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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TOURSDAY, NOMBER 22, 1917. SHATTER - LATEST PKOTO OF BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL AND HIS WONDER HORSE. BRITONS PRESS ON TEUTON DEFENSES Advance Against Germans on West Front Continues.' THE BEST ON EARTH Redoubtable Hindenburg Line on Western Front Is V Badly Broken. ROADS OPENED BY TANKS S BRITONS STAR J i THEATER I " t - - -i - - "i r n mtt iiT II ' y'V "TANKS" ARE IRRESISTIBLE Dazed Germans, Taken by Surprise, Put Vp Little Resistance Bat- i tie Still On and Gaps -s. Aro Widening. BRITISH ARMTT HEADQUARTERS IN" FRANCE, Nov. 21. (By the Asso ciated Press. Brltisn offensive.) Gen eral Pershingr, commander of the Amer ican forces in France, was present at British headquarters as the isruest of Field Marshal Hais, the British com mander, to witness the British offen sive. The American commander fol lowed the novel battle with the deep est interest. BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IX FRANCE, Nov. 21. (By the Associ ated Press.) The Germans are fight ing on their last line of defense at one point of the British attack. The redoubtable Hindenburg line in the Cambrai sector was broken in many places today by the great force of the British tanks and this afternoon the infantry, which followed through the gaps, are still battling their way forward. The surprise attack was launah-ed at dawn over a wide front. In the first few hours Its progress was marked with evident success and up to the latest report had been moving along regularly according to scehdule. German Resistance Weak. The resistance offered by the dazed Germans this morning was negligible and by noon British pioneers already were at work layinjy roads across the old front line trenches, while prisoners In considerable numbers had begun to come back from various directions. The casualties of the attacking forces thus far have been light. Great num bers of German dead lie before the main Hindenburg trench, where the bewildered enemy, taken unawares, made a half-hearted attempt to stem the onrushing Britons. The battle was an innovation for the western front, for it was begun without any preliminary artillery work. Upon the army 'tanks rested the responsibility for victory or defeat, and trey , fulfilled all expectations. The Iron giants went throuph the tremen dous line of barbed-wire entangle ments in front of the main Hindenj burpf positions and on over the trenches as though they were on parade. Teuton Fire Slackens. " The tanks started forward at 6:20 "clock and by 11:30 the British infan tiy, which had swarmed into the holes made by the mighty engines, was en gaging the enemy in open fighting along the Hindenburg support line back of the main defenses at many points. Up to noon today there had been no hard fighting and the Ger man artillery fire had been very weak. The Gerpians surrendered freely In numerous places and several hundred were brought In during the first few hours of fighting. Two attempted counter Attacks were smashed by the British infantry In the early hours, one In a tunnel trench near Bullecourt, the other at Havrin court Park, where one company of Germans essayed an advance. The tanks this afternoon, followed by infantry, were continuing their Journey into enemy territory. Attack: AYaa Surprise. Prisoners admit ruefully that the at tack was a surprise to them and caught many of them in their dugouts. The t-ecrecy with which the British made their preparations was one of the most Rtriking features of the offensive. Guns, tanks and troops were moved Into the Cambrai sector at night and carefully hidden during the day. Nearly a score of guns are reported to have been captured. N The British are pushing on toward Cantaing, three miles southwest of Cnmbral. Northwest of Marcoing the high ground known as Premy Chap-pelle- has been fought over and the Germans have, been forced to with draw. Advance Well Arranged. Up to the actual hour of the British attack there were momenta when great stillness reigned over the battle front. and it seemed impossible that within a. short time the line would be a seeth tng cauldron. At 6:20 o'clock a long line of tanks, distributed over a wide front, started forward at the same time, the British Infantry on either eide of the land monitors making threats at the German line. Within a few seconds the entire en emy front for a distance of many miles was flaming with variegated signal which called frantically for help from the German gunners in the rear. Red green, white and blue lights shot up In every direction and the rockets . showered a myriad of stars down through the gloom, like a mammoth display of fireworks. h fllsmay or the Germans was I Lira --vJL"" ,,,JI-, '-v i i t - . "ffi ' ........i.itiHB,w.jr.ii.w.w.l......iii . ... i. in ... .;-!.' .". v;y .sw.