New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1917, Page 1

v [ R = Pre - ) ‘~ *4 splendid rally of the Itallan A from all points. “ HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINES S PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. IMPENDING BATTLE WILL BE GREATEST ON ITALIAN FRONT Picked Troops, Including Famous | Regiments of the Prussian Guard, Brought Up AMERICAN AMBULANCES ALONG PIAVE RIVER Austro-German Forces Preparing for Great Mass Attack During the Pres- ent Fighting Which Has Been Going | on for Days—Bayonets From Sock- cts Used As Knives. Italian Army Headquarters, nesd Wed- . 21.—(By the Associated greatest mass attack | which the enemy has made is in pro- gress along the upper Piave river at | the point where it bends to the north- cast into the Belluno Alps. As the action pron‘?cds the enemy is bring- ing for fresh masses of his re- serves, including picked troops of the Prussian Guard, besides some of the best German troops drawn from the western and Russian front. He also | has 20,000 mountaineers from lower | Hungary, troops which are noted for | their brutal vandalism. The action through today has shifted westward from Monte Tomba ' ond Monte Monfenera to the slopes cf Monte Pertica, where the enemy rushes have been checked. A number of American Red Cross ambulances passed through headquar- ters today toward the Plave front. The men and cars appeared to be In good condition. The action ebbs and flows around the slopes of three low mountains just west of the rivers Monte Tomba, Mon- te Monfenera and Monte Cornella. Monte Monfenera is just one the edge of the river. and it is here that some of the most desperate fighting has occurred. It is the key to the sit- uation, as at that point the river turns into the Venetian plains, and the |whole battle hinges on control of the river passage leading to the plains. The first assaults began five days ago, when von Below’s Germans on the lower Piave were swung north- ward for this supreme blow. The at- tacks have intensified steadily each day until yesterday and today, when they reached the maximum. Beginning with artillery preparation the Austro-German infantry advances came in successive waves, first at the northern-most mountain, Cornella, where the Como brigade of Ttalians held the line until crowded back by greatly superior numbers. The enemy | then took positions back of the town | and on and violent artillery centered of Quero, infantry attacks were Monfenera and Tomba. Iighting in Mountains. Much of the fighting in the moun- tains was at close quarters, with bhayonet charges and desperate hand- /to hand struggles along an extended front. Through Monday, vyesterday and today charge followed attack. In some of the bloodiest fighting ground has changed hands three or four times. At the little village of Naranzine, on the slopes of Monte Monfenera, the cnemy first gained lodgment and sought to surround the large Itallan force but was thrown back by a lines, swich swept forward Wwith cheers until the position was clear. It was the bloodlest kind of fighting, with hayonets first and then with bayonets wrenche from their sockets and used as double edged knives. Agaln the enemy massed forces higher up on, Monte Monfenera, backed by batteries concentrated Before this intense shell fire the Itallan infantry gave wround slowly until the upper slopes wero abandoned. But the fighting goes on with unabated desperation, and it Is still too soon to say what the outcome mayv be of the heaviest blow to break through to the western Venctian plains. The conduct of the Italian troops “1s above all praise. They are con- testing every foot of the way, fight~ ing llke tigers and with spirit and confldence, even in the face of great- 1y superior numbers. The Mountainous Region. The battle in the mountainous re- gion in the north between the Piave and Brenta rivers is nearing its cul- mination. It centers at Monte Grapha, and has become a struggle of giants. It is now clear that, notwithstand- ing the great numbers of troops em- ployed by the enemy and his advant- ages of terrain, he is able to advance only very slowly now that he is not being assisted by the element of sur- prise, by treason and other circum- stances which favored him at first. Even if the Italians should be obliged to abandon the Plave river line they may he expected to fall back more slowly and offer still more tenacious opposition. Rome Statement. Nov, 22.—The Austro-Ger- ding northern Italy yester- day reachied a few of the Italian out- nding positions on the Itallan ad- anced lines on Monte Fontana Secca, lut elsewhere the Teutons were pulsed, the Wwar office announced day. tomse mans iny B re- to- VON TIRPITZ TALKS ON OUR ENTRANCE Not Omly in Moral Sense, But Says in Many Other Ways, Von Tirpitz. Amsterdam, Nov. 22.