GIBBS DESCRIBES GREAT FIGHT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12176, 27 November 1917, Page 5

GIBBS DESCRIBES GREAT FIGHT.

THE RUSSIAN POSITION, THREAT BY BOLSHEVIK SOLOIEBS, THE ITALIANS' RECOVERY. SWITZERLAND'S DETERMINED RESOLVE, Mr Philip Gibbs gives a graphic account, of the straggle for Bourlon Wood, where all arms of the service fought with dauntless determination against strong defences. As in the earlier tight, the Tanks led the attack. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the position is unchanged, the enemy having refrained from attacking since the previous day's failure. Bolshevik soldiers threaten that unless there is a Bolshevik majority in the new Constituent Assembly they will disperse it with bayonets. The Maximalist Mews Agency has published a series of secret documents and telegrams relative to the partition of territory, showing that at one period Russia made extensive demands, including the possession of Constantinople and the Dardanelles. A message from Rome received in New York says that, the rapid recovery of the Italians has rendered unnecessary the use of Anglo-French troops, but later they will participate in a decisive battle. The Swiss Minister of the Interior in a speech stated that should the territory of Switzerland be violated by any belligerent such violation will be combatted by the nation's armed forces, even against manifest superiority. A cablegram from London gives the names of a number of New Zealanders who have been decorated for distinguished services. By Telegraph—Preas Association—Copyright.