Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-18
General French Reports Taking All Trenches on
 One Front.
CAUGHT BETWEEN
 LINES, 700 SLAIN
Entire Group of Germans, Attempting to Surrender. EXterminated by Fire from British and German Guns.
 TentOnS Cross the River San.

London May 1S.-Tho Germans. by their own admission forced to with draw from the positions they held west Of the Yser, now are being pushed back from the canal, accord- Ing to the French report, which states that the allies have made gains on the eastern bank which have been maintained.
 Meanwhile, the British vicicry be- tween Neuve Chappelle and La Basse, on the line from Richebourgl- 'Avoue oFestubs Tt, has been pressed further home. Vince SI,lday's re- port from Paris and Field Marshal French's headquarters claimed only breaks in the line over two-n'!ie Trent, the British coE,,na Cer last night reported that all the German possession of his first army. La possessio of his first army. La i'assee is seriously meEatta.
 Russians Check Pursuit Statements from rival headquarters conoering the fighting in the eastern
 
 movements. Indi cations art that the pursuit by the AustriaLs and Ger. macs Of the Russian tarpa' hian army having been checked for t' e mcment i both armies a"e taking ad;antage Q tne momentary lull to reform and ra. coup. Still many isolated engage. ments have occurred.
 The German report sta.ss that l fighting is again progre ssiEg alcut Prze mysl and from the previously re- ported converging oi hostile forces about the historic fortress. it !s as- l sqned that another gr'it battle is l now developing ill this regon. Berlin states that the German ad- vance between the ipilca and the up per. Vistula continues, and that the frivs9 San, on which the Russians claimed to have checked the Austro. German advance, has been crossed by the Teutonic allies at several places near Jaroslau. =.
 Constantinople, chronicling the ex- change between land batteries and the bombarding fleet of British and French ships, states that the British hattleship Vengeance was hit three times. On the west coast of Gal lipoli the Turks claim to have re- pelled three British battalions which attempted repeated attacks.
 zoo Germans Slain.
 On the fighting in Northern France where General French's troops have been conducting such a successful offensive, the most spectacular fea- ture reported was the utter annihilia- tion of body of 700 Germans who were attempting to surrender. Gen. eral French says the fire of German suns caught the Germans. The |French report says the group was caught between the fire of the E'E- fish machine guns and that of their own artillery and that the Germans were exterminated by the cross fire.
 Fighting north of Arras was almost suspended on account Of 8 dense fog which settled over the field. obscur- inc the hostile lines. On the heights cf Metre Dame de Loreta, however. the Germans delivered a series of desperate counter attacks. all of which according to the Paris report were stoppfd ard broken up.
 On the French right. General Jof- fires troops have scored furtner gs'ns in their offensive against the German line protecting the Metz port of their commander. Several Carrcan esrthworks were carried in Qualifications. according to the re- the woods of Ally, and on the out skirts of I.ePretre forest. German hattalions which attempted three d'f- ferent times +o debouch for attack against the French position. were held impotent by the fire from the French guns.