Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-22
Counter Attack by Grown Prince Only Add to His
 Heavy Casualties.
ITALIANS ALSO
 CONTINUE GAINS
Austrian Line Cracking at Numerous Points. Despite Desperate Re- Si>tance German Advance in
 East Not Progressing.
Associated Press Summary)

lASSOclatcd Press Summary
 Hard smaShes at the German lines in France again have been produc- tive of important gains for the en- tcntc allies
 North Of Verdun, the French have captured additional points of van tage while the Canadians have fought their way forward nearer to the heart of the town of Lens, taking 2.pOO yards 0 fpositions west and north- west of the town
 All the counter attacks by the Ger man crown princes forces against General Petain's men on the newly captured ground in the Verdun sec. tor have been illstarred Those of Grown Prince Rupprecht against the Canadians at last accounts had brought nothing more than an aug. mentation Of the already terrible casualties his troops have suffered in their attempt to save the important coal center from capture
 Under canopy of mist the Cana dans and Germans met at daylight in the open of No Mans Land, north- west Of Lens neither expecting the other. Springing at their surprised foe wit htheir usual intrepidity, the Canadians put the Germans to the bayCnet and forced them to scurry for seeming haven of safety inside their trenches. Here, however, the Ger mans apparently were no more secure than in the open, for again with the bayonet an dwith bombs the Cana dians diG great execution, killing or wounding many of the occupants and putting the others to flight.
 West of Lens, aided by heavy ar tillery fire, the Canadians also ad- vanced pushing the Germans farther into the enviorns of the town. To both captured positions the Canadians 7 are holding tenaciously
 North of Verdun, on both sides of the river Mouse, the French troops have kept up their vgorus offensive, starting Monday and have been re- warded by the capture of addition al important positions.
 West of the river, Cote L1ie a point of considerable strategic value, and the village of Regneville, have been taken, while east of the stream the village of SamogHeux and fortified trenches over g front of about 1 1-2 miles connecting this with defenses on Hill 344, are in the hands of Gen. eral Petain's men. Counter attacks by the Germans all along the new front have been repulsed by the French.
 In addition to more than 5000 pris- oners taken by the French in MOn- days advance, men were captured in the attacks of Tuesday.
 The German war office, possibly with the idea of heartening the peo- pie athome, says counter attacks by the Germans have driven out the French from almost all the positions they captured on the Verdun front. It adds that the German troops and their leaders anticipate favorable conclusion of the Verdun battle.
 In the Austro-Italian theatre, the terrific drive of the Italians is caus- ing the Austrian line to crack at nu- merous points. The Austrians are resisting vigorously. Little is avaal- able in the official communications to delmit geographically the advances the Italians thus far have made. Aus trian defenses between Corite and the Selo, and near the strongly fortified Starilokva positions, are among the places captured.
 The Russians in Galicia and Buko- wina are apparently holding their own against the Austrians and Ger mans, but in Rumania the Russians and Rumanians have been compelled to give up additional ground near the village of Grokna and east Of the ani-Naraocna-Adui railway.
 The intensive aerial fighting De- tween the allies and the Germans m France continues.
 British warships have destroyed