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I WEATHER FORECAST , WlMNGIIW DlSFA' ti arld Wednesday, probably r rain; warmer tonight. . , v.. South Carolina: Warmer and aenerally fair tonight and Wednes- LEDITIO FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 27, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS, FTT3 SELECTING A JUR ' y SIR RUSSIA'S AFFAIRS Mr Heavy German Attacks have Failed to Shake General Byng Loose RUSSIAN SITUATION CONTINUES SERIOUS MILITANT SUFFS LET OUT OF JAIL A Civil War Now Threatening Bolsheviki Making Peace Offers Itajians Brave ly Hold Back Enemy (By Associated Press). Washington, Nov. 27. Twenty-two Women's Party militants, hunger striking in the district jail here, wero suddenly released today long before the expiration of their terms. Among them were Alice Paul, chairman of the party, and Lucy Burns ,vice chair man, i Woman's Party headuqarters ex ultantly announced that the jail of ficials "had gotten enough" of the fir3t American hunger strike. In a procession of taxicabs, the hero ine militants, some of them showing LOOKING GLOOMY New Government in the Cau-casus-Francis to Use His Judgment mMEANS EQR WE GASTON ANOTHER ADVANCE. (By Associated , Press) . British Headquarters in France, (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 2T The Amerl can consul at Tiflis today reported! establishment of the new eovernmentl in the Caucasus as a protest against Nov. 27 The British have made anarchy in Russia. His report con- another advance in the Cambrai tained few details but indicated the S5 area and, according to tne latest reports, have worked their way rr A' forward! through the northwest- ' era part of Fontaine Notre Dame, which "they captured at the be- J ginning of the attacks last week, 4 but later lost. They are now & said to have advanced almost to men in the new movement were of the conservative element and were de termined to do what they could to hold back from their part of Russia the waves of disorder. The govern ing power has been-placed in an as- Counsel On Both Sides Close ly Scrutinized the Prospect ive Jurymen STATE'S CASE BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCES sembly of atKtnen. No direct news came from Petro-j the main street which runs east grad today but from Sweden reports; and west through the center of were received that, indicate the cadets)' the village. have manifested their sympathy fori General Kaledines. Conditions in Fin-i land are reported threatened with new,- complications by the proDab.le renew al of a general strike. The food short age is becoming more acute. No special instructions have been sent to Ambassador Francis and ' was indicated at the Stat eDepart ment his acts in Petrograd would be governed largely by his own judgment and that even his departure from Pet rograd, in case of emergency, would J AMERICAN STEAMER SENT TO THE BOTTOM New Go: man attempts to drive the British Horn their positions in Bour- on wood and the high ground aomi-, the rieors of pnfnrH rirtann i i ful starvation, were taken in a tri- umphant procession to the headquart ! ers. nating the Cambrai region have failed General Byng's men have repulsed mother r-nemy counter attack at i Ecrtii'asf corner of the wood. There was much severe fighting Monday around Moeuvres, west of the Bourlon wood and in the outskirts of Fontaine Notre Dame, immediately east of the wood, .ind toward Cambrai. German artillery has been active in the Ypres and Verdun regions. In Fhnders, the British positions at Passchendaele, the northern part of the Paschendaele-Ghevulet route are being bombarded heavily by the ene my, but Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, has not attempted infantry attacks. On the right bank of the Meuse, where the Frenc. galned'the irrst and Becond German defenses " on a two mile front Sunday, German efforts toj attack have been checked by French j artillery while the enemy guns nave! been bombarding the new French po-' MILWAUKEE POLICE MAKING ARRESTS (By Associated Press.) Londonr Nov. 27. The American steamship Actaeon was torpedoed on Sunday, a