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3 BRITISH ROUT HUNS Ofl 32-MILE FRONT MAP SHOWS WONDERFUL PROGRESS MADE IN BRITISH NEW DRIVE, WHICH HAS PIERCED GERMAN LINES FROM 4 TO 6 MILES ON LONG WESTERN FRONT. SKAGGERAK FIGHT CLEVERLY PLANNED Deposit Youf Liberty Bond in Our Credit Office Buy to Its tull Amount No Time Lim ( ! 8 c) Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" Troops Push Forward From 4 to 6 Miles and City of ' Cambrai Is Menaced. Smashing Blow Dealt Huns' Ships by Small British Naval Contingent. 5000 GERMANS CAPTURED BATTLE IS FOUGHT IN FOG TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917. Smash Takes Place on Line From St. Quentlit ?farth to River Scarpe, and Hindenburg Line Fails Huns Surprised. (Continued From First PagM Benavis and Lateau wood after stiff fighting. "Knglish rifle regiments and light In fantry captured La Vacquerie and the formidable defenses on the spur known as Welsh ridge. Other English county troops stormed the village of Ribecourt and fought their way through Couillett wood. "Highland territorial-" battalions crossed the Grand Ravine and entered Fleisquieres, -where fierce fighting took place. The West Riding terri torials captured Havrincourt and the German trench systems north of the village, while the Ulster Battalions, covering the latter's left flank, moved northwards up the west bank of the Canal Du Nord. Advance la Continued. Later in the morning our advance was continued and rapid progress was made at all points. English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh Battalions secured the cross ings on the Canal at Masnieres and captured Marcoing and Neuf wood. "The West Riding troops, who had taken Havrincourt made remarkable progress east of the Canal Du Nord, storming, the villages of Graincourt and Anneux and with the Ulster troops operating to the west of the canal, carried the whole German line north ward to the Bapaume-Cambrai road. "West Lancashire territorials broke into the enemy's positions east of Epehy and Irish troops have captured important sections of the Hindenburg line between Bullecourt and Fontaine Les Croisilles. "The number of prisoners, guns and material captured cannot yet be esti mated. Heavy Rain Falling. "The spell of fine, dull weather which favored our preparations for our attacks broke early yesterday, a heavy rain fell during the night and the weather is now stormy." iThe British drive covers a part ol the field of last year's offensive on the Somme and the section of the Arras battle front south of Arras. The British center in this thrust is nearly opposite Cambrai, the Important Ger man base and railway center, from which the British line on the Bapaume Cambrai road was about nine miles distant as it had stood for several months past. The main force of the push Just launched is apparently aimed at Cambrai, along this road. What is known as the Hindenburg line was established by the German command last Spring when the famous "strategic retreat" on the Somme front was carried out. It was a supposedly impregnable barrier. Line 'ot Impregnable. The British and French, however, showed in the Arras battle last Spring and in the French drive on the Aisne front that the line was by no means a bar to their progress and serious in roads were made upon it in various at tacks on both these fronts. No definite break, however, sufficient to permit the penetration of a large force which could debouch for large field opera tions had ever been effected. N The British movement in Its earls- phases gives the appearance of being me most ambitious that has been undertaken by them on the western front since the creation of their new armies gave them the power to strike effective blows. The attack came at most without warning, the only premoni- ory symptoms being a series of some what elaborate trench raids. Even the rather extensive operations In this sector reported last night by the British War Office, which the Ger man staff announced it ha.d taken measures to meet, gave hardly a hint that a push in any such force or over such a wide extent of. front was in prospect. Teutons Are Surprised. There has been little speculation over the possibility of a British attack in force on the western front this Fall in any area other than that of Flan ders, where' the main British effort for several months past has been expand efi. Even here the lateness of the sea son and the difficult nature of the ground, at this time of year particu larly, seemed to give little basis for expectation of anything . more than local strokes. It has been apparent, however, that German attention was largely centered on the Italian front, where the mili tary move in force intended to crush Italy Is now in full swing. Admittedly, numbers of German troops had been sent to the Italian front, but the as sumption has been that these had been largely drawn rrom me Jttussiam front, where the collapse of the Russian mil itary machine had made it unnecessary DO YOU WORK INDOORS Then you need a winter tonic to keep up your blood-strength and nerve-force. For nearly fifty years physicians