NFH (WA) volunteer
Weldon Sharp off the job! No matter
the task or the weather conditions,
Weldon is sure to get it done. His
duties include spawning of adult
salmon and steelhead trout, care for
incubating eggs and fry, and feeding
and rearing young salmon and
steelhead trout.
Mary and Larry Jordan have
contributed more than 2,500
volunteer hours staffing the
bookstore at Neal Smith NWR (IA).
Volunteer, Naomi Sherer manages
recruiting, staffing, and operations
of the McNary Environmental
Education Center at McNary NWR
(WA). She works many hours each
week to promote the Education
Center and to keep it open for school
groups and visitors.
Sheryl Carnegi at Bosque del
Apache NWR (NM) serves as the
refuges Volunteer Coordinator. A
volunteer herself, Sheryl helps
organize the large program and
makes sure things run smoothly.
At Hobe Sound NWR (FL) a cadre
of highly talented and passionate
volunteers donated more than 1,700
hours to serve over 11,000 visitorson
site and nearly 26,000 people off site.
They conducted the vast majority of
refuge outreach and led more than
70 special events that highlighted
the refuge!
Facilities
Full-time seasonal volunteers
Charles and Cynthia Curtis parked
their RV at Chassahowitzka NWR
(FL) and got right to work. They
rehabilitated exhibits, maintained
the yard and grounds, and staffed
the visitor contact area.
Whitney Mattson at the Yreka Fish
and Wildlife Office (WA)
volunteered long hours constructing
a web page for the office. A high
school student, Whitney impressed
everyone with his dedication and
hard work.
Jack Webb and his wife, Shirley,
have volunteered at Okefenokee
NWR (GA) for 11 years. Jack rebuilt
canoe shelters in the swamp, rebuilt
a 4,000 foot boardwalk, re-roofed
buildings, and maintained signs.
Cory Borum at Innoko NWR (AK)
donated more than 720 hours
building heated resident cabins for
field personnel. These cabins greatly
expand our field capabilities,
especially during colder weather.
Mary Beth Conney at Great Swamp
NWR


(NJ) recruited 48 new
volunteers who cleared 4 miles of
trails and rebuilt a bridge in the
wilderness area of the refuge.
High school students from a local
vocational-technical school
constructed a wildlife viewing blind
and trail-head sign structure at Ohio
River Islands NWR (WV).
Dave Tyler, a volunteer at Black
Bayou Lake NWR (LA), has taken
on the monumental task of
supervising the renovation of a
101-year old two story planter’s
house that we will use as an
Environmental Education Center.
Volunteers’ Conservation
Achievements
Judy Arnold at Tensas River NWR (LA) escorts mascot “Small Claw” during
National Hunting and Fishing Day celebrations.
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AT&T has been a significant partner
to Great Swamp NWR (NJ). AT&T
has provided funding for the refuge
Intern Program which allows the
refuge to bring on three Interns
throughout the year and provide
them with a small stipend. The
company has also been active in the
Volunteer Program by allowing their
employees tovolunteer at the refuge
on company time.
Leavenworth NFH (WA) partnered
with a variety of local organizations
to carry out the mission of the
hatchery including Trout Unlimited,
Chelan County Worker Inmate
Crew, Private Industry Council-
Wenatchee Washington Office, and
Entiat High School. These groups
provided essential support to the
hatchery for operations,
maintenance, education, and
outreach.
Employees from the Morrison
Knudsen Environmental
Corporation were recruited to
conduct environmental education
programs at the Rocky Mountain
Arsenal NWR (CO) during their
work hours. Shell Oil Company
funded half of the hours with the
other half being contributed to the
Volunteer Program.
Hamden Slough NWR (ND)
partnered with North Dakota State
University, National Soils
Laboratory, and the National Hydric
Soils Technical Committee to bring
scientists from around the Nation to
a soil seminar that demonstrated
new techniques and new information
for determining seepage potential
from soil profiles.
Innovative Approaches
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Each year the Volunteer Program
becomes more and more important
to the Service. As budgets become
tighter and workloads


the hard work and
dedication of volunteers that the
Service and the National Wildlife
Refuge System have grown and
flourished. When plume hunters
were slaughtering millions of
migratory birds at the turn of the
century, it was a concerned citizen
named Paul Kroegel who donated
his time and stepped in to stop the
killing. From his home on the Indian
River Lagoon in Florida, Paul
witnessed thousands of pelicans and
other marsh birds being annihilated
on their nests to feed the demands of
the plume hungry fashion industry.
Paul Kroegel made a promise to
protect the wildlife of Pelican Island.
Nearly 100 years later we (the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service) are
sustaining that promise. Kroegel,
who would eventually become the
first Refuge Manager in the Nation,
started a volunteer legacy that today
nearly 29,000 people uphold.
A Legacy of
Volunteerism
A Few 1999 Program Highlights
Need: More Volunteer Coordinator positions around the country to
manage theME; Kenai NWR, AK; and
the Duwamish River, WA. Along
with building, cleaning, and
maintaining trails, the crews
participated in a wide range of
environmental education programs
exposing them to a variety of
environmental issues and concerns.
Conservation Career
Development Program
The Service’s Office of Diversity and
Civil Rights in Arlington, Virginia,
hosted a Conservation Career
Development Intern. We place
Conservation Career Development
Program interns in offices that allow
them to gain an understanding of
and be exposed to the many career
options and choices in the field of
conservation.
For more information,
please contact:
Wallace Elton, Director,
Resource Assistant Program
The Student Conservation
Association
P. O. Box 550
Charlestown, NH 03603
603/543 1700
American Association of Retired
Persons Volunteer Talent Bank
The Volunteer Talent Bank is a
national volunteer referral service
managed by the American
Association of Retired Persons
(AARP). Members of the AARP and
others, age 50 and over, interested in
volunteer opportunities can register
with the Talent Bank. We match
potential volunteers with volunteer
positions


the public in fulfilling our
mission. Numerous national and
local groups have made significant
contributions to the many successes
the National Wildlife Refuge System
and the Service. Notable partners
include the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, the National
Wildlife Refuge Association, the
National Audubon Society, Refuge
Support Groups, the American
Association of Retired Persons, the
Cooperative Alliance for Refuge
Enhancement, Ducks Unlimited,
Inc., Safari Club International, the
Outdoor Writers Association, the
Student Conservation Association,
and many, many others.
Cooperative Alliance for Refuge
Enhancement (C.A.R.E.)
The Cooperative Alliance for Refuge
Enhancement, or C.A.R.E., is a
coalition of 18 diverse conservation
and environmental organizations
brought together by a common goal:
to support and enhance the National
Wildlife Refuge System by
addressing operations and
maintenance needs. Funding
shortfalls have plagued the Refuge
System for years. Roads, buildings,
and facilities are in disrepair; we are
not meeting national safety
standards; habitats are degrading;
and under staffing is common place.
Through the hard work and
dedication of C.A.R.E., thethrough associations.
These Associations fund many of
our interpretive, educational,
recreational and biological
initiatives. Cooperating Associations
have been key to our efforts in
educating the American people
about the value of our wild places!
Partnerships and
Support Group Highlights
The Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society
(NC) was a major partner in the
creation of the Charles Kuralt Trail.
The Trail is a driving tour that links
eleven national wildlife refuges and
one fish hatchery in eastern North
Carolina and Virginia. Two
Interpretive Waysides are in place
with more to come.
The Atlantic Audubon Society (NJ)
designed a new and exciting program
called the “Refuge Series of Birding”
to raise community awareness of the
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR. They
invited community members to
partake in a short fun-filled trip
around the refuge in search of as
many bird species as they could find.
Contestants came from near and
far and Audubon member John
Williamson “umpired” the event.
A great day was


of the Year
Award and the Support Group of the
Year Award, two of the most
prestigious honors in the Refuge
System. They present these at an
awards ceremony held during the
annual North American Wildlife and
Natural Resources Conference.
Volunteer of The Year Award
This years recipients of the
distinguished award are husband
and wife, Paul and Ann Smith. The
Smiths volunteer at Chincoteague
National Wildlife Refuge on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Volunteers since 1990, they have
contributed thousands of hours to
the refuge’s many programs
including biology, visitor service,
maintenance, and planning. Some of
their most important work has been
with shorebirds. Their weekly and
biweekly shorebird counts have
provided solid data to the Service
and other national and international
organizations that monitor
shorebirds around the world. The
Smith’s survey routes cover 20 miles
of beach and 6 impoundments.
During peak migration, more than
40 species of up to 10,000 shorebirds
need to be counted andseventh-grade
students logged 1,440 hours
conducting water quality tests on 5
sites on Sherbourne NWR (MN).
At Chattahoochee Forest NFH (GA)
volunteers constructed a 300-foot
retaining wall to stabilize an eroding
creek bank. The wall will offset
erosion and sediment pollution into
Rock Creek.
One hundred and twenty-five
volunteers cleaned up 1,784 pounds
of garbage from the coastal areas of
St. Marks NWR (FL).
John McGovern at Detroit Lakes
WMD (MN) provided valuable
support to the District’s seed
harvesting and cleaning programs,
maintained vehicles, and always is
willing to lend assistance.
For more than ten years Carol Silva
at Hakalau Forest NWR (HI) has
been organizing and leading
volunteer groups in reforestation
and weed control projects.
People
At Piedmont NWR (GA) 30
volunteers donated more than 653
hours of service during the 8th
annual deer hunt for wheelchair
bound participants.
Volunteers at the Arthur R.
Marshall Loxahatchee NWR (FL)
made it possible for the refuge
to hold an incredible 100 special
events.
Volunteers’ Conservation
Achievements
Cory


