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BRITISH SWEEP TO WITHIN
THREE MILES OF CAMBRAI
...ii.nrd front Vr One
,.vt dan aKO a lcn'l" would have been
IS Insane had. li "RureU on 11 lll.lnB
lint
mounted I". ,.,, ... n.uro(, rlBltf Th
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B,.1fi! riivutry. In ro-operallon with tho
?rind of .!. Hd valla service. Of.
U .' reports today told of liow In many
flee" rei fUii.illt nt the i-harce on
iM" :...nirrv. saherltiK the Runners nnd
''.7.n artillery.
i irlii: the Held peees. cavairy
CP nted with ' "'I"""' "f Mr.-ol.iK
er"J "d im across the Kchedt Can il,
i. Cavalry wiw
of Murrain and
ehedt Can il.
-?. ":l uimarciitly rmit.l
. .. uiiiiarentlv onilhi not lie a UrltlHh
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weather. When
drive
flrl iiriiMi started on TuCMlay moriiltiK It
Vr'e Bnd Hear, hut todays front .lis
""S reported a odd tlrlHllnie Inces-ant
rain
UINDENBURG DEFENSES
SMASHED TO FLINDERS
BY TERRIFIC ASSAULTS
Bv WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH THIS BRITISH ATIMIIW IlKYON'll
Wth": HiNni-ssmmo i.ini:. n.v. 2:.
Victorious Britain "carried on" today
ltd her triumphant smashing of the Illn
denburg lines.
Tanks cavalry. Infantry all were clos
. ' tcadllv around Oambral. the great war
machine rimililliiR "Ver the enemy Just as
he tmiUt Hri-t crushed the way through the
German line.
Ti,0 Tommies are now almost within
...eh of the (icrinan depot of C.'.imbral as
Ul, dispatch Is written.
very liour tii.ihes the Hiltlsli victory
'. cieantlo In Its mope. mi.ro astounding
ta Its conception and execution
The IlliuleiiburB line has hecn smashed
to flinders.
In some sections nf the, battle front the
Hinting Is virtually in the opii. Hrltlsb
eivslry has been In action. The vast and
Intricate trench defenses of the llliidenhurg
line' and Its subsidiary lines have In many
jlaccs been stoiineil and tho cnem forced
Into defense from the open
Literally delirious with joy. DO" civilians
repatriated to friiin-o ny ine unii-n miuko
came back from tho front today.
Tliey had been huriledly removed to
Masnlercs by the Uernians and then aban
doned. They welcomed the sweating Tom
Biles as they streamed Into the town.
With their stories and the tales wrung
from (ierman pilsoncrs. still dazed with
the surprise of the British blow. It was
possible today to piece together some Idea
Of conditions In the luxurious and sup
pontdly Impregnable (icrinan positions of
the Illndenburg line when Cleiier.il Hyng
loosed his surprise party.
Not a Merman had any knowledge of the
attack until tanks loomed over their heads.
Then they literally "blew up" In panic.
French civilians In towns just behind the
lines described the olllcers and men as
running around "like chickens with their
lieads cut off" The whole army nulvered
rd shook with the suddenness of the
thing; the ghostlike steel monsters that
battered through cement and eaith and
human walls were fearsome giants; the
wearing, yelling tlends who followed them
were gnomes who suddenly spiang to life
out of the ground
suiu'iusi: ci.osi: to panic
It must have been hours before this palsy
of surprise, of fear and of what almost
amounted to superstitious panic that some
thing supernatural hail occuned passed
tvvay among the Hermans.
British "moppers-up" told of how men
from whose heads the lethargy of s'eep had
hardly passed, bllnklngly. dazedl.v. crowded
out of their duvouls, or how, uncompre
hending that It was reality and not dreams,
they dully let great tanks crush them Hat.
or furiously gleaming British b lyoncts find
their mark,
In tienches and dugouts blankets Hiid
Cots were still warm from sleepers' bodies,
and breakfast tables for olllcers. daintily
set. still smoked appetUingly. A tangle or
personal belongings In line after line of
dugouts showed sleepers In the bunks and
on the cots had leaped to their feet In tho
first terror of the moment and tied to the
Ihostly dawn above, without hats, without
Blouses, without guns, almost without their
lentes.