have prescribed Jem ULSlOtl, for the Germans to maintain much more than trench garrisons. It is considered possible, however. that the British secret service had knowledge of a weakening of the Ger man front in the west by the with drawal of highly-trained, experienced troops to give backbone to the push in Northern Italy, an opportunity thus be rg afforded to catch the Germans un aware and hit them a crushing blow while their strategic reserve in the Franco-Belgian war area was depleted. The element of surprise, the reports reveal, was a large factor In the initial British success, as, contrary to the almost invariable rule in this war, there was no advance preparation by the British artillery, the troops going over the top" and falling upon an enemy apparently without any expec tation that ho was about to be attacked. because it is a true food and an active tonic, easily digested and free from alcohoL If you are run down, if night finds you tired and sleep is not refreshing, by all means get Scott's Emulsion today. You Keett It ecott&BOTvme, Woomfield.N.J. 17-U CfW.i ,,f QBeaumont "Wat-trt 6 V " f '.-.4?2S?C jigi4tfc'i)"i trHoy' wr-itV" Ma'routtli0 Sjs e Htndtdourt o ' - " a' JrfXZ v o "t 7 A'at-f- ,57?V Srn - r iff , AHlL- rp-Jrui,rn erittr o glftipQUrTie Jtgotmccurt J irowjr Mf ifK) IV 1 "49 ? -rx, erW'A &l J rt?7,.;, J 1 ""'iRtZiior "43 IX N 1 a4"l UciViV """"Ml HorheurTK t&W0 ercon DOTTED LIVE INDICATES FIELD MARSHAL HAIO'S FORMER STAND) HEAVY LINE, AVHERE TROOl'S NOW ARE KltiHTING FIERCELY. BOOKS NEEDED FOR BOXES Vancouver Red Cross Busy Prepar ing Gifts for Sailors. VAXCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) Good books for the sailor boys to read are wanted by the local chap ter of the Red Cross, which is now busy packing 133 Christmas boxes. One book to the box is packed, so 13s books will be needed to complete the consignment. When the sailor has read the book he will pass It on to a friend, and in this way a large circulating library 111 be built up. Clarke County walnuts also will be packed in the boxes, and those having ny to contribute are asked to leave them at the Red Cross headquarters. ALLY VICTORY STIRS Washington Cautious in Com menting on British Push. SURPRISE PHASE INTEREST Hinted With GIGANTIC BATTLE RAGES (Continued From First Pag-e.) Chilblains TO Cl'RE IN ONE NIGHT U5K Blainine BO Cents at All Drug: Store or IMrec Pootpnld. E. 3JON McCBAHY, R. P"H Llvermore, California. deadly fire was opened on both sides. nd the Austrians were mowed down in heaps. Anntran Resistance Broken. It was then that the rout began. The Austrian resistance was broken. At Sera Mill, where the enemy had a brief lodgment, he was forced back until he was driven to the brink of the river and then into the water. The Austrians were bayoneted and killed or captured. A Colonel 18 miles farther down trje river told of a similar fight when the Austrians attempted to cross in boats from their positions near Calvecchla. 'Our men are absolutely determined." he said. "Their determination to hold the river line is based on experience. You should have seen them yesterday when the Austrians tried to cross in boats right there," he added, pointing to the stretch where the river "widens. 'Our men remained silent while they saw the. boats - loading and going to midstream. Then they opened with machine guns and rifles. The boats and men were torn to pieces before they got another 20 feet. Not a man was left alive and all the boats sank. No, you may depend upon It, tbey will never pass." Italian Are Confident. The appearance of the men fully confirmed the Colonel's estimate of their determination. They looked to be in perfect condition with that fine calm and confidence' which come from high morale and sureness. The officer gave the correspondent an opportunity to go along the defenses at this point, which are highly important as a part of the works encircling Venice. It was not a pleasant experience, as shells were tearing the air and there was a steady rattle from the sharpshooters. Immediately along the west bank of the river ran an earthen breastworks. It was a terrific tangle for the enemy to face If he ever got across. From a loophole the Piave could be seen spreading out below with the Austrian lines on the eastern bank. The flash of the enemy's rifles came from windows of farmhouses and from the low bushes along the shore, and the sound of their bullets showed they were striking very near. " Fleet' Gnns Are Heard. Passing through Mestre, three miles from Venice, a heavy rumble of bom bardment was heard from the fleet and the Venice coast batteries. Deep de tonations could be distinguished about every five seconds, and then the salvo of many guns, sounding like a broad side. v Farther on the correspondent passed one of the royal palaces overlooking the Brenta Canal, which here is wide as the Thames, with a stately high bank. The King was not there being at headquarters, whence he makes daily visits to the front, mov lng about ouitly and modestly. The roads were no longer blocked with refugees. The civilians have re covered from their