Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-10
French and British Troops Achieve Gains in Big
 Push in Flanders.
TEUTONs TO MAKE
 NEW PEACE OTTER
Proposal will be Based on pYiArirle 3f Ne Territorial .tagrandixemtnt. Evacuation of Bclgium and
 France, No Indemnity.
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Associated Press SummaryD Tn" biz fight is on again in Flan- uefS and the Germans are being ham,
 mefed hard. Field Marshal Haie is
 hatterin2 away on the sector east and northeast of Ypres, while French | troops have joined with the British
 left Wing, to the south of DiXmude. in an endeaE9r to bring that sector or ! the line even with the sharp wedge i that has been driven into the German
 front by Haig east of Broodseinde.
 Launching their attacks simultan-
 eously Tuesday morning. both armies
 had made considerable gains before nlShtfall, in addition to inflicting heavy casualties on the Germans, and taking many prisoners.
 FrOr to the announcement of the commencement of the attack there had been no intimation that the lrcnchmen were ready for an ad-
 vance. In fact, it had been rather
 expected that even the British com | manderinchief would delay taking 1 the aggressive again for several days, owing to the terrible condition of the ground, a Veritable marsh owing to the heavy rains of Sunday and Mon day.
 i With apparent ease the F'renchmen | crossed the flooded Broenbeek and 1 Jansbeek rivers and captured the villages of St. Jean de Mangelare and Nelhhoell, together with numerous 1 block houses and took prisoner sev- l eral hundred Germans. The advance of the French was over a front of
 more than one mile and half and they penetrated the German line to a depth of one and one-fourth miles. Field Marshal Haig's principal of l fensiye centered on portions of tle | endaele-Gheluvelt ridge, being directed eastward from Poelcapelle, which was captured and northeast ward from Broodseinde toward Pass chendaelet the ultimate object being the Ostend-Lille road.
 Driving Germans from Sea.
 The joint operation makes more ap- parent the crowning desire of the all lies in this region-the forcing back of the Germans to points where their evacuation of Ostend and Zee brugge naval and submarine bases on the North sea will become neces- sary.
 At several points Haig's advance was sharply contested, particularly north of Broodseinde, the nearest ap- preach to the railroad line, and near the POlderheek chateau. Nowhere have the Germans been able to stay the advance save near the Polderheek cha teau where the terrific fire of their machine guns momentarily forced the British to give ground Later the at tacking troops retained themselves and the successful push went on again.
 Aside from Flanders the operations in all the various theatres of war are of minor character. Along the Aisne and Champagne front and on the left bank of the Mouse intensive artillery duels are still in progress between the French and Germans. In Champagne, the French have carried out a raid near Butte le Tahure and taken prisoners.
 There is still considerable infantry | and artillery activity between the | Germans and Russians in the Riga sector and neither side has made any attempt at an advance.
 Reciprocal bombardments are in, progress between the Italians and ] Austrians on the Austro-1talian front.
 between the entente forces and Teu-
 tonic allies in Macedonia.
 Another AustrO-German peace offer.
 which is to be based on the principle
 of no territorial aggrandizement, the surrender of Belgium and French ter ritory, the renunciation of territorial acquisitions for money payments, ana
 no indemnity by either side is soon
 to be put forward, according to
 prominent Berlin newspaper.
 Berlin Says Allies Repulsed. | Berlin. via London, Oct. 9.-The 1 gains of territory by the entente