Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-04
cAMBRAI SALIENT INTACT.

~hAADANSAA SfAAAASANA i AN ASA.
! The front on the northerly side of
the Cambria salient, having remained
virtually intact under the German i'm
pact, it is in the region to the SOUTH
west of Cambria that the British have
been centering their efforts in the rec
tihcation process.
Last night they pressed their way
eastward to the edge OF Villiers-
Guislain, wiping out much Of the Ger
man gain in the sector most deeply
penetrated by the drive.
They also made Eood- their hold on
! the village OF LaVacquerie on this
front, having repelled series Of at
tacks.
To the north a portion Of posi-
tion on the high ground southwest
OF Bourbon village which had been
temporarily relinquished by the Brit
ish has been reoccupied by them as
the result of another of last nights
operations. Berlin now claims the
capture of 5000 British within the last
few days, together with 100 guns.
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY.
Violent German efforts to wipe out
the salient before Cambria have
brought little tactical success, as Cen
eral Byng has withstood successfully
tor three days all attempts to break
through. About Gonnelieu the Ger
mans have gained slight terrain at
heavy cost and the British have
evacuated Masnieres, south Of Cam
brai. The Germans have suffered
very heavy losses in dead and wound
ed and the British have taken many
hundreds OF prisoners.
In the important sector west oil
Cambria, embracing Bourbon wood.
the dominating position in this re-
gion, the Germans have made no i'm
preston on the British defenses, nor
have General Byng's men given
ground between Bourbon wood and
Moeuvres, The northern side of the
salient. Ten heavy attacks against
the region of Masnieres were driven
OF by the British, with costly losses
tor the attackers, but sharp salient
involving the village made it's aban-
donment necessary.
Southwest of Masnieres toward
Gonnelieu the Germans still hold La
Vacquerie, where, it is said, the dead
in IL hours have numbered more than
iii any similar period since the begin
ming of the war. The British have
reached Gonnelieu and fighting was in
progress Sunday in and around the
village.
In this region the Germans used
four or FIVE divisions Friday and at
tackled in massed formation Saturday
and Sunday. At least six or seven d.
visions were used by the attackers in
their fruitless efforts to break the
northern leg of the salient.
American engineers operating and
building railroads within the British
lines near Gouzeaucourt, west-south-
west OF Councillor, were caught in the
first rush of the German attack. MANY
sought shelter i'll shell holes, from
which they were rescued by British
counter attacks. The engineers aided
the British in withstanding the enemy
attacks and went on patrol duty at
night Several were captured by the
Germans, but later managed to es-
cape. r
On most Of the Italian front the in
tantry remains virtually inactive.
while the artillery is engaged in yio-
lent bombardments, especially along
the Pave river.
The Rehabilitation OF the Russian
army by the Bolsheviki is reported TO
have begun. The Russian provisional
government has reappeared and is
sued manifesto asserting it is the
only legal authority. 1t urges the
people to disobey the DEGREES of the
Bolsheviki.