Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-02
Germans Start Encirciling
Movement Berlin Claims
1000 Prisoners.
Huns Waiting for H avy
Guns on Italian Frontal
lenby's Troops Inflic t
Heavy Losses on Turks.
BY Review Leased Wire)

General Byng's troops in the Cam
brai salient in northern France were
on the aggressive again Saturday, at
tacking the Germans, who in a deter
mined thrust the day previous along
virtually the entire 1S-mile front had
thrown back the British from a few
of the advanced positions they had
captured in their recent great drive
Prompt counter-attacks by Byng's
troops while the Germans were still
trying to push forward on Friday
checked the Teuton advance before
it had gained too great an impetus.
For time the situation looked seri-
Gus 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 Gouzeau-
court, one and a half miles back to
the original British line, while its
center reached La Vacaquierie.
There was a hurried exodus of the
British from the sector where envel-
opment was threatened, and apparent
" all but a few of the most exposed
parties got clear Berlin. however,
claims the taking OF 1000 British pris-
oners with several field pieces. and
dispatches from British headquarters
report that the British blew up
humber of their guns which were in
danger OF falling into the enemy's
hands.
Retrieve Lost Ground
The prompt counter-attacks re-
frieved much of the lost ground, in
cluding the towns of Gouzeaucourt
and La Vacquierie. where the pene-
tration had been deepest, and on Sat
urday Byng's forces pushed the fight
ing in an effort for the further recoV-
cry of the lost ground.
No admission of any retrograde
movement by the British elsewhere
on the front of the attack has come
from the London war office, although
Berlin claims to have thrown the
British back upon Graincourt, An
Deux and Cantaing along the norther-
ly side of the salient. The Germans
seem to have gained initial successes
in this sector, but apparently we're
driven back by the British counter
thrusts before they could establish
themselves.
German Losses Heavy
The German losses in the massed
attacks are reported extremely heavy
and Byng's forces also suffered con-
siderable casualties in repelling the
81, 81 Vic.
ter-drives.
On the Italian front there have
been no further efforts by the Austro-
German forces to break into the ltal-
ian line The attempt if one is to be
made, is apparently awaiting the ar
rival of heavy guns, which are report
ed on their way TO the front. General
Diaz's armies appeared also to have
been largely reinforced, bo.h as re-
CARDS men and artillery.
Berlin Reports Attack
On one sector they seem to have
taken the aggressive, probably in an
attempt to rectify their front slightly,
according to Berlin, which reports an
attack declared TO have been futile,
or the Monte Petricia, in the hills
between the Brenta and the Piave.
In Palestine, General Allenby's
troops. while not undertaking any
general attack on the Turks. have in
fiicted considerable losses on them in
minor operations along the lines 10
the northwest of jerusalem.
Important developments in the
Russian German situation as regards
the armistice negotiations between
the Bolsheviki emissaries and tho
German authorities we're lacking on
Saturday. The armistice parley is set
for Sunday the indications being that
il will take place at German head
quarters at Brest Litovsk