The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-10-25
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Of BRITISH DRIVE.
ARMsIs ATTACKED FROM Gan
sRAa sourA no TINE sRoNr
nELD Nv FRsNcss.
AnMlAIlAIED the GERMANS


WIN the British Army On cAmAs~a
N. C~aa,la FrNns, After d MixAa ck
AsAvy ftstAs trem the nssitsA xaas,
aasrAg which sAs sky seeaas4 10 hlasA
wssA flashes. In TAir2 and v~axsh ar
niss agAls atsa~ksa tsam Ganksat
seath IN sas treat held IVY the Fr@aca-
Al the same ttms the cAaaasAn and
EaxlisA sruafs. after 4 crash" bar
rASN laaAchsa perverted attack az
ssAaiAs scaas mites north frsm Cam
lhFAi
Tsr msssa sAs fruns EaaasriY srFa&E
Int acsiaa, The Canadians had har&
xesnS ~ enc place isst soTsh ut Camr
tfNI nxy VIII grsxt kxtfsasry everett
on after annialiatias The Germans Who
tried 10 Tar tAsar way rrcn there on
sAs resistance weakened ana the Can.
adiAns. With the Eagsssh buried east
ward. ssaethsssne the asssi screen II
tasrmAm mAchsns Gwaa*ss Nd aa~s vent
Canadian and flriaisA trsops met u
Ne ceatsr al camesai which vas -.
tsreA fran beth north ana south and
quickly mcypsd ap Many Germans bad
esc&p~A. sai many hanar~As who hAA
bean hsiA tAsFS 70 launch = cqsnsAs
attack sers el,hsr killed or captured.
Some at shs snsnay troops were stsli
n tAsp CELLARS tse stories under
grouad and tn The iaan%is the Germans
dug daring their oeeapaiian at the city.
These we're routed out and sens hack
~ tA@ N@3NNs2r 'ss., Il y y,
Although tsasny sires we're started ny
the Germans. the town vas feaad nsst
~ haass damaged ~ had he~n feared.
The Said aaiia,nxs wsshs,eaa The
tlames veil, II was gate evident. hrw.
ever. that II VAS no fault Of the Ger
mans that the city Asa not been lev
sied Ivy the many fsruv thsy had Mn.
dled
South cf the city the Third ana
Fourth armies rspsaiy everuame enemy
opposition The Germans started Tee
Ink seaa after the attack b@xan. tor
they realised they we're fighting bat
tie In whseh they could hope tor no
success The front lsne TOR 10 'ailss
hogan moving rapidly east ward. Thea
eaias reports Efan aitesaa@s, with
which the sky was literally crowded.
that wamhsix had been taken Sooa
the capture os Hareeurt was reported,
From then on tidinTs came In rapid
succ.sxsnn VI villages falling before
the allied adsaace
selsinEny. raaiiery, ilgns, MantiFny
and Msrsts we're Quietly reached and
passed and squn As slIlra vcre clos
Inn In on caadry snd h~ftfy Al the
ssfas urFrw fTSM fstw npfeA II wgts Yste
ported tia, nss.sdGuyfes. east uf Cam.
brat. had been iaAsn kai tAss inrby
was heinz approached
The rambsaisss Qussin road vas
crossed and then the railway between
ri Quentin and Bsttry waa cut ke-
hnncourt yA then in Fighi and Fan.
tainn Notfe tAme, farther Aepth. had
been rearhea hy sha Preach nv that
time n was clear the enemy was badly
smashed and The nrstish and Amers-
cana ssnod on thu threshold nj tho
vide open. coansry
II WAS about that time tina, ths cav
s,ry poured through the wSde brsscA
In the now shattered Hindephafg sys-
tam and s,roan@d out isio the country
heyeaAs Fast "whisp~i" tanks and ar.
mored cara si*o crashed forward They
performed sx,rwmeiy valuable services
In pursuing fleeing Germans. killing
many xnd fwaratnx up large nams~r
Of prisoners
Cavalry sorcas row are apparently
well east Ut the towns reported zap
turea. TIE aities hasl.: shns broken
throngh. the Germans narth and sopsh
for many mlies are endangered. tor
their lines are seinG turned
The hest report wys from tAr n
patrol that british iaisntfY bad heen
s~en marshins ~ n on rarsas In sol.
unn ct .oars into and through whs
town ~ bersry The ra~a wers swinr
lnw Aicng spsarely anfsol~sssd by tha
eaemy. Another patrol efoasa word
n the Germans fl~siax Ia tbs greatest
disorder ~ far easf ~ In Cas~sa Es-
smy tr.ops and transports. n ~as sssd.
wer~ streaming saoax tins roads and
1rss The 'isias s,yinx 70 snAhs their ss-
tsrA aseh th,nx - uheps sho have
!us attacked saarcffax throvsh towA
1900 yssds frou Tie piaee rbre they
started. has 10. happ~nnd fct iaag
tine sscA 4 thing scsid anly happen
sov when the s1say IL des@ts5, do
ssxspss~A, dssheasteneA aaa faankng.
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