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THE 3IORXTXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, NOVE3IRER 24, 1917. GENERAL Ifl PERSON LEADS TANK ATTACK some were overturned by shell fire and others were bogged. One of two bur ied their noses in the soft earth or turned over in trying to climb down steep banks. One fell into a canal, but it is evident that the great majority plunged 'ahead unhindered. HUNS AND BRITONS 1 oT Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" HALT FOB BREATH Leviathans Demolish Defenses of Helpless Foe Single Machine Takes Town. CREDIT GIVEN ALL ARMS Most Xotable Achievement Is Sav ing, of Life and Ammunition. ' Casualties Among Crews of Cars Are Almost Nil. (By the Associated Press.) BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IX FRANCE, Thursday. Nov. 22. The Impression which existed in the minds of many soldiers that the British tanks were freaks of little value as instru ments of war is being wiped out on ac count of the achievements of the grreat army of these mighty engines which on Tuesday morning broke through the wain Hindenburg line and carried the war miles into enemy territory. The work which the tnks did on that first day and have been doing ever .vines is one of the most striking fea tures of the war. It cannot be said Ihey are alone responsible for the tre mendous victory won by the British. for infantry, artillery and cavalry all liave played their part. Nevertheless the tanks drove the entering wedge without which this triumph probably would have been impossible. Barbed Wire Vaninhes. In & few hours they tore' to shreds lines of barbed wire, the demolition of which by a. concentration of artillery w-ould have required many days. Fuk thermore their employment made pos sible the arrangement of the secret at tack which would have been out of the question had the artillery been brought into play. The tanks have demonstrated fully their power of saving the lives of men and in conserving ammunition. The casualties among the infantry which followed the tanks into action were exceedingly light. The correspondent lias heard that two battalions, for in stance, had- only one casualty each and that another suffered the loss of only three men. The casualties among the crews of the tanks also were very light. It is impossible to say how many tanks "were in. action, but there were several Jiundred, and out of all the men who went forward in them it appears fewer "than 20 were killed and fewer than 100 vounded. The performance of the tanks was the more remarkable because there was only a short time to prepare for their use. Some of the tanks were veterans, tut many had never been in an en gagement before, and the crews lacked actual fighting experience. Petrol Moved Secretly. In addition, a great amount of work was done to get the tanks into posi tion and bring forward their fuel. Many Jiundred tons of petrol were brought up secretly and stored pending the at tack. The advance of the tanks with their peneral leading the way in a monitor flying his flag was the most impressive sight imaginable. For miles they were lined up along the British front, and when they started forward it wa like a great ceremonial parade. Back of them came the infantry, giving the final touch to the picture. They crushed their way through barbed wire easily, tearing great gaps for the infantry and it was not until they had made a considerable advance that strong resistance was encountered. The stiffest fighting was at Lateau Wood, south of Masnieres. There the tanks engaged a number of German field and heavy guns and won the day against them. One tank deliberately charged a 5.9-inch gun and cleaned out its crews with its machine guns. One Tank Taken Town. Cantaing fell before one tank which Tiever had seen action until that time. It charged into the village, making it untenable by the vigorous action of its truns. Twelve tanks led the way into Warcoing. Their crews previously had studied maps and been assigned posts and th tanks went about the business methodically, each one taking -up the position designated. At Ribecourt the tanks arrived just AS the Germans were sitting down to breakfast.' The crews of the tanks got their morning meal from the food pre pared for the enemy. These are not the only places which tanks assisted in taking. They1 have been swarming over the whole great territory annexed by the British, and when the full story of their exploits is told it will make remarkable history. TANK 'CASUALTIES' SLIGHT Some Are Knocked Out by Big Guns and Few Turn Over. LONDON, Nov. 23. Nothing has been announced here officially or unoffi cially concerning the number of ma chines constituting the "grand fleet" of tanks employed in Tuesday's advance, but the number apparently has been greater than in any one previous action. Casualties of the tanks are described as slight. One writer says that "a number" were knocked out by direct hits from German big guns. Another says that Victrolas and Records What will bring to your home any thlnc Ilka af much Joy. pleas ure, good cheer and Inspiration as a Vlctrola? Make your selection XOWr Don't wait for tha Christmas rush. B a y pay- . ment tar ma If de- 'siretf. G. F. Johnson piano Co. 147-149 SIXTH STREET. PACKARD MEHL1X BOND PIAJVOS. Beauty. There is an old saying: that beauty is only skin deep, but that is far from the truth. Beauty is founded oh grood health without that there is no real beauty. You can cover up a muddy or sallow complexion with face powder, but it will not be beautiful. A homely woman in good health is usually more interesting- and more charming than a bilious dyspeptic beauty. Constipation and a sluggish liver impair good looks. If you are troubled in this way take unamDeriain