Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-14
Capture First and Second
Line Trenches, 5000 Men
and Three Towns.
AUSTRIAN AIRMEN
BOMBARD WEODOVA
Rene Reports 90 Persons. including
Women and Children, Are Killed by
Bombs Cardinal Mtrcipr Protests
Against Deportation OF Belginn>.
CAssociatcd press Summary

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Once again the German line IN
France has been hard hit
Starting an offensive that ran from
the southern bank Of the Aucre river
northward over from Of about five
miles from St Pierre iivion. 10 the
north of Scrrc. the British have eaH-
turcd the towns of Beaumont. llamel
and ST. Pierre BiVion, and first ana
second line trenches. Between 5000
and 1900 men We're made prisoners.
The Germans apparently Offered
slight resistance. although their Do-
sitionS were extremely we'll fortified.
A maximum gain to depth Of over
one mile, on the five mile front, was
made by the British. Hard fighting
continues to the north of Scrre.
The new drive probably has as is
objective the strengthening Of the
British line northward from the re-
eion of Sars. across the Ancre, AMI
the pushing forward " the British
left wing toward Anchiet lie Petit. tho
junction point of the hrras-Bapaume
and the Arras Mraumont railroads..
Except in the RumanIan and Mace
donna theatres, there has been little
fighting Of great importance on any
of the fronts.
Teutoms Win in Alps.
In the Pennsylvania Alps region
Bucharest admits that the Rumanians
in the Alt river sector have beer
compelled to yield ground to the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces hut asserts thai
King Ferdinands men have held theil
own in the Campulung district.
Both Vienna and Berlin RECORD
further advances for the troops of TIN
Teutonic allies all along this front
having captured the towns of Diots
and Arsuriler to the north of tho
northwest of Campuling, in Rumania
Elm Dobrudja, according to Petro
grad advices, received by wireless a
Rome, the troops of Field Marsha
Won Cackensen are still in retrea1
and the Russians have crossed tho
Danube from the western bank anG
reached two points south of Tcherna
voda. on the eastern bank. Berlin
asserts, however, that the Teutonit
allies have defeated the Russian ant
Rumanians, who were coming doWf
the western bank Of the river.
Serbs Score Victory.
, The Serbians east Of MOnastir have
scored another victory over the Ger
mans and Bulgarians, capturing thu
village of Ivan, lying on the Germ;
river, and forcing their antagonists
to fall back two miles. About 1000
men were made prisoners and larg'
quantities of arms ana ammunition
were captured, according to a state
ment from the Serbian and French
war offices.
On the Austro-Italian front, quie
prevails except for artillery duels.
An Austrian aerial bombardment o
Weodova killed at least 60 persons
including women and children, says
Rome dispatch.
A violent artillery duel is still Il
progress in the Narayuvka river re
gion of Galicia, and the Russians hav
repealed Austro-German attacks II
the Carpathians.
Cardinal MERCER. primate of Bel
GUM, on behalf of himself and all tn
bishops Of Belgium except the bisho
of Bruges, has issued protest to tn
, world against the deportation frol
| Belgium by the Germans OF tho,
sands of inoffensive citizens, in orde
; to set them to forced labor