puppies which they dared not
trust to run on the ground Old men
and women were bringing away all
the household effects they could
pack on push carts or carry on their
backs
For three years they had been in
captivity and some OF them in slavery.
They had subsisted on the bounty OF
the American relief committee. which
furnNhed them virtually the only
food they obtained.
cavalry Captures n battery.
Hard fighting has taken place to-
day at Crevecour southeast OF Mas
nieres- The British were holding a
high ridge in front Of this place and
some troops had forced an entrance
into the western part Of the town
The Germans were still holding the
eastern section. \ German battery
here which had been giving trouble,
was charged and captured by dis
mounted cavalrymen. The battery was
surrounded by heavy bar5ed wire en-
tanglements, precludlnE the use OF
horses, 50 the soldiers stOrmed the po-
sitiou on foot and annihilatcd the gun
crews.
In the region Of Rumily heavy ma
chine gun and rifle fighting was pro-
ceeding last night and this morning
West OF Cambria tanks. cavalry
and infantry were pressing the attack
vigorously about Fontalne NOJre
Dame and the strong position in Bour-
land wood Fontaine NOtre Dame mas
not been officially reported captured,
but the story goes that tank crews
were served with hot coffee by the
civilians in this place this morning
tFieId marshal Haig's official report
Thursday night said the Germans had
retaken FOntaine Notre DameA
British Hold Tunnel Trench.
la ...H 90 Pr no
British were in possession Of the en-
tire underground fortificotiou known
as the tunnel trench, which had been
famed for its supposed lmpregnao
At least five determined counter at
tacks have been smashed in this re
Eion- Southeast Of Bullecourr hard
fighting occurred at Moeuvres last
night and strong counter attack
was repulsed-
The last line OF trench defeuces in
the region of CautainE has been bro
ken and the British today were flrm-
" established at many points in the
Nasnieres- Beaurois line south Of cam
1rai.
Much Hard Fighting Encountered
Il is now possible 10 give more de-
tails Of Tuesdays battle In the adj
vance south Of Cambria the first hard
fighting occurred AT LateaC wood.
which lies on the Cambria highway
south Of Nasnieres. This wood final
y was cleared Of Germans and the
advance continued toward Masuieres-
some opposition was encountered in "a
suburb. but by 1 o'clock this had been
overcome and the British had crossed
the TEscauL canal Al a lock The small
German garrison fought bitterly 20
retain AIasnieres. The whole place was
undermined with dugouts iu which the
enemy was hidden with machine
guns, but the germans were forced to
give up this place after a sangu-uarE
struggle. although some Of them were
stiu holding out in the cellars today
Marching Easily Taken
MARCHING was taken with small re-
sistanCe on the part OF the enemy, and
this gave the British . second cross
ing OF the canal. The advancing troops
forced a passage here at the same
hour as aIaslieres was entered The
STasnieres- Beaurois trench line. north
OF Afasuieres, apparently had been re-
inforced by Germans from Cam1rai
and this front held up the advance
temporarily with rifle and machine
gun fire. but the British forced the
Germans from the trenches in hand
20 hand fighting
German Aid From Lens.
German resistance on the first d1y
was comparatively weak as a Wnoie.
and they surrendered freely in many
places Yesterday their lines stiffened
and hard fighting followed. Gerr0an
endorsements from Lens and the
two companies OF invalids already
mentioned were thrown into the line.
German Mass Is smashed.
The first counter attack came over
the ridge from the northeast OF Mas
nieres- The enemy advanced in
massed formation as in the early days
OF the war. The British had couceu-
trated a large number of machine
guns al this point and were hoping
for a counter attack. They permitted
the enemy to advance 10 within 1000
yards Of the line before they opened
fire Then the machine guns and ar
tillery were turned on the Germans