Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-03
Grown Princes Desperate Efforts Result Only in
 Casualties.
RAD WEATHER
 HA!LTS ENTENTE
Terrific Artillery Duel Continues Un. abatpd, H0Weyer.-German Emperor Calls Session of War Council, to
 Discuss the Situation.
Associated Press Summary.)

While the rain and morass have served to hold the entente allied forces in leash, preventing a resumption of the great offensive of Tuesday, they have not been effective in keeping the Germans from throwing counter at tacks with large forces of men against several newly won sectors of the front held by the British and French, nor in bringing about cessation of the violent artillery duel along the entire line.
 Crown Prince Rupprecht evidently considers the British gains northeast of Ypres the most important made in Tuesdays battle, for upon this terri tcry he has concentrated the strong est of his counter offensive operations in the attempt to regain the lost ground.
 His efforts, however, have gone for naught, the British artillery and in- fantry fire breaking the advancing forces regularly, putting an end to the attacks and adding materially to the already heavy casualties the Ger mans have suffered
 There is no indication in either the British or French communications just when their combined push again will be started, but it is possible that , at least a day of warm sunshine will be necessary to dissiate the. quag- mire, so that the big guns may be realgned to permit the airmen to re- locate the enemy positions.
 Although the Teutonic allies are still advancing against the Russians in East Galicia, BukoWina and along the Moldavia frontier, the allied Of- fensive on the western front is on the nerve of the German emperor, whose troops heretofore have had to face, and with great losses of men and terrain, gigantic attacks by the Brit ish and French, covered by countless pieces of modern artillery of all cali bres and angles.
 It is assumed that war council of the high military and naval leaders in Germany, called by the emperor, to meet in Brussels, has as it's objective a survey of the offensive, which if it IS carried out as planned by the all lies, would prove menace to the German holdings in Belgium and es- pecially along the coast
 Wednesday was the date set for the conference which was to have been attended by Field Marshal Von Hin denberg, Crown Prince Rupplecht of Bavaria, the German crown prince and others.
 AS yet, however, nothing has come through to indicate the trend of the discussion or concerning decision to counter the allied plan arrived at.
 Daily the situation of the Russians on the eastern front grows increas- lngly acute. Across the Zbrocz river, to the south, between the Dneister and the Pruth, in Bukowina, and in the Carpathian region, the Russians everywhere are falling back. So far nave the operations of the Teutonfc allies been advanced that seemingly the little Austrian crown land soon again will be returned to the Aus lrlans. Numerous towns have been captured by the Teutons.
 Berlin asserts that from the Pruth s 10 the Kelemen foothills, distance ol about 100 miles, the Russians are giving ground. Advlces to Petrograd are to the eff iect that retrOgrade movement has oeen carried out 15 miles southeast ol Riga, the important Russian port ana naval base on the Baltic. Here me Germans have occupied the Ukjul ul"gehead. previously evacuated by E the Russians