Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-01
REGAIN LOST GROUND.
The announcement follows:

REGAIN LOST GROUND.
The announcement follows:
"On the Cambrai front, as a result
of successful counter-at attacks in which
we captured prisoners and machine
guns, we regained the more import
ant part Of the positions on Welsh
ridge, into which the enemy pene-
trated yesterday. The enemy retains
a portion of our front trench in the
vicinity of LaVacquerie and south Of
Marcoing.
''On the Ypres front by a minor
operation last night our line was ad-
vanced short distance on both sides
of the Ypres-Staden railway"
Germany has struck its first strong
blow on the western front since the
heralding of great offensive and the
British have held it in check. The
attack, which resulted in heavy fight
ing. was made on a short front on the
southern end of the salients before
Cambrai. The fighting continues.
The attackers gained foothold in
British trenches, but later were
elected In part by counter attacks. The
German thrust was on front of more
than two miles between Marcoing and
La Vacquerie and against positions
which the British have held since the
retirement after General Byng's sue
cessful blow.
In the center the Germans were
held for no gain, but on either end es
the assaulting front they entered IT, Z
british front line. The British coui.
ter attacks drove the Germans from
part OF these positions and resulted
also in the capture OF some prisops
.ers. Berlin claims that front line DO
sitions and few hundred" prisoners
were captured.
The Germans also have been active
at other points along the front, but
their local attack in the Ypres sector
and their raids northeast of Verdun
brought no successes. These efforts
follow upon heavy German fire in
these three sectors, Cambria, Ypres
and Verdun and may be forerunners
of determined attacks.
In the Italian theater there has
been only artillery activity along the
northern front. German airpianes
again have raided Padua, much dam.
age being done TO monuments and
buildings by incendiary bombs. Three
persons were killed and three
wounded. .t- as
Another advance along the Nablus
road, north of Jerusalem. has been
made by the British forces in Pales-
tine. Against stubborn Turkish re-
sistance the British progressed three
miles and captured ,Birer, ancient
Beeroth and three other towns. Prog
ress also was made between the Ma
blus road and the Mediterranean
coast.
In Petrograd Sunday the day was
given over to peace celebrations
marked by parades of Bolsheviki fol-
lowers. Members OF the German and
Austrian peace delegations were spec
tators of the parades. The heads OF
the German and Austrian delegations
to the Brest-Litovsk conference, DIR.
Won Kuehlmann and Count Czernin,
are returning to their respective capi-
tails. Delayed dispatches from Brest-
Litovsk indicate that while the rep
resentatives of Russia and the cen-
trail powers agree on most of the
peace terms, there is difficulty in the
preliminary settlement of the ques-
ton concerning German retirement
from occupied Russian territory in
order to give the inhabitants oppor-
tunity to decide their future for them
selves.
One of the forts at Kronstadt, the
naval base near Petrograd, has been
blown up by an explosion, according
to dispatch received in London.
Bessarabia and Turkestan are report
ed to have declared their indepcn-
dence, while fighting betweens the
Bolsheviki and their opponents is re-
ported to be going on in Harbin
and Irkutsk. Siberia. General Kale-
dimes has been reelected Eetmat. of
the Don Cossacks by an overwheln-
ing majority. n a..