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THE MADA

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From 1.30 am to 1 pm

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THE WAR

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

·Service to the China

Mail.

THE GERMAN FAILURE

CAMBRAI

MEN YERGUS SHELLS AND BULLETS.

ATke a big German victory overwhelm

ing our victory of the 20th Novam-- ber scenas harospassed. Now there is good reason to believe that whatever strength the Gerinaus de- cide to bring up it can be: resisted in the same way, with doubtless

LONDON, Deel 4.

offensive this

year."

GERMAN DREAM ENDED.

Loxton. Dec. 50, Mr, Perry Robinson, another Press Correspondent at Headquar

Reuter's Correspondent at Head-e yielding of ground here and quarters, in a dispatch this afternoon, there, but without a collapse which describes the remarkable spirit of might repay the enemy for his ins

assurance and satisfaction pre- culent, which contrasts with the feeling expressed yesterday after- noon when the situation locked as if it might become somewhat anxiou at some points. Owing to the valour and doggedness of our incomparable ters, saya the great German counter- troops the crisis is past. This is not offensive has definitely failed, The to say that the Germans may not enemy gained ground and will proe- continue their great offensive in the ably get more, but he is spending West, to which they have committed thousands of lives to gain some themselves. It is wid that fresh facres which we captured with the troops are continuously arriving Wa loss of 100 men; but the Germatth only trust that the enemy will make dream of smashing through to the further bid for the recovery of the base of the salient has ended. The recently lost territory, of the same essence of our original victory Was price as they paid for the fractions that it was won with so few troops.. just recovered.

and had we lost the whole of the The great battle begun in the infantry engaged, it would hardly morning after our patrols had made have equalled the German Josses their rounds. The Germans con- since the present battle began. It cealed, their attacking troops, in as to our glory that these few men, favourable spot. First an infantry in imperfectly consolidated positions, assault was launched towards La held the weight of the German ut Vacqueris, practicaly unheralded by tucks till, the crisis was passed. Barrage Thefeld-grey- waves "d

THE WORK OF THE AYLATORS. vanced in mased formation not at tempting concealment. These same

LONDON, Dec 5. recklows tucties -were adopted

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, throughout the whole of their at reporting on aviation, states: tacks. As the first wave melted, so Our aeroplanes bombed and the succeeding wave replaced it. It machine-guinned villages in enemy was simply a question, of the ex- occupation on the Cambrai battle- penditure of men versus shells and front and also co-operated with the bullets and because the Germans infantry in the local fighting, to the were prepared to carry the principle east of Ypres.

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of challenging annihilation far enough Our machines dropped, during the they pressed us back a little in, a the night, 201 borahs on villages to few places. Measured on the map, the west of Cambrai, some of the the ground which the Germans re-pilots making three consecutive trips. occupied is less than one-twelfth the Two hostile machines were driven

Bren of the salient we drove into down and two of ours are missing. their line on November 10th. The

'THE USUAL ARTILLERY, ratio of our leases in that attack

ACTIVITY." to the German casualties in thei

counter-offensive must be in dozens

LONDON, Dec, 5. to hundreds, Undoubtedly some

Sir Douglas Haig reports the naval enemy divisions in yesterday's strug-reciprocal artillery activity on the gle only survive as bare skeleton formations. Our divisions" remain intact.

There is a contagious spirit, of vic tory in our army before Cambrai. The Hans have shot their bolt and have failed even to disadvantageously band our line

ENEMY FORCING A DECISIVE FIGHT IN OPEN COUNTRY,

LONDON, Dec. 4.

battlefront

ARTILLERY ACTIONS ON FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, Dec. 6.

A French communiqué states Them were violent artillery actita en the right of the Meuse and the Vosgea.

HATER.

A French communiqué states There has beaz 4 -fhirly- lively artillery action on the right bank of

Mr. Philip Gibber, the Daily the Meuss Chronicle Correspondant at the

We brought down yesterday tro Front, describing the Batth of

German aeroplanes, and forced six Cambrai, saya, The enery seems others to land in their own line.

to be forcing decisir fight in open country Prisoners state that they had been promised peace they win this battis The Germans are fighting with most Berce and stubborn courage hence thair losses are enormous. The

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GERMAN REPORTS FROM THREE

FRONTA

LONDON, Dec. 5. A German official message sister- Enemy attacks southward of Moeuvre broke down,

Negotiations for In Armsitics pr spreaching to Eumanisa troopd: We drove back strong ene ments which reached the we

Lake Ochruls and the north

British are equally stubborn, they yield ground it is only alter butchery of German in rearguar actique which will bo counted among the bloodiest episodes of the war The British troopa realise the import-Tale Doiran ance of the batt The wounded with whom I have conversed sensole themselves by reflecting that the "enemy could not break thait lines, or.. was thrust back by

was stern

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