—“America’s ! entry into the war is disadvantageous to us in moral and many other ways,” said Admiral von Tirpitz, former : German minister of marine, in ad- dressing a meeting of Fatherland puarty at Dresden. “We ought to have reckoned with the fact that the Amer- jican trust magnates were bound to desire our defeat. “I regret that we did not remain firm in the face of President Wil- son’s threats. If we had done so things probably would have been very different, but now we must take them as they are.’” The admiral expressed regrets that Germany had been late in using that ‘“powerful economic weapon” the U-boat, but said that notwithstanding i all the counter measures which the delay gave British time to develop the Germans would be successful if they stuck to their guns. ' THE DESAULLES JURY HAS BEEN COMPLETED Larger Crowd Present at Today’s Session of Famous Murder Trial. Mineola, L. I, Nov. 22.—The jury that will try Mrs. De Saulles for _the murder of her husband, famous Yale football' star, was all selected in the little courthouse here this afternoon. The room was crowded more than usual, and Charles A. S. De Saulles a brother of the murdered man, made his first appearance at the trial. A Tetired fireman from the New York city department, was the last man selected, and he is the father of three children, making eleven of the jury who are fathers.. The eleventh man chosen, George Siles, a carriage trim- mer 60 year of age is the only man on the jury who has no children. More interest was manifested in today’s proceedings than any other day since the case opened. The selec- tion of the full jury undoubtedly caused this, and during the session court officers and others in authority closely scrutinized ever ~ person entering-the building: (A complete story of vesterday's proceedings will be found on another page.) STOLE HIS SON Former Tax Collector, Secparated From His Wife Spirits Child Away and Police Arc Notified. \ Brockton, . Mass. Nov. 22.—The police were notified yesterday by Mrs. Leon C. Hartwell, wife of a former deputy tax collector, that her nine year old son, Robert, was missing and that a letter from her husband had informed her that he had taken the boy. A warrant for Hrtwell’s arrest on a charge of larceny of funds which he had collected in his official capacity was issued after his disappearance from the city last spring. The authori- ties have since been unable to locate him. Mrs. Hartwell told the police that she believed the boy had visited his father more than once recently and that he had been taken away for fear that he would disclose Hartwell's ‘whereabouts. CONFER WITH WILSON Heads of Four Railroad Brotherhoods Hold Conference With President On Wage Increase. Washington, Nov. 22.—Heads of the four railroad brotherhoods came here today at President 'Wilson's request to discuss with him their proposed new demands for higher wages. The pres- ident was prepared to take up the problem with a free hand, so far as the railroads are concerned, having been formally notified that the roads will abide by any steps he sees fit to take. An entirely new proposal which it is understood the brotherhoods plan to make is that rail transportation during the war, with respect to rela- tions of the carriers and employes, be dealt with by formation of a new fed- eral commission to have a complete jurisdiction and power over the com- penies and workmen. SPECTACULAR FIRE. San Francisco, Nov. 22.—A spec- | tacular waterfront fire here early to- day destroyed a flour warehouse be- longing to the Albers Brothers Milling company. Watchmen said the build- ing was full of flour. FAVORS PROHIBITION. Phila. Nov. 22.—Resolutions favor- ing prohibition were adopted taday by the annual session of the Synod of the Protestant Episcopal Provines of Washington. Wias=hington, . =Gen: ing today reported the death of Pri- vate Ha M. Moreland, engineer, of Baltimore of double pneumonia. Persii- | stick of dynamite enclosed AMERICAN YOUTHS ARE ROUNDED UP Wearing Uniforms of Ambulance Drivers, But Loitering About THEIR ENLISTMENT EXPIRES Provost Marshal General Explains in the American Army, But Must or Return to United States, Parls, Nov. 22.—The Paris Herald reports that more than 200 young Americans wearing uniforms of am- bulance drivers have been rounded up recently by the American military authorities, The numbers of their passports were taken and they were but five appeared. There they branch of the active service overseas or they would be sent back to Amer- ica. As for the five who did not appear at headquarters, the Herald adds, it is sures against them will be taken. The American provost marshal here, explaining the round-up of am- bulance men said that about bulance drivers in the French army had expired had refused to enlist in about Paris, formed that within a fortnight they must enlist- or return <o. America. The French authorities will be asked to cancel their residence per- mits and the American army authori- ties will take up their passports unless they enlist or return voluntarily to the United States, ‘The provost marshal general as- serted that many of these men had not registered under the selective draft law, and that their presence in Paris, where they are idle would not be tolerated. FINDS A BOMB Special Policeman Guarding Second Picks Un Deadly Missile. New York, Nov. 22.