Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-29
English Commander An
 nounces Third Line Is Now Being Enga ged|
BERLIN ANNCUNCES
 DRIVE IS CHECKED
English AerOplames Wreck Train and nilrOad--Frcnch Report Progress. with Germans Bringing Reinforce
 nientS from Russian FroEt

London. Sept. 2S.-Field Marshal Sir John French reports tonight tGat he has captured the second inc oi German defehses to the west of i-ooS, and that he is now engaging the thlrd line. ..
 In Champagne and around Souchcz, the allies also are continuing their desperate attacks, and have mad" some progress, according to of cia' dispatches tonight.
 The Berlin official statement makes the flat assertion that the al:icf drl"e has been stopped.
 According to Field Marsh"l l French's report. the British now hoi'' all the ground north of hill No. W, which was re-taken by the Ger rans, and have also advanced north and south of Loos.
 The total number of prisoners talk en by the British has reached '.ooe, together with 21 guns and 40 ma chine guns. Gen, Frencl's Report. Field Marshal French's report fol- | lows:
 "rrhere was severe fighting today at I.oos and north of that place.
 eve now hold all the ground north of hill No. 7C,.,whioh thes'ene'nV re took on the 18th, and have proSfessea further. To the south of Loos, WE |'captured another gun. The total number of guns captured. by Us now is 21 and there are several more De- tween us and the enemy winch nave been abandoned by him.
 "The number of our prisoners ex' ceeds 5000. The number of machine guns actually taken is 40, while many more were destroyed by our bomDard ment.
 "The enemy's lines taken by us were exceptionally strong. conslstrlES ol double front line, which ineliics tw( large works named Hohenzollern an( Kaiser Wilhelm redoubts. These con. sist of a network of trenches ant homb-proof shelters several hundret vards in extent. The German secono l fine ran to the west of LOo5.
 l I've are now closely engaged "ltn the enemy's third line.
 "Our aeroplanes today :'ombarcee a railroad line near Bataume, wreck ing a train and also damaelng tht railroad near Achist- Grant. In Champagne, the French rcpol new progress. especially to the nortl of Bassiges. Eight hundred prisoners
 were taken, it is reported.
 Berlin, however, states ever!
 French attack was repulsea ''witnou
 break"
 Cermans Transfer Troops. !,
 Around Souchez strong German
 endorsements from the Russlal front have made their appearance
 some of these men being taken IT'S
 oners by the French today. UT 'hi' l fighting, the Paris midnight e"i'''
 munique says: oor. tinued again foot by foot. lo"ar. the crest east of Souchcz. we nave l taken about 100 prisoners" l Tho Berlin statement says that no cnly have all the French and B''tlsl 4 attacks been repulsed, but that the
 Germans by counter attacks, nave
 made appreciable gains in territory gi The Trench .communique today, ao I shifting that the German crow
 nrince. by his counter drive Tn th
 argonne broke the French advance
 position at La Fille Morte, states tna .
 most of the Teuton troops nave peer 1|cxpelled. Their losses are sa'o U
 have been heavy. 4n,5. ,no m, l Frencl, Report German Losses lVV'w' l The casualties inflicted on :n' ,I of the last few days, are est mate. n n paris at 100000, Berlin assertl l,that only 5Gooo men. are opefasins Hl 4 this front. ,s y,.,5 |. .9sin in.+ Erenct heayy guns are now being blougn
 in M befofe the German second nn'
 and @ that these trenches will b" sup i3M;acted M to a bombardment iimliar .' ;tSst:' @ @which enabled the, allies tt aieS9e fhe advanced postii6ps.ro, : < | The Germans report the captur' I of44IA17 British and Freqfhl prison \ CTS during the day. together Hi'n rs. ral ,i.addftionaio nine machine glns. " Il alafes' losses are declared toy 'haV Defh sehissstches sshJ ss rom corresponients a { E,ths i front State that the, Sighting Q l ti,A last few days has been the mos iIa san Rtiinaryy of tfie war. and 1hHt tn
 losses on both sides win startle th
 world When zthey algyI Ss are Ie made knaNRs
 Rev E. N. WatsQn of Benton ,(.se4es iorra visit with his son, Re