Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-11
CANADIANS TAKE
CAMBRIA; THEIR
COAL IS REACHED
DaShing Dominion Troops Full
fill the Ambition for Which
They Have Been VaIiantIy
Striving Since Sept, 81
ley so.alns JOURNAL SPECIAL lr,srD WIPE,

With the Canadian Forces in
France, Wednesday. oct (by the
Canadian Press) The Canadian
troops which penetrated Cambria
early this morning now are IN COM
plete possession of the city. Thus is
fulfilled the ambition of the Canadian
corps, for the achievement of which
it has been fighting ever since it
stormed the Canal Du Nord and took
Bourbon wood on September 81.
Even if the imperial troops who
yesterday advanced so CALAMITY south
of Cambria had the good fortune to
capture the city, its fall must still
have been attributed to the sledge-
hammer strokes of the Canadian
corps, before which the defense of
the enemy crumbed.
The capture of Cambria fittingly
crowns the brilliant record of the
corps since August s.. Cambria fell
to a night attack. We kicked off at
half past one. The morning was
pitch dark but the careful prepara-
lions resulted in all the troops get
ting to their destinations without a
hitch. The third division had the
honor of crossing the canal and pene-
trating into the city.
Germans We're Surprised.
The element of surprise assisted in
overwhelming the enemy defense in
the streets. once the Place D'Armes
was reached they spread out over the
entire area and by daylight had pass
ed through the city to the southeast
we'll out on the Avenue DNalen-
ciennse, while on the southwest they
had established themselves at the cor
ner of the Boulevard De Liberte, and
the Porte De Paris. Some enemy ele-
ments apparently We're caught be-
tween the city and the imperial forces
further south.
Our troops began at once to try to
save the city from the fires that broke
out at various points. The allies
have not fired a single shell into
Cambria and these fires must have
been of incendiary origin.
Meantime our third division swept
out due east to the line of the Scheldt
canal, securing all the bridge heads
as far as Eswars and capturing RAJ
miles, Elcourt and Cuvillers. Their
victory was complete and glorious.
Some Brilliant Deeds.
Troops originally recruited as Ca
madam mounted rifles, first entered
Cambria. The Canadian engineers
esta blished a pontoon bridge over the
canal at Pam. aided by an effective
barrage on enemy gun positions. The
Germans held the city with their rear
guards which the sudden onslaught of
the Canadians rapidly brushed aside.
In pushing out east of Cambria
after the capture very brilliant work
was done in effecting the first cross
ing of the canal at the demolished
railway bridge. Two men swan
across the canal. bombed the enemy
out of his bridgehead and then link
ed arm in arm. the leading men of
the company scrambled over the
wreck of the bridge. In a short time
a practical crossing was connected.
The enemy began its evacuation of
the city at midnight. The Canadian
occupation was completed at 9 o'clock
the next morning.
Lord Shaughnessy, sometimes called
the king of railway presidents" is
regarded as one of the makers of mod
ern Canada. He has headed the Cana
dian Pacific since June ~, 1898.
Since the outbreak of the war he