The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-30
jW0RST FIGHTING,
f OF WAR IN 1918
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f. IN Compassionate Latest
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BIG EVENTS OF fourth YEAR

Battles Of cambrai, Third Battle OF
Wires, Battle Of Menin Road, Of
sroodseinde and Passehendaele
hoem Hp Importantly.
kondon.-The heroic battles Of the
British army during the last half OF
,1917, incruatng the battles Of Cam
Ibrai the thfd battle Of Ypres, the bat
tile opFSenin road, Of Broodse'nde and
Iof- Passchendaele, would loom up i'm
sportaltly in any survey Of the past
years fighting on the western front but
for one .ressen: They do not COM
pare i'm any sanse with the fighting
since March q, 1918.
I Yhe spring Of 1917 saw the begin
ming sS the aIfIsd offensive against
Germany, bvt the third miscarried al
NEST from the start, and, after it was
seen that there wss nstalns more to
lbe expected from Russia, the "great
jofsensive' of the allies found itseaS
diverted int number OF smaller bat
ties, whore occasionally some 10000
men were employed on, either side.
Some $1,000 prisoners were taken By
the British In eight OF these thrusts
against the German line between
August /, 1917, and the close q thu
year, and important positions were
won. butsthe successes we're only tac-
deal =
The third battle Of Ypres began
July 81, f9l7, and continued until Au-
gust 10. again breaking out August
I16, the British crossed the User
canal taking nine villages and 6,122
prisoners When the battle was re-
fnewed, August 1e, Langemarck was
taken besides 2,114 more prisoners.
Meanwhile, the Canadians on the Lens
sector attacked and captured Hill No.
20, took 900 prisoners and maintained
their positions against five counter
attacks. This was on August 10.
Smash Foe at verdun.
The French on August 90, attacking
ON an 11-miie front at Verdun, recap
tured about two-thirds of the ground
which the crown princes army had
won in months of slaughter.
The chief action In September, 1917,
was in the battle of Menin road,
which began September 20, the object
being to loosen the German grip on
the coast. Following an eight hours
Commandment the British advanced
on an eight-mile front from Holle-
beke to Langemarck, capturing
half-dozen important positions and
taking 3,24s prisoners.
During October, 19N, when disaster
overlook the Italians, both the French
and the British scored noteworthy
successes On October 4 great strug-
gle began ON a front OF eight miles
on the Passchendaele ridge, called
the battle of Broodseinde. perhaps
the most important during the year
on the British front. The Germans
had planned an attack for 8 q. m..
but the British launched their ofen-
siye an hour earlier, shattered three
enemy divisions, broke up four others
and took 4,446 prisoners, while Cana
dsans took 1900 prisoners. The
French. on October, q, attacked
northeast Of SCISSORS on Nsix-mile
front on the Aisne, from Vauxillon to
Ba Royere, piercing the eneIny's line
four uaes and taking 1900 prison
ers. On October 9 the British took
Poelcappelle and POPS prisoners and
made some Slight gains with heavy
attacks in the Ypres sector October
%, 26 and 80.
On November 6 the Canadians won
their great victory, capturing Pass
chendaeIe Ridge, for which the British
had been battling for months The
Canadians held the ridge until the re
cent hammer blows. November also
saw the British success, which was
partially diminished by surprise
counter-stroke. ataCambrai The Third
British army, under Sir Julian Byng.
ON November 20 launched its drive
without artillery preparation on an
eight-mile front, smashing the linden
burg line, almost reaching the out
skirts of the important railway center
of Cambria and taking 5000 prisoners
the first day.
Huns Regain Ground.
The battle continued ten days, prls-
oners being increased to 1851, while
13S guns were taken. The deepest
advance was seven miles. But on
November 80 the Germans delivered a
tremendous attack against Byng's
army, aiming to cut it off from the rest
of the British forces. The Germans
succeeded in recovering about half OF
the ground Byng's army had won.
During the past year the British
have made considerable progress IN