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THE WAR.
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THE CAMBRAI BATTLE- FRONT.
BOURLON WOOD EVACUATED WITH
ONLY ONE CASUALTY.
LONDON, Dec. 7.
Reuter's corrispondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day,
my's
Probably the most important sows this morning is the threatened break of the weather, for a spell, of wet and mud would render the German positions before Cambrai something more than dismal, while abundantly justifying our withdrawal towards the extr ordinarily strong and comparatively comfortable Hindenburg trench system. If the Germans recognise this we may 'soe a somewhat wide belt of no man's land hereabouts. The enemy may yet have an opportunity of Binging master. against his own Hindenburg.wall.
"We withdrow all our guns, and ammunition and every scrap of military material without misbag, after blowing up the bridges of the canal
As far as known, there was only one asualty in evacuating Bourlon Wood.
BIR DOUGLAS HAIC'S LATEST REPORT.
Loxox, Dee. B.
Pick-Marshal Sir Douglus, Haig
reports:——
We carried out a successful locul operation, at dawn, to the north of La Vacquerie.
The Ulster troops captured the trenches constituting the objectives, considerably improving sun-line.
Our putrols, to the south-east of Ypres, last night, successfully at- tacked hostile working parties.
A bostile mid was repulsed, softhe
north-east of Ypres.
A number of casualties were in flicted upon the enemy in these encounters, and some prisoner were taken.
Our aeroplanes bombed hostile
billets, throughout Thursday, and
there was a particularly successful
raid against Valenciennes railway
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out at least 2,000 of them.
The airmen took every opportu- nity of machine-gunning the enemy in the trenches and there was much aerial fighting in which five boetile machines were brought down and three were driven down. Ous of our machines is missing.
AN ABORTIVE VÍCTORY.
LONDON, Dec 1. Reuter's ecrrespondent at Italian Headquarters wiring yesterday evening say
Except around Moeuvres and La Vacquetio, where fighting is pro gressing, our whole position was
Despite his boasting, the enemy has satisfactorily clear at sunset yester day, and we still retain the high only gained prrrbie vistory and his Our lostes have been extraordinary in com ground near La Vacquerie guns are favourably placed and are parison with the territory gained.
The scemy succeeded in gaining a LATER. maintaining a most devastating fire. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
The German effort has been a footing on the sharp salient east of
It is estimated the Asiago. "reports: The enemy's artillery was stupendous one.
tive during the night in the neigh-no fewer than 25 Divisions were en bourhood of Flesquieres and north-ployed to try to restore the broken Hindenburg Line, of which we still have three wonderful lines of reserves support and
front line trenches
ward of the Menin mad.
GERMAN REPORT.
behind us. LONDON, Dec. 7..
A German official message says: Wa stormed La Justice Farm, between Graincourt and Marcoing, and cleared out the enemy from the latter place.
The British temporarily penetrated our line northward of In Vacqueris, but we threw them back, maintaining the positions against bitter hand-grenade
tatacks.
THE WITHDRAWAL FROM BOURLON WOOD.
GERMAN WASTAGE OF SHELLS.
LONDON, Dec. 8.
Beuter's Correspondent at Head-
quarters, telegraphing this evening, says: The British withdrawal from
Despite an extraordinary preparation of artillery and of sphyxiating, emetic and lachrymal gasses; the Italiane resist ed desperately, their artillery "and machine guns mowing down unending, wares of humanity. The Alpini finally fell fighting, surrounded by heaps of Austrian dead
The behaviour and spirit of our troops is beyond praise and they clearly comprehend the position.
The Correspondent's own opinion OPERATIONS BY 180 AEROPLANES.“ is that the enemy's situation is almost untenable. The whole of our withdrawal has resulted in cur establishing & tremendously strong position and the recent gains are tboroughly defended.
The Correspondent concludes by stating: Everybody on our side, to-day, seems to wear" a smile of quiet confidence.
FRENCH BREAK UP ATTACKS.
LONDON, DEC. 7.
A French communiqué says:
On the right of the Mouse, after a
violent bombardment, the enemy twice
Bourlon Wood was carried out in attempted to reach our lines in the masterly fashion between Tuesday
LONDON, Dec. 8." An Italian official message states :---- There were patrol encounters, yeater- day, on the Asiago Plateau
One hundred and fifty seroplanes machine-gunned and bombed the enemy lines, causing damage and losses. Bombs ammunition were also dropped on damps, causing explosions.
BOLOISM IN ITALY:
EX-DEPUTIES ARRESTED.
RoxE, Dec. 8. Ex-Deputies Bonanno, Brunicardi
direction of Bazonynax and Beaumont and Dini have been arrested on evening and late yesterday afternoon. Our fire amnated up the attacks and ebarges of complicity in the Bolo
The unsuspecting enemy shelled drove back the assailants on their own affair. Bourlon Wood vindictively on trenches Wednesday and heavily attacked at
There has been considerable reciprocal
Annoux yesterday, putting down a artillery activity at Maisons de Cham AN AMERICAN FIGHTING FORCE tremendous barrage bombardment pagne and on the right of the Moure,
and then advancing his infantry wayes tinder a devastating artillery fire, only to find the place, deserted and reeking intolerably with asphy xinting" fames, a
The enemy did not appear to bave thoroughly grasped our action unti yesterday afternoon, when he pushed out a number of strong patrols in! in unsuccessful effort to keep in touch with our line
A great reconnaissance, probablý consisting of three. battalions, en gaged in skirmishing but fell back into a little gully, when our artil- lary, excellently served by our air
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Our aviators bombarded the railway stations at Fribourg and Thionville and behind enemy depots and cantomments
behind the Front.
THE ITALIAN FRONT,
CHECKMATING THE ENEMY.
LONDON, Dec. 8.
An Italian official message says:-- The battle continues on the Asiago Plateau, where our artillery provented the advance of the enemy mie enabling our withdrawal from the Melette sailent
Machine gun fire drove back the enemy ia disorder from Frontals Valley The enemy attempted to break Through, with large forces, southwart
OF TWO MILLIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The latest estimates of the War Department provide for a fighting force of 2,000,000 on the Western Frat
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of Gallig, but our resistance enabled us THE NEW SIBERIAN GOVERN
to link up the line, arresting the enemy's advance at Monte Bissmol after repull- ing six assalta.
GERMAN REPORT
BAD, Dec. 8. Ndrud, niter:
THE OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.
HEBRON OCCUPIED.
LONDON, Dec. 7. An official message from Palestine says that General Allenby has occupied Hebron.
RUMANIA'S PLIGHT.
RUMANIANS ACCEPT AN
ARMISTICE...
LONDON, Dec. 7.
A Romanian official message 8438:00 The Rumanians have decided to so- cept an armistice, and hostilities have been suspended on the whole Frous.
The enemy has applauded the deci sion but the Rumanians have main- tained a dignified attitude and rejectedt attempts at fraternisation...
PARIS, Dec. 7. The newspapers continue to em phasise the difficulty of the situation of the Enmanian army.
Owing to the Russian contingeats. participating in the armistice the Rumanian troops are thus in most awkward plight
It is pointed out that they cannot re- treat into Russia; therefore they have apparently resigned themselves to an armistice although they are faithful to the Allies and do not desire a separate pesca.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
CHUNGKING CAPTURED
PERING, Dec. 7.
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