Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
BERLIN CLAIMING PRISONERS
Report Capture of 1000 Men
in Addition to Several
Field Batteries.
TEUTON LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Machine Guns Play Havoc
With Massed Lines; No
Change in Italy.

by Associated Press.
General Byng's troops in the Cam
brai salient in northern France were
on the aggressive again Saturday, at
tacking the Germans who, in deter-
mined thrust the day previous along
virtually the entire 1S-mlle front. had
thrown back the British from few
of the advanced positions they had
captured in their recent drive.
Prompt counter-attacks by Byng's
troops while the Germans were still
trying to push forward on Friday
checked the Teuton advance before II
had gained too great an impetus. For
"A time the situation looked serious for
the British however. as the German
encircling movement toward the south
end of the salient piyoting on th4
west bank OF the Scheldt north
Banteux swung It's left flank ! = ~
Gonnelieu and on to Gouzeprcprt
one and one-half miles back Ia L
original British line. while ,ts :, ~
reached LaVacquerle, as~s-s~ass NJ
Berlin Cla,yns 1000 PRISONERS. ~
There vas a hurried exodus OF tts
brtisr from the sector where envel-
Spr- mt war threateneI and appar-
emily all but few of the most ex-
posed parties got clear Berlin. how
ever, claims the taking of 1000 Brit
ish prisoners with several field batter
les, and dispatches from British head
quarters report that the British blew
UP a number of Their guns which were
In danger of falilnx into the ens1nyi@
hands.
THE prompt counter attaciSs re-
trieved much Of the lost ground. in
cluding the towns OF Gouseaucourt
and LaVacquebe. where the penetra-
ton had been deepest. and on Satur-
day Byngs forces pushed the fighting
In an effort for the further recovery
Of the lost ground.
No admission of any retrograde
movement by the British elsewhere on
the front of attack has come from the
London war office. altho Berlin claims
to have thrown the British back upon
.Graincourt. Anneux and Cantaing.
along the northerly side of the salient.
The Germans seems TO have gained
initial successes In this sector, but ap-
parently were driven back by British
counter-attacks before they could es-
tablish themselves.
German Losses Heavy.
The German losses in the massed
attacks are reported extremely heavy
and Byng's forces also suffered con-
siderable casualties in repelling> the
assaults and other vigorous counter
drives.
On the Italian front there have
been no further efforts by the Austro-
German forces to break into the Ital-
ian line. The attempt, If one is to be
made, is apparently awaiting the ar
rival OF heavy guns, which are report
ed on their way to the front General
Diaz' armies appear also to have been
largely reinforced both as regards
men and artillery. In one sector they
have been on the aggressive probably
In an attempt TO rectify their front
slightly according to Berlin. which re-
ports an attack declared to have been
futile. on Monte Pertica. in the hills
between the Brenta and the Piave.
In Palestine, General Allenby's
troops while not undertaking any gem
eral attack upon the Turks have ~
fllcted considerable losses upon them
in minor operations along the nnes 10
the northwest of Jerusalem.