The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
BRITISH TAKE
TOWN FROM FOE.
VILLAGE OF 4ouRLAN WON AF.
% TER HARD FIGHTING
WHOLE WOOD ALSO SEIZED
Germans Suffer Heavy Losses When
They Attack French Positions on
the Meuse-1oo Guns Taken
by Haig's Men.

the Meuse-1OU Guns aken
by Haig's Men.
the Cambrai front in France have
captured Bourlan village and virtual
ly the whole of Bourldn wood, includ-
ing all the high ground within 1t,
Field Marshal Haig officially reported.
The text of the announcement says:
! StFightingin and about Bourlan wood
continues with great stubbornness on
both sides, the enemy counter-attack-
ing seyerai times. .'%a 'e,g$ *."'&
: Ground Lost, Then Resaincd. .
Strong hostil counter-attacks forced
our troops back from Bourlan village,
! which we had entered on our first ed
, vance, aud in the early morning pow
, erful attack delivered by the enemy
farther to the east pressed us back a
short distance ON the hill In Bourlan
wood. H" e. %--.r... IS ''.sa7
"Eater in the morning successful
comter-attack by our troops drove
the enemy from the hill and before
midday we1 had re-established our
q lines on the northern edge of Bourlan
wood. 5..'. :...,"8 ..,'@.%. 'F.
Fighting continued during the
afternoon and at dusk the enemy
again attacked with strong forces
, from the northeast, forcing our troops
back slightly in the northeastern
corner of the wood. a.>+
Win Town In Fierce Fight. .r.
"Early In the night our troops again
! attacked and re-entered Bourlan viii
lage, capturing it after a fierce strug-
gle in which parties of the enemy
offered obstinate resistance in strong
points in the village. 90, " Sgd"
"Bourlan village and practically
the whole.of Bourian wood, including
all the high ground within it now are
In our possession. = ."'-- ..'~"
! "In the course of these operations
English, Welsh and Scottish bat.
talions, assisted by dismounted cav
airy, displayed the utmost courage
and tenacity both In attack and de-
: fense." "
g.. OLA Dtlhldli uit pidhcS WHY bAOuShh
down In air battles on the British bat
tie front In France, and nine British
machines are missing, according to an
official communication on aerial opera
! tions issued by the war office.
French Inflict Losses.
Paris, Nov. 26-TroOps Of the Ger
man crown prince attacked the FreRch
positions at several points on the right
! bank of the River MeuSe in the region
, of Vertiun. The statement issued by
the French war office says the battles
ended in favor Of the French, the Ger
mans suffering serious losses in the
hand grenade fighting developed.
I s Germans Lose 100 Guns.
| British Army Headquarters in
France, Nov. 26.-The Germans have
been rushing guns to the Cambrai sec
, tor as far as possible from other parts
, Of the. line, as they have suffered Seri-
Gus losses In artillery. The counter
battery work of the British has been
most successful from the beginning
and prisoners admit that large num-
ber of their guns have been knocked
out. %zt;E, .ft '.a, a.. ri =. 80;
No accurate account has been made
as yet Of the captured booty In Brit.
ish hands. but II Is known that the
captured guns will excel 100; con-
siderable portion of these are heavies.
Innumerable machine guns were also
captured. - ~ .''. T.. '~' @'
The work of the British air service
since Tuesday has been magnificent.
The country has been blanketed with
heavy, low-lying clouds and much rain
has fallen rrs;it -.''N .'.Eo|Nr e 49, :
The Germans have suffered eonsid.
cradle losses in machines. One Brit
ish brigade of planes has In the fight
ing before Cambrai raised its total
of enemy planes shot down during the
year to 400. 3@:.>' a'" - e. ,a G.>'
The work accomplished by the tanks
has had d bad effect on the morale of
the German troops, according to prls-
oners. a. '',af 'C@%:| 'EsE r.
f &c Claim British RepuIse. s..-.
Berlin, Nov. 26--Germam guard
troops launched a counter-attack
against the. British troops who had
pushed forward as far as Bourbon VIII
lage, west Of Cambrai, and after des-
perate bayonet fghtihg. drove them
back to their former positions, the
German general astaff announced.
Thick waves Of British infantryS the
statement adds. four times fruitlessly
stormed the village of Invhy, west of
Bourbon. @.~ ,r' ." @,zF a.gi 4,
The French showed lively activity.
on almost the entire front, particularly
In the Champagne, in the Yerdun re-
gion and in Upper Alsace. t..-..r