Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-02
Huns Hurried English Out of Positions But Byng
 Regains Them.
ITALIANS TRIED
 AN OFFENSIVE
Armies In Palestine Remain Inactive. RussO.German Peace Pact
 Reported Set
 for Today.
Associated Press Summary.)

Associated Press Summary.)
 General Byng's troops in the Cam brai salient were on the aggressive again Saturday attacking the Ger mans, who in determined attacks thru the day previous, along virtually the entire IS mile front, have thrown back the British from few advanced posi-. tions they had captured. Prompt counter attacks by Byng's troops, while the Germans were still trying push forward on Friday, checked tn Teuton advance before it had gained too great an impetus. For a time the situation looked serious for the Brit ish, however, as the Germans en- circling movement toward the south end of the salient. pivoting on the west bank of the Scheldt swung into the left flank thru Gonnelieu and also Gouzeaucourt. one and one half miles back to the original British lines, while it's center reached La Vacquerie.
 A Hurried Exodus.
 There was hurried exodus of the British from the sector where envelop- ment was thereatned, and apparently all but a few got clear. Berlin, how ever, claims the taking of 4.000 Brit ish prisoners. with several field bat teries, and dispatches from British headquarters report the British blew up number of guns in danger of fall ing into the enemy's hands.
 Prompt counter attacks received much of the lost ground, including the towns of Gouzeaucuort and La Vacqueries, where the penetration has been deepest. and Saturday, Byng's forces pushed the fighting in an effort for further recovery of lost ground. No admission of any retrograde move ment by the British elsewhere on the front of the attacks has come from the London war office, altho Berlin claims to have thrown the British back upon Graincourt, Anneaux and Can taing, along the northerly side of the salient. The Germans seemed to have gained initial successes in this sector but apparently were driven back by British counter thrusts before they could establish themselves. German losses in the massed attacks are re- ported exceedingly heavy, and Byng's forces also suffered considerable casu- alties in repelling assaults and viz orous counter drives.
 Italian Front.
 On the Italian front there have been no further efforts by Austro- Ger man forces to break into the Italian line. The attempt, if one is to be made, is apparently awaiting arrival of heavy guns. reported on their way to the front. General Diaz' armies ap- pear also to have been largely rein forced, both in men and artillery. In one sector they have been on the az gressive, probably in an attempt to rectify their front slightly, according to Berlin which reports an attack de- clared to have been futile on Monte Tetrica, in the hills between the Brenta and the Piave. In Palestine, General Allenby's troops, while not undertaking any gen. eral attack upon the Turks, have in- flicted considerable losses upon them in operation along the line northeast of Jerusalem.
 Important developments in the Rus so- German situation as regards the armistice negotiations between the Bolsheviki emissaries and German au- thorities were lacking Saturday. The armistice barley is set for Sunday, in- dications being that it will take place at German headquarters at Brest- ifOvSk e4