Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-01-24
Battle Continues With I'm.
diminished Vigor, Both
Sides Suffering Severely.
FRENCH HACKING
FORWARD TO METZ
Terrific Artillery DueIs Reported from
Upper AlSace-HprmanS Claim Can.
tmre Gi 1i5 Men, Several OFFICERS
and Machine Guns.

London. Jan. 23.--Strong bodies OF
German achievements have APP
peared behind the German line in the
Argonne, according to French aerial
observers. and at Fontane Madame,
where the French war office last
night stated the invaders had been
checked, the battle has been renew
ed with increased vigor
For As hours furious fighting has
proceeded at St. Hubert in this
wooded cockpit of the allies right
center, and the battle still RACES,
with no apprecia Bile gains or losses
reported by either side.
All during last night artillery duels
were waged. Infantry attacks and
counter attacks opened with the
break of day and still continue Ar
index of the terrific character Of the
fighting in this region is the fact
that the German general staff to.
night has received no report of the
progress of the battle, indicating that
no decisive result has been reached.
All headquarters knew was that a
terrific engagement was being fought
1t is said here that the French are
attempting to break down the outer
defense of the German line in order
to destroy the kaiser's line of rail-
road communication and open the
way to Metz.
Further to the right in upper
Alsace, where the French are hack
ing their way to the Rhine line of
Notifications, heavy artillery con-
flicts are being fought in the region
of Hartmannsweiler-K mort hot
Cernay, a commanding position for
which the hostile forces have been
fighting for the better part OF week.
A hill designated by the French
staff as No. 425, near Cernay, was at
tackled by the Germans yesterday and
the assault was renewed today, but
all attempts to gain foOthold have
failed.
Aspach bridge is threatened by the
French, who have advanced in the
region of Little Kalberg to the north.
French Lose In ArgOnne.
According to the French reports.
the Germans were compelled to
abandon a supply depot on the banks
Of the Mouse, and suffered the de-
struction of several pontoon bridges
before st. Mihiel, which were shat
tered by the French artillery.
The Germans make claims of the
capture of three officers, 245 men.
several machine guns. west of Fon-
tame la Mite, in the Argonne, ex-
pulsion OF the French from hill
near Senneheim with the loss of 1870
prisoners; repulse of Alpine chas-
seurs near Wilsenbach in Alsace,
and repulse of the French attack
against Hartmannsweiler-Ko
The German report tells of a
French attack between Souain and
Perthes, north of Chalons, which
broke in the face of the German gun
fire, the French being forced again
to seek refuge in their trenches.
OF the fighting on that section of
the front, the French statement says
the Germans attacked to the north
west of Beausejour, but were re-
were ignored by Parts.
The activity of the allies has been
devoted almost exclusively, the Paris
statement asserts, to the repair OF
the trenches and earthworks damag-
ed by the recent storms, although an
advance of 100 yards in the region OF
Lombaertzyde in Flanders is claimed.
Artillery engagements were fought
during yesterday and last night about
Ypres, ,Arras, Albert, Roye and Sois-
sons, in which the French gunners
gained the advantage at several
points. The German bombardment
at Berry-au-Bac on the Aisne was
particularly violent. but no consider
able damage was done.