Arizona republican., 1917-12-02
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General Byng's troops in the Cam on the aggressive again Saturday, at- tacking the Germans who, in a de- termined thrust the day previous along virtually the entire eighteen mile front, had thrown back the British from few of the advanced positions they had captured in their recent great drive.
 Prompt counter tttacks by Byng'S troops while the Germans were still trying to push forward on Friday checked the Teuton advance before 1t had gained too great an impetus. For time the situation looked serious for the British, however, as the German encircling movement toward the south end of the salient pivoting on the west bank of the Scheldt north of Banteux. swung its left flank through Gonnelieu and on to Gouzeaucourt, one and one half miles back to the original British line, while it's center reached La Vac quierie.
 There was a hurried exodus of the British from the sector where envelop- ment was threatened, and apparently all but few of the most exposed par ties got clear. Berlin, however, claims the taking of four thousand British prisoners with several field batteries. and dispatches from British headquar- ters report that the British blew up number of their guns which were in danger of falling into the enemeys hands.
 The prompt counter attacks retrieved much of the lost ground, including the towns of Gouzeaucourt and La Vac- quierie, where the penetration had been deepest, and on Saturday Byng's forc- es pushed the fighting in an effort for the further recovery of lost ground No admission of any retrograde movement by the British elsewhere on | the front of the attack has c%ne from | the London WaF office, although Berlin claims to have thrown the Brit 5h back upon Graincouyt, Anneux and CantainE along the northerly side of the salient. | The Germans seem to have gained ini- ] tial successes in this section, but ap- l parently were driven back by the Brit ish counter thrusts before they could | establish themselves.
 1 The German losses in the massed att tacks are reported extremely heavy and | Byng's forces also suffered consider 1 able casualties in repelling the aa- saults and in their vigorous counter drives.
 On the Italian front there have been
 no further efforts by the Austro- Ger
 man forces to break the Italian line. The attempt if one is to be made, Is
 apparently awaiting the arrival of
 heavy guns, whioa are reported on thetr
 way to the front. General Diaz' armies
 appeared also to have been largely re-
 inforced, both az regards men and g. tillery. On ont sector they seem to
 have taken the aggressive, probably ir
 an attempt to rectify their front slight ly, according to Berlin, which reports
 an attack, declared to have been futile
 on Monte Petrica, in the hills between
 the Brenta and ehe Piave.
 In Palestine, General Allenby'S
 troops, while not undertaking any gen. eral attack on the Turks, have inflicted
 considerable losses on them in minor operations along the lines to the north west of Jerusalem.
 Important developments in the Rus.
 sian German situation as regards the
 armistice negotiations between. tn,
 Bolsheviki emissaries and the German
 authorities, were tacking on Saturday
 The armistice barley is set for Sunday the indications being that it will talk, place at German headquarters at Bres Litovsk,