dispatch from Corunna, Spain, reports. Twenty-one survivors have arrived at Port Camarinas. Three not be' a question of instruction from ; boats with the remainder of the crew Washington, but one for his own de-; are missing. cision. . Questioning- Jurors Indicates That Effort to Convict De fendant Will be on Circum stantial Evidence (By Associated Press.) Concord, N. C, Nov. 27. Three jur ors to try Gaston B. Means on the charge of -murder of Mrs. Maude A. King had been accepted out of 30 ve niremen examined;, when Cabarrus county court adjourned for lunch to day. The jurors arc: - 1" I '' ''''' ' ' ' ' ' ' . ' ! r . - ,vA.;i"..'i RUSSIAN ARMY IS WITHOUT BREAD NORFOLK-SOUTHERN MEf4 GO TO WORK THE REPORTER WAS TOO ENTHUSIASTIC (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 27. A published re- Norfolk, Va., Nov. (By Associated Press). Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 27 With the arrest of a large number of suspects early today in connection with Satur day night's bomb outrage which re- f .j ssviw xicas. ; , ,. . T.. T. . i, or r,ni tViov wnnH t.va 'Vho 27 Tile Clerks I P"1L luuiUls ' -JU't'S juaacmuu, x' i ciicii I . . , v- viu vui-i'ici- illllJ lUilftOliWl CUiCU Ui ClA AVyAl.V'AXV I ' " - ' Southern, who went on strike about! French offieers and American sailors 10 days ago, are the latest to Teturn I last night at the Hero Lantt Baza.v to work After a conference this I here that six German submarines had mnmin. with Gpnpral Robert Mc-ibeen sunk within the last four days Wade senior member of the concilia-1 was denied by the Ambassador today.' tion commission, Joseph H. Young, , e expiamea mai u uu mdUB u ici president of the Norfolk-Southern ; erence to the five submarines report agreed to take back all of the striking j ed by Lloyd-George as sunk and one London, Nov. 26 The Russian army on the Northern front has had no bread for several days according to reports WAim'trA i n 4-. J 1 x i , C E. Gulp, farmer; R. B. Buchanan, cwvcu lu reuusrau anQ xransmiuea weaver; M. M. Lipe, farmer. I"? the correspondent of the Daily Ex- Five men were permeptorily excus- press and only two or three days sup ed by the defense. The State did ply of army biscuit is on hand not use any of its challenges on the i mu i first 30 men ! he army deleates are reported to ' The circumntlal case the Sute have recommended the withdrawal or will seek to build up against Means the troPs in order to prevent a gen was indicated by questions asked ve-' eral fli&ht with its consequent exercis niremen whether they would convict i es- Instead of a hundred cars of food a defendant without an cy5 witness. arriving daily at th Dvinsk front, No one, it has been testified previous-' only twenty have been received, ly, was present at the Blackwelderl Large numbers of troops being mov Spring when Mrs. King was shot, ex- ed to different places have been stop- cep; Means and the woman. Whether, ptJU me removal or sections of rail suited in the killing of 10 persons, the! l" ""1 TCZ vto hv th Naw Dpnnrtment. as oo uti , CierKS Wlinoui aiscriiuiuaiiuu nuu - - - settlement of tb etrouble as far as.sunK oy Amencau ueouu,e. police department was hopeful that before many hours they would secure something definite on which to fasten responsibility. There was ground for the' belief that line is concerned was conclude i "The reporter was en- a little to It was further agreed by Mr. Young thusiastic," he said. I only w that there would be no interference i could say that he knew six more were er o: not they had any prejudice against witnesses from any State also V--.TS asked veniremen by the State. This, was taken to indicate the State's intention to seek to prove by New York York and Chicago amperes that it would have been physically impossible for the woman to have inflicted in the back of her head the isptol shot wounds that caused her death. Both prosecution and defense went into detail about opinions formed and road track to prevent their reaching rcuugrau. iney were stopped at towns where food could not be obtained. War Department's Weekly. Communique Exudes More Optimism FORECAST OF MORE GAINS IN THE FUTURE; .'M -V t Italians Have Been Able to Check Teuton Effort, and the British Dealt a Heayjr Blow ''"J'1 (By Associated Press). Washington, Nov. 27. "The week - INSPECTORS NAMED FOR EXPLOSIVES LAW ,i, i- i - , . . I with the rights fne cierKs as Am-isuun. that the police were hopeful of having ' ... - I , , .. . . . 