Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-04

J
 Extremely hard fighting. with the Germans using great forces Of in- fantry in massed formation is taking place along the southwestern and southeastern sections of the Cambria salient. In the region of COnnelieu, la Cacquerie and southward, Vend- huilie and nOrthward toward Mas ieres. battles waged with great fierce ness turnout Monday but with the Germans not successful in breaking the British front. At La Vacquerie they again succeeded in penetrating the village, from which they were ejected previously. but strong coun- ter attack again turner the scales in favor of General Byng's forces. who threw out the enemy, inflicting heavy casualties on him. As in the pre- vious attacks, the Germans 'th,rew great masses of artillery fire. but the British forces everywhere met their onslaught stoically and at last ac- counts were firmly holding their line at all points.
 British Regain Ground. Altho the Germans, in their offen- sive have been using men reckOned at
 
 able at everal points to regain some of the ground they lost in the initial attack, which was delivered with 8 suddenness similar to that of Byng's big drive toward Cambria. Sunday night they had gained the eastern edge of the village of Villers-Guislain and driven out the Germans from La Vacquerie. They held this latter po- sition until Monday, when they were compelled again to cede it to the en- emy, only to take it again later in the day. Southwest of Bourbon village. to the west of Cambria. the British also have recovered lost ground Guns Are Captured.
 The German war office asserts that 6,OO0 British have been made pris- oner during the drive, and that 100 guns have been taken from them. A large number of the guns already have been recaptured.
 The four days battle is described as the most sanguinary one that has taken place since the days of Ver- dun and the first battle of Ypres. Artillery duels are in progress be- tween the French and the Germans north of Chemin des Danes and in the Verdun sector. An attack by the Germans, north of F'lirey. in the latter region, was entirely without desult, the Germans being driven by the French, suffering heavy casualties and leaving prisoners behind them. Artillery Booming.
 Likewise on the Italian front the fighting is mostly by means of big guns. The duel being intense on the northern line, in the hilly region be- tween the Brenta and Piave rivers. !; No details have yet heen received concerning the negotiations between 1 the Germans and Russians for an ar mistice. aatho the German grand headquarters announces that an ar mistice already is in force in sec 1 tions of the Russo-German front. In , addition to Austro-Hungary accepting the proposal of the Russians for a cessation of hostilities, Bulgaria. also, | is to open negotiations With RuSsla
 with the same object in view Russian Situation Acute.
 Meanwhile the internal situation in Russia remains acute. Infantry and
 machine gun attachments hve been sent against the general staff head-
 quarters at the front, where refusal
 met the bolsheviki regimes demands
 that proper arrangements be made by
 the commander in chief with the Ger
 mans for an armistice.
 The inter-allied conference in Paris
 has ended, Colonel D. M. House. head l of the American delegation, in the
 closing address, declared that there
 had been cooperation and unity or purpose reached, which promised greater results for the future and that ] it was his. deep conviction that by
 this unity and by concerted effort VI
 shall be able to arrive at the goal
 which we have set out to reach. L. r~~ao~l # ;a noondafnrv f0 Arn-