Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-03

tnlS morning.
D PUSH GERMANS BACK.
At an early hour of the forenoon
the Germans had been pushed back
over a considerable amount of ground
which they overran yesterday.
Gouzeaucourt, which the enemy held
FIVE hours and which represented their
extreme advance, was cleared little
after o'clock yesterday afternoon
and later the British operations re-
suited in the Germans being pushed
back from Quentin ridge to the east
of Gouzeaucourt and from Guaehe
wood, which lies west of Villers-
Guislaine
ATTACK NOT RENEWED.
A little further north in the La
Vacquerie section the Germans had
been forced to fall back,
Thus far the Germans have not
renewed their attack, either in the
CONJECTURE region or at the scene
of their disastrous failure yesterday.
along the line from Moeuvres and
around Bourbon wood to point near
Cantaing. However,,~it was known
that they brought up heavy reinforce
ments for yesterdays offensive and
the further attempt on their part to
oust the British from the newly won
territory in the Cambria sector were
not unexpected.
I Complete Tcutpn Reverse.
T The Germans in their northern at
tack met a complete reverse at the
hands of the counter attacking Brit
ish and the enemy suffered exceed
ingly heavy losses both in killed and
wounded. This attack extended from
point just west OF Moeuvres and
the Bourbon wood and thence down
tothe region OF Cantaing. >.
/ Planned Crushing Blow.
' London, Dec. 2.--The official re-
port from headquarters in France to-
night says:
Reports from various sectors Oh
the Cambria battle 'front.' together
with captured orders and objective
maps, enable the following account
to be given of the battle, which began
| yesterday morning.
"The enemy's intention was to de-
liver Simultaneous encircling attacks
with a large number of divisions and
drive our troops from the important
positions we had gained November 28.
The following order was issued on
November % by General Won Der
morwitz, commanding the Second
German army:
Appeal to Soldiers.
"'Soldiers Of the Second Army
The English, by throwing into the
fight countless tanks OH November
20, gained victory near Cambria.
Their intention was to break through,
but they did not succeed in doing so,
thanks to the brilliant resistance of
our troops, who were put into the
line to check their advance. We are
going to turn their embryonic victory
into defeat by an encircling counter
attack. The fatherland is watching
you and expects every man to do
his duty
Owing TO the magnificent defense
and stubborn resistance of our troops
the enemy's object has been defeat
ed. From Vendhuile in the south TO
point two kilometers west of Moeu-
vres, in the north, the enemy adj
vanced in masses i'll an endeavor to
break through our defenses by weight
of numbers. From Masnieres north
ward our positions are intact and very
severe losses were inflicted on the
hostile masses by artillery, rife and
machine gun fire.
Temporary German Success.
In places where the enemy tempo
rarily broke through he was caught
by the point blank fire of our field
artillery and driven back by i'm
mediate counter attacks. South of Gre
Veco, the enemy succeeded in forcing
its way into our lines on consider
able front, capturing a number of
prisoners and i'll places reaching our
gun positions.
Our reserve troops in the counter
attack, recaptured great part of the
ground taken by the enemy and have
today retaken the village of Come
lieu and the St. Quentin spur, south of
that village.
Prisoners and Guns.
In these operations we have taken
several hundred prisoners and many
machin guns, in addition to inhicting
heavy losses on the enemy.
This afternoon the enemy repeated
its attacks on our positions in the
neighborhood of MasnieIes, Marco
ing. Fontaine Notredame, Bourbon
and Moeuvres, and so far as reports
hitherto show, he has been complete
ly repulsed.
"The number of German prisoners
taken in November was 1851. in
Guiding PA officers. In the same per-
iod we have taken 1873 guns, including
40 heavy guns and also 303 machine
guns, O. trench mortars, besides great
quantities OF engineering stores"