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Show GERMANS DRIVE WEDGE DEEP IN BRITISH FLANKS AT CAMBRAl 11 HIT HARD II COUNTER PCK General Byng's Troops Compelled to Retire When Enemy Drives Forward After Furious Furi-ous Artillery Bombard- ment in Wliich Gas Shells Play Important Part. FOE'S ADVANCE IS ABOUT TWO MILES Recoil Ccmes When the British Organize Return Re-turn Drives; Much Ground Is Regained, Including Two Villages; Vil-lages; Battle Continues. Con-tinues. LONDON", Nov. 3'). lu an offensive against the British flanks iu the Cam-brai Cam-brai sector the Germans tried to cut in behind General Bynjr today and achieved some rapid gains. They beut. but .lid not break his ribs. Then eame the recoil. The fiphting continues i'icn-oly with the British in possession of nuioh of the ground that vras taken from them iu tlie morning and afternoon. after-noon. It was an ambitious attack de-igne.l to wrest from the British all their gain of the last twelve days. If the Germans Ger-mans had succeeded in crushing in tin-two tin-two flanks, General Bvng would have been compelled to withdraw from the entire area won by his sudden rush forward, for-ward, beginning on Tuc.-day, ovem-ber ovem-ber 20. On the British light (lain, the enemy attacked along a front of ahoni ten miles, from a point slightly south of Masmeres to (reve.-ouer-Burlef.-our'. About five miles of this front was olon-the olon-the sector vhrre the British advanced: the southern five miles was along the old British line where no advance wa? made. At about the center ia Villers Guislain, which was made the point of the wedge pushed into the British right flank. Cross Old British Line. The wedge was pn-hed ros? the old British line as far as lionreau.-ourt, two miles to the -nest and the Germans retook re-took Lavacquerie. which ir in the sector where the British ma le i;.iins and not far from the old line. In general, on this flank, the cnemv advanced two miles and then was pushed back for about half the distance by counterattacks. counter-attacks. , , ., Soon a'ter laKivhluK t -e Mta.-k to 'Ire oiuh th i;erm:ns struck al liic. northern north-ern flank, at. points tietwcen Fnnrton wood and M..c.m-rs to the v. st. hir!:n? 1 luml-sc.P es forward. thv .-ar-l'ir. t the ri.t--.-e between these two volets and worked their wav down tn lb. Ip.ume-Tiuuhrai Ip.ume-Tiuuhrai rvtl. neiirly two in.s bevond t tie point trim winch they .-iiirted. Itcn-crul Itcn-crul Bviia's Mv!i.m mu '.' In ons mi boll. Hanks at this time, for th Germans had u.ile creat stri.ie-i in t!-r--oftorts to .-'it tn be'itnd the Britisll and sever corr'nunl- ai inn. Enemy Forced Iktck. rin tlie no-lli.-rn :s well a.s I'e s-juth-ern hr'i'ie -.-o-n.i. Uowc-ver. tc.ere c3tr.o h rei.nvrnl whti tlie Tarnish (c-:3 liii-'d tlu-ir , o 1 1 n e r -.-1 1 1 'i i'k . APt-oui:'-. t ..- c;er-n-aiis reis!.i witli the nl-nost ie! mi n.i -i.!in. tliey- were force I ln.-:c lio-n t!-." F; -p.iutne-ramhrai roj.i ami up tlie slepcs of t he ridiie. Trie siTuatlon is brienv eMpl.iined in the nichl official leport. v. :u.-h reads: "This mornine. altera heavy Sirbard-ment. Sirbard-ment. the enem- aitac-ke-i w-ijh ?trcz lorees south of Canihrai, between Veml-k.ulle Veml-k.ulle and t-'reyecoeur-Furlesenui-r. shortly short-ly afterward heavy attacks also developed against our pe-sitions we.