Laxson, a volunteer at the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resource Office, returns a
sonic tagged adult male sturgeon to the lower Niagra River.
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Even rainy coastal weather can’t
keep Makah NFH (WA) volunteer
Weldon Sharp off the job! No matter
the task or the weather conditions,
Weldon is sure to get it done. His
duties include spawning of adult
salmon and steelhead trout, care for
incubating eggs and fry, and feeding
and rearing young salmon and
steelhead trout.
Mary and Larry Jordan have
contributed more than 2,500
volunteer hours staffing the
bookstore at Neal Smith NWR (IA).
Volunteer, Naomi Sherer manages
recruiting, staffing, and operations
of the McNary Environmental
Education Center at McNary NWR
(WA). She works many hours each
week to promote the Education
Center and to keep it open for school
groups and visitors.
Sheryl Carnegi at Bosque del
Apache NWR (NM) serves as the
refuges Volunteer Coordinator. A
volunteer herself, Sheryl helps
organizethe large program and
makes sure things run smoothly.
At Hobe Sound NWR (FL) a cadre
of highly talented and passionate
volunteers donated more than 1,700
hours to serve over 11,000 visitors on
site and nearly 26,000 people off site.
They conducted the vast majority of
refuge outreach and led more than
70 special events that highlighted
the refuge!
Facilities
Full-time seasonal volunteers
Charles and Cynthia Curtis parked
their RV at Chassahowitzka NWR
(FL) and got right to work. They
rehabilitated exhibits, maintained
the yard and grounds, and staffed
the visitor contact area.
Whitney Mattson at the Yreka Fish
and Wildlife Office (WA)
volunteered long hours constructing
a web page for the office. A high
school student, Whitney impressed
everyone with his dedication and
hard work.
Jack Webb and his wife, Shirley,
have volunteered at Okefenokee
NWR (GA) for 11 years. Jack rebuilt
canoe shelters in the swamp, rebuilt
a 4,000 foot boardwalk, re-roofed
buildings, and maintained signs.
Cory Borum


allows the
refuge to bring on three Interns
throughout the year and provide
them with a small stipend. The
company has also been active in the
Volunteer Program by allowing their
employees to volunteer at the refuge
on company time.
Leavenworth NFH (WA) partnered
with a variety of local organizations
to carry out the mission of the
hatchery including Trout Unlimited,
Chelan County Worker Inmate
Crew, Private Industry Council-
Wenatchee Washington Office, and
Entiat High School. These groups
provided essential support to the
hatchery for operations,
maintenance, education, and
outreach.
Employees from the Morrison
Knudsen Environmental
Corporation were recruited to
conduct environmental education
programs at the Rocky Mountain
Arsenal NWR (CO) during their
work hours. Shell Oil Company
funded half of the hours with the
other half being contributed to the
Volunteer Program.
Hamden Slough NWR (ND)
partnered with North Dakota State
University, National Soils
Laboratory, and the National Hydric
Soils Technical Committee to bring
scientists from around the Nation to
a soil seminarstandards. After all, it is considered the foremost authority on rankings and search marketing.

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Reproduced below is the
text of Sir Douglas
Haig's fifth despatch as British Army Commander-in-Chief, dated
20 February 1918. It summarises details of operations at Cambrai
during November and December 1917.
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General Headquarters,
British Armies in the Field,
20th February, 1918

My Lord;

I have the honour to submit
the following Report on the operations on the Cambrai front during November
and December, 1917.

General Plan

1. As pointed out in my
last Despatch, the object of these operations was to gain a local success by
a sudden attack at a point where the enemy did not expect it.

Our repeated attacks in
Flanders and those of our Allies elsewhere had brought about large
concentrations of the enemy's forces on the threatened fronts, with a
consequent reduction in the garrisons of certain other sectors of his line.

Of theseweakened sectors
the Cambrai front had been selected as the most suitable for the surprise
operation in contemplation. The ground there was, on the whole,
favourable for the employment of tanks which were to play an important part
in the enterprise, and facilities existed for the concealment of the
necessary preparations for the attack.

If, after breaking through
the German defence systems on this front, we could secure Bourlon to the
north and establish a good flank position to the east, in the direction of
Cambrai, we should be well placed to exploit the situation locally between
Bourlon and the Sensee River and to the north-west.

The capture of Cambrai
itself was subsidiary to this operation, the object of our advance towards
that town being primarily to cover our flank and puzzle the enemy regarding
our intentions.

The enemy was laying out
fresh lines


of defence behind those which he had already completed on the
Cambrai front; and it was to be expected that his troops would be
redistributed as soon as our pressure in Flanders was relaxed.

He had already brought
large forces from Russia in exchange for divisions exhausted in the struggle
in the Western theatre, and it was practically certain that heavy
reinforcements would be brought from East to West during the winter.
Moreover his tired divisions, after a winter's rest, would recover their
efficiency.

For all these reasons, if
the existing opportunity for a surprise attack were allowed to lapse, it
would probably be many months before an equally favourable one would again
offer itself. Furthermore, having regard to the future, it was
desirable to show the enemy that he could not with impunity reduce his
garrisons beyond a certain point withoutincurring grave risks.

Against these arguments in
favour of immediate action I had to weigh the fact that my own troops had
been engaged for many months in heavy fighting, and that, though their
efforts had been uniformly successful, the conditions of the struggle had
greatly taxed their strength.

Only part of the losses in
my divisions had been replaced, and many recently arrived drafts, still far
from being fully trained, were included in the ranks of the Armies.
Under these conditions it was a serious matter to make a further heavy call
on my troops at the end of such a strenuous year.

On the other hand, from the
nature of the operation, the size of the force which could be employed was
bound, in any case, to be comparatively small, since success depended so
much on secrecy, and it is


last moment, no large hostile
reinforcements were likely to reach the scene of action for forty-eight
hours after the commencement of the attack. I informed General Sir
Julian Byng, to whom the execution of the plans in connection with the
Cambrai operations was entrusted, that the advance would be stopped by me
after that time, or sooner if necessary, unless the results then gained and
the general situation justified its continuance.

The general plan of attack
was to dispense with previous artillery preparation, and to depend instead
on tanks to smash through the enemy's wire, of which there was a great
quantity protecting his trenches.

As soon as the advance of
the tanks and infantry, working in close co-operation, began, the artillery
was to assist with counter-battery and barrage work; but no previous
registration of guns for this purpose could be permitted,as it would rouse
the enemy's suspicions. The artillery of our new Armies was therefore
necessarily subjected to a severe test in this operation, and proved itself
entirely worthy of the confidence placed in it.

The infantry, tanks and
artillery thus working in combination
were to endeavour to break through all the enemy's lines of defence on the
first day. If this were successfully accomplished and the situation
developed favourably, cavalry were then to be passed through to raid the
enemy's communications, disorganise his system of command, damage his
railways and interfere as much as possible with the arrival of his
reinforcements.

It was explained to all
Commanders that everything depended on secrecy up to the moment of starting,
and after that on bold, determined and rapid action. Unless opposition
could be beaten down quickly, no great results could be looked for.

The Commander-in-Chief


of
the French Armies, to whom I secretly communicated my plans, most readily
agreed to afford me every assistance. In addition to the steps taken
by him to engage the enemy's attention elsewhere, he arranged for a strong
force of French infantry and cavalry to be in a position whence they could
be moved forward rapidly to take part in the exploitation of our success, if
the
situation should render it possible to bring them into action.

On the 20th November
certain of these French units were actually put in motion. The course
of events, however, did not open out the required opportunity for their
employment, but the French forces were held in readiness and within easy
reach so long as there appeared to be any hope of it.

Had the situation on the
20th November developed somewhat more favourably in certaindirections, the
nature of which will become apparent in the course of this report, the
presence and co-operation of these French troops would have been of the
greatest value.

The Enemy's Defences

2. The German defences on
this front had been greatly improved and extended since the opening of our
offensive in April, and comprised three main systems of resistance.

The first of these three
trench systems, constituting part of the Hindenburg Line proper, ran in a
general north-westerly direction for a distance of six miles from the Canal
de l'Escaut at Banteux to Havrincourt. There it turned abruptly north
along the line of the Canal du Nord for a distance of four miles to
Moeuvres, thus forming a pronounced salient in the German front.

In advance of the
Hindenburg Line the enemy had constructed a series of strong forward
positions, including La Vacquerie


and the north-eastern corner of
Havrincourt Wood. Behind it, and at distances respectively varying
from a little less to rather more than a mile, and from three-and-a-half to
four-and-a-half miles, lay the second and third main German systems, known
as the Hindenburg Reserve Line, and the Beaurevoir, Masnieres, Marquion
Lines.

The Attack

3. All necessary
preparations were completed in time, and with a secrecy reflecting the
greatest credit on all concerned. At 6.20 a.m. on the 20th November,
without any previous artillery bombardment, tanks and infantry attacked on a
front of about six miles from east of Gonnelieu to the Canal du Nord
opposite Hermies.

At the same hour,
demonstrations with gas, smoke and artillery took place on practically the
whole of the British front south of the Scarpe, and subsidiary attacks were
launched east of Epehy and between Bullecourt and Fontaine-lez-Croisilles.

On the principalfront of
attack, the tanks moved forward in
advance of the infantry, crushing down the enemy's wire and forming great
lanes through which our infantry could pass. Protected by smoke
barrages from the view of the enemy's artillery, they rolled on across the
German trenches, smashing up the enemy's machine guns and driving his
infantry to ground.

