Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-22
British and French Troops Along Entire Western
 Front Move Forward.
ARTILLERY STARTS
 INFANTRY ACTION
Terrible Intensity of Bombardment Indicate to Germans Hhat Hinden. berg Line Will Be Called UpOn
 to Withstand Another Assault.
Associated Press Summary )

(ASSOclated Press Summary.) One of the biggest battles of the war, possibly decisive. is in progress in northern France.
 The British, after a weeks slash ing attack, eased up a few days ago in their offensive, giving way to the French, who started in Monday with a magnificent rush, pushing back the German front as much as four miles in some places along the Aisne, as we'll as in the Champagne field.
 In the last day or two, however, they have also let dowr. somewhat n the intensity of their attack. Now both armies, seemingly, are again ready for renewed attack, if indeed it has not already begun.
 The signs are not wanting in Sat- urday's German official statement, where naturally indications might be looked for, rather than in the British or French reports.
 Friday afternoon strong artillery firing commenced along the whole river Aisne front, and also in the Champagne" said the Berlin com munication.
 From this assumption is seems warranted that French guns are blazing the way for the infantry, with bombardment of great intensity. The whole front of the new French offensive movement is in this field, and an infantry attack seems not un- likely Should break be effected by General Neville, at any one of the hoh, n cny,oofhir,cr approaching disaster for the Germans will result. The least result will be a further enforced retirement.
 As for the British, the Berlin re- port admits they are about to resume their drive. All the way from Loos, north of Lens, down to the Arras- Chambrai railway line, the British guns began increasing the intensity of the firing, the Germans announce. The northern end of the Hindenberg line seems about to suffer another hammering. This may be started simultaneously with tEe French at tack, in determined effort to roll the line up.
 British headquarters reports movement toward Chambrai, in an action in which the British captured the village of Sonnelieu, advancing a mile toward the German line.
 East of Courcy, the French con- tinued their thrust toward the Vri- mont plateau, one of the chief Ob. stacles in their advance.
 Entente Record Gains. ' While the artillery of the French and British armies continues to hur! thousands of projectiles into the Ger man lines, from Lens to the east of Auberive, in the Champaign, the en- tente powers have repulsed counter attacks and have made progress a, some points.
 The artillery activity is reported as most intense near Arras, south rf St. Quentin, and on the Aisne and Champagne fronts, in the region oe Soissons and Rheims. German guns are replying to the entente fire at some points.
 During the two weeks of the An. glo-French offensive along the north and south sectors, of tke central bat tie line in France, the German loss has amounted to more than 33,00) prisoners and 330 large guns and many machine guns. Monday of each of the last two weeks has seen tha beginning of a new offensive by one of the entente armies and the heavy artillery duels of the last two days may the the forerunner of the new thrust against the German line.