Vast stores of choice wines were found
In the olllcers' quartets. Cigars and clgar
ttes were packed there profusely.
Many sections of the boasted Illndenburg
line came Into British hands absolutely
Intact. The tanks had smashed great gaps.
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AT A I.WiAl, ItATK OF INTICKKST
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wck, holes for stops and 2 spring wood
"ops. and ijas both front an tall Iron
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jrawers and locker. Nicely finished
throughout In white shellac.
Without cabinet, lint Hl, A rv n
Iron t ; 91U.UU
Without cblgeluut with (in Cft
Iron vlie and one drawer W 1 U.Ol
Tool Cabinets... $18 up
Tool Chests ...$3.50 up
A large variety of empty
ihoulder chests, tool chests
nd machinists' chests.
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1 hrough these British Infantry poured nnd
spread out. fanwlse behind, taking yard
after yard or the "Impregnable positions"
from the rear,
1II3HD OK CAMOUI'LAOISn TANKS
The corespondents were summoned to
the lino during the night. We stood that
memorable morning In eery light Just be
fore dawn, In the midst of great droves of
tanks all camouflaged and bedizened a
veritable multitude of the things.
They were a great herd of gentle-looking
stolid creatures that seemed in browse on
the grass-covered battlelleld. sheltered
somewhat by trees whose branches showed
no "inning ny shells. The scene was tlko
some abandoned farm In the Kentucky blue
grass region. One could Imagine the tanks
either lis bovine herds or as cluttered up
dingy looking neglected farm machinery
scattered about,
It was still. Only a few desultory shells
exploded In the distance the rogular,
monotonous every morning Interchange. We
Could not sec the Infinite preparations on
all the gigantic front. Column after col
umn, mass after mass or men and machines
and horses and paraphernalia had slid
through the oily night shadows and were
lined up at that moment for the greatest
of the war dramas then about to start.
TIIKN T1IIJ "KICK-OKI''"
Of a sudden the moment came. It was
the "kick-off." Nothing hut the tense
moment wluu the ball Is put Into play so
aptly expicssed that period.
A little while and hell broke loose.
It seems almost nrrnosterous that the
Hermans In a great many places on their
lints did not awaken with the llrst snorting
if the tanks as they crunched great swaths
through the Bochc wire". But there were
countless Instances vvhetc It was not until
the behemoths themselves, their tongues
llatiihig ahead, their steel bellies flattening
the earth, actually came over the (Ierman
tienches that the Boclie came to life. Your
(.Icrinan Is a creature of habit. He knew
It was customary for artillery to precede
an attack There was no nrtlller.v. Hence
there could be no attack.
No wonder he was d. 17.nl. The Inferno
of British attillery did not start until the
tanks were well over their first objectives.
Then It came, a deluge, a molten llainc, it
seemed. Krom l.ens to St. cjuentlu. 1 am
told todu). the British artillery speeded up
lo feverish violence.
'I lie 'jnultltude of tanks round It easy
going. The general in command or tho
land leviathans had sent wont to nil his
crews. "Tho tank corps expects every tank
to do Its damnedest" and the tanks did.
The ground over which they wriggled
was almost flat. Thctc wero few shell
holes. Mighty few of the monsters got
stuck, A few were knocked out around
Klcsqulcres later on when a heavy field gun,
muzzle depressed, fired polntblanK at a
range of 150 yards.