-t of Cambrai in the neiejiborhcod of ltocrloii wood an-t Moe.ix res. "I'-rom xfn?nicres to Mocrvre all the (Continued on Pae Nine) , DRIVE WEDGE DEE!5 II BRITISH FlIIS (Continued from Pan -One.) enemy's atta'ks h.ive been rewtied. ;i!ler m:.n' hnurs o: 1'OiHlu', durln w hich mv:H ks wrts hiftt.-W-.t on lh al-l.i.'ktiiL, al-l.i.'ktiiL, 1 1 1 i nun In i :m I w. 'South of M.,MUetes vjllaue. from l'm- Is u 'U'.er.-.-i ;ui;.-(ln. eifviv ,-n- leied our iMMtiona iH -hlTeioiit olnts and iv-r.c i r;i te, 1. 1 f ;is 1 t a-1 1 ie no and i'ni;:-.u:'oiin. ( t;r eounit-r - an i,U-- ha e .iin-.iu.e ii'-; uiif.l I .u aoiiuerie. and c I i.ivc ,lrl e;i (he enemy iicin i ! n -. i .; i-a ti -uvsrl and Hit- thic.e t ie e.l.-i of Ih.U village. At ot!;er l-dnls the ciu'inv s ad-ance ad-ance has been tdircked. The iUlitlJi.n i.oiaiiiu;i:-:." l-h-v'!i Pi-iti-h Ii.-.nl.n: u t'U- s ,rr-.-I'on.ieitr ?en - i t iw t.dlou outline of the l.-Ktle between Itomlou aiul .M"eii vi c. lie sa- " !'.io Germans delivtucil a prt-1 r-n t !ouf assault m fiu e mt n.nmu on ihe lini-is!i lini-is!i p. s ui oils !'o:w ctil 1 -our Ion u oo.i and Moouvres toail ;oe w.si. I huh r pow i-r of n t!.':i--ndons artr.er' tire hre. (cil on l!ie Hru'ii lines and h.u k aie is the Germans Ger-mans m their iivsi ruli j-uaed o er the ort'M i.f he ridue s est of Die wood am! dow n to t ae a imt v the p; a i ne-t'amhrai ne-t'amhrai ro.'.d. north oi ( . ra i n. mil i . "I'!-1 1 i t ' l : i . aiier the f'l'St ,-liock. im-lUei!i.lt--l- (: at.-ie.l a e' 1 1 1 1 ! -a II a ' h and f hi it, th.ni t a;; ai n -1 i iie .uh a nein. G-u ma ns. La ie tomi it was fi'o.u-Va i::at ti.e irii..-h h,a( sue, , G d in iei..n!: la.k tiie ei.emy, ..l: noai-'h tae was r: si-t;n fiercei , "7. us cii.-my alt.i.jk was the first serious seri-ous aitoiiK't m.uie to tiirn-t the tirr.ish from the -o;l:ons ::i.i tner- )hnt;..iiu-d in Ger.eral 1 i's i: . oil drh. e o! la.-: w eek. I ; loiiowed a tu :it of eom; :ra live .;alr-t v.l alon- fio:t arM .-sleid y t'-Te was hthe iudiuttion th.it hi; eycr.ts were intheiutlii... "Ad dav a on -"e nt ra t Son of Gei man .suns v.hii-h had ben ru.-hed up ,t,r tm atiiiek hae t'.eii pouaunu; the iiritish forward and ba . k are is act u onsnl-erahle onsnl-erahle amount of sin hs has been lliro.vn. The batt'e wa-.-t of tuv.alon wood was sthl ,on;iiuiiu- late today with great finu euess." Tt.e Gerruar.s tr;rd by means of cas si i1 lis to iu-eonu'hsii what t he ihdt isli achieved w ith tanks break suddenl hrou.-'h th- line. Tiie Germans i-ean a tre.-ut-r.uous artidery fire e.irly in tiie niominc. eon eiit'.'ati;:- acauitl the tlauks and the back areas. Thousand:, of pns slie.ls were th:-owii upon the trenches which had h(-en pi'-k-M for h e he.i :est uisaults. The Hritis'a soldiers w el e soon enve'epe.'. in :he clouds of a:" and were una Lie to niak-- a n effectual resistance. The f-nemy s.:d'i.-:av huri;- ! t-mseh. e3 forward wh.ile t.ie ilntisii w re m c"m-fusion c"m-fusion from : he uas and siw.-ll re and o: erran trench s stems wutii t'fat rapidity. ra-pidity. Brt. k of ihe lh.os. hov 'ever, tiie Hrltisli had not bttui arYeted by the pas and were oclly preparing for ti.e i ountr- tracks. On both Hanks t h s- were hium-hed under co'r of an artillery lire in every sense Foual to ti.al of the Germans. Ger-mans. It was now tie turn rf th Germans Ger-mans to iveoih Steadily riciitinr tiieii war la. k. the Ftrkirh had recovered niu h of the lost crourd. im-luoir.c Lavaccc .--rie and Gouzeacourt bv ni-'i'f;-.lh Tht. f.h.tinc cortinucd her. fly into tii- nisht. with no sicus of a let-up when the last I lispatched were be:ns sent. |