The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
WAR SUMMARY.

Violent German efforts to wipe out
the salient before Cambria have brought
little tactical success, as General Byng
has withstood successfully for three
days all attempts to break through.
About Gonnelieu, the Germans have
gained slight terrain at heavy cost and
the British have evacuated Masnieres,
south of Cambria. The Germans have
suffered very heavy losses in dead and
wounded and the British have taken
many hundreds of prisoners.
In the important sector west of Cam
brai. embracing Bourbon wood. the dom
mating position in this region, the Ger
mans have made no impression on the
British defense. nor have General Byng's
men given ground between Bourbon
wood and Moeuvres, the northern side
of the salient.
Ten Attacks Are Defeated.
Ten heavy attacks against the region
|of Masnieres were driven off by the
British with costly losses for the at
tackers. but a sharp salient involving
the village made it's abandonment nec-
essary.
Southwest of Masnieres toward Con-
nellieu, the Germans still hold La Vac
queries where 1t is said the dead in
twelve hours have numbered more than
|any similar period since the beginning
lof the war.
The British have reached Gonnellieu
and fighting was in progress Sunday in
land around the village. In this region
the Germans used four or five divisions
Friday and attacked in massed forma.
ton Saturday and Sunday. At least
six or seven divisions were used by
the attackers in their fruitless efforts
to break the northern leg of the salient.
American Engineers Trapped.
American engineers operating and
building railroads within the British
line within Gouzecourt, west-southwest
OF Gonnellieu, were caught in the first
rush of the German attack. Many
sought shelter in shell holes. from
which they were rescued by British
counter attacks.
The engineers aided the British in
withstanding the enemy attacks and
went on patrol duty at night. Several
were captured by the Germans, but
later managed to escape.
Northeast of Ypres. in Flanders, the
British have captured fortified buildings
and German strong points on the main
ridge north of Passchendaele On the
remainder of the western front, the
artillery continues active.
The German crown. prince has not
repeated his attacks in the verdun
region.
On Italian Front.
On most of the Italian front the en-.
emy infantry remains virtually inac-
tive, while the artillery is engaged in
violent bombardment.. especially along
the Piave river. On the Asiago plateau
the Italians have withstood local Aus
tro-German attack against Monte Me-
letta, while along Monte Perta and
along the Brenta, the Germans made a
slight advance. Austro-German infan-
try movements in the inundated dis
trict near the mouth of the Piaye have
been under Italian artillery fire.
While the bolsheviki representatives
planned to enter the German lines SUM-
day and begin negotiations with the
Germans. nothing has yet been reported
of their mission.
Decentralization of the Russian army
by the bolshevfki is reported TO have
begun The Russian provisional gov
ernments has re-appeared and issued a
manifesto asserting 1t is the only Legal
authority II urges the people to dis
Ubey the decrees of the bolshevikf
Berlin now claims the capture OF s.
600 British within the last few DAYS,
together with 100 guns.