Behind the tanks trooped the Infantry,
taking It eas, laughing In glee at the as
tonished Bodies and their frenzied cries of
"Knmerail" or disregarding staecato machine-gun
lire that the more wide-awake'
and courageous of the enemy poured' In
their tanks. There were several spots
where the Illndenburg Hue was captuted
without a single casualty among the British
attackers.
TlfJOI'HItS HASH aiii:ai
llcie and there behind the tanks nod the
Infantry the cavalry swept forward soine
times, later In the fighting, actually illsrc
gaidlng the slow-moving tanks and dash
lug on lo swing their sabers and overwhelm
the enemy- They had waited long years,
these cavnliyinen, for a chance at the
enemy and lltey made the most of the
holiday opportunity. British Infantr.vmcn
who arrogantly turned up their noses hi
other da.vs at the cavalrymen, holding that
It was the trench boys who were the ri?nl
soldiers, had to revise their opinion today.
They hadn't seen cavalry In action hcfoie.
Nobody else bad that K against rlrmly
fixed trench defenses.
The cavalry cat ved itself 11 niche in the
war's history by the two ilujs' work Just
past. Today they were still carving.
Their speed gives them the edge In
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WIDENER
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iffSouthern PacificLines!
Motoring In Wonderland
Where the rugged ptndeur ol ntmie buttet and vul cnyon mr
be enjoyed oaadeugttlul auto trip over America Oldert Highway
THE APACHE TRAIL
See Arizooi'i anriart cliff dwelling and the rcmtiWWe Rootereh
Dam ti a fuemttinf drrenvioa oo yesir wy to California via the
SUNSET ROUTE
Slttptrt Jirtct to the Trail In camtclhn ullh ihtSuruet LimltcJ.
In fr Jtchien in a rtctnt rat can the
Interstate Commerce Commhaion atd:
"The carricn were cieuly within their rightt in bringing thete mat
ten to our attention when they did . . .Their action U an added
CTidence of the (tnightedno and aenie of taponubility in the
perfoemuice of their dude toward tho public with which o
many of their o&ciak'aie mantging and adminiitering theaSun
of their teipectiire propertiet." Atk the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
for literature on THE APACHfc. I KAIL, W AKU-tJIXA
F. T. BROOKS, D. F. A P. A
several towns captured yesterday Jje
mounted troopers swarmed In while the
Bodies were lunching,
The Uernians were beginning to recover
from their daze today and headquarters re
ported frenzied opposition at half ti dozen
points outside Cambral. But the sudden
ness nf the blow and two davs of tremend
ous sweeping gains over their Illndenburg
line have Immeasurably lowered the (Ier
man soldier's morale. He had been told
the Illndenburg line couldn't he taken. It
has been taken. Perhaps he Is beginning
to think there may be other untruths In
what his commanders tell him. Newspaper
e'orrcspondents had their thrill In the pro
feedings late yesterday afternoon. They
were the objects of assiduous attention from
tlerman snipers at Hlbecnurt
TANKS USED IN VICTORY
OF UNPRECEDENTED SIZE
WASIIlNdTON. Nov. 'JI.
American army officers who have re
turned to Washington knew the British
were planning to use tanks on an un
precedented scale In the Arras offensive and
kept the secret. One or these oHIcers de
scribed the tanks today as monsters of
a lze undreamed or before their first suc
cesses In the war gave a high British
commander the "hunch" for this week's
tank drive.
The latest Improvements in the British
tanks will bo found on American Icvl
nthlnus now being prepared for General
Pershing's expedition iry force" Origi
nally adapted from the American caterpillar
tlactor, tho American tanks, which later
will lead the Saiiunees In Just such on
slaughts as llalg's surprlso smash, wilt be
even gt eater lighting machines, oltlclals
intimated.
The new British tanks, accoiding to the
American nlllcer bete, am equipped with
motors of tremendous power and their cat
erpillar treads aro longer, enabling them
lo straddle stretches of i ntanclenients.
