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THE WAR.

GREAT

BE BONGBONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY DECEMBER 4ra „917.

BATTLE IN THE WEST.

ENEMY ENDEAVOUR COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED.

KILLING GERMANS AT A RECORD RATE.

THE RUSSIAN PEACE MOVE.

STRONG COMMENTS BY ALLIES.

ITALIANS STILL RESISTING.

anco-Belgian Front,

LATEST CABLES. THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH FRONT. TEN ATTACKS COMPLETELY

NINE ENEMY ATTACKS.

LONDON, December 2nd. Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig re- Ports-Yesterday the enemy delivered nine separate attacks in the neighbour. hood of Mnenieros. We beat them all off with heavy enemy losses..

Detachroents of German tofantry in the last attack gained a foothold in the village of Les Rues Vertes, on the west bank of

the Canal de Lescaut.

Our counter-attack drove them out We repulsed raiders in the neighbour hood of Avion and south of Armentieres. TERRIBLY HEAVY GERMAN

LOSSES

LONDON, December 2nd. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, says

The German losses during the ambiti

counterattack on November 30th wire terribly heavy, particularly in the bigger of the two attacks between Moeurica and Bourlon, where they moved across the open in closely assed waven, not even attempting a, smoke screen concealment Our gunners never had such an expanse of human targets, and the ground is astrown over a very wide area with grey

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THE BATTLE OF MASNIERES.

LONDON, December 2nd. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigre. ports:The various sectors of the Cam brai battlefront, with cantured orders and objective maps, enable the following LONDON, December 3rd. account to be given of the battle com- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hnig remenced yesterday morning, and which is

and still progressing: North-Country ports:-Rifle. Home County Battalions this morning captured some fortified buildings and

REPULSED.

The enemy's intention was to deliver simultaneous encircling attack with

LATEST CABLES.

FRENCH FRONT.

PARIS, December 2ad.

communque, states: There was an tillery duel in various sectors.

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VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIONS.

PARIB December 1st.

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GERMAN FRATERNISATION

LONDON, December 2nd. A. Rouinanina- commitnique states Russian artillery provented attempts at Iraternisation,

A Roumanian patrol arrested a Ger man sub-lieutenant and cadet carrying manifestoes and preclamations to the Rou A communique saysThere are violent manians. artillery actions at St. Quentin and in General. the region south of Juvincourt.

On the right of the Meuse we repulsed an enemy coup-de-maru, north-west of Bezonvaux.

GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

PARIS, December 2nd.

A communique states--Artillery ac tivity continues to be very great on the right bank of the Meuse, but there was Do infantry action. (en d

Italian Front.

LATEST UABLES.

[THROUGH REUTER ́S'AGENCY.]

ITALIAN FRONT. ENEMY WARSHIPS ATTACK COAST,

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RUSSIAN AFFAIRS."

BRITISH SUBJECTS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE.

PETEOGRAD, December 1st. M. Trotzky has ordered that no Bri. tish subjects are to be allowed to leave Russia till the interned Russians, men tioned on November 27th, have been re- Jensed.

UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA'S SEPARATE PEACE.

Petrograd, December 1st. The American Military Representative Rome, December 2nd.

at the Passian Headquarters, on behalf An official report states-Fourteen of the United States Government, has enemy light-craft attacked the coast on strongly protested to General Dukhonin strong points on the main ridge north large number of divisione and drive us corpses. This attack was launched: November 28th, but wo counter-attacked

against Russia concluding a separate took out of the pusitions we gained on Novem seven Divisions, but it achieved no success ber 20th. General Von Dermarwitz, com. whatever, owing to the intensity of our We withdrew unmolested last night manding the Second German Army, thickly, concentrated artillery fire The from the sharp salient formed by issued on November 9th the following southern attack, between Vendhuille and Masnieres, which the enemy still Order The English, throwing into Masnieres, was undertaken by five Divi- temporarily the fight endless Tanks, on November 20th signs, and our line was temporarily shelling.

gained a victory near Cambrai. Their pressed back, intention was to break through. They did

ward of prisoners.

Passchendaele,

and

Ten hostile attacks on this front during the last twenty-four hours were con-

not succeed, thanks to the brilliant resist pletely repulsed,

Fighting occurred in and around suce, of the troops put in line to check "the advance. We are now going to turn Gondelieu.

We broke up attacks in the neighbour hood of La Vaoquerie and Bourlon

Our artillery successfully engaged cou. -centrations of enemy infantry in the

vicinity of Moeuvrész

AERIAL OPERATIONS! Despite clouds and moist on Saturday, our aeroplanes carried out several success. ful reconnaissances over the areas near

the battle fronts...