6lpriran citizens which means that t the' man who made the bomb in qus tody shortly. The men rounded up early today are. supposed anarchfslW MANYJEATHSf DUE TO THREE DISEASES will be permitted to become members i Italian; Situation Unchanged, of the Union. -s (9y Associated Prdss), , 4 Berlin -;:Nov. 27. IVia , London) I M'CAUQTPiRiDTEC (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 27. Nearly a third of a million deaths reoorted in sitions. The activity of the big guns j the United States during 1916 were abo has beer, violent m Belgium and i caused by heart disease, tuberculosis I t j north of the r :;omin riea Dames. ! ana pneumonia. i Bureau todav. nrediratfid cm vital reiche.1 the fighting zone cf the Vene-j statistics regarding 70 per cent, of the ten plains to aid the Italians in their country's nonulatinn. sfcmv the Anthc GIVES HIMSELF UP nounces TKe-situon- on the5:itali&i -front ,ls unchanged, army headauarters' aB- (By Associated Press). j Bcston, Mass., Nov. 27. John John- ' son, a negro of Charleston, W. Va., a request for whose extradition to West; Virginia to stand trial for an alleged , assault on a white girl, was denied last week, bv Governor McCall, sur- FIGHTING BETWEEN MEXICAN FACTIONS j r , . (By Associated Tress.) 1 Washington, Nov. 27. Inspectors for . 43 States to enforce the Federal explosives law under supervision of the Bureau of Mines have been an. the defense in particular asked what Pointed by President Wilson. The ap- effect newsnaner readme iiad had on Pmmencs include: the prospective jurors. "Do you believe Mrs. King could not have shot , herself ?" was a question iNortn Carolina, . Daniel A. McDon ald, Carthage; Tennessee, Albert M. Leach, Clarksville: -Virginia. Martin asked by the defense. This was. taken SSH1118, p?arisbug; South Carolina as indicating hatw. Meana' counsel wouM make an efjEQrt to clear- the de fendant oh the ground that Mrs. King accidentally shot herself That wast the decision of the local .coroner's jury. A number of veniremen were ex cused for having formed and express- (By Associated Press.) ! ed an opinion aoout me ueienaant.s Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 27. Fighting guilt or innocence. Those who between Villa and Mexican federal ' thought Means guilty were about William Banks, Columbia. Figures made public by the Census i rendered today to Federal authorities cavalry detachments is reported to J equally, matched in numbers by tfcose lrn.ve defence a i countrv's Dooulation. show th deflth gainst the invading j caused bv heart, disease- nnmhpre 114. Anstro-Gcrman forces. Between the;171f tuberculosis 101,396, and pneu- liieuta ana tne i-iave tne nanans aremonia 98,444. There were 10,162 sui- ! cides far below the 10 year average. emv attacks. The invaders attempted to rush the defending lines on the left, in the center, and on the right of the short front between the rivers but were crushed everywhere. British cavalry is now three and one-half miles west of Jerusalem and is closing In on the Turkish defenses GERMAN OFFICERS ADVISING LENINE (By Associated Press). London, Nov. 27. Information was received here today from Petrograd lrom the southwest. The Turks are; that a number of German staff rfl" offerins some resistance and are hold-jeers have arrived there and are act- in? the .If-malem-Shecham road to the north in srrencth -Torth of Jaffa, British ra'"o!s have been driven back! ing in an advisory capacity to Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki Premier. iu tne . 