Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-13
bRITONS ADVANCE LINES DESPITE STRONG DEFENSE Capture Village Near Bray and Progress Along
 the Somme. CHAULNES UNDER
 BIG GUN FIRE Fresh Pi.usSian Reserves Are Among New Troops Captured -Ilaig Smelling Bridges Over
 River.

London, Aug. l2.-The allied troops fighting today in the region between the Somme and the Disc, made furth- CT progress east of Fouquescourt and on the south bank of the Somme and also captured the village of Proyart, south of Bray, according to Field Marshal Haig's communication issued this evening.
 Hundreds of Germans were made prisoners and the Germans also sui fered heavy casualties.
 The text of the communication fol- lows:
 In the successful fighting today ill the neighborhood of the Rove road least of Fouquescourt and on the south bank of the Somme our line tas been taken.
 South of the Somme our troops captured the village of Proyart, after sharp fighting in which ,he enemy lost heavily in prisoners and me-. killed. The fighting is contnnins in this neighborhood.
 ..On the right of the British forces the French have taken Des IIoges.
 On the remainder of the British front there is nothing to report. Defense Hardens. With The British Army in France, Aug. 12.-By The Associated Press.) During the Hull in the battle there further indications that the line is hardening.
 This afternoon Crown Prince Rup- precht of Bavaria seems to have brought in more fresh troops, and while the allied forces are pausing of their own accord, the enemy within the area of his new battle front with the Somme at his back is having a most uncomfortable time. The British guns are hammering Chaulnes while cannon of larger cali bre are coming up all the time and drenching the enemy rear with steel. Smelling Bridges Across Somme. They are also pounding away at the bridges across the Somme at Beth ancourt.
 The shelling of the bridges here is a serious matter fer the enemy as bombs from the air continually being dropped by British airplanes from low altitude at bridges in the Peron- ne district.
 This bombing has been going on forcing the Germans to divert their transport, so that the general move ment was southeast.
 Now his bridges to the southeast are under heavy fire.
 Americans Have Easy Day With the comparatively small force of Americans there has been no real fighting today.
 They still are holding their line and their patrols have been sent out now and then feeling out the foreground. At many places along the new front especially just south of the Somme the Germans are occupying the old line dugouts built by the French more than two years ago. The Germans have concealed artil- lery at many places and they are sending more shells than on any day since the battle began.
 Huns Smelling Lih0ns.
 Lihons, which came into British hands yesterday when Field Marshal Haig's men stormed the place after having been driven out in a counter attack, was being heavily shelled to- day.
 i A party of cavalry charging down the Rove road ran into the cross fire of large German pill boxes studded with machine guns just this side of Rove and received check, but the Germans who happened to get the op- portunity to. this chance paid heavy penalty later.
 , Today the resistance by the enemy had been stiffened considerably but his troops appear to be nervous and apprehensive of what the future holds out for them and what the allies in- tend.
 Expect Counter Attacks.
 In order to feel out the allied forces it is stated that further counter at tack may be launched by the enemy.
 Stories of air fighting over the bat tie lines are amazing. One observer coming into his station shot down four machines.
 In the fighting British pilot chas- ed one enemy plane to earth and was sweeping down to earth to finish i off his antagonist when the man climbed out of his machine and held up his hands in token of surrender. (Coatinued on Page Eighty