Arizona republican., 1917-11-22
nents crossed the Bapaume- Cambrai

ments crossed the Bapaume Cambrai road and entered Moeuvres.
 During the day hostile counter at tacks against our new positions in the neighborhood of Bulecourt have been defeated
 The number of prisoners who have passed through our collecting stations exceed 5000, including 1S0 officers. The number of guns captured has not yet been ascertained."
 Andrew Bonar Law announced this evening in the house of commons that 5000 prisoners, including 1S0 officers, have been taken by the British in their present operations. At one point the British penetrated five miles behind the German lines and several villages, in addition to those already announced have been taken.
 The British admiralty this evening issued a report dealing with the en- sgagement Saturday off Helgoland blight between. British and German na- val forces. The statement says: | The British forces sighted shortly before eight o'clock in the morning fovr light cruisers, accompanied by de- strOyerS and mine SWeepers or patrol vessels. The latter made off to the northeast, a destroyer sinking one by gun fire. A number of the survivors were rescued.
 "The enemy light cruisers and de- stroyers turned off toward Helgoland and W>>e pursued by the British ad- vanced forces through the mine fields. A running engagement occurred under a heavy smoke screen until four enemy ! battleships and battle cruisers were sighted. The advanced forces then brplya off inc aDoa oarDaDt and turned ] back to meet their supports outside the mine fields
 Our vessels report that during the action they scored a number of hits on l the enemy. One light cruiser was seen ! to be on fire. a heavy explosion was l observed on another. while a third was i dropping behind. evidently damaged | when the action was broken off.
 The destruction of these ships was l prevented by the presence of the en- emy's large vessels and the proximity 1 to Helgoland The damage to our yes sels was slight but some casualties were caused to officers and men in eX- posed positions"
 A British patrol vessel was torpedoet 1 by an enemy submarine in the Medi- teTranean November IS according tC an admiralty statement issued tonight . Four officers and five men of tho 1 creWg were killed.
 No Russian military communication was issued today. A Petrograd message | received by the British admiralty bl 1 wireless press says:
 A political communique states tha l by order of the All-Russian wOrkmen! | and soldiers congress, the council O the peoples commissaries' has as sumed power. with obligation to offe g1 governments an immediate armistic, on all fronts, with the purpose of open
 ing pour parleis immediately for tn conclusion of a democratic peace.
 When the power of the council i
 firmly established throughout tn country the council will. without delay make formal offer of an armistice t all the belligerents, enemy and ally. / draft message to this effect has beel sent to all the peoples commissarie
 for foreign affairs and to all the plen
 ipotentiaries and representatives of al
 lied nations in Pcrograd
 The council also has sent orders l.
 he citizen commander-in-c chief tha after receiving the present message h
 shall approach the commanding au
 thorities of the enemy armies with al
 offer of a cessation of all hostile activ
 ities for the purpose of opening peac
 pour parlers; and that he shall, frs keep the council constantly informe
 by direct wire of pour parlers with tn
 enemy armies, and second, that h shall sign the preliminary act only af
 ter approval by the commissarie council. The communique is signed b Ouilanoff Lenine, president of tn commissaries council: TrotZky, com
 missary of foreign affairs; krylenl . commissary of war; Beutch- Bruevitcl
 chairman of the council, and Gorbou z noff, secretary