'Hit! Aujel. The ciip.rr le improve dercrib'--: civil war. government continue fir n side of the Nahr El : PRESIDENT WILSON Russia shows rt ; HAN A i$U5l UAI 1 ''or-in Knt and the country is; being on the verge of; (By Associated Press). Efforts of the Bolsheviki j Washington, Nov. 27. President to arrange an armistice i Wilson had a busy day with a cabinet d Boriin and Petrograd meeting and several engagements. are reported in communication by General LeClerque, head' of the Bel T.'irelps::. presumably in connection ; gian military mission, called to thank yith the pi -ce offer of the Maximal-; the President for the aid given the isrs. The Sfconcl army on the Rus-j mission during its visit here and to sinn northern front, has removed its bid farewell. , officers, .--reed to the Bolsheviki arm-i William E; Gonzales, of Columbia, i?tic" Tj'Oi.o ;i! and ntedeed it?; sUDDOrt S c... also was a r.aller. on an indictment charging violation of the Mann Act. Johnson is alleged to have occurred last night and today at Lahuna station, 170 miles south of have transported a white girl from Juarez. Tne teaerais were on a troop Charleston to Catlettsburg, Ky., for train southbound. Federal reinforce immoral purposes. ments are being entrained here. MRS. DE SAULLES CROSS EXAMINED BY PROSECUTION who thought him innocent. None of the prospective jurors ex pressed any "prejudice against outside !1 3 -11 . A t ntA.itJ First German Patent License. (By Associated" Press). " ',. Washington, Nov. . 27. First' li cense for the use of German patents were issued today by the Federal Trade Commission to three chemical manufacturers in New York and Phil adelphia for the production of Salvar san, specific for a blood poison. The price was not fixed at-thig time by-the commission, but right to do so was regained. just closed has been one very f ayor r 'vl " 1 able to the allied arms," says the "War 'M Department's official communique! tChf-f vi-t;' day reviewing military operations for.:fif! j the week ending Saturday. 4 "The success of the British offen-;$ 'ffii ;i sive in the region of Cambrai and the! ; r Il steady resistance of the Itahans "In f ' 1 the face of the repeated attacks of the "l; Austro-German forces are two, factors r ; V which may be considered ascorrela-'2 tive elements of one and the same 4v ' j movement. 'It is evident that the enemy took Coldest-Wave. (By Associated Press). Watertpwn, N. Y.; Nov. 27. North ern New York is in the grasp of a severe cold wave, the coldest for No vember in 16 years. The official temperature- here early today was two witnesses and all agreed they would give due weight to "expert" . testi mony. C. E. Culp, a farmer, the second venireman to be examined, and R. B. Buchanan, a weaver, of Concord, were otinoon trr?av na tVlP first find SfiCnrid 'of the 12 men who are to be asked j degrees above zero. to decide whether or not Gaston B. Means shot and killed Mrs. Maude A. King, as charged." Buchanan was the fourth venireman called. Court re-convened at 2:30 and 25 minutes later the fourth juror,' R. N. WAR CROSSES GIVEN FIFTEEN AMERICANS District Attorney Week's Puts Most Searching Questions to Defendant (By Associated Press.' r. Honeycutt, a farmer was accepted. He I was me wirLy-iuuu veuueiuau ejm- bws, fiftTiferprt o tha' 1 A...i rePJr- . . lined. Possibilitres began to increase A number of letters written by the j h t th . would be completed be- aeienoanc to ner nusuauu LiuuuguuuM fore night to t: IP py'i'r-mist? I The President played golf in the i ne reived Petro:;. pons id r. ellip'j it :s i mrrl ? into s- Gene leader. ..'r-enn government has re-: morning. !' :irmi::t;ce note from the! i i -overnment and it is under i ' Amepicans Reach Rumania. Nrm. The ministers Of thei (By Associated Press). v r ;n the Russian capital,; Petrograd, Nov. 25. (Sunday). i . o. unofficially, will de-, The American Red Cross relief train "'pons if Russia enters J arrived at Jassy, Rumania, on Novem r pace negotiations. !Der 18. It consisted of f5 cars of hos 'lines, the Don Cossack : Pjtal supplies from America and food irlinr: to a dispatch receiv-, ctnffa. pd in T.'i-vU-n. is master of the p'tua- !in.:r', "':l HG is in co"tro1 ?i German Resistance Overcome. mo.t or t' o trrtun-growmg territory mj (By Assofiated Press). x T s'f': .'"