Sixty bombs were dropped and many machine-gun rounds were fired on the enemy's infantry on the road.

by armoured trains, and the enemy Farmistice. quickly withdrew, managing to evado our torpedo boats which were despatched to.

wards Pola to intercept him.

· An armoured train hit an enemy ship

FARLIER UABLES.

FRENCH PROTEST.

The French Representative told General Dakhonin that France does not recognise the People's Commissioners and is con- fident that the Bussian Command will

TACTICAL SITUATION VIRTUALLY VENICE DETERMINED TO RESIST reject the criminal negotiation.

UNAFFECTED.

LONDON, December 2nd.

CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF

IMPRISONED.

Count Rapmist, the Chief of the Naval Staff, has been imprisoned in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul on a charge of fomenting a strike.

EXPRESS HELD UP.

It is officially announced that an armed

AMERICA AND THE WAR

FROUMANIA TO BE SUPPORTED TO

THE UTMOST.

WASHINGTON, December 2nd. President Wilson, has telegraphed to the King of Roumania that the United States is determined to continue to assist Roumanta, struggling to preserve her: freedom against German domination and to support Roumania to the utmost after the war

GERMAN SOLDIERS' PAY.

LONDON, December 2nd. In the Reichstag, Gencral Von Hoven

announced that the pay of private soldiers would be increased by one-third and that of non-commissioned officers by 20 hér

cent

GERMAN WAR VOTE.

AMSTERDAM, December 1st.

The Reichstag has voted

a credit of fifteen milliards, the Independent Social- its alone voting against it

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, December 1st. The silver market is featureless.

MORAL LEADERSHIP,

THE WAR AND THE CHURCHES.

Occasionally it has seemed that the churches regarded the war as an embar-

could be reconciled with the existence of a rassment, or, when persuaded that it

Christian Church in a Christian country, have had didiculty in finding suitable war work.

~ Individual churches, perhaps all of them, have lune valuable work by their own children who have turned soldiers, but the public influence of the churches on the spirit of the nation has not been striking, and such special war conferences and missione la have been held have seemed colourless and lukewarm.

Yet the country never had greater need

INVADERS.

VENICE, Tecember 2nd. Reuters Correspondent at the British Two thirds of the population has de- their embryonic victory into a defent by Headquarters Rays that the amount of parted. An average of a thousand daily The remainder are re an encircling counter-attack,

territory the enemy gained in Friday's are leaving.,

each and ENEMY FAIL TO BREAK THROUGH attack at a loss of 1,000 bodics is so trieving a shilling daily

They declare they are re Owing to the magnificent defence and Ring that it would scarcely show appre work. stubhorb, resistance of our troops, the ciably upon a military map. Tactically solved to defend the city to their last shemy z object was completely defeated the situation may be said to remain vir drop of blood. Their morale and spirit The enemy advanced in masses from tually unafected by the fighting, owing are of the highest. Only nine English Vendhnillo to a point two kilometres west to our troops magnificent spirit and people remain, including the family of the Vice-Consul, and Constance Fletcher, of Moeuvres, endeavouring to break determination. The difference between through by weight of numbera. From our recent splendid victory and the Gerhe novelist and dramatist, who writes Masnieres to the north, cur positions are man reply is that we retain the gains up wider the pseudonym of "George Fiem-

to a depth of nearly six miles, whereas 1g. The latter is bravely sticking to Ambasador, has issued a statement point any of death, and remain keen. It is

her past at the Military Hospital, ENEMY DRIVEN BACK

intact.

they have nearly everywhere been beaten back to where they started. Their inten- tion wag to turn our line and pinch us out from the new salient towards Cam

LONDON, December 2nd.

An Italian official message states:-

band of ecldiers held up an express out of spiritual stimulus, a need that in- side Moscow and robbed the passengers.

STATEMENT BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR.

LONDON, December 2nd. Sir George Buchanan, the British

ing out that M. Trotzky's Armistice Note was delivered at the Embassy nineteen hours after the Russian Generalissimo had boon ordered to negotiate for an

creases with each week of the war, and the churches ought to be the agency to impart it. There is no other ready-made; and it their sphere Every man or woman who takes the war seriously must have difficulty in living up to the ideal. It is not easy for soldiers to spend week after week in the trenches in the com

not easy for us merely to remember con tinually that they are there. It is not easy for mothers to lot their sona go. It 8 nct easy to make sacrifices, even tho little ones, we at home have had to make. It is not easy to keep within the food allowance. It is difficult to keep the gaze

the little injustices, at one's elbow, but

brai. It was a test of the respective fight There is very intense artillery activity armistice. Thus the Allies were confront trained far ahead and ignore the little

By immediate counter-attacks the enemying qualities, with the odds probably from the Asiago plateau to the Lowered with an accomplished fact, and it is convenience at lea

forced his way into our lines on a con- about three to one in favour of the

Germans, siderable front south of Crevecœur, cap. turing a number of prisoners and reach. ing our gun positions in places.