s Tablets and you will soon be looking better and feeling bet ter. Av. GENERAL BYXG IS PROMOTED Bells Ring All Over Britain In Cele bration of Victories. LONDON, Nov. 23. King George has promoted Lieutenant-General Byng to the rank of General, in recognition of his distinguished service in the recent operations. Bells rang in London and the prov inces today for the first time since the war began, in commemoration of Brit ish victories. The sun broke through the heavy mist which enveloped Lon don and its environs" early in the day almost at the same time that the mas sive chimes of St. Paul's and-the bells of other churches, began to peal forth their chorus in celebration of achieve ments of the British forces in France and Palestine. It was the first sunshine of many days, and seemed to reflect in the faces of thousands of civilians and soldiers and sailors in the streets their confi dence that the clouds which have been hanging over Europe for more than three years were breaking. One of -the features of the occasion was the ringing of the bells of the Peters.D'orough Cathedral, which had been silent for years. In London, Liverpool and other cities the flags of the allies contributed im pressively to the picture. NEW BATTLE IN PROGRESS Berlin Reports Engagement in VI , cinity of Cambral. ' BERLIN. via London. Nov. 23. A new battle is in progress, in the Cam bral area. Army Headquarters an nounced today. The fighting broke out anew this morning in the direction of Moeuvres. TROOP TRANSPORT 0. K. AS MAX Y AMERICANS OVERSEAS AS WAR. DEPARTMENT EXPECTED. Statement of Number of Men In France Not to Be Made During War; Cen sorship to Be Eaaed. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Arrival of American troops in France has kept pace with th expectation of the War Department, Secretary Baker said to night lit the first statement he has ever authorized in connection with the progress being ' made in increasing General Pershing's forces. Mr. Baker declined, however, to state the num ber of troops forwarded or to indicate whether he anticipated delay from this time. Movement of the forces, he said, depended on two elements the train ing and equipment .of the mn and the availability of ships. "As fast as they are ready, ships and men will be combined." the Secretary said. "As many American troops are now overseas as we expected in the beginning to have overseas at this time." Mr. Baker indicated that an official statement of the number of American troops in France was not to be expected at any time during the war. He caused an inquiry to be made of the military censor, Major-General Mclntyre, how ever, which may result in. more liberal regulations as to publication of the designations of regiments, brigades or companies which are engaged in- action on the front from time to time. If there is no sound military reason for suppressing that information, Mr. Baker said, he desired to give it out. The Secretary's attention was called to the fact that the British official statements recently have named at least by geographical designation the troops used in various offensive. Ap parently a new policy in this regard has been adopted in London and the War Department may do likewise. VATICAN OPENLY ACCUSED Papacy- Held Largely Responsible for Italian Reverse. LONDON, Nov. 23. The Vatican is accused in an editorial in the Morning Post , of being implicated in the propa ganda which the newspaper sayjs was largely responsible for the recent Ital ian reverses. Reviewing what it ie scribes as Vatican machinations, the Post declares that its political activi ties during the war "can by no sophis try be regarded as consistent with the principles of neutrality. "From the beginning," says the Post, "the Vatican has leaned to Austria's side and lately has furtively but act ively espoused the Austrian cause." The newspaper calls on the British government to look into the matter and demands' that the -Vatican declare definitely on which side it stands. DEFENSE IS OUTLINED (Continued From First Pape.) Uterhart said, Mrs. de Saulles went to De Saulles' home in the hope that.she might obtain possession of him. He reached the climaxof his address when he declared: one saw a peculiar look come over her husband's face. She knew tha look it meant trouble she had learned its meaning through six long years. of indifference and neglect. A great pain shot . through her brain. Everything became blank - before her. That was the last she knew until she awakened in the Nassau County Jail." Uterhart said: "The defense will not be based on any hypothetical claim of 'brainstorm' or 'emotional insanity' and there would be no appeal under the unwritten law. "Our case will be founded," he said, "on the written law the law of the state of New York, which says that a person shall not be convicted of a deed committed when suffering from such a defective reason as not to know the nature or the quality of the act or that it was wrong." " ' Court recessed until Monday at the close of Uterharfs statement. DISEASE KILLS 2 SOLDIERS Spinal Meningitis and. Pneumonia Cause Death of Men in Trance. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Two more men of the American forces in France have died from natural causes, General Pershing today notified the War De partment. They were: Private James H. Hinchey, medical department, Bristol, Conn., died No vember 18 of spinal meningitis. Sergeant Humphrey L. Evatt, medical enlisted reserve corpse New Kensing ton, Pa., died November 2 of pneu monia. Aberdeen Men Guard Major. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 23. (Spe cial. George D. Robertson, County Engineer, has received his commission as Major of state guard. Tte com panies in his battalion are at Aber deen, Ceatralia and Sotith Bend.' These are three of 17 companies in the state" whicn are under the command of Colonel W. E. McClure, of Seattle. Haig's Forces Are Consolidat ing Recent Gains on the Western Front. RAIN HANDICAPS AIRMEN Immense Quantities of Captured War Stores Strewn Over Eield. Total of Prisoners Taken Is Not Yet Fully Known. Continued From Ftrt Pase.) have been swarming with advancing troops and with prisoners and civilians coming back from the front. Many re joicing jioncombatants men. women and children have been pouring out of the captured towns under the guidance of their deliverers from German bond age. ' This has been a battle of strange sights, but no more striking spectacle has been witnessed than that of these people marching toward homes and comfort back of the British front. Throughthe very gaps which the tanks had torn in the famous Hindenburg line, mothers yesterday and today were pushing baby carriages containing in fants or tramping happily along with their babies citched to their breasts. Besides them toddled other youngsters, many of them carrying their treasured dolls and not a few clinging deter minedly to squirming puppies which they dared not trust to run on the ground. Old . men and women were bringing away all the household effects they could pack on push carts or carrying on their backs. For three years they have been in captivity, r.nd some of them in slavery. They have been subsisting on the bounty of the American relief com mittee, which furnished them virtually the only food they obtained. Britons Hold High Ridge. Hard fighting has taken place today at Crevecoeur, southeast of Masnieres. The British were holding a high ridge In front of this place, and some trooDs had forced an entrance into the west ern part of the town. The Germans were still holding the eastern section. A German battery here which had been giving trouble was charged and cap tured by dismounted cavalrymen. The battery was surrounded by heavy barbed wide entanglements, precluding the use of horses, so the soldiers stormed the position on foot and anni hilated the gun crews. In the region of Rumilly heavy ma chine gun and rifle fighting was pro ceeding last night and this morning. West of Cambrai tanks, cavalry and Infantry were pressing the attack vig orously about Fontaine Notre Dame and the strong position in Bourlon wood. Fontaine Notre Dame has not been officially reported captured, but the story goes that tank crews were served with hot coffee by the civilians in this place this morning. (Field Mar shal Haig's official report Thursday night said the Germans had retaken Fontaine Notre Dame.) Tunnel Trench . Taken. Farther north, near Bullecourt. the British were in possession of the entire underground fortification known as the Tunnel Trench, which had been 1 famed for its supposed impregnability. At least five determined counter attacks have been smashed in this region. Southeast of Bullecourt hard fighting occurred at Moeuvres last night and a strong counter attack was repulsed. The last line of trench defenses In 'the region of Cantaing has been brok en and the British today were firmly established at many points in the Masnieres-Beaurois line south of Cam brai. It is now possible to give more de tails of Tuesday's battle. In the ad vance south of Cambral the first hard fighting occurred at Lateau wood, which lies jon the Cambrai highway south of Masnieres. This wood finally was cleared of Germans and thad vancs continued toward Masnieres. Some opposition was encountered in a suburb, but by 1 o'clock this had been overcome and the British had crossed the LEscaut Canal at a lock. The small German garrison fought bit terly to retain Masnieres. The whole place was undermined with dugouts, in which the enemy was hidden with machine guns, but the Germans were forced to give up this place after a sanguinary struggle, although some of them were still holding out in the cel lars today. Mareolng Kaally Captured. .uarcoing was taken with small re-. sistance on tne part of the enemy, and this gave the British a second crossing of the canal. The advancing troops forced a passage here at the same hour as Masnieres was entered. The Masnieres-Beaurois trench line north of Masnieres apparently had been rein forced by Germans from Cambrai. and this front held up the advance tempo rarily with rifle and machine-gun fire, but the British alternately forced the Germans from the trenches in hand-to-hand fighting. German resistance on the first day was comparatively weak, as a whole, and they surrendered freely in many places. Yesterday their lines stiffened, and hard-flght'.ng followed. German re inforcements from Lens and the two companies or invalids already men tioned were thrown into the line. The first counter attack came over the ridge from the northeast of Mas nieres. The enemy advanced in massed formation, as in the early days of the war. The BritiBh had concentrated a large number of machine guns at this point and were hoping for a counter attack. They permitted the enemy to advance within a -thousand yards of the line before they opened fire. Then the machine guns and artillery were turned on the Germans and they were smashed in a witherUtg storm. Germans Turned Back. At 1 o'clock an attack on Marcoing was attempted by the enemy, but as In I the former case, they were caught in a heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and they turned back after suffering severely. An hour later another body of Ger- mands advanced on Noyelles, which was neip ty one company oi British troops. Here some of the stiffest fighting of the battle took place at close quarters. Both sides rushed up reinforcements and for two hours the battle surged back and forth through the streets and among the