! is said to hold the Rus- j Paris Nov. ,27. The French last !!lan 1 f',fi reserve, reported removed : nigllt overcome the resistance of Ger p.fogr:'rl a year before the wari tm holding out on the field of U!" rr, ' r !r : ( ' i ; , , I nvliinofinn r f 100(1 ! . .a nmtn fnlron 11 uAiicuowuu innir a. thijoil. rnsuueis ncic ian.cu ini P.fogr:.rl a year before the warjmans stm hoiding lose oir. Tie Russian soldiers - at . operations of the French attack on ';-. reeorted desperate rithe Verdun front Sunday, says today i Pie in ir.r ovlinnstion ni IOOti sini .e.-; ;,nd mutinies are said to have in raidg eisewhere on the battle line. TODAY'S EXAMINATION WAS NOT EXPECTED Had Been 1 nought Mrs. ue Saulles Would Not Have to . Undergo Ordeal at This Time Ho-nen Overheatea. AasnH.nri PfpssL fRv Associated Press). Rome. Nov. 27. An entire' division tw -l' : -,,of the enemy made an attack yester-ling hat A!v.prir,n horneg are overheated, , oi tne enemy J offnrt thfn trip f -ci , i , , i i . aav in iub mciuo - Peratij rr f.f fuel front. Today's otacial statement says 5;"", A-n these troops wnicn auacjtea m . : , lliv. 11' JMil' r more man oa ubsicwh :t" Oli Cir C V.'ith that temperature. cnl win go far toward enormous war demand for ; announced. Ti-t, . ed formation, were driven back. Very Cold Weather. (By Associated Press). Washington, Nov. 27. Very cold weather with' temperatures from 10 to 43 dsgrees below seasonal average was reported from the lower lake re- .7 AiiU Gaoc nnfl . a I rri -n tnp TT1 11 (1 IB HUaUUV- ui.vvu WTi fi (- m TOQIdr.H MUU, Ci.H in France. -vov. 2 07 . -The death of ilinm J. I.os:an. Engineers, j m a k o V, " 7 7;"jV w New England toaay wun uw;. www k s C. was reported today by ,& " r 'u. npw York. 0ner!i T . .. -kt: .!ATrmftra.ture at Canton, , inw iyin., y r ,,amg. iogan uieu 'ere IGMegrees below zero was re r -umonia, complicated-wnere .xw B" , other d!sM corded. v - (By Associated Press.) Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 27 A letter in which the defendant told her husband "it was he greatest regret of her life" she had not been "able to make him a good wife" was read into the record today during cross examination of Mrs.' Blanca De Saulles on trial here charged with murdering her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles. There were indications this letter will be used by attorneys- for the pros ecution in their attempt to . break down the story of "indifferent neg lect" on the part of her husband, told in direct examination by the young woman yesterday. The letter was written while Mrs. De Saulles was on KhiD board bound for Chile to visit relatives in 1916 prior to the grant-1 ,ing oi ner aivorce uacc. At that time, tne witness saia, sne felt that her married life was ended r.-rally. "Trs- De Saulles countered her ad mit; 'inn that she wrote the letter say "she was to blame for every thing- " bv stating "De saunes always made me believe that I was at fault.' In Ms. questioning District Attorney Weeks delved apologetically into inti mate 'i. objects relating to Mrs. De Saulles riarital" relations. "Is it iut a fact after the birth of voir son you refused to live with John De Saulles as man and wife?", was one 'of the interrogations. .". The witness said this was not true. "Did von not tell an intimate .wom an friend-th? did not care who j your husband iround with as long ras ho stayed away from you?" asked Weeks. 1 -That Is a iie, was Mrs.. De Saulle's their married life which containeu many endearing phrases, were read by Weeks. "Did you mean that?" asked the j attorney a number of times indicat I ing some particularly warm profession ; of love contained in the missives. "My heart was broken but I would not let him know I never to!" a per son," Mrs. De Saulles replied to one of these questions. A letter written by Do Saulles in which he admonished his wife to "turn over a new leaf" and saying she had refused to live with him for "the past four years" was among those read. Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz, mother of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles, was today ex pected to take the . witness stand to testify in behalf of her daughter, who is on trial in Supreme Court here, charged with the murder of her hus band, John Li. De Saulles. The character of the testimony which it is expected Mrs. Errazuriz will give has not been outlined. Sev eral other witnesses for the defense are to follow her on the witness stand whereupon a volume of expert testimony is to be adduced. Alienists, X-ray specialists and oth er men prominent in the medical pro fession are to testify for both sides in connection with Mrs. De Saulles' claim that she was mentally irrespon sible when she fired the-shots that re sulted in the death of her former hus band. There was but a fraction of the (Continued on Page Eight), James E. Wright and J. C. Williams were the fifth and. sixth jurors accept ed. Both are farmers. ..The first prospective juror was Z. F. Setzer, a barber of Kannapolis, who was excused because he said he had omcers and men who werev cited with their company by the Fjr&ncb general commanding the sector- .in which the Americans were staicmed, at. the time of the first German raid on the night of November 2-3. r Tli men were decorated yesterday, were. informed that they may keep the med-1 als m their possession, but not wear f ! J-Va4- H f n n TtTO 1 T- iormea an opmiuu iun mcaUB - th ... ivPfl if nnthft The third venireman, 0.'R.i;7Tl- iization. NEGRO CONVICTS TRY OVERPOWER GUARDS nocent Black welder, a drayman, was excus- ed because he had formed an opinion that Means was guilty. The State asked the veniremen if they would accept circumstantial evi- aence ana aiso u iue wumu eic, (By 1 pre8g.) due and proper consideration to tne i Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27. In a riot testimony of expert witnesses," on an0f the 600 negro convicts at the State equal with other testimony. The So- penitentiary yesterday afternoon, one licitor also questioned the veniremen negro was killed by a guard and, two whether or not they would be preju- others were injured. The egrb ! kill- diced against witnesses wno come,ed was serving a sentence for mur- from another State to testify. All those among the first examined der. The riot started when a gujard replied that he had not prejudice j reprimanded a negro at the sunper hour. The negro overpowered the guard and it was then that the' 600 ne groes in the dining room made an effort to kill the guard. Other guards rusnea in ana after tnree men were shot, restored order. T . ,x- Bandits Got Rich Haul. (By Associated Press). ;. Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 27. Five bandits today attacked the Huebner Brewery Company paymaster and got away with $35,000. according to a report receiv ed by the police. against witnesses and said they would j give due weight to circumstantial evi dence. The State is relying on weaving a net of circumstantial evidence around Means and by New York and Chicago experts hope to show it would have been" physically impossible' for Mrs. King, to have inflicted in ,the back of her head the pistol bullet wound that caused her death here August 29, last. The usual legal questions as to kin ship and business connections were asked by the State and the latter also asked several men if they had visited Means in jail. None said they had. The defense asked many, questions as to opinions formed and to what extent the veniremen had talked about the case. jBuchanan said he had talk ed -very little about the case except to his wife. He was asked in detail about what he had read, particularly in a Chicago weekly paper. ' . The defense also asked F. H. Lin ker, a farmer, ithe would; convict! defense, it "being the first time either Stems if the State was unable to show j s;'de had. used a peremptory strike, a motive for the crime charged to. One venireman went off. for v cause h?m. : ' - 'when he: announced his-, opposition to Ooposes Decorations. - (By Associated Press). S Washineton. Nov. 27.' DecoraLion of any officer or m&iC of. the-American navy by foreign governments lor war services will be opposed by Secretary Daniels. He declared today that if asked for an opinion he would advise adherence to the provision