Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-10
Unofficial Reports Declare 1 Canadians Have Driven Germans Back Again.
BRITISH CLAIM 1 PARTIAL SUCCESS
French Leave Trenches at But One Place, There Taking German Posi-. lions and Some PrisOners-RuS. sians Pierce TeutOn Lines.
Associated Press Summary.)

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 The sanguinary battle between the
 British and Germans for the posses
 on of the village of Fresnoy goes on
 without abatement. It is a battle of
 Desperation on the part of the Ger
 hans, who see in it's loss a double
 menace. placing in jeopardy the entire
 line protecting Lens and it's adjacent
 coal fields, and as a deeply projecting
 balient which virtually will put the British at the threshold of Cambrai.
 The exact situation in the little viii lage. which was recaptured by the Germans Tuesday, is somewhat ob- scure. The British war office asserts that Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria's $
 nen met with reverses west of the city Tuesday night, in a counterattack while unofficial advices are to the eff feet that they have been expelled from the greater portion of the village, but etill are holding out, though barely able to maintain themselves against the Canadians.
 On the other hand the German of ficial communication asserts the Ger mans held the village against fresh attacks and in addition have taken 100 m0re prisoners. In making this claim the usual details of victory and the claims of sanguinary losses are lack Ing in the German war office state ment
 Wednesday saw the return of unfav- t0rable weather on the Anglo-German i front and except at ,Fresnoy, fighting mainly was by means of artillery. The French meantime have been consolidating the positions captured |from the Germans Tuesday near |Chevreaux, repulsing counter attacks, and engaging in artillery duels, north west of Rheims.
 In the single instance where the in fantry left it's trenches, the French attacked and captured German posi- tlons on a front of more than 400 yards and brought back 1O0 prisoners Although fighting on the Arras front has been described as the heaviest of the war, announcement has been made in the hourse of commons that Brit ish casualties were 50 to 75 per cent fewer than those in the Somme.
 The fighting in all the other thea tres, except in France, continues of 8 sporadic nature, although operations in Macedonia, where heavy artillery due]s are in progress on the entire front, and in Rumania, where the Rus sians have broken through Teutonie allied line at one place. indicate the coming of general engagements in 2 short time.
 As has been forecast, the number o1 British vessels sunk in the past week was smaller than the previous week Last week, "A vessels of over 1.6O( tons and P of less than 1.600 tons were sent to the bottom. as compared with 3S of more than 1,600 tons ant l3 of the other category, the previou: week. ffj
 Germany still is optimistic that he1 underwater campaign will be success full in ending the war. The maya budget committee of the reichstag ha' been told that in April not less thai 100000 tons was the booty, whil' the minister of the navy assured thu chamber that Germany has the neces sary men, fuel and accessories tt persevere to the end.