The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-06
@IT|SH PULL OUT
 0F UGLY POSITION
..,,aos Had Begun Turning Move bui IL Was Frustrated-Ihe ppitish Forced to Withdraw
 And Lost Men.

n.,ish Headduarters in France,
 In their operations in 's rambrai region Friday the Ger
 began a turning movement,
 , inc British were able to pull sa most of their troops and guns
 he first attack and save them ..,,o heinz caught. The British s...S up a certain number of guns.
 far as could be ascertalned no e.s,ish guns were captured by the 4.mans The German losses were yseedingly large. The British asshably lost a considerable number Bf men. e. ghere is no concealing the fact shat the enemy gave the British an Uncomfortable hour or two but the s.h,ation this morning was not one n cause particular uneasiness.
 Some scattered British in the teenf line may have fallen into tho Aands of the Germans, but most of thp troops are reported to have been ailbdrawn safely. Some ground has been lost. but unless unforeseen 4xenls arise the German plans have been frustrated, with the intllction 1T serious losses on them
 ighting is still proceeding tcday. m British are continuing their esunler- attacks.
 I've Great German Attacks.
 The Hindenburg troops yesterday aade the first prelentious attempts A oust the British fronl the terri try won by General Byng la. week. Ino great attacks were delivered. Bbth assaults were made in very Srong force. and the infantry was Supported by fire from newly con- ssructed German guns.
 In the northern attack the Ger mans succeeded in pushing down hftween Moeuvres and Bourbon Hood for a considerable distanoa lbl were driven back by a counter 2itaek after particularly bloody hehting. The line in this section hday was practically as it stood be- bre the Germans attacked.
 q In the southern battle the Ger nans broke thru the British front sputh of Villers- -Guislain, and by Asecuting a turning movement to the pDrth, succeeded in enveloplng eauche wood, Gouzeaucourt, Come heu and La Vacquerie temporarily T At the first shock Of the attack by q superior number of forces the British organized a counter-attack snd sent up reinforcements. The British troops were thrown against Germans in Gouzeaucourt, which fepresented the enemy's extreme adyance, a distance of about 4,000 yards. The Germans got into Gou- zeaucourt about 10 o'clock in the morning, and from that hour until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, hand to nand fighting of most terrible na- flre took place there.
 British Fight Furiously. 4 The British were outnumbered, gut so furious was their onslaught .hat they pushed the Germans back rom the town and reoccupied it. Just east of Gouzeaucourt is a page and the Germans had oecu- Pled this in force. The British con- phued their attacks and gradually 'efeed the enemy from this ridge to Nle lower ground As a result the Iiage was retaken by the British, to- setler With Gauche wood, southeast 'l Gouzeaucourt, and they pushed 'i to the western edge of Gonnelieu.
 m the meantime British counter 'uaeks at La Vacqueires had suc- seeued and the Germans were hrown out of this place with heavy psses. The Germans this morning sere just west of ers-Guislain, Nhlch represented an advance of Dout 5000 yards. At Gonnelieu, the 'uemy had made very little ad- anee, and his gain farther north 'sad virtually been nullified in many 'laee. At no point is the advance 80 feat as i'll the Villers-Guislain ector