Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-25
.1EUIONS FORCE WAY NfARER ID CITY OF AMIENS Capture of Village Villes Bretonneux After Bloody
 Fight. DRIVE RENEWED
 IN YPREs SECTOR Berlin Claims Heights Northeast of BaillIemI Have Ben Starmed and Cap turpd.
Associated Press Summary.)

After three weeks of preparation on the Somme line during which time they launched an offensive in Flan- ders, the Germans have resumed their hammering at the front door of Amicns For days there has been heavy artillery fighting along the iant and finally the German infantry the line passing Villers Bretonneux, Hangard HciIlcs and CasteI
 The first attacks were repulsed but subsequent attacks centered about Nillers-Bretonneu have caused British withdrawal from this village, according to a report from Field Mar shal Haig. This marks German gain of about a mile Villers-B onncuX is about miles directly east of Amiens and is OH the northern end cf the latest fighting front. It is situated between the Somme and the Luce rivers and while it is flanked on the south by low lying grounds it e backed by rolling hills to the west and northwest.
 Little Other Gains.
 The fighting on the rest of the fronts where the Germans have re- sumed their drives toward the allied base of supplies in northern France has not so far as known resulted i'll any notable retirements on the part of the allies. The German official re- port issued Wednesday was silent as to the events in this sector.
 An attack on this part of the line in the Somme region had been expect ed and it is probable that preparation to meet it had been made. The Brit ish line held firm in this region during the last days of the initial drive while the Germans were able to forge ahead farther south until they reached the village of CasteI about three miles from the railroad running to Paris from Amiens.
 Recently a French counter offens- i've at Castel won back considerable ground and it was evident that unless the line further north could be ad- vanced materially the Germans have little chance to make important gains in their operations to the south of Amiens.
 Huns Strike Near Ypres.
 This new drive has been made at the same time that another blow has been struck at the British and French lines northwest of Ypres. Savage fighting is reported at various points along the line from Bailleul to Mer- vile, and Berlin claims that heights to the northeast of Bailleul have been stormed.
 Coincident with these attacks there have been assaults on British forces near Bethune, along the Lave river, but these have beea repulsd.
 Some of the uncertainty as to the success of the British exploit in at- tempting to seal '-o the harbors of Zeebrugge and Ostende has been cleared up by observations by ava- tors
 Great damage was done to the Mole at Zeebrugge, while the hulks of sunken steamers are said to have at least rartially blocked the channel leading to the sea from the port of Ostende.
 On the front in France, with the exception of the Somme salient, there has been little fighting of an unusual nature.
 Congress which has been consider ing a declaration of state of war with. Bulgaria and Turkey probably will not take any action in the face of opposition on the part of lPresi- dent Wilson. It is said the safety of Americans in both countries has :. caused the president to indicate that hotilites should not be declared at the present time
 BombarGing Aemricaps.