Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-27
kish Pierce German Line
 l Three Mile Front, and
 |ench Make Good Gains.
RMANS MAY BE DRIVEN FROM LENS
Inf Position of French Will En- Them to Make Stronghold Un-
 shle-Przemysl Surrounded by Neutons and Likely to Fall.

hdon, May 27.-The British. hing forward with grim persist 1 have pierced the German line hf Festubert, on a front of more three miles.
 close relation to this gain, the kh to the north of Arras, have good all the gains which they ered on Tuesday, repulsing re- b German counter attacks in the Nv of Angres, which were deliv- with the violence of desperation. lnwhile. fresh stores of ammuni. pparently having been brought eneral von MackenZen's Austro- hn legions have resumed a vio- offensive in the region of hysl imperilling the fortress by new drive.
 hna last night reported that 25,- ussians have been taken prison- the vicinity of the fortress, to- with 54 light guns, ten cannon Ivy caliber and GA machine guns. een Russian ammunition wagons ave fallen into the hands of the troops, their contents intact. the fresh drain on their forces pned by the entrance of Italy he war, it would seem that tue ns have been unable to reilf- their line in the west, weakened fits of troops for von Macken- drive through Galicia. s~e..
 French Report Success. official British press bureau bight published report from Marshal French. in which he Is a most successful advance t the Germans. This drive. by the British first army. has in progress for more than a
 Up to yesterday. the British ucceeded in breaking the Ger inc over three-mile front, talk fisoners during this operation German offi4xrs and 777 men, capturing ten machine guns quantity of war material.
 French, for their part, have con- Jed their gains at Angres, ana Loretta hills. At Angres, the ms, regardless of the cost in
 life, made repeated efforts to their lost positions. Through e day the battle ragged with a hdous violence, but last night the French still in possession trenches. a tim at fleldwork known as prnailles, the French were forc- retreat. but Paris last night re- that this position has been re- ed. At a neighboring works. rmans recaptured section of fthern salient, which the French admits they still hold.
 ettlng this, however, Paris de- the French hold the western
 and have captured part of the m.
 man Stronghold in Danger.
 Gerr1ans have directed a. vio ombardment against the post captured by the French in the hills. These are a double With a hollow in the middle, the French are able to retain there is no reason why with artillery they sr0uld not be able ii the German position at Lens, portant coal center, and force Vaders to retire.
 Germans apparently are mak- eat sacrifices in men to prevent nd the French equal sacrifices
 thelr object. The small gains lhe French are making north as would be converted into the sain II they could rout the Ger rom Lens.
 erday the French progressed urther on the slope near the
 or Notre Dame de Loretta. &C.,
 to the Paris war office. This,
 ol the intense German bonn. ent. a
 aiso reports that at Neuvelle
 s'' tne French troops have cap- ah additional group of houses, $ a dangerous salient.
 hs bsara n to the fighting in the "' nerlln war office yesterday