Close behind our tanks our
own infantry followed and, while the tanks patrolled the line of hostile
trenches, cleared the German infantry from their dug-outs and shelters.

In this way, both the main
system of the Hindenburg Line and its outer defences were rapidly over-run,
and tanks and infantry proceeded in accordance with programme to the attack
upon the Hindenburg Reserve Line.

In this advance, the 12th
(Eastern) Divisions (Major-General A. B. Scott), moving along the Bonavis
Ridge on the right of our attack, encountered obstinate resistance


at Lateau
Wood, which sheltered a number of German batteries. Fierce fighting,
in which infantry and tank crews displayed the greatest gallantry, continued
throughout the morning at this point, and ended in the capture of the
position, together with the enemy's guns.

Meanwhile, the 20th (Light)
Division (Major-General W. D. Smith), which had captured La Vacquerie at the
opening of its attack, stormed the powerful defences of Welsh Ridge.
The 6th Division (Major-General T. O. Marden) carried the village of
Ribetourt, after sharp fighting among the streets and houses, while the 62nd
(West Riding) Division (T.) (Major-General W. P. Braithwaite) stormed
Havrincourt, where also parties of the enemy held out for a time.

The capture of these two
villages secured the flanks of the 51st (Highland) Division (T.)
(Major-General G. M. Harper), advancing on the left centre of our attack up
the slopesof Flesquieres Hill against the German trench lines on the
southern side of Flesquieres Village. Here very heavy fighting took
place. The stout brick wall skirting the Chateau grounds opposed a
formidable obstacle to our advance, while German machine guns swept the
approaches.

A number of tanks were
knocked out by direct hits from German field batteries in position beyond
the crest of the hill. None the less, with the exception of the
village itself, our second objectives in this area were gained before
midday.

Many of the hits upon our
tanks at Flesquieres were obtained by a German artillery officer who,
remaining alone at his battery, served a field gun single-handed until
killed at his gun. The great bravery of this officer aroused the
admiration of all ranks!

On the left of our attack
west of the Canal du Nord, the 36th (Ulster)


Division (Major-General 0. S.
W. Nugent), captured a German strong point on the spoil bank of the canal
and pushed northwards in touch with the West Riding troops, who, as the
first stage in a most gallant and remarkably successful advance, had taken
Havrincourt.

By 10.30 a.m. the general
advance beyond the Hindenburg Reserve Line to our final objectives had
begun, and cavalry were moving up behind our infantry.

In this period of the
attack tanks and British infantry battalions of the 29th Division
(Major-General Sir H. de B. De Lisle) entered Masnieres and captured
Marcoing and Neuf Wood, securing the passages of the Canal de l'Escaut at
both villages.

At Marcoing the tanks
arrived at the moment when a party of the enemy were in the act of running
out an electrical connection to blow up one of the bridges. This party
wasfired on by a tank and the bridges secured intact. At Masnieres,
however, the retreating enemy succeeded in destroying partially the bridge
carrying the main road. In consequence the first tank which
endeavoured to cross at this point fell through the bridge, completing its
destruction.

The advance of a number of
our guns had been unavoidably delayed in the sunken roads which served this
part of the battle-field, and though our infantry continued their progress
beyond Masnieres, without the assistance of tanks and artillery they were
not able at first to clear the enemy entirely from the northern portion of
the village.

Here parties of Germans
held out during the afternoon, and gave the enemy time to occupy Rumilly and
the section of the Beaure-voir-Masnieres line south of it; while the
destruction of the bridge also prevented the cavalry from crossing the


canal
in sufficient strength to overcome his resistance.

In spite of this
difficulty, a squadron of the Fort Garry Horse, Canadian Cavalry Brigade
(5th Cavalry Division, Major-General H. I. M. Macandrew), succeeded during
the afternoon in crossing the canal by a temporary bridge constructed during
the day. This squadron passed through the Beaurevoir-Masnieres line
and charged and captured a German battery in position to the east of it.

Continuing its advance, it
dispersed a body of about 300 German infantry, and did not cease its
progress until the greater part of its horses had been killed or wounded.
The squadron thereupon took up a position in a sunken road, where it
maintained itself until night fell. It then withdrew to our lines,
bringing with it several prisoners taken in the course of a most gallant
exploit.

Meanwhile, west of the
Canal de l'Escaut patrolsof the 6th Division during the afternoon entered
Noyelles-sur-l'Escaut, where they were reinforced by cavalry, and other
cavalry units pushed out towards Cantaing. West of Flesquieres, the
62nd Division, operating northwards from Havrincourt, made important
progress.

Having carried the
Hindenburg Reserve Line north of that village, it rapidly continued its
attack and captured Graincourt, where two anti-tank guns were destroyed by
the tanks accompanying our infantry. Before nightfall infantry and
cavalry had entered Anneux, though the enemy's resistance in this village
does not appear to have been entirely overcome until the following morning.

This attack of the 62nd
(West Riding) Division constitutes a
brilliant achievement, in which the troops concerned completed an advance of
four and a half miles from their original front, overrunning two German
systems of defence and gaining possession of three villages.

On the left flank of our
attack Ulster battalions pushed


northwards along the Hindenburg Line and its
forward defences, maintaining touch with the West Riding troops, and carried
the whole of the German trench systems west of the Canal du Nord as far
north as the Bapaume-Cambrai Road.

At the end of the first day
of the attack, therefore, three German systems of defence had been broken
through to a depth of some four and a half miles on a wide front, and over
5,000 prisoners had already been brought in. But for the wrecking of
the bridge at Masnieres and the check at Flesquieres, still greater results
might have been attained.

Throughout these operations
the value of the services rendered by the tanks was very great, and the
utmost gallantry, enterprise and resolution were displayed by both officers
and crews. In combination with the other arms they helped to make
possiblea remarkable success.

Without their aid in
opening a way through the German wire, success could only have been attained
by methods which would have given the enemy ample warning of our attack, and
have allowed him time to mass troops to oppose it. As has been pointed
out above, to enable me to undertake such an operation with the troops at my
disposal, secrecy to the last moment was essential.

The tanks alone made fit
possible to dispense with artillery preparation, and so to conceal our
intentions from the enemy up to the actual moment of attack.

Great credit is due also to
the Royal Flying Corps for very gallant and most valuable work carried out
under conditions of the greatest difficulty from low clouds and driving
mist.

In the subsidiary attack at
Bullecourt battalions of the 3rd Division (Major-General C. J.


Deverell) and
the 16th (Irish) Division (Major-General W. B. Hickie) successfully
completed the work begun by our operations in this area in May and June,
1917, capturing the remainder of the Hindenburg support trench on their
front, with some 700 prisoners.

A number of counter-attacks
against our new positions at Bullecourt on this and the following day were
repulsed, with great loss to the enemy.

The Advance Continued

4. On the morning of the
21st November the attack on Flesquieres was resumed, and by 8.0 a.m. the
village had been turned from the north-west and captured. The obstacle
which more than anything else had limited the results of the 20th November
was thereby removed, and later in the morning the advance once more became
general.

Masnieres had been cleared
of the enemy during the previous evening, and at 11.0 a.m. our troops
attacked the Beaurevoir-Masnieresline and established themselves in the
portion to the east and north of Masnieres. Heavy fighting took place,
and a counter-attack from the direction of Rumilly was beaten off.

At the same hour we
attacked and captured Les Rues des Vignes, but later in the morning the
enemy counter-attacked and compelled our troops to fall back from this
position. Progress was also made towards Creve-Coeur; but though the
canal was crossed during the afternoon, it was found impossible to force the
passage of the river in face of the enemy's machine gun fire.

That evening orders were
issued by the Third Army to secure the ground already gained in this area of
the battle, and to capture Rumilly on the morrow; but in consequence of the
exhaustion of the troops engaged it was found necessary later in the night
to cancel


the orders for this attack.

West of the Canal de
l'Escaut infantry of the 29th Division and dismounted regiments of the Ist
and 5th Cavalry Divisions; including the Ambala Brigade, were heavily
engaged throughout the day in Noyelles, and beat off all attacks in
continuous fighting.

Following upon the capture
of Flesquieres, the 51st and 62nd Divisions, in co-operation with a number
of tanks and squadrons of the 1st Cavalry Division, attacked at 10.30 a.m.
in the direction of Fontaine-notre-Dame and Bourlon.

In this attack the capture
of Anneux was completed, and early in the afternoon Cantaing was seized,
with some hundreds of prisoners. Progress was made on the outskirts of
Bourlon Wood, and late in the afternoon Fontaine-notre-Dame was taken by
troops of the 51st Division and tanks. The attack on Bourlon Wood
itself was checked by machine gun fire, though tanksadvanced some distance
into the wood.

Farther west, the 36th
Division advanced north of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road, and reached the
southern outskirts of Moeuvres, where strong opposition was encountered.

The Position on the 21st
November

5. On the evening of the
second day of the attack, therefore, our troops held a line which ran
approximately as follows:-

From our old front line
east of Gonnelieu the right flank of our new positions lay along the eastern
slopes of the Bonavis Ridge, passing east of Lateau Wood and striking the
Masnieres-Beaurevoir line north of the Canal de l'Escaut at a point about
half way between Crevecoeur and Masnieres. From this point our line ran
roughly north-west, past and including Masnieres, Noyelles and Cantaing, to
Fontaine, also inclusive.

Thence it bent back to the
south for a short distance, making a sharp salient round the latter village,
and ran


in a general westerly direction along the southern edge of Bourlon
Wood and across the southern face of the spur to the west of the wood, to
the Canal du Nord, south-east of the village of Moeuvres. From
Moeuvres the line linked up once more with our old front at a point about
midway between Boursies and Pronville.

