Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-18
General French s Men Pene- trate German Line l,000
 Yards for l F Miles.
FOUR SMALL SHIPS
 SUNK BY U-BOATS
Eighty-six Former American C0nSulS and Their Families Depart From Gcrmany-Turkey Expresses
 Friendship for Y. $.
Associated Press Summary

Attacking in force the German lines ish troops Saturday penetrated fo. about 1000 yards on q front of one and one-half miles south of the stream, and gained ground on the northern side. The latest success fol- lows the British capture of Grand court, also on the southern bank, and brings them within a short distance of Miramont and Pett Miramon,, northeast of Grandcourt.
 They also carried an important Ger man position north of the Ancre, on a front of 1000 yards, north of Baillescourt. German counter attaclu were withstood by the British. who report heavy losses to the Germans. The British also captured at least 26S prisoners, including five officers. Further northward On the front in France, British troops carried out successful raids into the German line
 Continuing their advance on Kut- el-Amara, in Mesopaamia. British troops have taken more positions from the Turks, and prisoners captured Thursday number nearly 2,0O0 includ- ing S9 officers. In the right bank of the Tigris river, the British seized important Turkish positions. Related official Turkish reports admit retire ments.
 Subs. Sink Four Ships.
 British shipping amounting to 7,4S5 tons were reported sunk Saturday as result of the German blockade measure. Three of the four steamers sunk, the Queenswood, 2701 tons. Marion Dawson, 23O0 tens, and Marie Leohardt, 146S tons, were presumab- ly submarine victims. The fourth, the Lady Ann, 1,01O tons, was sunk by a mine.
 German reports attribute much suc- cess to the operations of individual u-boats within the last few days. One submarine, it is announced, sunk 50,- 900 tons of shipping in 24 hours, while another averaged 1000 tons a day for five days.
 Renewal of fighting along the Moldavian frontier of Rumania was virtually the only new development of the last "A hours in the field of military activities. Berlin reports the beginning of a battle Saturday morn- ing south of the Oituz valley. Whether the Russo-Rumanian or the Austro- Germans were aggress9rs, was not in- dicated. Petrograd has not yet re- ported on this operation.
 Infantry Fighting on Ancre.
 On the Franco-Belgian front, in- fantry fighting was resumed near the Ancre river.
 The activity in the Champagne, where the Germans suddenly deliver ed an attack Thursday, seemed to have decreased somewhat. but fight ing still is taking place there, Berlin chroniciling the repulse of a French attack. The afternoon Paris report refers only to artillery action.
 In the field of aviation, the naval contingent has been more than usu- ally active. German naval airplanes bombarding military objects near Dunkirk and Coxyde, behind the en- tente lines, on the northern end of the Franco-Belgian front, and also throwing bombs on merchant ship ping in the Downs, off the English coast. British naval machines bonn barded the Ghistelles airdome and buildings and shipping at Bruges, Belgium
 The Swiss minister at Washington has given Secretary of State Lans- ing full information about the de- parture of S6 former American con-