Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

%Es4he days battle saw the Teutons II
q Eppsscssion OF $500 yards OF recon
n s,x1usred ground No attempt is made
tStrre to deny that tho German come
IS Track" cost the British dearly in men
& ffaaterial and ground, but the Germans
n Et3o. paid terrific toll for what they
SEeined. They did not resume their
& ESpunterdrivc to-day. Heavy local
sTEh,ing continues. however.
/ Msi Berlin officially announced the cap
4 tstnre OF 1000 British troops and several
i tRstterics. The rocapturc of Gonnelieu
3 tsSnd Nille.s-Guisia. in villages, and OF
tShe heights OH tho west bank of tho
\ fSsfheldt. on both sides OF Bantcux, also
s s3sas reported by the German War OF
s sSi.tc, which asserted tina; the British
: ssSwcrc thrown back TO the Graincourt-
: s:.Xnneux -Cantaing line on the northern
es;de Of RynE's original wedge III the
alderman line.
ts:Polit.cal considerations ovcrshadowe ell
i s.tAe imme diatc military-sira;csic mo-
Wives underlying the German massed
Z Sassault, 1t is believed. They were:
;sS /. To impair British prestige AZ tho
: s%faris conference.
4 - . To help along the Teu.on peace
Z ttfiye, designed TO make Russia and
s1taly. and ultimately all bellisercnts,
2 e34uit the war.
4 ~, s. To back UP the victory speeches"
s e@of Chancellor Won HeTt!ing and For
Z s,etsn Minister Won Kuehlnann in the
Z sclcichstag. at tho same time putting
& What body into a plinhie Tood to vote
4 "a, huge new war credit
kSFrom military standpoint. the Ger
psnans. by theft countcrdrive. aimed;
S|l. To restore their lines ana save
.:Csmbrai.
Sza2. To force continuance OF the main
iBritish effort here. in order TO relieve
.tdc Flanders front.
4 .ss:3. To restore German morale, scri-
ipusly impaired by Byngs recent sue
scesscs.
;The attack was launched after the
xHst fashion of the Teu;on military
YSShoct-pinccr- tactics. Isy tacKlins the
& lE33fitish at the two iianks-not the
Tlnks of the advance base line OF The
isTalient. but. where the two sides joiI
Is3Tith the original British Iinc-the Ger
tETfan commander tried for a bold con-
Emerging movement behind the British
b Hffird army. and thus TO cut il off and
IsEscap ture thereby the entire ground
f3gst to Byng, a gain between five and
asf1 miles deep on II front OF some eleven
sfniles In this main object the Ger
iftlana failed.
tnYNG BEATS THEM
81. At THEIR OWN GAME,
MsThey failed because Byng beat then,
Va their own taunted galnc-iron d!a-
EC3pline. For ''Bingo-Byng" is one OF
sthc school Of British generals that
L5takcs discipline the alpha and the
sbtncga OF all its teachings. He has
Ahecn known for years as one OF those
N N rn1c IN I'll.
psrade i'll the afternoon, parade i'll the
ssyeninE. That sort of training saved
bhis army yesterday. Grasping ut a
flash the trap tho ell envy was getting
Ersady to spring, he gave the command
I'D his main advanced forces: Draw
Mack." They did not like i; a Bit His
AThslish Scottish Welsh combina ton
gga.s just as full OF impetuous fighting
tJsrvor as ever, and felt like hitting bacl;
5pn the instant and yielding not an inch
pput their commanders doctrine hat
dong become a religion with them. ant
sback they drew, hghtins all the time
sIf course. Later when they heard VIVA
2%as going on in the two flank sector.
!3hcy thanked their stars for "Bngo
.a,yrG." II was an exemplary lighting
.retirement in point OF order and de.
Sggructiou OF guns and materials ,ha,
4dght have fallen into the encmy's
1lands
|8Slr Douglas fiaig made only thi.
praferencc to the Cambria battle in hi.
Gay report:
S,"On the Cambrai battle front tht
s1iermGns during the night made ne
effort to renew their principal attacks
J5ZFront dispatches. however. told o.
renewed bitter fighting ensuing in sue
scsssive British counterattacks
n;Meanwhilc the German heavy gun.
chave begun strong bombardment II
{ yJNe Scarpe Valley. to tho north, ind,
coating. perhaps, blow there aimed a
wRleventlng the British from DRAWN.
sXe-enforcements from that front.
1.-The tanks again took an irnportan nj
Jpart In yesterdays battle. PARTICULAR,
ywhen the British came back. They
had been swept out Of Latcau wood
Navacqnerie. Gonne!icu, Nirers- Gus
+lain and Gouzeaucourt but later the,
btook back all but Goanelieu and Vii
t1srs-Guisla!n. When tho Germans saw
sByng had parted their main blows
.And that there was no chance OF trap
,:ptng whole army. they scattered ,hei
sattacks all along the two sides OF tn.
Salient.
E#sThe French az Nerdun inantainet
oHeir lines against a violent Gerna,
4tack on the right bank Of the Meusc
GERMANS CAPTURE f.n00
BRITISH N CAMHRAI REGIO,
y, berlin. December (via London) -
sThe Germans yesterday captured 400
B}itsh and several batteries in Tn,
9ambra region. The War Oaice an
;neunces.
s#3rhe statement says that buiwec,