—A bomb was | today found on the center span of the Second Avenue elevated railroad " bridge over the Harlem river, one of the connecting links hetween Man- hattan and the Bronx, The bomb, consisting of & in lated wire and with detonator at- tached, was designed to explode by 1a It was picked up by a special police- man guarding the bridge. ORDERS INVESTIGATION. And President Told That Suffragist Prisoners \Were Mistaken. Washington, Nov. 22.—An Inquiry into conditions at the government workhouse at Occoquan, where mili- tants arrested for so-called White House picketing are confined has been made by physicians at the request of President Wilson. The report is said to exonerate the workhouse authori- tles of charges made by the militants and to siate that the food and sani- tary conditions are excellent. SAFE ROBBERS. These Men Steal $5,000 in Bonds and War Funds. Francesville, Ind., Nov. 22.—The safe In the state bank here was blown open today by automobile robbers. About $5,000 in Liberty bonds, $500 cash of the Y. M. C. A. war fund and $3,000 of the bank’s cash were taken. Liberty HERE 52 YEARS. Today marks the 52d anniversary of the date on which Col. A. L. Thomp- son, city clerk, came to New Britain to make his home. For the twenty-ore and a half years Col. Thompson has been identified with the city government either as deputy town and city clerk and also as city clerk. SHAY NOT GUILTY. Indianapolis, Nov. 22.—Dan Shay, former manager of the Kansas City and Milwaukee American Association baseball clubs today was found not guilty by a jury of the charge of second degree murder. Shay shot | and killed a negro waiter in a local hotel cafe the night of May 3 last. Shay contended he shot in self de- fense. DOING THEIR BIT. Two little boys, drenched to | skin from the rain, shivered into the | mayor's office this afternoon and brought with them. that it contained 24 packages of to- pennies they had saved and thet wanted to “send it to the sojers.” The boys are William and Theodore Hall- stein of 32 Sheffleld street, aged 9 and 10 years ASSIST. SURGEON DI London, Wednesday, Nov, 21— | sistant geon Queen, attached to i one of the American destrovers, dled { today in a naval hospital at an Irish port after a brief illness. That the Drivers Refuse to Enlist | told to call at headquarters where all | were | informed that they must enlist in some | reported that when found harsh mea- | the American army and wére loitering | They have been in- | Avenue Elevated Railroad Bridge, | insu- | coming in contact with the third rail ! of the elevated tracks, the police say. | past | the timidly extended a parcel they had ! They explained | hacco which they had purchased with ! l SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. GEO. P. COOLEY Wife of Veteran Physiclan Expires Soon After Complaining of At- tack of Indigestion. ‘ Mrs. George P. Cooley, wife of Dr. George P. Cooley, a veteran. physi- cian, died suddenly last night at her home, 113 West Main street, at the age of 77 years. Mrs. Cooley -com- vlained of feeling ill early in the eve- ning and retired to her bed, believing she had a slight attack of indigestion. Degth came soon afterwards. Mrs. Cooley was born in Berlin in August, 1840, the daughter of Norman Peck. She was married to Dr. Cooley 63 years ago and has been one of New Britain’s prominent women. She was & communicant of St. Mark’s Episco- pal church and displayed an active in- terest in its work, as well as contrib- uting generously to its support. Be- des her husband, she is survived by two sons, George P. Cooley, Jr., of Betroit, Mich., and Norman P. Cooley, & member of the firm of Hart & Cool- ey, Jr., and Elizabeth Cooley. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock and interment will take place in | Fairview cemetery. = Friends are re- | auested not to send flowers. T0 SAY FAREWELL One Hundred Young Polish Residents of This City Enlist for Immediate Service in France. 300 young men whose enlistment as am- | Plans are being perfected for a farewell to be tendered about 100 Polish citizens and non-citizens who will march away next Thursday for the battleflelds of France to join their countrymen in the fight. For over a week, & campaign for recruits has been going on at a temporary office at 30 Orange street, conducted by an executive committee consisting of officers of the various societies of the Sacred Heart church. Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the church is arranging a farewell re- ception to be tendered the departing men. At 8 o'clock Thanksgiving Day a solemn high mass will be cele- brated at the church, after which the enlisted men and friends will go to the parish hall where a dinner will be ! served. Invitations have been ex- | tended to prominent men of the city, and noted speakers will address the | gathering. At noon the enlisted men, accompanied by societies and music, will march to the passenger station | where they wijll embark for New | York to set sail for France. Father Bojnowski is planning for a relief fund to care for the families of the soldiers, many of which would not receive public aid on account of being aliens. To date about $3,000 for is $50,000. BOEHM ‘RECELVES PERMIT. Fox Theater . Organist Adjusts Dif- ference With Federal Officials. Kitk Boehm, organist _at theater, who was ordered Tuesday to report to the office of United States District Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy permit issued to enemy aliens, has the organ in the theater. had applied for a permit to reside in New York. Through a misunder- standing, he came here without hav- ing his permit revised, not knowing office of the Hartford. Boehm federal authorities at now has permission to re- side in this city and to travel to | New York Sunday. He will sever his | connections with the théater Satur- day night. CANNOT BE EXEMPTED. Members of Yale University Training Corps Should Get Commission, i New Haven, Nov. 22.—Members of exempted from the draft law, accord- ing to a telegram from Provost Mar- shal Genera] Crowder given out today. | However, these students who have reached the age of 21 since June 5 will not be subject to draft. General Crowder adds: “Every man who will be subject to himself as to his course of action. he has an opportunity to receive commission before being drafted. a college man should endeavor to obtain a commission as we need such men as those officers. PATRIOTIC GOVERNOR Office So He Can Fight. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22.—The resig- nation of Governor Keith Neville, was | today in the hdnds of the secretary of | state. It was offered to take effect | upon the acceptance of the Seventh | regiment, Nebraska National Guard, into the federal ce. Governor | Neville has already been appointed colonel of the regiment. Hartford., t for New nit Rain tonight. roin ov snow, colder. Friday o~ has been secured and the goal hoped | Fox's | for being in New Britain without a | adjusted the matter and is again at| Boehm is a citizen of Germany and ! that he should have reported to the the Yale artlllery tralning corps who | were registered on June 6 cannot be | the draft law while engaged in mili- | tary work in college must decide for | 1| al Nebraska's Chief Executive Resigns | ESTABLISHED 1876 — | PEACE PROPOSALS IBRlTISH CAVALRY IS STILL 10 AMBASSAI][]RSi IMPORTANT FACTOR IN WA Gen. Dukomn Is 0rdered 0 Open‘Yl][]Nfi WIFE SHOOTS ]Fne 'd Marshal Halg Negotiations With Diplomats BUT HE HAS BEEN DEPOSED Official ‘Wireless Statement From | Petrograd to London Toda) ¥s He | Refused to Obey Orders and Loscs | Title—Maximalists Demand Money. | Petrograd, Nov. 21.—The Russian | government yesterday ordered (Gen- Dukhonin, the commander-in- ! chief to open negotiations for an ar- mistice with the commanders of the enemies’ “armies. The proposal to negotiate peace was officially conveyed | to the ambassadors of the Allied na- tions at Petrograd. eral | AT | The Armistice. . Petrograd, Nov. 21.—The formal offer of an armistice to all the bel- ligerents which the council of people’s commissaries of the all Russian work- men’s and soldiers’ congress purposes to make shortly is not intended to forecast any effort towards a separate peace. On the contrary, it is declared definitely here that not only is sepa- rate peace not desired but that the rejection of the armistice proposal by Germany even should it be acceptable to the Allies, would mean a continua- tion of the war by the new revolu- tionary army with vigor against German imperlalism, until the Ger- man people ‘“inspired - by Russian democracy ideas’ ’‘overthrow their rulers and demand peace. Confidence is expressed here, how- ever, that Russia’s initiative will bring the desired results if not with the allied government then through the insistence of the people of the Allied countries, |who, it is predicted, will bring pressure to bear on their gov- ernments. | their home this morning SLEEPING HUSBAND | After the Murder She Takes | Her Two Children to Brother. Worcester, Nov. 22.—Mrs. Lucia Imbimbo, 22 years old, shot and in- stantly killed her husband Domenic, 26 years old, while he was sleeping in | dressing their two babies, aged two years and two months, she took them | to the home of her brother, Charles | Tomaztta and told what she | She claims her reason for killing her husband was that he threatened to kill her last night before they retired. Relatives of Mrs. Imbimbo informed arrest, having retained possession of the revolver until disarmed by the officers. TAYLOR IS HELD | Policemen, is Now Lodged in Windsor County Jail. East Windsor, Conn., Nov. Connecticut laid first claim to Claua R. Taylor, outlaw, captured in Will- when the man was | presented before Judge Ralph M. { Grant here this noon, charged with | stealing a horse, wagon and harness | from Paul Smith of this town, | property being worth $700. Horse | stealing has been a felony in this state { even back to Colonial days and the i court, after Taylor had pleaded guilty, ington yesterday, ng to the Maxima s plan an armistice would be entered upon first, and if it were suc- cessful for three months it is pro- posed to assemble a peace conference at which an attempt would be made to negotiate the Russian policy of a peace without annexations or in- demnities and the self-determination of nations. 