The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-25
Germans Rushing Reserves
From Other Fronts in Des-
perate Effort 10 Stem Tide
HUNS FEAR FRENCH MAY
MAKE SIMILAR ATTACK
Fontaine Notre Dame in
Flames. Indicating Retire
ment of tiindenburgs Men.
Haig Announces Capture OF
Guns

london, Nov. 24.-~In the race OF
desperate resistance, sttffened hourly
by new reserves, General Byngs arny
made substantial progress today In its
drive on Cambria. the base in thu
broken Hindenburg line.
At last unofficial accounts Bourbon
wood had fallen to the British. Fon-
tame Notre Dame was In flames. and
the village of Moeuvres was being In
vested,
Of1ciaily In the day bulletin a. serieA
OF important advances were recorded,
mainly on the northern side OF the
wedge driven toward Cambria Sir
douglas Haig also announced the cap
rure of more than 100 guns in this
drive so far. Among them are a num-
Der OF heavy field pieces up to eight
inches.
The capture OF Bourbon wood. II
confirmed, would be of high strategic
value to the British It dominates all
the surrounding area and rs by SONS
experts called the key to Cambria
itself Once before during the last
-sAFee-tiays he British had bitten
themselves into Teuton advanced
trenches In this wood. Later. because
of a temporary lack of munitions
their advance had been so swift that
the communications could not keep
pace with them--they were forced out
again. the Germans concentrating a
furious fire on these, wood from ths
nearby village OF TIE same name.
/ Fontaine Notre Dame 10 the village
/ on the Baupaume-cam brai high road
! 1t formed the furthest point of the
British >svance In the nrst twenty
four hours OF the drive For the same
reason that caused the withdrawal
from Pourlon wood they had to give
up the village later. The report that
Fontaine is now In flames indicates
thai the Germans have definitely
given IL up.
Fierce hand to-h hand hghting took
place all day today along the whole
line of the British advance. The BRIT
ish official statement mentions the fact
that the Germans offered stubborn
resistance" The sta"ement conserya-
lively reports the following gains in
today's fighting:
The storming of an important and
dominating high ground about Bour-
lon wood
Progress in the nsighborhood of
Fontaine Notre Dame.
Further progress along the linden
burg line astrtde the canal du Nord
in the vicinity OF Moeuvres village.
Capture of an important spur be-
tween Moeuvres and Queant. giving
observations over the Hindenburg lire
| TO the west and north"
Gain Of further ground and capture
OF q strong point of support In the
! vicinity Of Buliecourt.
These gains. easily traced on the
map, show better than elaborate de-
scriptions the irresistible force OF Gem
eral Byng's advance. The main OBJ
ject of the British now is to widen
their wedge so as 20 get out OF ugly
positions where their tanks are expos
ed to The enemy's enfilading fire.
Meanwhile the Germans are tryina
frantically to regain their equilibrium
2. From every sector of the western
/ front they are drawing reserves, that
; are sent into the fray in dense masses
to regain the lost ground. They have
even resorted to stripping their Elan
ders front IN defiance of the counsel
of military experts, who only yeSter-
day boasted this would not be neces-
sary. and the warning that Haix was
certain to repeat his blows east of
Ypres A whole .division--the I 9Th
has be>~ called from Flanders to the
Cambria: front. Another. the Thir-
tieth, has ben rushed thither from the
Aisne. Troops just arrived from the
Russian front also have been observed
before Cambrai.
Evidently fearing that the French
may strike somewhere between St
Quentin and the Vosges. the Germans
have launched on continuous raid
Ing campaign designed to feel out the
French lines. The lesson or the Cam
brai surprise has been bitter one to
them and apparently they do not In
tend to be caught mapping again.
Paris says German raids at Courcy
and in the Argonne only cost the Teu-
tons losses, while the French took
prisoners In penetration of the Ger
man Champagne line.