The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-28
crashed one enemy, and brought down
two others out Of control in fight.
BRITISH DRIVE RELENTLESS

two others out Of control in fight.
BRITISH DRIVE RELENTLESS
Washington, Nov. 2S.--T-he British
drive on Cambria will be followed up
relentlessly by similar offensives along
the western front, in the opinion of
officers familiar with what is in pros
pect in France. AuthOritive announce
ment already has been made abroad
that this winter would see no halt in
operations and with the return Of
American divisional commanders
from observation tours in France it
has become certain that the French
and British armies will prosecute
mid winter campaigns such as never
before attempted.
Secretary Baker said today that the
returning officers would proceed to
their divisional camps and resume the
personal direction of the training of
their men.
Winter Offensive
1t is expected that officials will get
graphic reports of the preparations
being made for the continuous win
ter offensive against the Germans. AL
ready the allied troops have forced
their way forward against more seri-
GUS obstacles than they will encounter
later when the cold has hardened the
ground for the passage Of troops and
artillery. The mud of Flanders has
been the greatest barrier Of major
operations urging the last few weeks,
but the Cambria attack was forced
home despite it..
'Meagre official reports Of the prog
rcss Of the drive on Cambria indi-
cate clearly that General Byng's for
ces are aiming at a great encircling
movement With wide wedge driven
into the Cambria front, the British
commander apparently is working his
way behind the German lines on his
left flank If he succeeds in pen
etrating deeply in that direction,
many officers here believe he will
force retirement by the Germans on
a wide front.
Pressure Unceasing
Meanwhile the British and French
pressure farther toward the Belgian
coast is unceasing. a new offensive
effort there is expected as part of
the whole plan which the allies are
engaged of forcing the Germans back
from a long section of the coast where
submarine bases are located. The
Cambria successes have an important
bearing, in the opinion of officers
here, on this general plan of accom-
plshing during the Writer a decisive
result in the coastal region as the
foundation upon which next years Of
fcnsivc campaign can be laid.
REVIEW OF THEATERs
Representatives of the chief nations
at war with the Teutonic allies are
assembling in Paris for the inter-allicd
conference at which are to be dis
cussed mOmentous questions for more
unified action in the prosecution of
the war.
The American, British and Italian
missions have reached the French
capital. They are led respectively by
Col. E. NJ. House, David Lloyd George,
the British minister, and VittoriO
Orlando, the Italian premier
Affairs in Russia
In addition to determining a basis
for strength joint action against the
enemy countries, the conferees doubt
less also will discuss the anomalous
situation in Russia, where the BOlshe-
Wiki factions are in control and where
German staff officers are reported to
be acting as military advisers to the
Lenine government. Possibly a most
pertinent point in the discussion will
be the future attitude of the allied
countries twoard Russia-whether the
situation as it now, stands does not
place the Bolsheviki government and
it's followers in the category Of allies
of the central powers.
Inside Russia the unsettled conGi-
ton of affairs daily seems to be grow
ing more serious. All communication
now has been severed between north
and south Russia. even the foreign
embassies in Petrograd being unable
to get in touch with Odessa and other
points to the south. Unofficial advices
are to the effect that the Russian
northern army is in dire straits for
food, having had no bread for several
days.
Hard After Germans
Around the village of Bourbon and
Bourbon wood and about Fontaine
Notre Dame in the region of Cambria,
the British troops are keeping hard
after the Germans. In both sectors,
General Byng's forces again have
made considerable progress, especial
ly at Fontaine, where, having been
evicted by the Germans after the
initial drive of last week, they again
have obtained a footing in the town