Evening star., 1917-12-02
BYNG READJUST|NGl
LINE NEAR CAMbRAl;.
/. HAETS NEW ATTACK.
British, by Aggressive Action
Reclaim Practically All the
Ground Taken From Them. ]
BULLETS FROM SKIES
RAIN UPON TEUT0NS
Fliers Assail Hindenburg's Forces
With Machine Guns and Bombs.
Level Fifteen Enemy Machines, !

1870
Level Fifteen Enemy Machines, !
Gen. Byng's troops In the Caubrsl
salient in northern France ware ON tha
aggressive again yesterday, attasaine
the Germans, who in q determined
thrust the day previous along virtually
the entire eighteen-mils front hsA
thrown back the British from q few Of
the advanced positions they had cap.
tured in their recent great drive. A
greater portion Of the territory whish
the Germans gained has been reclaimed
in the British counter attacks. The Gsr-
mans yesterday afternoon delivered
new attacks against several important
points along the Cambria front, but
were repulsed by the British.
The oficial report of aerial opera
tions issued last night said the Britidh
scout patrols fred more than 1900
rounds from their machine guns %
enemy troops and transports ON ne
roads behind the fighting line Fifteen
hostile airplanes were brought dorn
and three others were driven down out
of control Seven British machines ~
missing.
omcial Story Of Battle. q
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 1.-The ofncis1
report from British headquarters in
France tonight says:
Reports from various sectors on the
Cambria battlefront, together with ean-
tured orders and objective maps. enabis
the following account to be gfven -
the battle which began yesterday nora.
ing:
The enemy's intention was to. -
liver . simultaneous encircling attask
with large number Of divisio1s 81
drivs our treope &ss4 Tie importe6xSo
sitions We had Eained November -. 1As
|1Dno~fne tfdsf was issued November
- By Gen. Won permorwtts, comhuaub
ing the second German army:
Soldiers of the ID Army: The Eng<
lish. by throwing into the fight oount>
less tanks on November 20. gained vic-
tory near Cambria Their intention vvAs
to break through. but they did not suc-
coed in doing so. thanks to the briiliant
resistance Of our. troops who were mt
into the line to check their advance.
We are now going to turn their om.
bryonic victory into defeat By an en.
is watching you and expects every nan
to do his duty q
Object Il Defeated.
Owing to the magnificent dsfenss
and stubborn resistance Of our troops H.
enemy's object has been completely de-
feated- From Venchuile, in the south. TO
point two kilometers, west OF
Moeuvres. in the north, the enemy ad- 7
vanced IN masses In an endeavor to :
break through our defenses by wefxht
OF numbers. From Masnieres norfh.
ward our positions are intact, and veryr
severe losses were inflicted on the hos.
tile masses by artillery. rifle and mo-
chine gun fire.
I'm places where the enemy tempor.
artly broke through he was caught by
the pofnt-blank dre Of our field artfI.
lery and driven back by immedtstGss
counter attacks. South Of CrevecoeEr
into our lines on q considerable front,
capturing number OF prisoners ana
in places reaching our gun positions.
Ground Largely Recaptured.
Our reserve troops in their countef
attack recaptured a great part Of ne
ground taken by the enemy and hSvs
today retaken the village of Gonneflew !
and the st. Quentin spur. south OF that I.
village.
"In these operations we have takAn
several hundred prisoners and many !,
machine guns. in addition to infiicting
1nCQAo nv he
This afternoon the enemy repeated ,
his attacks on our positions IN thA
neighborhood of Masnieres. MarcoinE.
Eontaine. Notre Dame, Bourbon and
Moeuyres, and so far as reports hfther-
to show he has been completely re-.
pulsed. -
''The number of German ptfsonar6 ,
taken in November was 11,66i. ancluA-
ing PA officers. In the same period We
have taken 13S guns, including %
heavy guns. and also 800 machine guao.
81 trench mortars. besides great quan-
titles of engineering stores. amnauui- =
BON of all natures and war material
of every kind"
Aerial Operations.
The statement on aerial operations
reads:
Yesterday there were clouds e 3 =
height of 1000 feet all day. but ear
were out continuounly,,ssco o.
operating Win tne Otner arms IN 0o10.
ter attacks against the enemy 0oufk-
west of Cambria. Our artnferx ma.
chimes. in addition to registering our
guns, located and reported over two
hundred hostile batteries.
THE bombing machines concentrated
their efforts on troops and transport col-
lected in villages in the rear Of the bat
tie. dropping over 200 bombs. The en- =
emy's troops and transport moYfne a :
the roads behind the fiefltine 80 a.
fered good targets to our scout patrols,
who fired over 1900 rounds at them
rom their machine guns. f.F-a
THE fighting In the air was very =
severe and resulted greatly in ooar !;
favor Fifteen hostile machines we're \
brought down and three others were
driven down out of control. Seven of 4
our machines are missing. II
Fail to Achieve Object.
By the Associated Press.
BRITISH II e AID Q QUARTERs m
FRANCE December 1.-The Hindsn-
burg troops yesterday made their dfss
attempts to oust the Britt
sh from the territory won by Gen
BxSg last Beek. They have thus far
Ez1ied to accomplish their object, Az
though they captured constderabls
stretch Of fsrrffory in the conns1isa