first panic Many women and children just back of the Piave have been under a rain of shells. Officers said the Austrians were not shelling the houses, or peasants, hop ing to make use of them, but that if the Piave line held definitely the enemy would end the present security of the peasants by destroying all houses and crops and laying the region waste. That Germans Were Caught Insufficient Ammunition. Hope Is That Enemy Forces In Italy AV111 Be Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Official Washington was deeply stirred today as press bulletins began to unfold the scope of the smashing victory on the western front. While army officers were cautious in commenting on the significance of the drive in the absence of official re ports, it was evident that officials re garded this as the greatest blow dealt the Germans since the war started. They were escpecially inspired by the dash and power displayed by Field Marshal Haig's great war machine. There were hints in some quarters of previous information indicating that a shortage of ammunition contributed to the German defeat. According to this view, the German western line has been stripped of ammunition reserve and men from the strategic reserves to build up the machine which rolled back the Italian line. British Daring Admired. The German high command, it was said in this connection, had counted ab solutely upon Winter and French and British forces transferred to support the shaken Italian lines as making im possible any major offensive on the western front at this time. The daring displayed by the British In launching their assault without ar tillery preparation was commented on by the officers. It is the first time an assault upon thoroughly organized trench lines has ever been made ex cept after the guns haveb lasted a way through for the infantry. The use of the tanks to clear away barbed wier entanglements and other strongs points also was a novel procedure. The suc cess of the movement probably depends wholly upon the complete surprise which was possible only by moving for ward without the usual artillery fire. Surprise Element Interests. Officers here have discussed fre quently the possibility of restoring the element of surprise attack in trench operations. Some have held that with out destruction of the barbed wire en tanglement with high explosive shells the infantry would be halted on its first rush. The use of the tanks solved this problem for the British. There was much speculation tonight as to the immediate motive for the at tack. Officers were in agreement that it was designed to relieve pressure on the Italian front and probably also to prevent the carrying out of any plans the Germans might have had for an attack" on the Salonikl front. Some officers hre were hopeful tht the drive would have the immediate effect of compelling the German high comman dto abandon the Italian cam paign or so reducing its forces there that the combined Italian, British and French armies could drive the Teutons back Into the mountains. Action Speedy One, Practically in German Water, and Shows Contrast .Between British and Teuton Methods. . , (Correspondence of Associated ""Press.) BASE OF BRITISH GRAND FLEET, Nov. 9. The recent naval action In the CattjOgat, where the British sank a German cruiser and 10 armed patrol ships, is an example, of the carefvl planning which lies behind every move on the naval chart. A comparatively insignificant force of British destroy ers and light cruisers were the actual stage performers in the little Skag gerak drama. The actual fight In the Cattegat be gan about 7 o'clock In the morning and was over three hours later. The Ger man fleet, behind its fortifications, re ceived the callsfor help, but dared .not take a chance, probably knowing that any attempt to send out help would be confronted with enemies rising out of the sea from all directions. Battle Fouarfct In Fog, The Cattegat Is a deep bay lying be tween Denmark and Sweden and lead ing out through the Skaggerak lnto.the North Sea near the scene of the famous Jutland battle. A fog lay over the en tire Cattegat throughout the action and the British destroyers picked up their victims one by one and sank them. The German auxiliary cruiser Marie, which was leading the fleet of patrol boats, was a ship of 3000 tons. Her captain, Herr Lauterbach, was wounded but reached the Danish shore safely. His ship, which had four guns and a crew of 90, was "suddenly attacked." he said. In an interview with a Danish news paper man afterwards, "by a fleet of British destroyers and the shells fired by them descended with such rapidity that the men on the Marie were almost unable to use the guns. Only a few shots were fired before the ship was a mass of flames." Captain Most I'npopular. British and American naval men who have been on the China station In years past will remember Captain Lauter bach. He was known from Shanghai to Vladivostok as "Baron Munchausen," and is said to have been the most un popular German naval officer in the Far East. His unpopularity extended even to his own men, and In the Catte gat