-KKuatumctx' I WtHRR&t6M04m0LmJmti&B0&Rjfipp0tottoit&ktt, I ai Wwns B jjjjaa aaj, Mill mt 111, I Irall laManMartlMnl 111 haB fSIR DOUGLAS IIAIG. Photo Copyright by Underwood, e most recent picture of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Halg, commander-in-chief of the British forces iu France, which has Just arrived In this country. isvan extremely fine characteristic picture of the great British military leader, who Is driving the Germans back, aided by Sir Julian Byng. Histeed is a marvel and his thoroughbred breeding is delineated in every line. Horse and man are a pair of thoroughbreds. Dandruffy Heads Become Hairless If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don't. It doesn't do ynuch good to try to brush or wash It out. The only sure Way to get rid of dandruff Is to dissolve it. then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon: apply It at night when retiring; ise enough to moisten the scalp and rub iff in gently with the fin ger tips. By morning most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every sin gle sign ana trace or jt. You will find, too. that all itching and digging or tne scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It Is inexpensive and four ounces is all you will need, no matter how much dandruff you have. This simple remedy never falls. Adv. blaxed across the sky as clearly in this unforgettable whirlwind of pyrotech-1 nics as .though their higher command had announced it officially. Their guns came into actioYi. first one, then half a dozen, then scores, but their fire was weak. They were not prepared for such an eventuality or they would have shown it in their military work". The British guns soon began to break the silence on their side, cot in the form of barrage fire, but in counter battery work. Meanwhile the tanks rolled on over what waa virtually a virgin battlefield. Move Carefully Planned. For weeks the process of concen trating men and guns for this great attack had been going on, and so care fully had It been done that compara tively few officers In the British army knew what was occurring. It was a startling move (on the part of Field Marshal Haig to open battle so quickly on a quiet part of the line, far removed from the cockpit of Europe around i pres. For many months there had been nothing more than occasional raids, with now and then a flurry of artillery fire in the Cambrai sector. This morning before daybreak things were moving along atmueh the same pace. ine izermans naa evincea some nervousness during the night and for a few minutes about 6:30 o'clock in the morning dropped a barrage along a section where it probably appeared that the British might be planning a raid. The enemy presumably had been look ing for' something of this nature, but that , they did not expect a battle was clearly evident. Charge Made Suddenly. The correspondent reached a point near the British line a little after 6 o'clock. At that hour there was very little artillery work on either side. Machine guns occasionally broke out with thelrstaccato bark as sentries on one side or" the other thought they saw head over a trench top. Then came a period of absolute still ness. Suddenly the long line or .Brit ish tanks moved forward and in a moment the variegated signal lights of the Germans shot high in the air. The British troops came out of their shelters and, with fixed bayonets and grenades, followed the tanks swiftly toward the enemy barriers. Smoke Screen Tut Vp. The ground was firm and covered with long grass. There were few big shell holes, such as are to be seen in Flanders, for comparatively little artil lery work had been done against this sector. It was ideal going for the big land monitors and they made the most of it. As they started - forward the British put a heavy screen of smoke up all about them, so that it was Impos sible to see them many yards away. The tanks reached the German out post line in front of the main line and. without stopping," surged through it toward the barbed-wire entanglements. their guns working steadily all the while. Here was a point where it had been feared they might encounter dif ficulties, but they did not. They crashed through the barbed wire and by 7:29 the British infantry were go ing through the gaps thus made. German Mines Blown Vp. At 7:47 the Infantry, operating Just west of Havrlncourt, had swarmed up the elevation known as Mount Vesu vius. A few minuses later this knoll was blown up, having been mined by the Germans. At 8:34 seven tanks and Infantry were seen in the Havrlncourt station. In evacuating Havrlncourt the Germans did comparatively little dam age und the place had not suffered greatly from shell fire. It is In much better condition than many of the towns which saw the bitter fighting of the Somme last year. Few, if any, German - airplanes ventured over the British lines this morning. There waa con siderable fog, and, this, added to the smoke barrage, made observa tion practically impossible for them. British airplanes, however, were oper ating in large numbers, flying in most cases within a few yards of the ground. The fighting was still continuing this afternoon. HUNS AVOID TRIP Americans Plan Ambuscade in No Man's Land. vember 9 were eight, aa follows: Pneu monia, 3; heart disease, 1; wounds re ceived In action 3; from accidental gunshot wounds, I. progrea of the War. GERMANS FAIL TO APPEAR Oougli Gives Warning of Presence of IT. S. Soldiers on Another Occasion, Bringing Shower of German Bullets. CBy the Associated Pr8 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday. Nov. 20. Only the fact that the Germans failed to ven ture into No Man's Land on a -recent night saved them from an American surprise. One hundred and sixty men of the first battalion to enter ,the trenches for a week were given spe cial training, and after being trans ported to the front, crawled across No Man's JLand and took positions in front of and in the German wire entangle ments at a point where it had been discovered the enemy came out every night. Eacl? man had been trained in a spe cial task,, and the entire unit had re hearsed the part it intended to play under conditions