The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-24
HA|C POUNDS
GERMAN LINES
BEFORE CAMBRIA
Reinforced by Other Divisions,
the Teutons are Putting up
Strong Resistance
BRITISH ESTABLISHED
IN NEW TERRITORY
Italians in Hand to Hand Fight.
ing Hold Back Horde of Hun
Invaders
NV ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
AN UNFRiENpLY ACT.


A separate peace offered by
the eoisheviki government in Pc.
trosrad apparently has attracted
the central powers according to a
report from Stockholm, an ennis.
sary has gone to Petrosrad with
an offer Of peace from Germany
and its allies. II is reported also
that General Won Ludenuorft,
Field Marshal Won Hinderburg's
principal aide, and the reputsd
strong man Of the German s:aff,
has gone to the eastern frontier
in connection with the eo'shev.
Xxi offer Of an armistice.
American government officials
regard the eolsheviki offer as an
act that would place Russia in
the list Of unfriendly nations. The
British government, through tts
Il. minister Of blockade, declares that
s& the making Of peace by Russia
would put them virtually outside I
the pale Of civilized Europe +a
Reinforced by divisions from other
sectors of the western front, the Ger
mans are resisting desperately the
british advance on Cambria Around
Fontaine Notre lame. less than three
miles west Of Camrbai. and the sPour
Ion wood, close by. the most strenu
0us fghting has occurred with the
British making progress:
General Byng is combining his
attacks with consolidation work and
the British are firmly established in
their new positions, which give oppor
tunity To. destroy the usefulness" ol
Cambria as q supply center, as well a.
a starting place for drive either
north behind the 1Queant line
or east against Cambria. Heavy fight
ing is taking place at Moeuvres, and
at Crevecoeur. Tie Bourbon wood Is
dominating a hill to the west of Cam
brai, and the Germans have put strong
resistance here as well as at Fontaine
Notre Dame, which flanks the wood
to the west.
The British have made advances al
the southern and southwestern edges
of the wood. Near MOeuvres, General
Byng's men have taken Tadpole
Copse, which dominates the village
part of which tie Germans still hold
In addition to nearly nine thousand
prisoners, the British have captured
large quantities of war material and
several score of guns.
- Activity In Flanders.
Fighting activity has been renewet
in Flinders, but on a small scale. Or
the lillian front, the forces of Gen
eral Diaz in hand to hand fighting arc
holding up strong Austro German a.
tempts to advance. On the Asiag'
plateau west of the Bren:a river, tn
Italians have checked an enemy en-
circling movement with the object o.
surrounding Monte Meletta, the want
age point in this region. The ltal
ian first army holding 10 its positions
inflicted serious losses on the attack
ers and captured 200 prisoners.
East of Brenta, toward the Plav'
river, the Italians still hold firmly OF
the important Monte-Grappa Monte
Tomba line. protecting the entrance tt
the vl5netian plains. The fighting
here is of the most desperate charac
ter. The AustrO-Germans are attack
ing in massed formation, aided b!
strong artillery fire. They have beer
unable, however, to make dent in th'
Italian defenses in the last three days