The giants tractors are more heavll
armored and carry more guns of alloiltbers
Kxperlnients with the American tanks arc
being made A fund of Jl.OOO.OOn for
armed motorcars Is bring used In this wmk
American military men today saw In the
British victory possible relief for the Ital
ians from thn Teuton piessuie. They also
predicted that the lessons of llalg's new
inetlinda would (tilckl be adopted b.v the
Imaginative fulled States lighters Yankee
Ingenuity and "pep" wetc counted on to
Improve on the chames for open fighting
the new tactics developed.
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK
UPON FONTAINE AND
ANNEUX, SAYS BERLIN
BHUI.IN (via London), Nov. T:
"On the western bank of tin- lllver
Seheldt, tho enemy was driven back on
Anneux and Koutalne Notre Panic," de
clared today's otllclal statement.
"On the eastern bank we forced the
enemy's departure to positions south of
Itumllly.
"In connection with the l.nglish attack,"
tlm statement continued, "the French
strongly attacked between I'raonne and
Berry-au-B.ic. Fighting continued through
out the iLi. Nottheast of S.ivlllc-ati-Bols
a French nest remained. Ulsewheie
Ihc enemy was icpulsed or iltlven back in
hand-to-hand lighting."
FRENCH HURL BACK
COUNTER-ATTACK WITH
STAGGERING LOSSES
PAIHS. Nov. 22
A Herman lountcr-nltack around .liivin
iinirt was thiown bark with staggering
losses by the French fire, lodaj's olllclal re
port asserted.
French troops siicccssrullj raided Her
man positions around St. tjuentln, Vnuxnil
Ion, Tiihutc, Allies and Mnlon de Cham
pagne, taking numeioiis prisoners.
In co-operation with the British ilrlvo em
the Arras front, the French struck a power
ful blow against the tlerman derenscs north
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SOUTH PENN
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of the Alsne lllver, advancing nearly too
yards toward l.aon over a front of about
half it mile. Numerous .Ocrman prlsonera
were taken.
(Advices from Tarls tevday, showing that
the French arc nttacklng north of tho Alsne
Itlvcr, mean that the defenses of both ends
of the Illndenburg line are under assault.
The chief bastion defending the southern
end of the line Is at Iaion. In tho direction
of which the French are bending their
pressure. The British attack was made
against Cambral, one of the chler supports
or the northern ood or the Illndenburg
line )
Hard lighting Is reported rrom the
heights between Craonne and Berry-au-Bac,
where the Herman front crosses the Alsne
itlvcr from tho northwest to the southeast.
DOESN'T KNOW SDK'S WIDOW
Woman, Hurt in Collision, Kept in lg;
nornnce of Husband's Death
niCHMONH, Va, Nov. 22 Fearful that
the news might Impair her chances of re
covery, doctors lire said to bo keeping Mrs
Huston Mueller, of I'ltmau. N .1 , In Ig
norance of the death of her husband, a con
tractor and bulkier, who was fatally In
jured In an automobile accident at Merry
Oaks. N C
Mrs. Mueller, who also was seriously
hurt, was removed to a hospital nnd she
called rcpeatcdlj for her husband, but the
doctors have succeeded In keeping news of
his death fioni her Mueller and his wire
were motoring rrom Florida, 'vhen their
machine was struck by a Seaboard Air I.lnc
train
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SJi. COUGH DROPS
Wind and rain
and snow fortify
yourself against
them. Use Smith
Brothers' regularly.
At drimghts. grocers, confection
ersi also news and clear stands.
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MORE WORK FOR POSTMASTER
Norrlstown Oljlclnl Mado Accountant
for Montgomery County
NOUm.STOWN, Pa., Nov. 22. rost
master Kneule, of Norrlstown. has been
Hindi) central accounting postmaster for
Montgomery County, This means that nil
of the third and fourth class postolllces,
numbering 125, become district olllces un
der the supervision of I'ostmastcr Kneuele,
who Is u presidential appointee, and the
postmasters of these places must render
account to tho Norrlstown ofllce, Instead of
to Washington, and also get their supplies
In Norrlstown.
