Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-12-05
wALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA wEpSlsDAY. DEC. s. 1917.
British yesterday and |,


nahlis Friday In an attempt to wrench
OF the salient which the British last
week drove in about Bourbon wood.
The mopping up of Gonnelou, which
VIE recaptured by Haig's troops Sat-
nfday, was completed during the
night. About 800 prisoners were
taken in this place. Fifty prisoners
also We're brought out Of Les Rues
,Ysrtes after a British counter attack,
and dsall told the Germans lost many
hundreds Of prisoners in yesterdays
oflerattons.
aSAfter recapturing Cache wood the
!!B3 !!B3ftttsh continued their pressure in
,tNtE region and pushed up still fur
;thet on the higher ground to the
Of the wood. One British
:tHAk captured Is enemy machine
guns In the assault against Cache
SIhs Germans this morning began
assnsavy shelling of the British en-
at the position known as
the Knoll, just south Of Vendhuile,
indtSating the possibility of an i'm
pAnding attack in that sector. Itnow
dapOssible to state that the Germans
sFriday employed a great force
atteast six or seven divisions-for
thHir attack from Moureves to Bour-
Ion wood, and four or Ave divisions
iHSthe southern offensive in the re-
ig56pwof Gonnelieu. The Germans
fqMght in masses all that day In both
SECTORS and their losses were exceed
:tifelys heavy.
The German claim OF 1000 prison.
etsymay be correct. There Is no con-
tH0yeysion of this report at the mo-
nenty The British Jared very we'll
iISkhe matter of guns, however. In
the first rush about Gouzeacourt the
GStnaans captured a considerable
4stmber OF British guns and not
ofa the German guns which the
- Iish ook IN the eirs d rive las { week.
Tie enemy was una Bic to move this
artillery back before British coun-
ter attack swept the Germans east
ward again, and the British recover
ed all Of the German artillery and
the, major portion of their own.
The Germans overran British di-
yisional headquarters at Gouzea-
court and cap ptured some papers and
maps, but. the staff had been unable
to get many important documents out
before the Germans arrived.
British Regain Some Ground.
With the British Army in France,
Dec. 3.-Employing great forces of
infantry in succeeding waves under
terrific artillery concentration, the
Germans to-day made a second at
tempt to pierce the British defenses
In the Gonnelieu sector. The British,
onslaught firmly at all points, ac-
,cording to latest reports at 2 o'clock
this after noon.
81 The battle was along a considera-
BILE front, from La Vacquerie south
ward toward Vendhuile. The Ger
mans succeeded in entering La Vac
querie. but were Immediately elected.
In the course of the day the attack
spread northwardatoward Masnieres.
1t was one OF tremendous fierceness.
British troops last night rcoccu-
pied a section of trench on the high
ground southeast of Bourbon village
on the Cambrai front, which was lost
on Friday: The town Of Masnieres,
which was evacuated by the British,
was shelled last night by British ar
tt!!e.y.
Gen, Byng's troops last night
pressed near the village Of Villieres-
Guislain and along the ridge south
west Of that place, and their line now
is fairly near the town.
1t Is estimated that the Germans
had about 20 divisions for their as
sault on Friday, which, except for
the first Ypres battle, is regarded as
having been their heaviest attack on
the British.
= The Germans attacked the British
positions at La Vacquerie, southwest
Of Cambrai, at 8.45 o'clock this
morning, and an hour later it was re-
ported that they had been success
fully beaten off. TO-day's attack fol-
the enemy to take this village yester-
day afternoon.
Bourbon wood and the trenches re-
captured last night were tho ones
which they held when the Germans
made their great attack.
= Hard fighting continues about Con-
nelieu, which the British recaptured.
Germans Claim Many Prisoners.
Berlin, Dec. 3.-Since Friday the
Germans have captured 5000 British
prisoners in the Cambrai region, the
German general staff announced to-
day The guns taken numbered 100.
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