The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-07
|HAIc HALTSDRIvE
| ON BRITISH LINE.
TEuToN GAINS MINIMIzED BY
sYNo's FORCES IN PREVENT
ING FOE SMASHING FRONT.
GEN. DUNkHoNIN SLAIN
FORTY EIGHT HOUR ARMISTiCE
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GER
MANY HAS BEEN SIGNED.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
With the British Army in France,
Dec 5.-The Germans evidently have
stopped their tactics of sacrificing
men in an effort to break through the
British lines near Cambria. The Lon
don report says, however, the success
of the enemy in gaining footing at
two places is minimized by the
achievement of the British in halting
the attempted advance. The Germans
still claim the capture of 5000 men
and 100 guns around Cambria. but the
British war office says the number of
captured prisoners on each side is far
in excess of that figure.
The expected drive of the Austro-
Germans in Italy has not begun, but
1t is believed new infantry operations
will begin as soon as the weather
clears a little.
On the Aisne and Meuse fronts the
French and Germans are continuing
their artillery duels, but no infantry
moves are recorded
In Palestine the battle between the
British and the Turks for the posses
sion of Jerusalem has not begun.
A forty-eight hour armistice be-
tween Russia and Germany has been
signed at the headquarters of Prince
Leopold of Bavaria
Petrograd. - Gen. Dukhonin, who
took over the post of commander-in
chief of the Russian army after the
overthrow of Premier Kerensky, was
thrown from a train and killed as the
result of lynch law, after Ensign Kry-
lenko, the Bolsheviki commander-in
chief, had captured Mohilov, it was
officially announced by the Russian
war office.
Gen Dukhonin. recently appointed
commander-in-chief of the Russian
army by the Bolsheviki government
refused to take its orders and become
a traitor by proposing peace to the
Germans. Thereupon he was deposed
and Ensign Krylenko, who knows
nothing of the army, was made gen
eral in command
pa has been torpedoed and sunk, ac
cording to the morning papers. Eighty
passengers and the crew of the vesse,
perished. About 100 passengers were
saved 1t is reported that the subma
rine fired on women and children in
open boats. The Norwegian legation
reports that thirteen Norwegian
steamers of a gross tonnage of 1902
were lost in November by causes aris
ing from the war. Forty-one Norwe
gian lives were lost from same causes
London, Dec. 4.-"From Gonnelieu
to. Marcoing," Field Marshal Haig's
report from France says, 1.-The enemy
delivered attacks in great strength
with large forces and has been re
pulsed with heavy losses. The enemy
resumed the offensive on the Cambria
battle front with great violence.
Fighting of an exceptionally severe
nature took place. Our positions
have been maintained except at La
Vacquerie and east of Marcoing,
where our line has been slightly with
drawn"
penhagen.-Report that Gen. Kal-
edines with 100000 Cossacks had cap
tured Rostov and was marching
toward Moscow was received here via
Haparanda. Bulgaria has decided to
open negotiations with Russia, in ac-
cordance with her allies, and has sent
reply to this effect to the Russian
government, Sofia dispatch says.
With the British Army in France,
Dec. 3.-Nine separate counter at
tacks against the British positions at
Cambria were defeated by the Haig
forces, according to the reports which
say the British killed more Germans
that day than during any similar pc
riod since the war began. Great waves
of the advancing Teutons were
moved down by the artillery like a
reaper cuts hay according to the
west front correspondent While the
fight is described as q series of coun-
ters, it was virtually continuous
struggle, raging from morning till
dark A number of American engi-
neers were cut off for time during
one of Saturdays raids, but they
joined with the British and by their
valiant assistance succeeded in saw
ing themselves.