The forty-eight hours after
which it had been calculated that the enemy's reserves would begin to arrive
had in effect expired, and the high ground at Bourlon Village and Wood, as
well as certain important tactical features to the east and west of the
wood, still remained in the enemy's possession.

It now became necessary to
decide whether to continue the operation offensively or to take up a
defensive attitude and rest content with what had been attained.

The Decision to Go On

6.It was not possible,
however, to let matters stand as they were. The positions captured by
us north of Flesquieres were completely commanded by the Bourlon Ridge, and
unless this ridge were gained it would be impossible to hold them, except at
excessive cost. If I decided not to go on, a withdrawal to the
Flesquieres Ridge would be necessary and would have to be carried out at
once.

On the other hand, the
enemy showed certain signs of an intention to withdraw. Craters had
been formed at road junctions, and troops could be seen ready to move east.
The possession of Bourlon Ridge would enable our troops to obtain
observation over the ground to the north, which sloped gently down to the
Sensee River.

The enemy's defensive lines
south of the Scarpe and Sensee Rivers would thereby be turned, his
communications exposed


to the observed fire of our artillery, and his
positions in this sector jeopardised. In short, so great was the
importance of the ridge to the enemy that its loss would probably cause the
abandonment by the Germans of their carefully prepared defence systems for a
considerable distance to the north of it.

The successive days of
constant marching and fighting had placed a very severe strain upon the
endurance of the troops, and, before a further advance could be undertaken,
some time would have to be spent in resting and relieving them. This
need for delay was regrettable, as the enemy's forces were increasing, and
fresh German divisions were known to be arriving, but, with the limited
number of troops at my command, it was unavoidable.

It was to be remembered,
however, that the hostile reinforcements coming up at thisstage could at
first be no more than enough to replace the enemy's losses; and although the
right of our advance had definitely been stayed, the enemy had not yet
developed such strength about Bourlon as it seemed might not be overcome by
the numbers at my disposal.

As has already been pointed
out, on the Cambrai side of the battlefield I had only aimed at securing a
defensive flank to enable the advance to be pushed northwards and
north-westwards, and this part of my task had been to a large extent
achieved.

An additional and very
important argument in favour of proceeding with my attack was supplied by
the situation in Italy, upon which a continuance of pressure on the Cambrai
front might reasonably be expected to exercise an important effect, no
matter what measure of success attended my efforts. Moreover,


(56th
Division, Major-General F. A. Dudgeon) stormed a commanding tactical point
in the Hindenburg Line west of Moeuvres known as Tadpole Copse, the
possession of which would be of value in connection with the left flank of
the Bourlon position when the latter had been secured.

The Struggle for Bourlon
Wood

7. On the morning of the
23rd November the 51st Division, supported by tanks, attacked
Fontaine-notre-Dame, but was unable to force an entrance. Early in the
afternoon this division repeated its attack from the west, and a number of
tanks entered Fontaine, where they remained till dusk, inflicting
considerable loss on the enemy.

We did not succeed,
however, in clearing the village, and at the end of the day no progress had
been made on this part of our front.

At 10.30 a.m. the 40th
Division (Major-General I. Ponsonby) attacked Bourlon Wood, and afterfour
and a half hours of hard fighting, in which tanks again rendered valuable
assistance to our infantry, captured the whole of the wood and entered
Bourlon Village. Here hostile counter-attacks prevented our further
progress, and though the village was at one time reported to have been taken
by us, this proved later to be erroneous.

A heavy hostile attack upon
our positions in the wood, in which all three battalions of the 9th
Grenadier Regiment appear to have been employed, was completely repulsed.

Throughout this day, also,
the 36th Division and troops of the 56th (London) Division (T.) were engaged
in stubborn fighting in the neighbourhood of Moeuvres and Tadpole Copse, and
made some progress.

This struggle for Bourlon
resulted in several days of fiercely contested fighting, in which English,
Scottish, Welsh and Irish battalions, together with dismounted cavalry,
performed most gallant service


and inflicted heavy loss on the enemy.

During the morning of the
24th November the enemy twice attacked, and at his second attempt pressed
back our troops in the north-eastern corner of the wood. An immediate
counter-attack delivered by the I4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, the 15th Hussars, dismounted, and the remnants of the 119th
Infantry Brigade (4oth Division and Ist Cavalry Division), drove back the
enemy in turn, and by noon our line had been re-established.

Meanwhile, dismounted
cavalry had repulsed an attack on the high ground west of Bourlon Wood, and
in the afternoon a third hostile attack upon the wood was stopped by our
artillery and rifle fire.

On this afternoon our
infantry again attacked Bourlon Village, and captured the whole of it.
Later in the evening a fourth attack upon our positions in the wood was
beaten offafter fierce fighting. Further progress was made on this
day in the Hindenburg Line west of Moeuvres, but the enemy's resistance in
the whole of this area was very strong.

On the evening of the 25th
November a fresh attack by the enemy regained Bourlon Village, though our
troops offered vigorous resistance, and parties of the 13th Battalion, East
Surrey Regiment (40th Division), held out in the south-east corner of the
village until touch was re-established with them two days later.

The continual fighting and
the strength of the enemy's attacks, however, had told heavily on the 40th
Division, which had borne the brunt of the struggle. This division was
accordingly withdrawn, and on the following day our troops were again
pressed back slightly in the northern outskirts of Bourlon Wood.

With the enemy in
possession of the shoulder of the ridge


above Fontaine-notre-Dame, as well
as of part of the high ground west of Bourlon Wood, our position in the wood
itself was a difficult one, and much of the ground to the south of it was
still exposed to the enemy's observation. It was decided, therefore,
to make another effort on the 27th November to capture Fontaine-notre-Dame
and Bourlon Village, and to gain possession of the whole of the Bourlon
Ridge.

In this attack, in which
tanks co-operated, British Guards (Major- General G. P. T. Feilding)
temporarily regained possession of Fontaine-notre-Dame, taking some hundreds
of prisoners, and troops of the 62nd Division once more entered Bourlon
Village.

Later in the morning,
however, heavy counter-attacks developed in both localities, and our troops
were unable to maintain the ground they had gained. During the
afternoon the enemy also attacked our positions at Tadpole Copse, butwas
repulsed.

As the result of five days
of constant fighting, therefore, we held a strong position on the Bourlon
Hill and in the wood, but had not yet succeeded in gaining all the ground
required for the security of this important feature. The two following
days passed comparatively quietly, while the troops engaged were relieved
and steps were undertaken to prepare for a deliberate attack which might
give us the tactical points we sought.

Meanwhile, on other parts
of the front the organisation of our new positions was proceeding as rapidly
as conditions would allow. In particular, troops of the 12th Division
had effected some improvement on the right flank of our advance opposite
Banteux, and the 16th Division had made further progress in the Hindenburg
Line north-west of Bullecourt.

At the end of November the
number of prisoners taken in our operations


south-west of Cambrai exceeded
10,500. We had also captured 142 guns, some 350 machine guns, and 70
trench mortars, with great quantities of ammunition, material and stores of
all kinds.

The German Attack
Early Warnings

8. During the last days of
November increased registration of hostile artillery, the movements of
troops and transport observed behind the German lines, together with other
indications of alike nature, pointed to further efforts by the enemy to
regain the positions we had wrested from him.

The front affected by this
increased activity included that of our advance, as well as the ground to
Vendhuille and beyond. The massing of the enemy's infantry, however, his
obvious anxiety concerning the security of his defences south of the Sensee
River, the tactical importance of the high ground about Bourlon, and the
fact that we were still only in partial possession ofit, all pointed to the
principal attack being delivered in the Bourlon sector.

Our Dispositions for
Defence

9. Measures were
accordingly taken, both by the Third Army and by the lower formations
concerned, to prepare for eventualities.

Arrangements had been made
after our last attack to relieve the troops holding the Bourlon positions by
such fresh divisions as were available, and when these reliefs had been
satisfactorily completed, I felt confident that the defence of this sector
could be considered secure.

Covering our right flank
from Cantaing to the Banteux Ravine, a distance of about 16,000 yards, five
British divisions were disposed, and, though these had been fighting for
several days and were consequently tired, I felt confident that they would
prove equal to stopping any attack the enemy could make on them.

From the Banteux Ravine
southwards the divisions in line were weak and held


very extended fronts.
On the other hand, the line held by us in this southern sector had been in
our possession for some months. Its defences were for this reason more
complete and better organised than those of the ground gained by us in our
attack. Moreover, the capture of the Bonavis Ridge had added to the
security of our position farther south.

The reserve divisions
immediately available in the area consisted of the Guards and 2nd Cavalry
Divisions (Major-General W. H. Greenly commanding 2nd Cavalry Division),
both of which had been engaged in the recent fighting at Fontaine and
Bourlon Wood.

These were located behind
the La Vacquerie-Villers Guislain front, while another division, the 62nd,
which had also been recently engaged, was placed farther to the north-west
in the direction of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road. A fresh South Midland
division (61st Division, Major-GeneralC. I. Mackenzie) was assembling
farther back, two other cavalry divisions were within two or three hours
march of the battle area, and another cavalry division but a little farther
distant.

In view of the symptoms of
activity observed on the enemy's front, special precautions were taken by
local commanders, especially from Villers Guislain to the south. Troops were
warned to expect attack, additional machine guns were placed to secure
supporting points, and divisional reserves were closed up. Special
patrols were also sent out to watch for signs of any hostile advance.

