The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-12-08

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guns. sabres and other war material.
Toward evening the British retook
La Qacquerie, but they were unable
to recover Gonnelieu or Villers.
In the first rush some British bat
teries were caught and the crews
blew up the guns. About 1000
British were trapped and captured.
At points two miles back the British
reformed for the counterblast and
fought their way forward about half
a mile. On the second day of the
battle the British were still counter
attacking.
Soon after launching the blow to
the south the Teutons swept in be-
tween Bourbon and Moeuvres. on the
northern flank, and forced their way
forward about two miles, nearing
Graincourt. They suffered the heavi-
est losses from machine gun and ar
tillery fire as they advanced in dense
formations. Their lines broke just
north of Graincourt and recoiled.
They fed back up the southern slope
of the ridge.
Meantime the Germans had not
been idle around Cambria and
Masnieres. They attacked in these
regions hoping to smash in the point
of the wedge. but were repulsed
everywhere.
The situation of the British is still
perilous and retreat from the Cam
brai circle, or at least a partial re-
treat. may be necessary if counter
attacks do not give them more elbow
room.
While the furious battles were in
progress near Cambria the Teutons
were not relaxing their efforts in
Italy. Time and again they assailed
the mountain positions of the Ro-
mans between the Piave and the
Brenta, but without avail. Time and
again the Romans counter-attacked
and even gained little ground and
took few hundred prisoners. This
was the situation when the British
and French reinforcing armies ar
rived and then the Teutons, seeing
that further attacks would be futile
and would entail useless losses. sus-
pended their efforts to await develop
ments. Whether the Germans sent
troops back into France from the
Italian front is conjectural. There
may have been no need of such a
measure. The Russian front has
held no menace for weeks and the
Germans probably have withdrawn
hundreds of thousands of men for
service in France.
The French have kept the Crown
Prince occupied in the Verdun Sec
tor. East of the Meuse. in the reg
ion of hill 344. and eastward thereof.
they took back in one big bite the
positions at which the Crown Prince
had been nibbling ever since the
French major gains a few months
ago.
InPalestine General Allenby pushed
his advance toward Jerusalem and
to points northwestward. Hebegan
to meet with determined resistance
and was held up. On the coast his
troops crossed the river near Jaffa.
but were driven back to the southern
side. Close to Jerusalem several Sc
we're fights occurred. The Turks
have been making violent demonstra-
tions against the British lines, which
however. have not been much affect
ed.
In East Africa the British captured
a force of 100 Germans and several
thousand natives. The Germans un-
willingly stumbled into one of their
own villages to find that it had been
occupied by the enemy. The long
campaign in East Africa. which has
been conducted by the Germans with
brilliancy. appears to be nearing an
end. The last German forces are in
bad positions and are in danger of
being surrounded and besieged.
Tho British losses for the month