2.—An official wire- less statement from Petrograd today that General Dukhonin been posed by neil of the people’s efusi to by offering an armistice. The Ted Guard. Loondon, Nov. —A body troops and Red Guards, under com- mand of Commissary Col. Muravieff, commander of Petrograd garrison, appeared before | the state bank in Petrograd yesterday according to a Reuter despatch, and ; demanded that 10,000,000 rubles be handed over within ten minutes. Menjinsky declared that any one who opposed the execution of the order would be treated as a traitor. Offi- cials of the bank and delegates of the town council and the peasants’ union assembled in rooms in which the doors and principal safes were guarded by sentries from the Semen- oftsky | mously London, Nov. d the | commis their orde ries for ° & ohey to meet the whatever consequences. After the expiration of the time, further parleying disclosed that neither Menjinsky nor Muravieff had any order of requisition from the council of Maximalist commissioners. Delegates from the front who accomi- panied the soldiers joined in the pro- test against the invasion of the bank. Muravieff eventually withdrew his | troops. After a conference with the council of commissloners Muravieff returned with a message that the council recognized the demand ad- dressed to the bank and the form in | Which it was made was not in accord- { ance with the law. He expressed re- gret for his share in the incident. The Maximalist newspaper Pravda, ! the despatch adds, announces that fighting has begun between the Red and White guards of Finland near Viborg and that the railroad has been torn up. demand with i READY TO REPORT. Committee on Ad F. of L. Will Proceed. tment of the A. gOV- | of | Menjinsky and | the | regiment and refused unani- | declined to take jurisdiction and held : him in $3,000 bonds for the superior | court. Taylor refreshed after the Hartford jail, by policemen his guards. | at once. a night ted in Ware and other places. Taylor has served eleven years | prison, and in a letter written, mailed. to a Springfield paper, threatened the lives of several Hle says that three years would have made a man but that eleven years behind the ba ised him to “hate societ Society, he said, would have to squar accounts for his being in prison fot such a length of time. 10 SUPPRESS UPRISINGS | City Guard \\Ill I sons. | prison | him, m i -uss Volunteering | to Help Carry Out Terms of Presi- | dent’s Proclamation. Action on the president’s proclama- | tion requesting semi-military organi- | zotions to volunteer for the protec- tion of property against destruction | by enemy aliens will be taken at a | meeting of the City Guard tonight. | Adjutant generals of states will be | asked by federal authorities for es- timates of the number of men who can be relied upon to respond at a mo- ment’s notice to prevent sabotage by enemy forces in this country and it is probable that the City Guard, which is the military branch of the New Eritain Rifle club, will be among the | first, if not the first in the state, to respond. It is estimated that an army of 160,000 will be needed in the na- tion. The bureau of military affalrs at ‘Washington has been chosen as the instrument of the government to ef- | fect co-operation against unfriendly influences and to it has been assigned the task of building a machine capable of withstanding uprisings, incipient or otherwise, against American indus tries. The states cannot be called | upon to furnish such an army unless the members of the army volunteer for service. ELECTORAD BILD. House of Commons Adopts Amend- Buffalo, Nov. 22.—The committes | on adjustments was ready to report at today's session of the American Fed- i eration of Labor. One dispute considered late yese terday was that between the United Hat Makers and the United Cloth and Cap Makers union. The latter asked the federation to bring about an amalgamation. The committee re- ported adversely and recommended | suspension of the charter of the Cloth | Hat union. The report was sustained. The fight was before the last two na- | tional conventions. | LARRY IS BANKRUPT. Roland A. Rutledge, acting secree tary and treasurer of Larry’s restaur- ant which recently closed its doors, has filed a petition in the United States bankruptey court. The petl- tioner stated that the corporation has no assets with which to file the usual fee. The liabilities are listed at $3, 794.27, of which $3474.17 is un- | secured. The ts cohsist of res- { taurant fixtures valued at $1,000. ment to Electoral Bill. London, Nov. 21.