The Battle Reopened

10. Between the hours of
7.0 and 8.0 a.m. on the last days of November the enemy attacked, after a
short but intense artillery preparation, on the greater part of a front of
some ten miles from Vendhuille to Masnieres inclusive. From Masnieres
to Banteux, both inclusive, four


German divisions would seem to have been
employed against the three British divisions holding this area (29th, 20th
and 12th Divisions).

Between Banteux exclusive
and Vendhuille one German division and portions of two others were employed
against the northern half of the British division holding that front (the
55th Division, Major-General H. S. Jeudwine).

On the Masnieres front the
29th Division, composed of English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Guernsey and
Newfoundland battalions, although seriously threatened as the day wore on by
the progress made by the enemy farther south, where their battery positions
had been taken in reverse, most gallantly beat off a succession of powerful
assaults and maintained their line intact.

At the northern end of the
Bonavis Ridge and in the Gonnelieu sector the swiftness with which the
advance of the enemy's infantry followed the opening of his bombardment
appears to have overwhelmedour troops, both in line and in immediate
support, almost before they had realised that the attack had begun.

The nature of the
bombardment, which seems to have been
heavy enough to keep our men under cover without at first seriously alarming
them, contributed to the success of the enemy's plans. No steadily
advancing barrage gave warning of the approach of the German assault
columns, whose secret assembly was assisted by the many deep folds and
hollows typical of a chalk formation, and shielded from observation from the
air by an early morning mist.

Only when the attack was
upon them great numbers of low-flying German aeroplanes rained machine gun
fire upon our infantry, while an extensive use of smoke shell and bombs made
it extremely difficult for our troops to see what was happening on other
parts of the battlefield, or


to follow the movements of the enemy.

In short, there is little
doubt that, although an attack was expected generally, yet in these areas of
the battle at the moment of delivery the assault effected a local surprise.

None the less, stubborn
resistance was offered during the morning by isolated parties of our troops
and by machine gun detachments in the neighbourhood of Lateau Wood and
south-east of La Vacquerie, as well as at other points. In more than
one instance heavy losses are known to have been inflicted on the enemy by
machine gun fire at short range.

North-east of La Vacquerie
the 92nd Field Artillery Brigade (20th Division) repulsed four attacks, in
some of which the enemy's infantry approached to within 200 yards of our
guns, before the surviving gunners were finally compelled to withdraw, after
removing the breech-blocks fromtheir pieces.

East of Villers Guislain
the troops holding our forward positions on the high ground were still
offering a strenuous resistance to the enemy's attack on their front, at a
time when large forces of German infantry had already advanced up the valley
between them and Villers Guislain.

South of this village a
single strong point known as Limerick Post, garrisoned by troops of the
1/5th Battalion (King's Own), Royal Lancaster Regiment, and the 1/10th
Battalion, Liverpool Regiment (both of the 55th Division), held out with
great gallantry throughout the day, though heavily attacked.

The progress made by the
enemy, however, across the northern end of the Bonavis Ridge and up the deep
gully between Villers Guislain and Gonnelieu, known as 22 Ravine, turned our
positions on the ridge as well as in both villages. Taken in flank and
rear, the defences


of Villers Guislain, Gonnelieu and Bonavis were rapidly
over-run.

Gouzeaucourt was captured
about 9.0 a.m., the outer defences of La Vacquerie were reached, and a
number of guns which had been brought up close to the line, in order to
enable them to cover the battle-front about Masnieres and Marcoing, fell
into the hands of the enemy.

At this point the enemy's
advance was checked by the action of our local reserves, and meanwhile
measures had been taken with all possible speed to bring up additional
troops. About midday the Guards came into action west of Gouzeaucourt,
while cavalry (4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions, Major-General A. A. Kennedy
commanding 4th Cavalry Division) moved up to close the gap on their right
and made progress towards Villers Guislain from the south and south-west.

The attack of the Guards,
which was delivered with the greatestgallantry and resolution, drove the
enemy out of Gouzeaucourt and made progress on the high ground known as the
St. Quentin Ridge, east of the village. In this operation the Guards
were materially assisted by the gallant action of a party of the 29th
Division, who, with a company of North Midland Royal Engineers, held on
throughout the day to a position in an old trench near Gouzeaucourt.

Valuable work was also done
by a brigade of field artillery of the 47th Division, which moved direct
into action from the line of march.

During the afternoon three
battalions of tanks, which when they received news of the attack were
preparing to move away from the battlefield to refit, arrived at
Gouzeaucourt and aided the infantry to hold the recaptured ground.
Great credit is due to the officers and men of the


Tank Brigade concerned
for the speed with which they brought their tanks into action.

Meanwhile, the defence of
La Vacquerie had been successfully maintained, and our line had been
established to the north of that village, in touch with our troops in
Masnieres.

The Northern Attack

11. In the northern area,
from Fontaine-notre-Dame to Tadpole Copse, the German attack was not
launched until some two hours later. This was the enemy's main attack,
and was carried out with large forces and great resolution.

After a heavy preliminary
bombardment, and covered by an artillery barrage, the enemy's infantry
advanced shortly after 9.0 a.m. in dense waves, in the manner of his attacks
in the first battle of Ypres.

In the course of the
morning and afternoon no less than five principal attacks were made in this
area, and on one portion of the attack as manyas' eleven waves of German
infantry advanced successively to the assault. On the whole of this
front a resolute endeavour was made to break down by sheer weight of numbers
the defence of the London Territorials and other English battalions holding
the sector.

In this fighting the 47th
(London) Division (T.) (Major-General Sir G. F. Gorringe), the 2nd Division
(Major-General C. E. Pereira) and the 56th (London) Division (T.) greatly
distinguished themselves, and there were accomplished many deeds of great
heroism.

Under the fury of the
enemy's bombardment a company of the 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, were
in the course of being withdrawn from an exposed position in a sap-head in
advance of our line between Bourlon Wood and Moeuvres when the German attack
burst upon them.

The officer in command sent
three of his platoons back, and with a rearguard composed of the


remainder
of his company held off the enemy's infantry until the main position had
been organised. Having faithfully accomplished their task, this
rearguard died fighting to the end with their faces to the enemy.

Somewhat later in the
morning an attack in force between the Canal du Nord and Moeuvres broke into
our foremost positions and isolated a company of the 13th Battalion, Essex
Regiment, in a trench just west of the canal. After maintaining a
splendid and successful resistance throughout the day, whereby the pressure
upon our main line was greatly relieved, at 4.0 p.m. this company held a
council of war, at which the two remaining company officers, the company
sergeant-major, and the platoon sergeants were present, and unanimously
determined to fight to the last and have "no surrender".

Two runners who were sent
to notify this decision to BattalionHeadquarters succeeded in getting
through to our lines and delivered their message. During the remainder
of the afternoon and far into the following night this gallant company were
heard fighting, and there is little room for doubt that they carried out to
a man their heroic resolution.

Early in the afternoon
large masses of the enemy again attacked west of Bourlon Wood, and, though
beaten off with great loss at most points, succeeded in overwhelming three
out of a line of posts held by a company of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berks
Regiment, on the right of the 2nd Division.

Though repeatedly attacked
by vastly superior numbers the remainder of these posts stood firm, and
when, two days later, the three posts which had been overpowered were
regained, such a heap of German dead lay in and around them that the


bodies
of our own men were hidden.

All accounts go to show
that the enemy's losses in the whole of his constantly repeated attacks on
this sector of the battle front were enormous. One battery of eight
machine guns fired 70,000 rounds of ammunition into ten successive waves of
Germans.

Long lines of attacking
infantry were caught by our machine gun fire in enfilade, and were shot down
in line as they advanced. Great execution also was done by our field
artillery, and in the course of the battle guns were brought up to the crest
line and fired direct upon the enemy at short range.

At one point west of
Bourlon the momentum of his first advance i carried the enemy through our
front line and a short way down the southern slopes of the ridge.
There, however, the German masses cameunder direct fire from our field
artillery at short range and were broken up.

Our local reserves at once
counter-attacked, and succeeded in closing the gap that had been made in our
line. Early in the afternoon the enemy again forced his way into our
foremost positions in this locality, opening a gap between the 1/6th
Battalion and the 1/15th Battalion, London Regiments. Counter-attacks,
led by the two battalion commanders, with all available men, including the
personnel of their headquarters, once more restored the situation. All
other attacks were beaten off with the heaviest losses to the enemy.

The greatest credit is due
to the troops at Masnieres, Bourlon and Moeuvres for the very gallant
service performed by them on this day. But for their steady courage
and staunchness in defence, the success gained by the enemy on the right of
our


battle front might have had serious consequences.

I cannot close the account
of this day's fighting without recording my obligation to the Commander-in-Cheef
of the French Armies for the prompt way in which he placed French troops
within reach for employment in case of need at the unfettered discretion of
the Third Army Commander.

Part of the artillery of
this force actually came into action, rendering valuable service, and though
the remainder of the troops were not called upon, the knowledge that they
were available should occasion arise was a great assistance.

The Fighting at Gonnelieu
and Masnieres

12. On the 1st December
fighting continued fiercely on the whole front.

The Guards completed the
capture of the St. Quentin Ridge and entered Gonnelieu, where they captured
over 350 prisoners and a large number of machine guns. Tanks took an
effective part in the fighting forthe ridge. At one point, where our
infantry were held up by fire from a hostile trench, a single tank attacked
and operated up and down the trench, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy's
garrison.

Our infantry were then able
to advance and secure the trench, which was found full of dead Germans.
In it were also found fifteen machine guns that had been silenced by the
tank. In the whole of this fighting splendid targets were obtained by
all tank crews, and the German casualties were seen to be very great.

