Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-04
Germans Nowhere Successful
-Massed Troops Used -
British Holding Firm.
Most Sanguinary Battle Since
Verdun = Artillery Active
On Italian Front-Russian
Situation Acute.
(By Review Leased wire)

Extremely hard flghtlnS, With the
Germans using great forces of infantry
in mass formation. is taking place
along the Southwestern and southeast
ern sections of the Cambria district.
In the region of Gonnelieu. La Vac
Querie and southwark of Vendhuile
and northward toward Masnieres, bat
ties ragged with great fierceness
throuhout Monday, but with the Ger
mans nowhere successful in breaking
the British front At La Vacquerie
they again succeeded in penetrating
the village from which they were
elected previously, but in stlong
counter attack, General Byng's forces
threw out the enemy, inflicting heavy
casualties.
Use Massed Infantry
AS in their previous attacks, the
Germans. used great masses of infan-
try, but the Bri .ish forces every
where are firmly holding their line.
Al .hough the Germans in their OF
fensive have been using men reckoned
at twenty divisions, the British have
been able at several points to re-
gain some of the ground they lost
in the initial attack, which was de-
livered with suddeness similar TO
that of Byng's big drive toward Cam
brai. Sunday nikh. they gained the
eastern edge of the village of Villers-
Guislain and have driven out the
Germans from La Vacquerie. They
held this latter position until Monday
morning. when they were compelled
again TO cede it to the enemy, only 10
take it again later in the day. South
west of Bourbon village 20 the west OF
Cambria, the British also have re-
covered lost terrain.
Battle Was Bloody
The German war office asserts that
six thousand British have been made
prisoner during their drive and that
100 guns have been taken from them.
A large number of the guns already
have been recaptured. The four days
battle is described as the most san
culinary since Verdun and tn first bat
Il of Ypres.
Artillery duels are in progress be-
tween the French and the Germans
north of the Chemin des Danes and
in the Verdun sector An attack by
the Germans north of Fliery in the lat
ter region was en- .irely without re-
suit, the Germans suffering heavy
casualties and leaving prisoners be- !
hind them
Russo-eGrman Front Quiet
Likewise on the Italian flont the
fighting is mostly by means of big
guns, the duels being intense between
the Brenta and Piaye rivers.
No details have been received con- |
cerning the negotia lions between the
Germans and the Russians for an arm
istice, although the German grand
headquarters announces that an arm !
istice already is in force on sections
of the Russo-German front. In ad-
dition to Austria-Hungary accepting
the PROPOSAL of the Russians for a ces- !
sation of hostili les, Bulgaria is also !
to open negotiations with Russia with
the same object in view.
Conference is Closed
The internal situation in Russia re-
mains acute. Infantry and machine
gun detachments have been sent
against the general staff headquarters
a. the front, where refusal met the
Bolsheviki demand that arrangements
be made for an armistice.
The inter-allied conference in Paris !
has ended Colonel E. NJ House, head I
of the American delegation. in the !.
closing address, declared there had
been coordination and unity of pur-
pose reached which promised greater
results for the future and that it was