of the Con stitution which prohibits it. ; The State pointed out that North Carolina law does not require a mo tive to be. shown, and was upheld : by the court. Linker wasi excused by the the offensive in Italy hoping thereby ingly difficult position in which hliTfa forces find themselves in the westr f . Though the French and BriU'tfiit ish have both dispatched large con-- j tingents to Italy, 'this has in no way; rf hampered the continuant nf fhoir nr. fensive operations,-, ' i, -:J "rt ' is- the; wWage'ootthec. enemf forces ,the slowR yet relentlatein ' ' ' I of his man-power by ontifeKr'" sudden offensive thtfUsts: whidK'mJfs eventually resnlt in the softeningfr &iiS his line ip the west.'"- . 1" ,:4W:i "The military situation is dominat- v ed by the spectacular success ined -?i?- J by the British "forces in their'' thinist . V; f V . towards Cambrai. By 'adopting new' ,'7,.v ' tactical methods; by evolving: a stratel f gy daringly TBphceiysd and brilliantly ''41 h j executed, the Bitteh' forces haVe been3' 'ii i, able to record'a greaejrwssrhen $1' measured by captured terrain' than . .7' : 1 ', any hitherto achieved byather belllg- ' J -'cZ', i erent in the same space pi Jtime along;vV''! the westernv front. Wlle?''seemingly;''4. , continuing hip offensive-, engagements, - . ; in Flanders ,an itecse artillery- r- bombardment iitiib&.&Sctor strecnlng . from Ypres to . the North Sea, Field Marshal Haigwas able to masKu T ) cessruiiy hw plans tor an offensive' ' , thrust between the Scarpe river and ikf-;1 st. yuentin. "The usual preliminary artillery ; preparation was dispensed with. The elements, of surprise so essential t- Victory, played a large part in the sue- , cess gained, Thie British, by a pre-' : ponderant numerical .superiority in men and mpbjte material, ' by impro-.. vising the skjllfifl tactical maneuver- ijig df an unusual number of tanks ar1 by co-ordinating with i?recisl6n the deployment, of cavalry, made' use of ' these two arms to bear the 'orunt 'o? , the encounter Infantry then was call-. -ed upon to hold and consolidate the tdrrain gained. Thus;the British were abJevto . record a decided success with :. v(iiv treat econnmv of- miirritJorr ''antl ' slight casualties. ,tjireeuccisitfi. :,fJ GermaU lines of efenso,' on a Jrpnt age or vuss iiainue.- i.ne vamunu- ? , J BaKiantn' RTU ft-H'prA Mninarprl . itnA thn .'i'k ' Scheldt canktrsJirAontr ot jC'" Khf' "The, British for a, whili ' rt'll 'fl pressing forward, arc ineeting Jth in- creased resistance s v "Cambraifi the center of very"Ini portant railroad and canal, lines of communications, now comes under the; t immediate fire of British field guns,-' while the large calibre high velocity and naval guns can readily search out' :y the country side for miles in the rear; harrassing hostile territory, and ren dering the continued tenure of the city by the enemy difficult, -.- "The number of prisoners enumerat-v ed hitherto is over 10,000, which ex; .. ceeds the total British casualties. .'V, "While the battle fo Cambrai has; " resulted In so rapid and sweeping an advantage for the British forces, ap- -parently without extensive prelimi nary preparation, it must not be for gotten that it was only made possible by the continued pounding of the Ger- . man line In Flanders. In the., mean- time, the British have not ceased, to Y keep the enemy busy in the Ypres : salient, and gains of terrain are. not-r ed to the southeast. .', '';:.,. irf-f-"Along the front held by the French" : forces, the latter have achieved a sue-3 cessful coup de main . south of Juvin- court, in Champagne, resulting in the capture of some elements - of. ; enemy trenches 4and the taking of; numerons, v prisoners. '' ' "' ., , 'Y- Q "In the sector where our troops are . - - training increased artillery -activity Is Dill i I - uciatuiucubtff wv capital punishment, Ht Tinnn .thA third Iiirnr M. M. YJne". ; noted a farmer, ; was accepted. ' He was the 1 patrol 'duty, have; gained some -useful sixteenth venireman examined. , I ; (Continued on Tage Eight) -1 - , 1 - ";.
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