Farther south, a number of
tanks co-operated with dismounted Indian cavalry of the 5th Cavalry Division
and with the Guards in the attacks upon Villers Guislain and Gauche Wood,
and were in great measure responsible for the capture of the wood.

Heavy fighting took place
for this position, which it


is clear the enemy had decided to hold at all
costs. When the infantry and cavalry finally took possession of the
wood, great numbers of German dead and smashed machine guns were found.
In one spot four German machine guns, with dead crews lying round, were
discovered within a radius of twenty yards. Three German field guns,
complete with teams, were also captured in this wood.

Other tanks proceeded to
Villers Guislain, and, in spite of heavy direct artillery fire, three
reached the outskirts of the village, but the fire of the enemy's machine
guns prevented our troops advancing from the south from supporting them, and
the tanks ultimately withdrew.

Severe fighting took place,
also, at Masnieres. During the afternoon and evening at least nine separate
attacks were beaten off by the 29th Division on this front, and other
hostile attacks wererepulsed in the neighbourhood of Marcoing,
Fontaine-notre-Dame and Bourlon. With the Bonavis Ridge in the enemy's
hands, however, Masnieres was exposed to attack on three sides, and on the
night of the 1st/2nd December our troops were withdrawn under orders to a
line west of the village.

On the afternoon of the 2nd
December a series of heavy attacks developed against Welsh Ridge in the
neighbourhood of La Vacquerie, and further assaults were made on our
positions in the neighbourhood of Masnieres and Bourlon.

These attacks were broken
in succession by our machine gun fire, but the enemy persisted in his
attempts against Welsh Ridge and gradually gained ground. By nightfall
our line had been pushed back to a position west and north of Gonnelieu.

Next day the enemy renewed
his attacks in great force on the whole front from Gonnelieu to


Marcoing,
and ultimately gained possession of La Vacquerie. North of La
Vacquerie repeated attacks made about Masnieres and Marcoing were repulsed
in severe fighting, but the positions still retained by us beyond the Canal
de l'Escaut were extremely exposed, and during the night our troops were
withdrawn under orders to the west bank of the canal.

The Withdrawal from
Bourlon

13. By this time the enemy
had evidently become exhausted by the efforts he had made and the severity
of his losses, and the 4th December passed comparatively quietly.

For some days, however,
local fighting continued in the neighbourhood of La Vacquerie, and his
attitude remained aggressive. Local attacks in this sector were
repulsed on the 5th December, and on this and the following two days further
fierce fighting took place, in which the enemy again endeavoured without
success to drive us from ourpositions on Welsh Ridge.

The strength which the
enemy had shown himself able to develop in his attacks made it evident that
only by prolonged and severe fighting could I hope to re-establish my right
flank on the Bonavis Ridge. Unless this was done, the situation of my
troops in the salient north of Flesquieres would be difficult and dangerous,
even if our hold on Bourlon Hill were extended.

I had therefore to decide
either to embark on another offensive battle on a large scale, or to
withdraw to a more compact line on the Flesquieres Ridge.

Although this decision
involved giving up important positions most gallantly won, I had no doubt as
to the correct course under the conditions. Accordingly, on the night
of the 4th/5th December the evacuation of the positions held by us north of
the Flesquieres Ridge was


commenced. On the morning of the 7th
December this withdrawal was completed successfully without interference
from the enemy.

Before withdrawing, the
more important of the enemy's field
defences were destroyed, and those of his guns which we had been unable to
remove were rendered useless. The enemy did not discover our
withdrawal for some time, and when, on the afternoon of the 5th December, he
began to feel his way forward, he did so with great caution. In spite
of his care, on more than one occasion bodies of his infantry were caught in
the open by our artillery.

Much skill and courage were
shown by our covering troops in this withdrawal, and an incident which
occurred on the afternoon of the 6th December in the neighbourhood of
Graincourt deserves special notice.

A covering party,
consisting of two companies of the 1/15th Battalion, LondonRegiment, 47th
Division, much reduced in strength by the fighting at Bourlon Wood, found
their flank exposed by a hostile attack farther east, and were enveloped and
practically cut off. These companies successfully cut their way
through to our advanced line of resistance, where they arrived in good
order, after having inflicted serious casualties on the enemy.

The new line taken up by us
corresponded roughly to the old Hindenburg Reserve Line, and ran from a
point about one and a half miles north by east of La Vacquerie, north of
Ribecourt and Flesquieres to the Canal du Nord, about one and a half miles
north of Havrincourt - i.e., between two and two and a half miles in front
of the line held by us prior to the attack of the 20th November.

We therefore retained in
our possession an


important section of the Hindenburg trench system, with
its excellent dug-outs and other advantages.

The Results of the Battle

14. The material results of
the three weeks' fighting described above can be stated in general terms
very shortly.

We had captured and
retained in our possession over 12,000 yards of the former German front tine
from La Vacquerie to a point opposite Boursies, together with between 10,000
and 11,000 yards of the Hindenburg Line and Hindenburg Reserve Line and the
villages of Ribecourt, Flesquieres and Havrincourt. A total of 145
German guns were taken or destroyed by us in the course of the operations,
and 11,100 German prisoners were captured.

On the other hand, the
enemy had occupied an unimportant section of our front line between
Vendhuille and Gonnetieu. There is little doubt that our operations
were of considerable indirect assistance to the Alliedforces in Italy.
Large demands were made upon the available German reserves at a time when a
great concentration of German divisions was still being maintained in
Flanders.

There is evidence that
German divisions intended for the Italian theatre were diverted to the
Cambrai front, and it is probable that the further concentration of German
forces against Italy was suspended for at least two week's at a most
critical period, when our Allies were making their first stand on the Piave
Line.

General Review

15. I have already
summarised in the opening paragraphs of this Despatch both the reasons which
decided me to undertake the Cambrai operations and the limitations to which
those operations were subject.

In view of the strength of
the German forces on the front of my attack, and the success with which
secrecy was maintained during our preparations, I had calculated


command and
inter-communication in the whole area between the Canal de l'Escaut, the
River Sensee and the Canal du Nord, as well as to the east and north-east of
Cambrai.

My intentions as regards
subsequent exploitation were to push westward and north-westward, taking the
Hindenburg Line in reverse from Moeuvres to the River Scarpe, and capturing
all the enemy's defences and probably most of his garrisons lying west of a
line from Cambrai northwards to the Sensee, and south of that river and the
Scarpe.

Time would have been
required to enable us to develop and complete the operation; but the
prospects of gaining the necessary time, by the use of cavalry in the manner
outlined above, were in my opinion good enough to justify the attempt to
execute the plan.

I am of opinion that on the
20th and 21st November we wentlack of training, or exhaustion from
previous fighting.

Captured maps and orders
have made it clear that the enemy aimed at far more considerable results
than were actually achieved by him. Three convergent attacks were to
be made on the salient formed by our advance; two of them delivered
approximately simultaneously about Gonnelieu and Masnieres, followed later
by a still more powerful attack on the Bourlon front.

The objectives of these
attacks extended to the high ground at Beaucamp and Trescault, and the
enemy's hope was to capture and destroy the whole of the British forces in
the Cambrai salient.

This bold and ambitious
plan was foiled on the greater part of our front by the splendid defence of
the British divisions engaged; and, though the defence broke down for a time
in one area, the recovery made by the weak forces still


left and those
within immediate reach is worthy of the highest praise. Numberless
instances of great gallantry, promptitude and skill were shown, some few of
which have been recounted.

I desire to acknowledge the
skill and resource displayed by General Byng throughout the Cambrai
operations, and to express my appreciation of the manner in which they were
conducted by him, as well as by his Staff and the subordinate commanders.

In conclusion, I would
point out that the sudden breaking through by our troops of an immense
system of defence has had a most inspiring moral effect on the Armies I
command, and must have a correspondingly depressing influence upon the
enemy.

The great value of the
tanks in the offensive has been conclusively proved. In view of this
experience, the enemy may well hesitate to deplete any portion of his front,
as heby exposing a predetermined region of the top surface of the ferroelectric layer, and the orientation of the crystal lattice of a ferroelectric material of the ferroelectric layer is developed so as to form an acute angle with the direction of an electric field induced when a voltage is applied to the electrodes.
The present invention also provides a ferroelectric emitter including: a ferroelectric layer having a first side and an opposing second side and a top surface, a first electrode formed along the first side edge of the ferroelectric layer, a second electrode formed along the opposing second side edge of the ferroelectric layer, and a mask layer having a predetermined region and formed along the top surface of the ferroelectric layer.
In another preferred embodiment of the present


Young talented footballers overtrain

By Grete Wolden

Published 23.01.15

Talented junior football players train so much that they may decrease their chances of making it into the adult leagues.

Many young boys and girls dream of becoming pro footballers one day. In Norway, they can choose a sports program track in secondary school to increase their chances—while also playing on multiple high-level teams for their clubs, towns and regions.

The overall activity load can become so great that it prevents players from developing their talent, and they experience burnout before they reach senior level.

“Training that is intended to give young players an advantage, hinders them instead. The development of our future footballers is at stake,” says Stig Arve Sæther, Assistant Professor in NTNU’s Sports Sciences Programme.

Consistently high activity levels

Sæther and his colleague NilsPetter Aspvik recently published the results of their research on talent development in football. Their study focused on the physical activity load of junior footballers who played for a premier league team in Norway, viewed in light of the difficult transition from junior to senior level.

Thirteen young players were outfitted with an accelerometer that objectively measured their daily physical activity over three one-week periods in March, June and October. This information gave the researchers a picture of the players’ activity levels and especially of the match and training loads before, during and at the end of the season.

