Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-12-06
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS ATT
GLANCE
War News.

War News.
The British are now in possession
of still more enemy defenses in the
region of BullecoErt, the Germans hav-
ing been forced to withdraw somewhat
at several points to rearrange their
positions A considerable number of
German communication trenches had
become untenable as result of the
British drive into the enemy front line
last week, and the Germans abandoned
these for more favorable ground.
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Although faced everywhere by SUI
perior numbers of men and guns, the
Italians have valiantly defended every
foot of ground in the hills and along
the Piave, and in the former region
in recent days actually have taken
the offensive against the invaders and
pushed them back.
There has again been severe fight
ing west of Cambria says an official
report from Flanders. AT midday
the enemy strongly attacked the po-
sitions we held in the neighborhood
OF Bourbon and succeeded in pressing
back our troops from portions of the
village. Our positions in Bourbon
Wood and on the high ground are
intact
In an attack in the Verdun region
the French troops captured first and
second German lines of defense, in
Guiding deep dugouts, and also took
500 Germans prisoner, according to
French official communication
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The British renewed their attack on
Fontaine and are still holding the
ground between Cantaing and south of
Fontaine. The toll of booty already
captured continues to swell and unof-
fetal estimates place the number of
guns taken at several score. A great
many machine guns have fallen into
the hands of the British.
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Between the Brenta and Piave rivers
in the Italian theater, the Italians and
the Teutonic Allies are still at deadly
grips, with the enemy endeavoring to
break through to the Venetian Plain,
but with the Italians everywhere tena-
ciously holding them.
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General Maurice announced that the
operations in Palestine, near Jerusa-
lem, are continuing with complete sue
cess. The British troops were still six
miles distant from Jerusalem, fighting
in the hills of Judea, he said, and it
would be unwise to make any antici-
patory statement regarding the fall of
the city.
The British are carrying forward
successfully their maneuver, which
apparently has as it's objective the en-
circlement and capture of the import
ant railroad junction of Cambria, in
northern France.
Washington.
Information reaching the State De-
partment recently was that the author
tiles in Petrograd were in wireless
communication with Berlin. The char
acter of the communications passing
between the two capitals was un-
known
Bumper world crops of corn, oats.
potatoes, rice, sugar-beets and tobacco
for this year are shown by estimates
compiled by the International insti-
tute of agriculture at Rome made pub
lie by the department of agriculture
at Washington.
A German submarine captured re-
Gently by two American destroyers was
sent to the bottom by members of her
crew opening cocks below while their
shipmates stood on deck with hands
raised in signal of surrender All of
the crew were taken prisoners.
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Rear Admiral Washington L. Caps,
chief constructor of the navy, has
asked to be relieved as general man.
aegr of the shipping boards emer-
gency fleet corporation because of ill
health, and probably will be succeed
ed by Homer L. Ferguson, now presi-
dent and general manager of the New
port News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company.
Government operation of railways,
If the pooling plan does not afford re-
lief from the present situation, was
being considered in Washington as the
committee of vice presidents of east
.ern lines gathered to perfect general
plans to put the pooling arrangements
into effect
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Domestic.
The railroad brotherhood chiefs. In
a statement issued after a two hours