buildings. It was a melee in which the bayonet played the princi pal part. The Germans fought well, but they were not good enough to with stand the fury of the British assault and gradually they were forced back across the canal to the east. Mad Teuton Captured. Among the prisoners taken by the British were several officers who were caught in the regimental headquarters. The regimental commander was cap tured and it Is reported that his ad vent Into the" British lines was a par ticularly humorous spectacle. He came tramping back clad in an elaborate fur coat, followed by two servants who car ried more of bis finery. He was swear- J"Mercriandise of cJ Merit Only j A Sale of '! WOMEN'S HAND-MADE, PURE LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS 49c Genuine Madeira hand-scalloped handkerchiefs, with or without fancy embroidered comer designs. Many suitable for initialing. Also pure linen handkerchiefs with white or colored crochet lace edges. Very special at 49c. .' Box ' Handkerchief s For gifts; sheer quality, with lock stitch border in colors; box of three, special 25c. 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Civilians who were released from Masnieres today told something of their experiences In the last three years. They rejoiced at their new-found free dom and many of them today still wept with joy when the subject of their de liverance was brought up. It was a motley crowd which came out of this place people in all conditions and from many walks of life. Among them was the Mayor M. Leslaln, a middle-aged man, who acted as spokesman. They first learned of the approach of the British from machine gun fire in the distance. They were immediately thrown into a estate of excitement and watched for the coming of their friends from every vantage point available. Strange Jlomtrra Seen. They had their first sight of the ad vancing forces at tho bridgehead and saw coming with the attacking troops strange monsters which they never dreamed existed. They were the great tanks and the people stared in amaze ment as these mighty engines ploughed their way forward. Only 380 Germans were holding the town and all except a few left in the cellars withdrew five minutes before the British entered. With the civilians who greeted the British were two Ger man soldiers, one from Alsace and the other from Lorraine, who had deserted and were waiting to give themselves up to the Britlshj with whom they sym pathized. During the three years of their cap tivity, the civilians were fed by the American relief committee.. All other food was requisitioned by the Germans, who placed heavy penalties on those who concealed any. For instance, the secreting of a bottle of ordinary- wine called for a fine of 10 francs or a long term in prison, and there was twice as severe a penalty -for hiding a bottle of champagne. Many persons served terms In jail for alleged violations of the orders. They were well fed, how ever, owing to American relief, and all appeared healthy. Hum Pillage Houses. The Germans stripped all the houses of the town of their furniture as soon as they entered. Among the houses thus pillaged were five magnificent chateaus. All men of military age were arrested and sent to Germany. Women were compelled to do all man ner of work, such as sweeping' streets, washing clothes of German officers and waiting on officers. The Mayor declared his belief that Germany was actually starving. He said there seemed to be no doubt that the civilians in Germany were under going great' hardships. Among the most Interesting of the refugees was a man of military age who had htdden in a cellar for three years to escape the Germans and had been fed by his wife with an extra ra tion of food allowed her because she had a baby. This man is 35 years old and in the ordinary course would have been arrested and sent to a prison camp as soon as the Germans entered the town. He did not want to leave his wife and baby and so hid in a secret place in the cellar, thereby making himself liable to the death penalty if detected. j German Officers Near. German officers came to live In his house and daily he heard them tramp ing about above him. In accordance with the custom this house and all others'Vere searched every little while to see If any one was concealed, but the Germans never discovered bis hid ing place. Each day while the officers were away his wife smugaied his lit tle store of food and water to him. When the British entered the town the wife, arftermaking sure that they indeed were B'rltish, went home and brought out her husband, who hAd his first glimpse of the outside world since August, 1914. 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He was clinging to a bag containing several hundred francs whe he had caixied with him into the cave.. BERLIN BELITTLKS REVERSE ISrltlsli Drive Not Expected to Af fect Flanders or Iruly. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 23. The British drive on the Cambral front wiir have no influence on the situation either in Flanders or in Italy, according to the Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin. It says: "The British attempt to break through collapsed entirely in the face of the extraordinary bravery of our troops. It went no further than the initial success, an irruption into our position which must be without effect on the neighboring positions and whicn the enemy tried to extend in vain, ow ing to the powerful thrusts of our re serves. "The enemy will not succeed by this abortive attack in diverting our atten tion from Flanders, where he Is cer tain to renew his efforts, which now have become a necessity in order to rid himself of the U-boat bases which arc so dangerous to him. 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