Players also answered a questionnaire on the intensity and variation of their training load throughout the season.

High match load for young players

Results show no significant differences in daily physical activity between


GCSE Options GCSE Reform New GCSEs in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics were introduced in September 2015. From September 2016 new style GCSE courses started for all remaining subjects with the exception of Business, Design & Technology, Computer Science (replacing ICT) and Psychology and Science. These subjects all began the new GCSE courses in September 2017. The main features of the new GCSEs are: A new grading scale of 9 to 1 is now used, with 9 being the top grade. This is designed to allow greater differentiation between students and will help distinguish the new GCSEs from previous versions. Assessment is mainly by examination, with other types of assessment used only where they are needed to test essential skills. There is new, more demanding content, which#Steelers likely to join Bettis in Canton. Source says they will play in HOF game there Aug. 9. Induction is Aug. 8 — Ed Bouchette (@EdBouchette) February 1, 2015

When ex-Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August of 2010, the team ventured from training camp in Latrobe, Pa., to attend the ceremony.

Word is now, according to Post Gazette reporter Ed Bouchette, they'll be in town for Jerome Bettis's induction ceremony as well.

Bouchette reported not long after news broke that former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis has been selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Steelers will play in the Hall of Fame game the night after the ceremony, Aug. 9.

Nothing has been declared official, but considering


Pensioner drives 10km wrong way down A55

A lost and exhausted motorist drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway after setting off 14 hours earlier – on a 110km (70-mile) journey to the seaside.

John Marsden admitted dangerous driving and was banned for a year (Andrew Price picture)

Magistrates heard how 86-year-old John Marsden left his home in Bolton at 8.30am on July 10 with a book of maps.

He intended to spend a fortnight in a caravan near Rhyl, north Wales – a 90-minute drive away. But at 11pm police received several calls about his Vauxhall Cavalier driving west on the A55, in the eastbound lane.

He had covered 10km (six miles) at about 40mph in the outside lane narrowly avoiding oncoming cars.

The wartime RAF driver appeared at Llandudno court proudlyJohn D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat , Facebook and email . The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.

New Orleans (CNN) The climate change activists marched into the Superdome -- that sports arena turned nightmare after Hurricane Katrina -- and demanded an end to the auction.

"Stop the leases! Stop the greed!"

"Give the people what they need!"

A bunch of reps from the oil and gas industry looked at the protesters quizzically.

"I don't know what to make of it," one man told me.

The business types, seated in rows of folding chairs, many of them wearing starched shirts and blazers, had gathered Wednesday in a conference room inside the iconic stadium to bid for rights to


sea, it's one of the most heart-wrenching experiences imaginable," said Jenna deBoisblanc, a 26-year-old from New Orleans who lived through Hurricane Katrina here and then Hurricane Sandy in New York. Those experiences "sort of pitched me over the edge" and into volunteer activism, she told me.

She showed up Wednesday wearing a Captain Planet costume.

And she stood onstage chanting as the Bureau of Energy Management held its auction.

Officials read off the bids one by one.

"Block 518," a voice said over the loudspeaker.

"BP: $8 million."

(That figure and others are rounded; it was hard to hear amid the commotion).

Some of the industry reps moved to the back of the room beneath overhead speakers.

Bidders from the oil and gas industry laugh about a climate change protest at a federal fossil fuel leaseauction held Wedneday at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Others smirked, laughed, took photos. Jotted notes on spreadsheets.

"I think they're incredibly naive," a man in a blue blazer and glasses told me of the activists. "If you asked them to take off everything that's polyester [a petroleum product], they'd be naked."

"$736,000."

"$609,000."

In the end, 693,962 acres of fossil fuel leases were sold, to the tune of $156 million.

But here's the important catch.

Those bids were logged by fossil fuel companies before the auction started.

On Wednesday, officials simply were reading the results -- announcing winners.

The sale was all but inevitable.

Some activists seemed unaware of this.

Others said the demonstration was important despite its inability to stop the sale.

"When you gather this many communities from all over the nation and region to stand up


I had never heard it performed in such a way. Everyone took complete ownership of the performance, and it was an explosion of dance and love.

And my first concert with the MCO of course, at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. That was in early-ish June 2014.

Biography

Violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is renowned for his artistic freedom and fresh approach to repertoire. Widely recognised for his flair in directing ensembles, Kuusisto is Artistic Partner with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the ACO Collective and Artistic Best Friend of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

The Finnish violinist is an enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, with concertos written specifically for him by Enrico Chapela, Daníel Bjarnason, Anders Hillborg, Sauli Zinovjev, PhilipVenables, Andrea Tarrodi and Nico Muhly, whose concerto was co-commissioned by the MCO Foundation and will be performed by Pekka and the orchestra during the MCO's residency at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival in April 2020.

Kuusisto is a gifted improviser and regularly engages with people across the artistic spectrum. Uninhibited by conventional genre boundaries and noted for his innovative programming, recent projects have included collaborations with Hauschka and Kosminen, Dutch neurologist Erik Scherder, pioneer of electronic music Brian Crabtree, eminent jazz-trumpeter Arve Henriksen, juggler Jay Gilligan, accordionist Dermot Dunne and folk artist Sam Amidon.

He has worked with South-Korean artist Aamu Song on the project REDDRESS which blurs boundaries between performance and visual art. Together with Samuli Kosminen, Kuusisto co-composed the score to the new animated Moominvalley television series. He


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Saturday, July 3, 2010

In order to get the kids in the mood, as soon as they arrived we had them put themselves IN the movie by taking their picture in a cut out movie poster, here is how we did it.

I took a Beauty and the Beast poster, this is from the musical I believe but I didn't care.

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Gary Oldman: 48 days straight in Churchill make-up "tested me"

Gary Oldman thought it was “a ludicrous idea” the first time he was offered the role of Winston Churchill. Now, the actor’s turn in Working Title’s Darkest Hour has propelled him to the front of the best actor pack.

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Gary Oldman in ‘Darkest Hour’

When Gary Oldman was first asked to play Winston Churchill, he laughed. “Yeah,” says the 59-year-old actor when Screen International meets him in London, “I thought, ‘What are you talking about?’”

With his wiry frame, sweep of greying hair, thick-rimmed spectacles and goatee, Oldman is, at first glance, far from an obvious fit for the heavy-set, bulldoggish, baby-faced statesman, who was seven years older than Oldman is now when he first took office as British primeWinston” before production, scrutinising the man to separate reality from myth. “I had an image of Churchill and I didn’t know how contaminated that was, because of Albert Finney and Robert Hardy and all those other people that have played him,” he says. “My initial idea was the sort of rather grumpy curmudgeon. And then I started to look at the news footage and I saw someone very different. I saw a man at the front visiting the soldiers, skipping around like a 20-year-old, alive, a spark in the eyes, a grin, a cherubic face. He liked cigars, he liked booze, he liked food, he liked life. That was the Churchill I saw.”

And that is the Churchill we get in Darkest Hour: light on his feet despite his


out of it what I wanted to get out of it, and the rest is a terrific bonus.”

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By building new tunnels and linking them to existing ones, Kayla would create four underground lines – the Metropolitan and these three:

* A Central Line from New Brighton Tower to Halewood and Cronton via a new Mersey tunnel, James Street and Sefton Park

* A District Line from Maghull to Netherley via Walton, Everton brow, the new Paddington Village and Lark Lane.

* An Elizabeth Line (Lizzy Line) from Heswall to Windle Island via a city centre loop, with a branch to Kirkby.

Other notable lines include a Wallahoo Line from New Brighton Tower to Chester via Liscard, Wallasey and Hoylake.

Kayla’s earlier plans were applauded as “visionary” by Merseytravel


by William J. Risner, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellants Committee to Incorporate the Town of Tortolita, Town of Tortolita, Cheryl L. Wiener, Ronald K. Wiener, Joan L. Eerkes and David L. Eerkes.
Michael D. House, Tucson City Attorney by Dennis P. McLaughlin, Principal Assistant City Attorney, Tucson, and Ulrich & Anger, P.C. by Paul G. Ulrich, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee City of Tucson.
Frank Cassidy, P.C. by Frank Cassidy, Tucson, and Dan Dudley, Town Attorney, Town of Oro Valley, Oro Valley, Attorneys for Appellee Town of Oro Valley.
Janet A. Napolitano, Attorney General by Eva K. Bacal, Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorney for Appellee State of Arizona.

OPINION
EHRLICH, Judge.
¶ 1 The ultimate issue presented by this case is whether it is constitutional for the Arizona state legislature to require the consent of aof the same statute offers an alternative that, if ten percent of the electors within the community petition the board, the board shall order an election on the issue of the community's incorporation.
¶ 3 However, A.R.S. section 9-101.01 modifies these procedures if an "urbanized area" is involved. That statute states, in relevant part:
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all territory within six miles of an incorporated city or town, as the same now exists or may hereafter be established, having a population of five thousand or more as shown by the most recent federal census, and all territory within three miles of any incorporated city or town, as the same now exists or may hereafter be established, having a population of less than five


because of the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. The court refused to consider whether Tucson's decision not to consent to Tortolita's incorporation was one of bad faith because such an inquiry would require an examination of the motivation of the legislative branch by the judicial branch of government, an inquiry barred by the state and federal constitutional requirements of the separation of powers among the three branches of government.
*655 ¶ 9 Ultimately, the superior court held that A.R.S. section 9-101.01(B)(1) is constitutional because it neither violates federal constitutional guarantees of equal protection, procedural or substantive due process, the "right to self-determination" or any of the rights enshrined by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, nor does it have an adverse impact on the rightthe powers conferred upon these corporations and the territory over which they shall be exercised rests in the absolute discretion of the state.... The state, therefore, at its pleasure, may ... take without compensation such property, hold it itself, or vest it in other agencies, expand or contract the territorial area, unite the whole or a part of it with another municipality.... All this may be done, conditionally or unconditionally, with or without the consent of the citizens, or even against their protest. In all respects the state is supreme, and its legislative body, conforming its action to the state Constitution, may do as it will, unrestrained by any provision of the Constitution of the United States.
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example of our corporate partnership strategy, in which we seek focused collaborations to match companies' specific areas of interest with areas of expertise among multiple TSRI labs."

