Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-29
Germany and Austria Seek Peace Terms, But Foch's
 Men Continue Figh&ng
FIERCEST BATTLES IN . FRANCE AND ITALY
Continued Advance in Bel gium- Flanders and Disc
 Region by Haig.
Associated Press War Summary)

Associated Press War Summary While both Germany and Austria are seeking to secure cessation of hostilities and Turkey also is report-
 ed to be favorably disposed toward
 peace, the entente allied troops on all
 battle fronts are giving no heed to
 peace proposals, but are continuing without mercy to drive their foes be- fore them
 And in all the battle zones the al- lies are meeting with marked suc- cess. Y sys In France the German battle line
 is slowly disintegrating under the violence of the allied offensive, in
 northern Italy the Austro-Hungarfa
 are being forced back by the Britishs
 French and Italians with heavy losses
 in men killed, wounded or made pri-
 soner; near the shores of the Medi- terranean in Albania the Italians are
 driving the Austrians toward the
 Montenegro frontier, while in Asiatic
 Turkey, both in Syriasian Mesopo- tamia the British are fast clearing
 the Turks from their former strong
 holds.
 l l and Flanders still are strenuOusly
 resisting the allied attempts to break their line, they are giving way stead fly under the force of the attacks. In the other theatres there appar-
 ently is not the same disposition to
 offer stubborn delial of the right of
 way, except possibly in the m0tin- tain region. of Italy, where an at- tempt is being made by the allied forces to open the back door to Austria
 South of ValenGennes in France,
 Field Marshal Haig's forces nOtwith- standing stiff opposition. have an-
 vanced their line in the general apar-
 ation which has in view the capture
 of Valenciennes and pressing on to- ward Mons and Maubeuge in the gen.
 eral converging movement that Is
 going on between Belgian and the region north of Verdun. Further south, from the Oise river to the region of Reuthel, the French
 have gained signal victory by f0rc- ing retreat of the enemy in the big salient north of Laon and are threat
 ening to cause the collapse of the en- tire German line eastward through a vast turning movement American troops have been thrown
 into the line near Rethdl and have
 advanced nearly mile and taken
 numerous prisoners. The German war office admits the success of the thrust of the French
 between the Disc and Serre rivers, saying the German lines were wfth-
 drawn Sunday night to front west
 of Guise and east of Crecy. In connection with this general
 movement. the Americans northwest of Verdun have begun an operation
 which possibly may have important
 results For the first time since the Amer
 jeans entered the war they have opened fire against the back lines Of the enemy with their new long range
 Longuyon, some fifteen miles distant
 from the American frst line posi- tiOns.
 It is over the territory through which the American guns are throw ing their shells that the Gern1ans
 have been reinforcing their lines eastward, and should the blasting process prove effective in blazing the trail along the Mouse for a quick ad- vance by the Americans. 1t is not im- probable that German retreat from the region east of St. Quentin. north-s eastward to Luxemburg will be necea- sitated.
 On the northern Italian front hard fighting is in progress between the Brenta and Piave rivers.
 Along the Piave the allied troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy and taken more than 5000 prisoners.