GREAT PART OF GROUND RECAPTURED.

Artillery, rifle and machine gun fire Bombs were dropped at night on Rou inflicted most severe cases on the enemy and where he temporarily broke through lers Station.

he was caught by point-blank fire. from RECORD KILLING OF GERMANS.

our field artillery and driven, back. LONDON, December, 3rd Reuter's Correspondent at headquarters telegraphing last evening said :—The Ger- manis yesterday delivered fifteen attacks against our La Vacquarie positions.

Reliable informants state that killed more Germans opposite here with in twelve hours than at any spot in the same time throughout the war. We also advanced our line south of Vaillers and we drow Gonnelicu, but last night back our line slightly in the region of Masnieres for the purpose of strengthen ing our defences.

We

Our reserves in a counter-attack recap red & great part of the ground, and to-day we took Gonneliu and the St, Quentin, spur, to the south of which we took several hundred prisoners. In these operations we have used many machine. guns and inflicted heavy losses,

We captured nearly 500 prisoners. We delivered a moonlight attack in the Pass The enemy in the afternoon repeated his chendaele region last night, beginning at attacks in the neighbourhood of Masnieres. 1.15 cm. After sharp fighting we gained Marcoing, Fontaine, Bourlon and Moe. two strong positions, enabling us to vres. Present reports show that he was obtain complete scope for observation completely repulsed. hereabouts.

LOST GUNS BE

RECOVERED

During November we took 11,051 pri soners, including 214 officers, We also

SERIOUS REPULSE PREVENTED.

LONDON, December 181. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters, continuing his description of the latest German counter atteok (the first part of which appeared in our yester- day'a issue), says --By three o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy had been thrown ____ back right out of the village

We are again in possession of the high ground and railway, which is really im. portant

Fighting is still in progress. We fought our way back through Gauche Wood to the very outskirts of

Piave.

impossible for him to reply to a Govern We drove back the enemy attempting toment which his own Government has not

approach Mclette.

One of our parties reached an enemy in the Monte Pertica region, bat Position was unable to hold it owing to concen- tration of enemy fire,

ZITALIANE PRAY FOR RAIN:

LONDON, December 2nd. Reuter's Correspondent at the Italian

Headquarters says The Italiang are

recognised.

AMBASSADOR DISMISSED. M. Trotzky has dismissed M. Maklakoff, the new Russian Ambassador to Paris. GERMANY PREPARED TO NEGOTI: ATE DEMOCRATIC PEACE,"

M. Trotzky has informed the Allied diplomatists that Germany is prepared to

And there is nothing that one can buy in a shop that will make it easier. Only the steady, minute-to-minute conscious- Oss of the rightcouinces of the struggle will avail. It is not strictly speaking a question of religion. It is an affair of duty. Some of us are less religious than others. Some of us are not religious ab all, and do not believe in prayer. But there is no man so sure of himself that ha may not derive strength from the mental attitude of prayer

SELF-SUFFICIENCY 18 WEAKNESS.. We are told from time to time of the need of shells, of destroyere, of acroplanes, of merchantmen,... always something now praying for rain, for the drought negotiate for a democratic peace on all material, but the need of the right spiri Ond hesitates to write in this strain. has made the Piave very low and is great.fronts, He asks the Allies whether they tual quality is greater than any. ly assisting the enemy, who is endeavour wish to participate in the negotiations One is almost ashamed to suggest that nation on its knees is the best guarantee opening to-day.

that we shall be able to hold our heads ing to eros, by wading and pontoon.

up when the war is over. But if this ESSENTIALS FOR VICTORY attitude should be regarded as too melo. bridges constructed during the night, as

dramatic in the circumstances, and unsuit- able because of its effect in bugging the well as by rafts and boats. The Italian artillery has destroyed most of the hot-

trousers at the kucce, it may be asked how many more men will have to be killed per A desperate effort to retake Bourlon kamed. The Italians generally purposely

day before we get to the pomt of not being afraid to display out earnestness. Wood, which our airmen at one time reallow the enemy to cross and then firs

One might walk the strecke and attend the theatre and return home with the im pression that the people of the country were firmly determined on one thing, that, whatever happened, to whatever extremi ties we might be driven, we should always

Gonneliev

UNITY OF DIRECTION AND

CONTROL

PARIE, December 2nd.

Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed by the stated:-- The moment

A Everything must give

The enemy occupied and somewhat took-138 guna, including 40 heavy ones, ported as being hand pressed, was finally right into the crowded troops, who scatter

broken up with heavy enemy loses from like sheep, some running along the banks Petit Purwien, our intense artillery concentration.

destroyed the stretch of railway near Gouseaucourt before being driven back.

Guardemen, supported by dismounted Cavalry, and Tanks, cleared out the Ger

mans from Gouzeaucourt.

Jermans and 40 machine-guns.

302 machine-guna, 64 trench mortars, and great quantities of engineering stores, ammunition and w

and war material, BUENAVIATION REPORT

LONDON, December 2nd,

At one time yesterday it looked as if the enemy were going to inflict a serious reverse upon us, but, thanks to the extra Wo regained Gonnelieu, capturing 300 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hug, dogged tenacity with which they opposed ordinary gallantry of our troops and the

porting on aviation, states that clouds great odds, the enemy's success was very The heaviest enemy losses were ag were at a height of two thousand foot largely neutralised. parently experiented around Masnieres, yesterday, but our aeroplanes contiti- aving to his persistent attempts to adously co-operated with the army in the

counter-attacks south west of Cambrai..

Our artillery machines reported over two hundred meny batterits.

wance.

By far the greatest proportion of the guns which had to be left during the first retirement were retaken, and as previous

Bombing machines dropped over two

ly mentioned most of the others were hundred bombe on troops and transports

blown up or disabled.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Degenber 1st,

zazzo German wireless official states-Strong English counter-attacks against the positions we captured yester day near Cambrai failed.

in villages at the rear of the battle.

*- Scouting Inachines fired cover. Efteen-

GERMAN FICTION.

where they are shot down singly, and others throwing themselves into the water hoping to regain the further shore.

The Near East.

SE LARLIER UABLES,

{386JUGH REUTER’4. AGENCY.]

The weather remains fine and the THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.

ENEMY LOSSES VERY HEAVY visibility is good.

LONDON, December 2nd, An official message states: The Turka attacked at 1 o'clock yesterday morning in the neighbourhood of Beiture-Tahta and Bir el Buri and gained a foothold

13. Our position,

LONDON, December 2nd,

A German official wireless message tates There was most violent artill firing during the night astride the

chendaele ridge.

west of Moeuvres.

thousand, machine gun rounds on troops out the eneury, from Maamis

pulsed strong coun and transport behind the fighting

perate ightir The sir fighting, which was miljgk nevért, resulted godly 10 por favour. May serve Fifteen hostile machines were, brought down, and three were, iffiven down.

Beven of our mashines the mixing.

We ejected them at daybreak taking awa.bundred prisosiers.

Our seroplanes dropped a ton of bomba the railway, batteries and an

at Talkérant an importan

junction of Turkish communicationa.

is very serious, way before the importance of our object

be found dressed up in the fashion, r We have men, munitions and economic

Shabby clothes in themselves would be and foancial resources, and a fooling proof of nothing, but it is possible that there may be some indirect relation that we are fighting for right. Let between this nation in its good clothes on strain every nerve now to make anity if the one hand, and, on the other the

direction and contrul into realities If we don't waste time and are resolved in win the war, we shall do so. We must have wil patience, endurance and tenacity, and then we shall conquer."

THE TEA SALES

LONDON DEcriber 2nd.

The Tea Control Committee states that the November sales were larger than rly in the month, but that anticipate

was 68 per cent, of normal

the per supplies.

· percentage is being dis

squealing of vested interests when the necessity of war threaten their profits, and the other evidence of selfish indiffer- ence, rentangfordelag

A writer in the “Round Table”' sug- gests that the nation needs moral lender- ship. I think so, too. At present the Alles are getting their moral leadership from Fremdent Wilson. In the Biblo which every American soldier and sailor will carry with him there is a foreword. by the President urging the troops to ing out the ethical importance of sacri read the Scriptures diligently, and point. firing everything for duty. sident Wilson is obeying a sound instinct in placing American Intervention en a spiritual plane, su

Pre

If the war is wrong as seen from our side it should be utterly condemned; if zibuted as rapidly as freights are bright, it should be pursued with religions fervour Casually settling down to it in tainable And as the lens are taken from valueless. Chere is no rooms for thng

attitude. E

the Glasgow, Daily Reund

bond.