Show GRE A T GAP IN han DEFENSIVE WHIRLWIND THRUST BY THE URI BRITONS TONS WRECKS THE ENTIRE hindenburg LNE LINE lEn english glish scot scotch c h irish and welsh troops troop make k one of most Spec tac ular raids of the war complete ly surprising germans Lof london idon the great defense hue lne upon whick the german gernian commander in chief had bullied ills hopes of holding the british from inroads inroad into the open territory beyond has been smas smashed lied and ana tile the task apparently patently ly was an aas one aatu attu attacking 1 c kang on adne wednesday 11 day over a 1 front bf thirty two miles extending front from the he t aher east of arras to st quentin Quent ln field marshal ilaug with his english scotch irish and delih troop 8 lias made oneff one af the most rapid and spectacular drives of the war catching the germans completely by surprise capturing numerous positions regarded as impregnable and taking thousands of prisoners and numerous guns the apex of the offensive apparently Is centered on the important railway Jund junction lon of Cam bral midway between arras and st quentin Quent ln here having taken aken the towns of anneux anneus graincourt and tile the victorious troops troop sLat at last ac accounts counis were nearing Cam bral with its ra railroad lines ines and roadways y s brane branching bink out to tard nil all the maln main points of the compass the british drive was begun began with lout louf tile the usual arill artillery Iery pi prelude elude dad and aas ii 8 the tanks fank s and infantrymen Infantry ipen made ithell t 1 way through the wire entangle imenes ments and pressed into the german first position the surprised enemy be tean gan sending up myriads of signal rockets calling for assistance whether aid was rus rushed lied up tip is ilot not definitely cnown but seemingly the surprised germans fled in disorder leaving all kinds of equipment behind and in roost most cases ila did no not teven cven take time as usual basei to apply the torch to villages they evacuated an ali indication that the germans fortified line has been passing by the british points Is the entry of the cavalry into the fray not since the famous retreat of oc tile the germans along the aner e and the somme in the spring of the present year have the horsemen been engaged at that time they performed valiant service in hai harassing assing tile the retreating columns and in rounding up prisoners eners the british casualties were extremely light while german dead covered the ground reports indicate Indick to that the depth of penetration in the region of ca camarat abrat has exceeded five miles mileo 0 tind and that at one point at least the I 1 swept on five miles beyond the german lines capturing additional villages the offensive offensive was under direct commandos com mandof general genera I 1 sir julian hedworth byng and general john J pershing commander in ili chief of the american forces in france was an litte interested te observer |