The new agreement builds on research on the influenza virus conducted jointly by TSRI and Janssen's Crucell Vaccine Institute. Previous collaborations have resulted in several high-impact publications, most recently in August 2012 in the journal Science.

Seasonal flu typically causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths every year in the United States, according to estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Pandemics pose a greater dangerthe Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 may have killed 50 million people worldwide.

The new strategic collaboration with Janssen follows TSRI's announcement of a five-year agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb last June; that agreement covered the development of chemistrymethodologies and related work.

Forrest notes that promising future areas for corporate partnerships at TSRI include Oncology, Neurodegeneration and Immunology.

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Notre Dame attackman Ryder Garnsey is likely to be reinstated by the University later this week and could play in Sunday's NCAA First Round game against Johns Hopkins, multiple sources told Inside Lacrosse on Wednesday night.

It was reported in January that Garnsey was ruled academically ineligible for the spring semester. At the time, the possibility existed that he would potentially be able to suit up for the playoffs if his spring semester grades were above the eligibility threshold, as First Round weekend came days after exams wrapped up at Notre Dame.

It is still unknown whether or not Garnsey will play for the Irish on Sunday, as he would be exhausting his final year of eligibility in the process. If Garnsey didn't see the fieldagainst the Blue Jays, he would need to win an appeal from the NCAA in order to play in the spring of 2020, so there would be significant risk involved if he was ruled eligible this weekend but opted not to play.

Classes ended in South Bend on May 1, and a source said that he's been in positive academic standing this semester. Garnsey will need the school to finalize the situation after his final exam this week in order to play, but that is expected to occur.

A similar situation arose in 2014 with former Loyola attackman Zach Herreweyers, who was ruled academically ineligible but got his grades up in time for the Greyhounds' opening round game against Albany.

Notre Dame's scoring offense currently ranks 42nd in Division I with


11.07 goals per game, though the unit sputtered in a 10-4 loss on Saturday against Virginia in the ACC Championship.

Garnsey practiced with the team for the entire spring but was unable to travel with the Irish, complying with rules for players deemed ineligible.

In 2018, he led the team with 29 goals and 14 assists, starting nine out of the 14 games he played in. He recorded 20 goals and 23 assists the previous spring in 2017, earning honorable mention All-America honors.Share Facebook

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In May 1941, 6,500 Australian troops took part in the desperate and ultimately doomed defence of Crete. Among them was Captain Reg Saunders, the Australian Army's first Indigenous commissioned officer.

While the term 'Anzac' has come to be defined by the Gallipoli campaign, the Second Anzac Corps was formed a generation later and served in Greece during World War II.

Given what took place there, I felt it was important to honour the memory of all those who fought and fell in that place.

As was the case in the Dardanelles, the Anzac Corps in Greece was doomed to be part of a strategic debacle.

Facing an enemy that had swept through Europe, outnumbered, outgunned, and


with virtually no air cover, Allied forces in Greece were defeated in not much more than three weeks.

The brutal endgame took place in Crete, a vicious 12-day battle. Despite immense acts of bravery by the soldiers on the ground, the Allies lost the island largely due to ineffective preparation and strategic errors in the first 48 hours.

The Battle of Crete saw more than 1,750 British Commonwealth troops killed and 12,000 captured. Some 6,500 Australian troops took part.

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Australian and New Zealand soldiers who launched a spontaneous counterattack against an elite regiment of German mountain troops on 27 May 1941 will be honoured in a ceremony today.

The defiant action in the face of the Allies' imminent defeat bought 15,000British Commonwealth soldiers vital hours to reach the evacuation point on Crete's south coast.

The battle took place along a country lane on the outskirts of Chania, nicknamed '42nd Street' by the Allies.

The 175 square-metre 42nd Street Anzac Memorial will be dedicated today as part of this year's official Battle of Crete commemorations.

One soldier who took part in the Battle of 42nd Street was Reg Saunders of the 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, who later served with distinction in New Guinea and the Korean War.

After the beaten Allied troops surrendered on 1 June, Saunders evaded capture and survived for almost a year in the mountains, protected by local people and partisans.

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Saunders' story echoes the experiences of many soldiers left on Crete, who


were sheltered by civilians, who faced summary execution for hiding them.

Glenda Humes, Saunders' daughter, who was instrumental in the campaign to have the Battle of 42nd Street commemorated with a memorial, will attend the dedication ceremony today, along with representatives of the Australian, New Zealand and Greek governments, including New Zealand's Governor-General.

'I first travelled to Crete in 2010 to meet some of those who as children helped my father when he was on the run in '41,' she says. 'It was on that trip that I visited the 42nd Street battle site, which was totally unmarked.'

'Given what took place there, I felt it was important to honour the memory of all those who fought and fell in that place.

'It's not about glory. It's about recognising the sacrifice thatto go back to his house on Tennyson Road, Portswood.

But instead they went to Khan’s house. The pair helped the victim into the home and after a while took her up to the bedroom.

In her evidence, the victim said she shouted ‘Don’t touch me, don’t rape me’ while Mohammed was on top of her.

Khan claims he was out of the room when this happened, but the 18-year-old told the court she saw someone watching her in the room.

The victim, who is believed to have been at least twice the legal drink-drive limit when tested by officers, was forced to give evidence during the trial.

The prosecution say “he knew he was leaving someone capable of rape in a room with a very drunk girl.”

During the trial, Mohammed refused to


The longest shutdown in United States history officially ended this week. As detailed by a previous Inquisitr report, Donald Trump’s decision to shut the government down — in an effort to pressure the Democratic Party into relocating funds for a border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — has not only backfired, it appears to be turning some of the president’s most loyal supporters against him.

Conservative journalists, pundits, political commentators, and even some members of the Republican Party perceived as Trump loyalists publicly bashed the president. Donald Trump’s cave-in and failure to secure funding for the border wall appears to be turning even some of his staunchest supporters against him.

The QAnon community is infuriated and outraged, losing faith in “the plan,” ThinkProgress reports.

The bizarre online community — composed ofENCE is the final team that have advanced into the playoff stage of the DreamHack Regional Minor Europe at DH Tours 2016 after defeating GODSENT 2-1 (16-6 on Train, 6-16 on Cache, and 16-13 on Mirage).

The two teams met earlier in the tournament in the teams' Group B opening match. There ENCE was able to defeat GODSENT in overtime 19-17, so, much was expected from this match as well.

The first map was decided to be Train and was chosen by the Swedish team. It was ENCE to strike first, however, as they ended up winning the first half on their CT side 10-5, thanks to some great play from Juho "juho" Lampinen. The second half also heavily favored the Finns as ENCE was able to close out the


match 16-6.

naSu was a massive help to ENCE, helping them advance

The second map was, of course, ENCE's map choice which was Cache. In an interesting turn of events it was GODSENT this time that won the first half 10-5 on the Finnish team's map choice. The similarities didn't end there though as the Swedes, led by Simon "twist" Eliasson ended up winning ENCE's map by the exact same score as in the first map, 16-6.

On Mirage, the final map of the series, the stage was set for an amazing finish to the day. Earlier, when these two teams met on this map we saw them go into overtime in a battle that was close every step up the way.

This time around ENCE raced to a ten round leadbefore GODSENT was able to win their first round. It seemed like they would be able to string together many more rounds, however, GODSENT was able to scramble together four rounds before the half ended.

The second half saw the Swedish team completely turn the match around as they rallied back against the Finns to finally come within one round at 14-13 in favor of ENCE. These were the final rounds that the Finnish team allowed, however, as they were able to win the last couple and take the final map and series.

DreamHack Regional Minor Championship Europe at DH Tours 2016 Best of 3 GODSENT Matchpage 1 2 ENCE 6 Train 16 16 Cache 6 13 Mirage 16

stats to come...

This was the last match of the day as we


was coming through the neutral zone and had released the puck.

Was he unsuspecting? Absolutely.

Was he vulnerable? Absolutely.

But, was it a blindside, Rule 48 infraction? No, it wasn't.

He also didn't leave his feet. Watch the clip. If you see his skates off the ground, then you're seeing the result of the hit. That happens on 90% of open-ice hits. Leaving your feet, in the bad sense, is defined as jumping off the ice into the hit. That didn't happen here.

Rome made a bad play here, but let's not get carried away with embellishment. It's bad enough as it is.

When I met my wife the first thing I did was educate her in hockey. I taught her to love the game. Took her to See Mark Messier in his lastMissing boy and mother from Tameside found safe and well Published duration 8 January 2017

A four-year-old boy and his mother who went missing together have been found safe and well, police have said.

Officers had said they were "extremely concerned" about the child and his mother, 34, from Tameside in Greater Manchester.

The pair were last seen boarding a Blackpool-bound train from Manchester Piccadilly station about 12.30 GMT on Friday.

They were found in Ashton-under-Lyne late on Saturday, police said.

Ch Supt Neil Evans, of Greater Manchester Police, thanked the public for their help in tracking the mother and son.