Evening journal., 1918-01-02
By WILLIAM PHILIP sIlINis.


WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE
FIELD. Nov q. (By Mail)-Thai Cor
many at the end OF a year Of bltterng
and steady bulldog advance by the Brit
.sh troops should be preparing her SUI
preme offensve-and In the winter time
lis the outstanding feature Of the past
twelve months Of lighting on the British
front.
Grown Prince nupprecht Is undoubtcd
y massing the greatest forces Germany
has ever had concentrated on the west
ern front for Germanys supreme effort
It a military decision there. Vast num-
beis Of sold ers have been released by
ussias collapse. Vast number 0f guns,
captured by the Teutons' successful
drive into Italy. have been transported
70 Rupprecht's aid German plants have
| been running as never before TO supply
l0eroplanes and war machinery FOR what
I s conceded 90 be Germlny's final, su-
preem effo Is Of The war
General Byng, master Of open nghtlng,
won the great smashing victory around
Cambrai with h s equine cavarly and his
machine cavalry-the tanks. IN a year
[ dlled with sold stunning blows end
/ lcssly delivered at the German line, this
/ victory around Camb"ai stands out as
! sensationally chang ng The aspect Of the
'front.' There were other operations
/ which combined after days Of flghting
/ 10 round out a vlctory-but Byng's was
/ a single, violent. crowning strike which
a few hours advanced the British
/ niles upon miles
: The British pierced the Hindenburs
/ line More than that they took the sec
ond and third line defenses of this "im-
/ pregn bic" front open fighting was re-
sumed for the nrst time since the days
n the Marine Cavalry was In acton on
10Th SIDES Trenches were abandoned
The British sweep was too sudden and
raralyzlng 10 swept over regular lines
Byug added something entirely new e
the war-a general assault without art J.
'ery preparation. He used his tanks "a
mash down the entanglemenis-wher
the rules OF modern war had heretofore
/ prcsci bed artillery fire for this job.
The Germans Immediately pronted b.
The lesson Rupprccht massed tremen
iOus forces Of men and before the Brit
sh had fairly settled In heir new posi-
Ions around Cambria, they too attacke'
without artillery preparation Their on
Taught was with overwhelming weigh
of men-the old style "massed attack
0f gray-coated ranks. They forced a re
adjustment of the British line at sew
'ral points. But the British held on 4
he Hindenburg line. despite Rupprecht
I hardest blows They are holding ther
\ ,Oday-under violent assault
Before this November aud Decembe
outbreak Of fighting around Cambria th
b year had gone by without a single thru'
5 'csoundingly sensational or vital
2 hanging the geography Of the Yves
D ont The British however. have durin
: this time dealt the Germans several stu
! iing blows and maintained a stead.
o bulldog offensive from beginning
md
e With the French they forced Marshi
S Hindenburg 10 retreat from the Somm
y n places IS miles deep, l.berating score
0 OF towns and villages for almost thr'
years in the hands Of the enemy. Alor
s they fought the Battle Of Arras, drl'
d 'ng several miles into the Prussian line
}, They took Nimy Ridge and half encircl
= Lens. They captured Nlesslnes Ridge an
s n a series Of battles In Flanders. smas
6 ed the bloody Ypres salient and occ
uleu fdeccllEuudrle dtlF Ato cAoN-lilYuA
e 'ng hill.
j. From the beginning Of the Battle
Ie Arras on April Q. to the taking Of Pas
Is hendaele early in November. the Britt
II 'ook 6O,6Oi prisoners on the weste
le '~0ni. among these being 1913 offlcel
e they captured 39s guns and Howitze
II including a large number OF heavl'
e nd. IN addition to these, 5i5 Tren
sr lIortars and .902 machine guns. Duri
his time the British never lost a sine
s. gun.
10 In the air the Brit'sh have m0lntaln
IS q persistently aggressive attitude at
Zines. carrying the war to the ener
= instead Of waiting until he crossed I
line. At random selecting the month
september ! ind that 2is Germ
lanes were destroyed or driven doN
mt Of control during those 30 days
I sainst 90 B it'sh planes missing, wh
1 i25 tons, or 2500o0 pounds Of high {
nloslves were dropped on back arc
behind the German lines.