There Is no Increase In the salary of the
Norrlstown olllce.
HarrackH for Deserters at Arsenal
Special barracks In which nrniy deserters
will be liniied pending action by army
authorities are to be erected at tho Frank
fold Arsenal at a cost of $8000. The bar
racks will accommodate more than 100 men.
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Tbc new Fukud Coupe, foot.puK&aca.
Not a surplus ounce!
Why the grace of the gazelle?
Add to its normal weight and it
would be robbed of its fleetness.
Deprive it of its needed weight and it
would be a fragile weakling.
We attribute grace to those things
which carry no superfluities and
from which no needed thing is lacking.
Lightness in a motor carriage is
desirable.
But it must first have ample security
and comfort.
Safety, ease of riding and conveni
ence are too vitally important to be
Seventeen distinctive body styles in open and enclosed
Ask the man w th o o w n s
Packard Motor Car Co. of Philadelphia, 319 N. Broad St.
Bethlehem, Camden, Harrisburg-, Lancaster. Reading, Trenton. WilHamsport. Wilmington
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MAGISTRATE RAPS
BLACKJACKING COP
Wntson Tells Policeman He Was
Too Free in Use of
His Club '
Policemen who blackjack 'citizens on the
slightest provocation were severely criti
cized today by Magistrate Watson. The
Magistrate vented his opln'on on this prac
tice In the course of tho bearing of John
Kehoe, of Hleventh street nnd Columbia
avenue The prisoner worn bnndgcs and
several cuts as evidence against Policeman
Pnehelll. who arrested him.
Pachelli, who Is a member of the vice
squad, said that while he was walking near
Hlghth and llace streets with Policeman
Klselmaii Kehoe bumped Into him The cop
OPPENHElM.gLLINS&e
,Chcstnut and 12th Sts.
Important Sale for Tomorrow Only
150 Women's and Misses1
Smart Silk Dresses
To Close Out From Regular Stock
This Season's Desirable Models
Of satin, crepe dechineand charmeusc,
in black, navy, green and taupe;
braided and embroidered styles.
Also Smart Serge Dresses
Regular Prices $29.75 to $35.00
18.00
All
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sacrificed for any consideration-
oretical or practical.
The new Packard Twin Six is re
markably economical of its gasoline
and tires, not alone because of the
efficiency of its twelve cylinder engine,
but because it has not one ounce of
really unnecessary weight.
To lighten Packard construction
would lessen its factor of safety or
its comfort or both.
The fine grace of this new car of
ours is the result of an efficient com
pleteness, which eliminates every su-.
perfluity and includes every essential
cars in the Third Series TwinnSix
TWIN-6
admitted that lie pulled his Jdc.(4sl
there was reason for II.
Kehoe said he was walklmr with,!
menus una mai one ot mem jostles l
slightly. He neeldentntlv humiwd lb
llceman, and was Immediately, attacked. '
said. v"
iou nave no right to blackjack per
on such a slight cause." said Maiiatr
atson, addressing rachelll. "There to I
urciy too much of this sort of thins;
u win nave' to be stopped." , if
Kenoe was held In 1200 ball and ,1
iuncu iu niKn ins own Dan nona.
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riiAMB:nsBUita, ra Nov. 22. Afy
teacher uho cannot tell her ounlls about tM XI
world's series or Jess Wlllard Is not dolnf . TSk
her full duty, declared Dr. Kra Iohman, , ',-y
ncan ejr me ismppensDurg state Normal -School,
In addressing the Franklin County",'
Teachers' Institute. .1
Doctor Lohman added. Inn. thai a lnk '
must not content herself bv reading Hif''?
books on pedagogy a year. She must r4 .
the newspapers dally and acquaint herat-','''J
vvitn tue worms Happenings. 'Vi
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