The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-23
GERMANS GIVEN
NO REST time
British Start New Offensive to North
of Counter Attacks
Fail When TeutOns Come
Into Open.


courj firmly in their possession the
British troops are giving the Germans
no chance for rest and have started
another offensive with the idea o.
bringing their forces to the north OF
Bullecourt in alignment with those
within the village.
Sunday saw Field Marshal Halg S
men again strike the German line
hard in this region and carry German
positions over front of more than
mile between Fontaine les Croselles
and Bullecourt and hold them, not
withs .anding furious counter-attacks.
The fighting here again was OF a
sanguinary nature and the British
War Office reports that heavy casual
ties we're inflicted on the Germans.
Offensive Is Resumed.
Although London makes no mention
of the fact, the Berlin War Office re-
ports an offensive by the British
along a 15-mile front, extending from
the region of Acheville to Quean1,
which means that again the entire
front of the Drocourt-Queant switch
line is being hammered.
The army of the German crown
prince con iinues Intellectually its ell
forts to crack the French line along
the Chemin des Danes. After a she'll
fire of great intensity by al calibers
of guns, and not excepting asphyXiat-
ing gas projectiles, the Germans Sun
day endeavored to come out of their
trenches and attack in force. With
their usual display of expert marks
manship, however, the Frenchmen, at
most places, held the Teutons to their
trenches under reciprocal artillery
fire. Wherever the Germans were
able to come into the open and dash
toward the French trenches they
were met with whitening fire and
suffered heavy losses Only at one
place, northeast of Cerny, did they
succeed, after the payment of heavy
price in Kill ed and wounded, in pene-
trating the French positions. At This
point advanced elements on a front
of about 200 yards were captured.
On the Russian Front.
Again comes news from the Russian
front that the Germans, probably ow-
ing to the betterment of the internal
situation in Russia, have attacked the
Russian lines. Last week they es-
saved an offensive in the Volhynia sec
tor, but met with no marked
success.
Now the offensive has been switch
ed to the north in the vicinity of
Mitau, weber they threw an attack
against the Russians, but were stop
ped by the fire of the Russian artillery.
In Rumania, there has also been a
semblance of an attack against the
Russians east of Koveika, but here,
again, the Teutons were dispersed by
the Russian guns.
Italians Continue Successes.
North and east of Gorzia the Ita1-
ian troops are continuing their sue
cesses over the Austrians, either in
fresh advances or in holding back
counter-attacks.
In the former region, dense forma-
tions of the Austrians endeavored to
Wrest from the Italians positions cap
tured on the Vodice, but were driven
back with sangulnaIy losses A num>
Der of guns and large quantities of
arms and ammunition were taken by
the Italians. East of Gorilla the
Austrian lines were pierced in an at
tack by the Italians, who took 254
prisoners.
In Macedonia artillery duels and
isolated infantry engagements con-
tinue.