The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
BRITISH SMASH
nine ATTACKS
Germans Lose Heavily in Fur
iOuS Assaults.
HAIG RECEIVERS
GROUND
Teutons Planned an EncircIing Move
ment to Offset General syng's EN-
bryonic" Victory.

London, Dec. 3.-The Germans made
desperate efforts TO increase the mi
tial gains achieved in their c.unter
attack on the Cambria front and were
defeated with heavy losses.
The official communication reports
that nine separate attacks were made
on the B:itish positions near Mas
nieres, south of Cambria. The state
ment follows:
IN the course of the fighting in
the neighbOrhood of Masnieres the en-
envy delivered no less than nine sep
arate attacks upon our positions in
and around the village. All wee beat
en- off with heavy losses to the enemy.
In the lest attack Ge,achments of Ger
man infrn.ry succeeded in ga n NJ a
foothOld in the adjoining village of
Les Rues Eertes, on The west bank
of the Canal de Lescaut. but were
driven cut by our counter attacks.
Hostile raiding parties wera re-
pulsed during the night in the neigh
barhood of Ovion and south of Armen-
there's We Cbtainod a few prisoners"
An Official report from British he d.
quarters said:
Reports from various sectors on
the Cambria battlefront, together with
captured orders and objective maps.
enable the following account to be
given Of he battle which began Fri
day morning.
The Gnemy's intention was to de-
liver a simultaneous attack with a
LARGE number of divisions and drive
our troops from the important posi-
tions we had gained on the twentieth
Of November. The following order
wa issred on the twenty-ninth Of
NCvem&or by General VondermOwitZ,
commanding the second German ar
my:
Soldiers Of the second army: The
Eng'is' by throwing into the fight
countless Tanks. on November 90 gain
ed victory near Cambria. Their inten-
ton was to break through, but they
did not succeed in doing So thanks to
the brilliant resistance of our troops
who were put into the line to check
their advance. We are now going to
turn their embryonic victory into de-
feat by an encircling counter attack
The Fatherland is watching you and
expects every man to do his duty
Owing to the magnificent defense
and stubborn resistance of our troops,
the enemy'S object has been complete
ly defeated From Vendehulle in the
south to a point two kilometers Ga
mile and fifth west of Moeuvres, in
the north, the enemy advanced in
masses in an endeavor to break
through our defenses by weight of
numbers. From Masnieres northward
our positions are intact and very Sc
we're losses were inflicted on the hos
tile masses by artillery, rifle and ma
chine gun fire.
"Our reserve troops in their counter
attack recaptuTed a great part of the
ground taken by the enemy and have
retaken the village of Councillor and
the st. Quentin spur, south of that
village In these operations we have
taken several hundred prisoners and
many machine guns, in addition to in
flicting heavy losses on the enemy.
The number of German prisoners
taken in November was 1851, includ-
ing pa officers. In the same period
we have taken 1873 guns. including
forty heavy guns, and also SO3 ma
chine guns, sixty-four trench mortars,
besides great quantities of engineer
ing stores, ammunition of all natures
and war material of every kind"