Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-25
,1.o,,v Rombardme1t Still Continues in Verdun and
 Hill 344 Regions.
ITALIANS STEADY
 AND UNAFRAID
no,mans Have Evidently Reinforced Italian Front With Troops Moved from the Gulf of
 Riga District.

; General Petain's' troops who made \ brilliant dash against the German line northeast of Soissons; Tuesday morning at last account were hold ing all their gains and were meeting Vifh TO resistance from, the forces of the German crown prince except by means of bombardments. In addi- tion to great gains in ground moro than 5000 prisoners and numerous kuns were taken by the French. Like wise the British and French armies are maintaining all the positions won northeast of Ypres Monday. Here the Germans have delivered several coun- fer attacks in the region south of Houtholst forest, but have been una tle to recoup any of their losses.
 ! Activity Near Hill 344.
 Extremely heavy bombardments continue in the Verdun and in the re- zion of Hill 344 the army of the Ger man crown prince delivered violent attack against the French. The ene- my succeeded in caturing French advance position, but later counter attack forced him to relinquish it. ( In the Austro-Italian theatre large Herman forces have reinforced the Austrian line and apparently big tattle is imminent over the 23 mile hppt from Monte Rombon southeast sard thru Flitch and Tolmino and thence southward to the Biansizza plltsAu which lies about ten miles northeast of Gorizia.
 Germans Use Gas Shells.
 <. The Berlin war office reports the capture on the northern section of this front of positions near Flitch and T0lmino and also points in the north ern part of Biansizza pleateu. The Germans began their offensive after an intensive artillery fire in which specially constructed gas shells were thrown at various places. According b the Italian war office bad weather :ntervened during the attack and tiie fighting died down .o some extent. the official communication adds that the Italians are unafraid of the result q the preparations of the Germans and Austrians, and that the enemy will find then steady and prepared.
 Whether the Germans obtained large numbers of endorsements for the Austrians in this region has not become apparent, but it is not inn probable that some were sent from the northern Russian front, where hetween the Dvina river and the Gulf q Riga, there has been a withdrawal by the Germans over a large front. II these troops were not moved to the campaign in the Austro-Italian thea Ire they possibly have been sent to the western front from which the sib- pals of distress by the army com nanders necessarily have been set up 3s result of the terrific pounding Field Marshal Haig and General Pe- tain have given Crown Prince Rup- precht of Bavaria and the German yrown prince in Flanders and along .he Aisne and before Verdun.
 Kaiser Returns.
 Emperor William has returned to berlin from visits to Constantinople and Sofia and is now engaged in an sttempt to straighten out the mud eled political situation in Germany.
 t is stated that Chancellor Mich aeils already has rendered his resig- nation. y
 British shipping losses last week aggregated 25 vessels as against IS 'ne previous week.