Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
ALLIES HOLDING
 FIRMLY
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 The British. French and Italian lines are still holding firmly against on- Siaughts of the Teutonic allies. deliv- cred with heavy endorsements that have been drawn from the Russi9n front since the cessation of hostilities there under the armistice.
 The latest attack of the Germans, made in the Cambrai region between Bullecourt and Queant. was a complete failure when the Teuton losses in men killed and made prisoner are put in the balance with their smS'; gain of ground against the British; another attack by the German crown prince in the Cau- rieres wood on the Nerdun sector, which was delivered with large effec- tiycs. has met with the customary re- pulse. while i'm the highlands of the northern front the enemy armies are still being held i'm check by tue Italians.
 A most expensive operation was the German attack Wednesday between Bullecourt and Queant The Berlin war office admits that only a few British shelters and 20 prisoners were taken, while Field Marshal Haig reports that heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy all along the front of the of fcnsiNe. numerous of his dead being left before the cntanElemeuts when the im- possible task of piercing the British lines became apparent and d hurried retreat was ordered
 Finding that the efforts of the Aus triaus to break through the Italian front and debouch upon the plain of Ncnetia were futile. the German troops 9uder General von Below have rein 'orced their allies and with them have delivered another poWerul assault be- tween the Breuta and Piave rivers. At only one point, however. were the com hiued TcutOnic forces able to dent the line 0f the defenders. on Monte Spi- noucia. where they secured a temporary fOothold after having sustained severe casualties. Here the italians are striving valiantly to retake the lost position. Snow and mist are hamper ing the operations in this region
 Reports as tO the progress of the operations between the BolsheViH and Kaledines forces in Russia are be- clouded by reason of variant state nents of results. Both sides are credited with victory in different un- official versions of the operations. One -eport says kaledines is beseigng Ro- stov-ouDon and that fighting is in progress i'm the Vieiu;ty of that city. where men and guns from the Black sea fleet are aiding the Bolsheviki. An other dispatch asserts that General korniloff has routed the Bolshevik near Bielgorod while ,.t;:i another says that kornilOff has been wounded and is in danger of capture and that at tempts by kaledines followers to cut off food supplies to the Bolsheviki in Moscow and Petrograd and from Si- beria have failed.
 The German submarine menace is being held. but has not yet been mast cred, according to thu rirst lord of the British admiralty. In a statement the first lord says the downward trend of mercantile marine losses, the construc- tion of merchant ships and the number of enemy submarines that are being destroyed all are satisfactory. Another high naval authority says the Germans have been attempting submarine of fensiNe Of the greatest possible magni- tude but that they have signally failed and have had to pay a heavy price in vessels lost at the hands of the Amer ican and entente naval forces.
 Aerial bombs dropped by the Ger mans on a town behind the British front have resulted in the death of a number of American railway engineers In another town German aviators at- tempted to bomb a marching American column but all the men escaped un. scathed, although the missile exploded dangerously near them.