similar to that in front of the German lines. . The Amer icans reached the position soon after dark and remained in waiting all night, but not one German appeared either there, oras far as Is known, at any place In No Man's Land. The plan was to allow several groups of 10 to 15 Germans to emerge and meet at a rendezvous. Then the Americans would fall upon the enemy and repay them fully for recent trench raids. A cold which a soldier caught In the trenches brought him a wound in the hand and gave warning to a German patrol of an ambuscade on another night. An American patrol had ar ranged an ambush near a shell-ruined farmhouse in No Man's Iand. Several of the Americans had colds and coughs, but managed to control them. Finally, when the shadowy forms of an enemy patrol were seen approaching, one of the Americans couched. The enemy pa trol promptly disappeared toward its own lines, from which there soon after ward came a hail of macjnine-gjn bul lets, one hitting the man who had coughed. The staff officers recently had a nar row escape while walking along a road in the rear of the lines. They heard the whizz of an' enemy shell and Jumped, thinking It was close by, when the projectile came down in the center of. the road on either side of which they were walking. The first American regimental col ors to be carried on the battiefront in France have been returned to regimen tal headquarters. Written on it in ink over the signature of the French com mander.ia a certification that this was the first flag to reach the front lines. The flag did not fly at the front, as no flags are exhibited there. It actual ly was carried, however, to a dugout tn the rear of the second line, remain ing there several days. The great Hindenburg defense line, upon which the German eemmander-in-chief had bullded his hopes of hold ing the British from inroads into the open territory beyond, has been smashed. And the task apparently was an easy one. . Attacking over a front of 32 miles, extending from the Scarpe River east of Arras to St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig, with his English. Scotch, Irish and Welsh troops, has made one of the most rapid and spectacular drives of the war, catching the Germans com pletely by surprise, capturing numer ous positions which were regarded as impregnable and taking thousands of prisoners and numerous guns. Teutons, Driven Back to Iast Line of Defense in These Parts, Are Reported to Be Stiffen ing. Resistance. BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. Nov. 21. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The advance of the British army against the Germans was continuing this afternoon. The towns of Masnlero, Marcoing, Klbscourt. Hav rlncourt. Graincourt and Flesqulrea all were behind the British advancing line and the cavalry, which Is co-operating with the tanks and rendering in valuable service, was drawing in toward the Bourlon wood, west of Cambrai. About 6000 German prisoners were in the British cages this morning as a re sult of yesterday's attack in the Cam brai sector and nearly a score of guns were captured. Today the troops which poured through the gaps torn in the Hinden burg line by the tanks were making good progress in mopping up the ene my territory west and southwest of Cambrai. The Germans this morning appeared to have stiffened their resistance and were reported to be fighting with more determination on their last line of de fense in these parts. The correspondent early today passed the main Tllndenhurg line near Hav rincojrt. The paths of the tanks through the great mass of barbed wire before this line could be clearly fol lowed. In many places the tanka had torn the obstructions away completely, leaving wide gaps which were entirely free for the troops to pass through. The German trenches and rugouts were in a state of confusion which showed plainly the haste with which the enemy abandoned this famous ditch. There was little artillery work on the German side In this section this morning and No Man's Land, where one would not have dared to show his head yesterday, this morning was quiet except for the British consolidation operations which were being carried out rapidly. Roads are being pushed through with great speed to keep pace with the advance. - .. . :: . w f - i ah -swsaan- ah Ev . Seats Tlmf f ' ' l5c .VSm. , V x All All I nif Va M .... lit -i f H vv ' rj: i x - - . inn - fv A J . Forced by Imperative Demand to Continue This . Great Play Till Saturday PRIZE EXHIBITS PLEASE G. II. Wlilttaker Given Highest Award for Display of Apples. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund, money if it fails. 25c Santiseptic Boon to M others. Bootbes and relle-v.s cb.fed, lrritatpd skin, of In fant. Keps skin frh, and swet. Fine foe babj's tender skia. 60c. All druggists, Adv. DE SAULLES JURY LACKS 2 Panel of 5 0 Names Drawn; Jurors' Box 3Iay Be Filled Today. MINEOLA, N.- T-, Nov. 21. A new panel of 50 names was drawn today from which It is expected the jury will be completed tomorrow for the trial of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles for the mur der of her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles. on August 3. But two seats in the jury box re main to be filled,, and taking of evi dence probably will begin tomorrow. Alleged Draft Evaders Tried. SEATTLE, Nov. 21. Submission of evidence in the case against James A. McHugh, a farmer of Auburn, Wash, said by officials to be wealthy, his son. John Edwin McHugh. and James Gor don, who are charged with conspiring to violate tha selective service apt was begun today by Federal prosecutors in the United States District Court, here. HEALTH CONDITIONS GOOD Americans in France Receive Best of Medical Attention. