Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-04
Germans Claim Capture of Six
Thousand of Haig'S Men
and of 100 Guns Lost Ar
tiIIery Is Retaken,
ARMISTICE EXISTS
ON RUSSIAN SECTORS
BoIsheviki Send Infantry and
Machine Guns Against Gen.
eraI Staff Headquarters to
Compel Peace,

tsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiREl
Extremely hard fighting, with the
Germans using great forces of infan-
try in mass formation, Is taking place
along the southwestern and southeast
ern sections of the Cambria salient
In the region of Gonnelieu, La
Vacquerie and southwark of Vena-
huille and northward toward Mas
nleres, battles ragged with great fierce
ness throughout Monday but with the
Germans nowhere successful in break
ing the British front At La Vacquerie
they again succeeded in penetrating
the villa. from which they were
elected previously, but in strong
counter attack General Byngs forces
threw out the enemy, inflicting heavy
casualties.
British Hold Lines.
As in their previous attacks, the
| Germans used great masses of infan-
try, but the British forces everywhere
are firmly holding their line
Although the Germans in their Of
| fensive have been using men reckoned
at twenty divisions, the British have
been able at several points to regain
some of the ground they lost in the
initial attack which was delivered
with a suddenness similar to that of
! Byng's drive toward Cambria. sun
| day night they had gained the eastern
edge of the village of Villers-Guislain
and driven out the Germans from La
Vacquerie. They held this latter posi-
ton until Monday morning, when they
were compelled again to cede it to the
enemy, only to take it again later in
the day.
Recover Lost Ground.
Southwest of Bourbon village to the
west of Cambria, the British also have
recovered the lost terrain.
The German war office asserts that
5000 British have been made prison.
er during the drive and that 100 guns
have been taken from them. A large
rumber of guns already have been
recaptured. The four days battle is
described as the most sanguinary
since Verdun and the first battle of
Ypres.
Artillery duels are in progress be-
tween the French and the Germans
north of the Chemin Des Danes and
in the Verdun sector. An attack by
the Germans north Of Fliery in the
latter region was entirely without re-
suit, the Germans suffering heavy
casualties and leaving prisoners be-
hind them.
Big Guns Mostly.
u Likewise on the Italian front tho
fighting is mostly by means of big
guns, the duels being intense between
, the Brenta and Piave rivers.
No details have been received con-
corning the negotiations between the
Germans and the Russians for an
armistice, although the German grand
: headquarters announces that an ar
: nlistice already is in force on sections
: of the Russo-German front In ad-
dition to Austria Hungary accepting
the proposal of the Russians for a
cessation of hostilities, Bulgaria also
Is to open negotiations with Russia
=, with the same object In view.
Civil War Likely.
The internal situation in Russia re-
mains acute. Infantry and machine
gun detachments have been sent
against the general staff headquarters
at the front, where refusal met the
Bolsheviki demand that arrangements
be made for an armistice.
The inter-allied conference in Paris
: has ended. Col. T.. M. House, head
of the American delegation, in the
closing address, declared there had
been coordination and unity of pur-
= pose reached which promised greater
= results for the future and that it was
:, his deep conviction "that by this unity
:, and consolidation of effort we all shal,
be able to arrive at the goal which
= we have set out to reach"