—The debate pre- ceding the vote by which the House of Commons adopted an amendment to the electoral bill disfranchising con- scientious objectors to war showed that strong advocates on behalf of the objectors to the amendment were not laoking. Lord Hugh Cecil objected on the ground that the amendment would set up a law éf the state as superior | to moral law. Several members urged some sort | of discrimination and time limit to the | disfranchisement, and it is understood that later an effort to change will be made, especially in favor of objectors engaged in mine-sweeping and ambu- lance work. ARRAIGNS MURDERER. New Haven, Nov. 22.—Antonios Manasterides held by Coroner Mix as daid. ! the police and she was placed under Outlaw Who Said He Would Kill All | the | in was brought here machine heavily ironed and state Hurley and Wheeler were Fe was returned to jail Massachpsetts wants him for horse thefts and hold ups commit- | in but not | he | per- of | point blanik Judgment Regatd| Use of Horses i Modern Warfare | THEY SAVE THE DAY FOR MONSTER TAN: Germans Pour Heavy Shells Huge Monsters But the Cavi and then, | t Storm the Enemy Guns and Them With Gnnners, Shooting Sabreing Right and Left, | British Army Headquarters I'runce, Nov. 21—(By the Associat i Press.)—The present battle more thi | any other in the western theater taken on the savor of fighting in of wars when men struggled in the o and cavalry made thelr ch inst enemy guns. Many milita critics have long contended. that o alry was a thing of the past, but @ mounted men have retuted this ¢ Field Marshal Haig has clung his horse troops throughout weary months of trench fighting. believed that some day he Wi have a chance to use them, and judgment has been vindicated.’ Field Marshal Haig’s blow | the, Cambrai front represents strategy. He had hammered at tH | enemy until they were worn out co | pletely. He had driven them back far as the mud would permit had compelled them to call on evel | ounce of strength they had to tain themselves. Then he sudd | sprung his surprise attack in an expected quarter. The Hindenburg lines on the Ci Lrai front were the strongest the GH mans had laid out in the west. eremy considered them impregn Not only were they strongly fortif but they were protected by a d helt of barbed wire, which it wi , thought that only a protracted: bardment by great concentration | guns would cut sufficiently to. infantry to go through: British. tanks never haye R iipon for such extensive hut they did in a few hours what ] artillery would have required days accomplish. The Hindenburg line w picrced absolutely on a wide front ai to a greater depth than ever befos The correspondent today inspected tH main Hindenburg line near. Havhil court and sdw the amazing work do Ly the iron monsters. In most plag they had mno trouble either in* ing through the wire or in crossis trenches. There were gaps in wire entanglements a rod in jwidi lLiere not one vestige of wire wi .ft standing, and by following tracks of the tanks one could where they had trundled across tienches as though they were me! 1y scratches in the ground instead wide, deep ditches. The tanks of course, went thro No Man’s Land under full observ: of the German artillery, and whil i the gun fire was weak some fire directed on the tanks as they vanced. It was interesting to follo] the trail of the tanks and to see whi shells had struck all about, apparen ly without doing any damage, for this whole section the correspondes did not see one tank which had be knocked out. The condition of the Gern | trenches showed plainly that the o4 cupants had abandoned them in hurry. All /sorts of equipment an personal belongings strewed ground. Since the beginning of the the gunfire had been extremely W | No Man’s land showed comparati | few shell craters today, and morning. the British guns were 4 virtually all the firing along most the front involved. This is a stril contrast to the Flanders ‘which has been an inferno of nrt.m fire for weeks. The Germans have attempted ve few counter-attacks thus far, and of them have been smashed. Thy latest counter-thrust reported made last night near Demicourt, an this was dealt with promptly. The Germans, who at the first ‘af tack yesterday retreated or surren dered in dismay, were fighting desped ately today to regain a hold on th rear positions. A hand-to-hand en gagement occurred this morning Flesquieres, when the infantry. companied by tanks, stormed _a drove out the Germans from the ing about Flesquieres began 1 1 | { | but it was not untli about 8 o'clp today that the British made ‘an ‘o ganized assault on the town. Th tanks went ahead and were engageg immediately by seven heavy Germa guns, which began to fire at them at short range. It wa a critical moment, for while the tanki will withstand heavy fire, they cani be expected to stand up long unde big shells hurled from guns only. short distance away. The British infantry which swarmed through behind the tanks, saw rosponsible for the Kkilling of Poli- kronis Boharis at Seymour, November 13, was taken from the jail here to Seymour today for arraignment. predicament of their iron friends deliberately charged the enemy (Continued on Eleventh Page)