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Health con ditions among the American soldiers in France are shown. In a table prepared at Surgeon-General Gjrgas' office to day, based upon reports for the week ending November 9. Following is the estimate of the percentage of cases of principal diseases per 1000 men per year: ' Pneumonia, 16.6; dysentery, 2; malaria, 1; venereal disease, 181.5; typhoid, 0; para-typhoid, 0; measles, 21.7; meningitis, 1: scarlet fever, 1.9. Total deaths for the week ending ,No- The apex of the offensive apparently Is centered on the important railway junction of Cambrai, midway between Arras and St. yuentin. Here, having taken the towns of Marcoing.' Anneux, Graincourt and Novelles, the victorious troops at last accounts were nearing Cambrai with its railroad lines and roadways branching out toward all the main points of the compass. The latest advices indicate that the British have not yet teased their at tack, but with monster tanks leading the way, followed by infantry and ma chine gun detachments, are pressing fcrward for further conquest. Syncnfonously to the south around St. Quentin and east of that point In the Aisne region, the French have be gun an offensive. It doUbtless has the object of pushing back the Germans eastward in the former sector and ncrthward in the latter region toward Laon, strategic moves which, if suc cessful, doubtless would compel that part of the German line north of St. Quentin. which is still Intact, to fall back -eastward. The British drive was begun with out the usual artillery prelude and aa the tanks and infantrymen made their way through the wire entanglements and pressed into the German first po sitions, the surprised enemy began sending up myriads of signal rockets calling for assistance. Whether aid was rushed up is not definitely known, but seemingly the surprised Germans fled In disorder, leaving all kinds of equipment behind, and in most cases did not even take tAne, as is usual, to apply the torch to villages they evacuated. The British casualties were extremely- light, while German dead covered tha giound. , Reports indicate that the depth of the penetration in the region of Cam brai has exceeded five miles and that one point at least, the troops swept on five miles beyond the German lines, ccpturing additional villages. The of fensive was under direct command of General Sir Julian Hedworth Byng, and Ganeral John J. Pershing, Commander- in-Chief of the American forces in France, was an interested observer. An Indication that the Germans' for tified line has been passed by the Brit 1th at some points is the entry of the cavalry into the fray. Not since the famous retreat of the Germans along the Ancre and the Somme in the Spring of the present year have the ioriemen. been engaged. At that time they per formed valiant service In harrassing the retreating columns and in round ing up prisoners. Meanwhile the Italians everywhere are holding the Teutonic allied Invad ers along the Piave River and in the hilly region from the -upper reaches of that stream to Lake Garda. No where has the enemy been able to gain additional ground. On tha con trary, violent attacks in the hilly country have been repulsed with heavy casualties. Probably owing to previous Ineffec tual attempts to dislodge the defend ers, the enemy has not renewed his at tacks against Monte Tombu. and Monte Ferna and vital points barring the way to an invasion of the Venetian plain from the north. On the coastal front Italian and Brit ish warships are bombarding; enemy positions. Still further progress has been made by the British in Palestine, the line of General Allenby now having been driven to , points five miles northwest and plx miles west of Jerusalem. CHEHALIS. Wash., Nov. 51. (Spe cial.) Awards of the exhibits of farm products at the Chehalis National Bank in this city were made today. The dis play this year is not as large as in previous years, being limited to apples and potatoes. t G. Is. Whittaker, who won first prize on apples last year, also won the high est award this season. He had the finest .plat of apples at the show. They were Winter Banana. He also won second prise on Northern Spies. In the potato display, Mrs. M. C. Kaschke, of Adna, won first prize with an ex hibit of Burbank potatoes, and C W. Holland, of Riverside, won second with Netted Gems. ONLY 3 DAYS MORE i ANN PENNINGTON ITUDE IX ANTICS OF ANN A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE A Surprise to Everybody. Your Neighbor. Ask S J I i II the Merrimac, so the torpedo plane may be the effective answer to the submarine." , U-BOAT DESTROYER HOPED Torpedo Plane May Prove Kffective Against Submarine Menace. BOSTON, Nov. 21. Hop that the torpedo plane may prove to be the effective answer to the German sub marine menace was expressed by its Inventor. Rear-Admiral Bradley A. Flske, before the members of the Aero Club of New England here tonight. Perhaps It is not too late to bring against the Germans a new weapon. the torpedo plane; perhaps it may be permitted to us to hope that as the Monitor was the effective answer tc Colds CanM Headache and Grip LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE rvnovea th cause. There 1 only on "Bromo Qui nine." E. W. 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