Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-24
GERMANS UNABLE
TO DRIVE FRENCH
FROM DOUAUMON7
Joffre's Fighters Tenacious
ly Hold Positions Recent
ly Regained.
ITALY'S FORCES
RETREAT RAPIDLY
Vienna's Statement Of Situation in
Tyrol Pictures Italian Withdrawal
i'm Nature OF Rout-Rnssians
Capture German Trenches.

London, May 23.-The Germans
have replied 20 the terrific French Of
fensive in the Douaumont region with
assault after assault and the deadly
combat northeast and northwest of
Verdun is still in progress. Heavy
masses of German trops have been
thrown against the picked French
troops whose successful attacks won
for them the greater portion OF Fort
Douaumont and considerable ground
adjacent to the fort of high strate2i-
cal value. These wly-captured po-
sitions the French have tenaclously
held.
Particlar mention is made by the
French war office of the maintenance
of the position in Fort Douaumont,
conquered by the French Monday.
The fighting at this point is charac-
terized by Paris as "a murderous
struggle" Each attack was preceded
by powerful artillery preparation.
Although they are hard held to the
northeast the Germans would not be
denied at lie Mort Homme and, after
having been moved down by French
machine guns and cannon with SAN
culinary losses in several attacks,
finally gained footing in the
trenches west of this much fought
for position. Their tenure of the
trenches was short-lived, however,
for the French in counter attack,
Immediately drove them out.
Italys first anniversary of her
entry into the war found her troops
on at least one sector in the southern
Tyrol forced back by the great Aus
trian offensive on italian soil, and in
general retirement to their main line
of defense from the region south of
Rovereto to the Val Sugana, south
east of Trent.
Rome Admits Reyerses.
Rome admits that between the AS
itico and Brenta rivers, and in the
Sugana valley, the Italians have fall
en- back on their main line of defense.
While Rome asserts that the opera
tions were carried out in perfect or
der after the Italiansfohad repulsed
Austrian attacks against the advanc-
ed lines, Vienna says that in the. re-
treat from Bordo, the Italians we're
forced to cross the border by the
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have advanced as far as the head of
Lake Garda, and the Sarca region
is indicated by the Rome official com
munication, which says that Austrian
troops have been observed in the
Riva zone.
While along the Russian front the
usual bombardments have continued,
exclusively, IN the Pripet river re-
gion, the Russians attacked, drove
the Germans across the Voseluhu
river, and destroyed their trenches
In the coast region of Asiatic Tur-
key, southwest of Trebizond, the
Russians have repulsed attempts by
the Turks to resume the offensive
and also have dislodged the Ottoman
forces from positions on one of the
slopes of the Tarusss mountains.
In their advance on Mosul, west
Mcsopotamia, their objective, the
Russians have occupied Ferbezst.
The British house of commons has
passed unanimously a vote of credit
of about 1,5OO,OG0,00O. The total
credit obtained by Great Britain since
the war started is thus raised to
about 1910 100000.