The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-24

west of Cambria the British made
progress yesterday, the war office re-
ports More than 100 guns have been
captured recently in this area.
Reinforced by divisions from other
sectors of the western front the Ger
mans are resisting desperately the
British advance on Cambria. Around
Fontaine Notre Dame, less than three
miles west of Cambria and the Bour-
Ion wood, close by, the most strenu-
Gus fighting has occurred, with the
British making progress. General
Byng is combining his attacks with
consolidation work and the British
are firmly established in their new po-
sitions, which give opportunities to de-
stroy the usefulness of Cambria as a
supply. center as we'll as a starting
place for drive either north, behind
! the Drocourt-Queant line, or west
| against Cambria. Heavy fighting is
taking place at Moeuvres, three miles
west-southwest of Fontaine Notre
miles south of Cambria, at the other
| end of the wedge driven across the
Hindenburg line Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
The Bourbon wood is the dominat-
| ing hill to the west of Cambria and
the Germans have put up a strong re-
sistance here as well as at Fontaine
Notre Dame, which flanks the wood
to the west.
! Capture New Position.
| The British have made advances at
the southern and southwestern edges
| OF the wood Near Moeuvres General
Byng's men have taken TadpoIe
| Copse, which dominates the village
| part of which the Germans still hold
| In addition to nearly 5000 prisoners
the British have captured large guam
titles of war material and several
| score of guns
Fighting activity has been renewed
IN FIanders but on a small scale south
est of Ypres. Field Marshal Haig
| made a slight advance in the direction
| or Menin. German artillery fire is
| heavy on tois front, especially around
Passchendaele.
On the italian front the forces of
| General Diaz in hand to hand fight
lnS are holGing up strong Austro-
| German attemI IS to advance On the
Asiago plateau vast of the Rrenta
river the Italians have checked an
| enemy encircling movement with the
| object of surrounding Monte Meletta
| the vantage point in this region. The
| epemy attacked after a strong bonn
bardment, but the Italian first army
| held to its position, inflicted serious
losses on the attackers and captured
| 200 prisoners.
Cant DisIodge Italians.
East of the Brenta toward the Piave
the important Monte Grappa-Monte
Tomba line, protecting the entrance
to the Venetian plains. The fighting
| here is of the most desperate charac-
ter. The Austro- are attack
| ing in maSSed formation. aided by
strong artillery fire. They have been
| unable, however, to make a dent in
the italian defenses in the last three
days.
The bait of a separate peace Of
T~a1 nv h. TD@1r-E
in Petrograd apparently has attracted
the central powers. According to a
report from Stockholm an emissa nv
has gone to Petrograd with an offer
OF peace from Germany and its al
lies. 1t is reported also that General
Won Ludendorff, Field Marshal Won
| H1ndenburg's principal aid and the
reputed strong man of the German
staff has gone to the eastern frontier
in connection with the Bolsheviki Of
| fer of an arrnistice
American government officials re-
| gard the BolSheviki offer as an a +
that would place Russia in the list of
untriendly nations The British gov
eminent, through its minister of block
ade declares that the making of n
separate peace by the people of Rus
sla would put them virtually outside
the pale of civilized Europe.
is Mile Arc About Cambrai.
London, Nov. 24.-Over nearly fiji
zen IIl4AeS OF an arc around CaOhrai
| British troops were threatenino- a.
secondary defenses of the Hindenbure
line today in battle that front dis
patches described as growing hourly
in violence. =
The Germans now have niclra or
storm troops, hurriedIy drawn from
half a dozen sectors of the west front
in action bitterly contesting every inch
of the line.
Presumably the German depot cit,
was under direct fire of British guns
today. Byng has had sufficient time
in which to bring up his big artillery
/ capable of bridging the two and three
quarters mile gap between the mos
advanced British positions and the
city.
. | The Germans are concentratins
their counter-attacks on Moeuvres
Bourbon wood and Crevcourt, the
three points roughly forming the angle
| of the British wedge.
| THEM TAHEo nnHonM