battle, the first remark made by a German bluejacket rescued from the sea was a fervently expressed hope that the British had not made the mistake of rescuing his Captain. Lauterbach'a naval reputation prob ably will suffer somewhat from the Cat tegat battle. His report "that he fired his guns as long as possible is denied by his own men, who declared that Lauterbach was "seized with funk" as soon as the enemy appeared and that not a single shot was fired from the Marie's guns. Klre I Well Directed. Presumably -the Marie was making herway towards the trade route be tween Norway and Scotland, in hopes or repeating the successful German at tack on the British convoy on October 17. The British commander concen trated his fire first of all on the Marie and then detached his fastest vessels to round up the escorting patrol ves sels. This was thoroughly done after hunt lasting nearly three hours. This action, it should be remembered, oc curred In waters which the Germans regard as practically one of their "in land seas." The Cattegat is the gate way to the Baltic. The scene of the fight is 500 miles from the nearest British coast, but less than 200 miles from Kiel. German Raid Recalled. An Interesting comparison might be made between this clean victory by the British destroyers and the tip-and-run raid Dy tne uerman ngnt cruisers on a British convoy ten October 17. The Germans sent out two of their fastest cruisers In the darkness, struck their blow in nervous haste in the early morning hours, not even pausing to rescue a single life of hundreds of combatants and non-combatans, then ran away northward to spend the re maining hours of daylight in hiding and when night fell, dashed down the Nor wegian coast and thus returned home without being intercepted. On the occasion of the British victory the fight occurred, not in the North Sea, but on Germany's doorstep; not at night, but in daylight; not hurriedly or nervously, for 64 prisoners were taken, drowning men rescued from the water, thus providing another vivid contrast between German and British methods of warfare. Moreover, no non-combat ant lives were lost or endangered in the British action, whereas the Germans ruthlessly and unnecessarily sacrificed scores of innocent neutrals. I 1 0-Year Sentence Imposed. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) Charles Earl, 26, of Cottage Grove, was today sentenced by Circuit Judge Skip- worth to serve from one to ten years in the penitentiary for an offense against a 14-year-old girl. Earl's first trial about three weeks ago resulted in a disagreement of the Jiiry. He was con victed as a result of a trial concluded Friday night. Phone gonlan. your Main want 7070. ads to A 6095. The Ore- MARSHFIELD MAN NAMED Charles 'McKhight Is Deputy Cnlted States District Attorney. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) Attorney C. F. McKnight. of Marshfleld, has been appointed by the Attorney-General, as assistant United States District Attorney, under United States Attorney Reames, of Portland, to whom he will report. He will have jurisdiction over Coos and Curry coun ties and will investigate all activities of the I. W. W. or others who are re ported as disloyal to the Government. It is likely a Deputy United States Marshal will also . be named for the locality. - The action is said to be due to the fact that Government vessels and other war supplies are being manufactured on Coos Bay. 77 I Great Today First Day Thanksgiving of Our Sales of Imported Chinaware A wonderful opportunity to buy beautiful GENUINE THEODORE HA VI LAND LIMOGES CHINA for your Thanksgiving dinner. That is the year's one feast for which the housewife prides herself upon her snowy linens and lovely dinnerware. For gifts and for your own use you'd better investigate this sale of w THEODORE HAVILAND LIMOGES CHINA AT SPECIAL PRICES Beautiful, thin French China, decorated in dainty spray designs, with coin gold handles traced. A LIMITED NUMBER OF SETS in these three assortments, but all have open stocks to draw from. i o I ! 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Sheridan, proprietor of a Tacoma soft drink establishment, he was arrested by the police charged with having alco holic beverages in his possession and 100 gallons of hard cider were seized. James Breen, his assistant, is held charged with selling liquor to a soldier. The chemists said that the cider con tained nearly 20 per cent alcohol. Four Bootleggers Caught. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., November 21. (Special.) Four local bootleggers were overhauled and arrested Sunday about seven miles this side of the Cali fornia line as they sped from Dorris, Cal., to this city with two automobiles loaded with various brands of wet goods. The four arrested were Fred Bamber, of this city: John Lund, Ed Mortlnson and Iver Anderson. They pleaded Monday. guilty and were sentenced TWO C1III.DRBX HAD CROUP. The two children of J. W. Nix. mer chant. Cleveland, Ga., had croup last Winter. One was a boy of 6, the other a girl of 8 years. 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