Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-04
FOES LINES
 PIERCED ON ALL SECTORS
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 all the territory between Arras and Menin virtaully in the hands of the British.
 Resistance Still Strong.
 To the south from Cambrai 10 St. Quentin, the German resistance is still strong, but nevertheless the British, Americans and French on all the sectors which are essential to the carrying forward of the allied program have valiantly attacked and withstood counter attacks. smashed the old Hindenburg positions and materially advanced their line.
 .Sequehart, north of St. Quentin, which the Germans, in violent counter attack, re-captured from the British Wednesday, again has been taken by Field Marshal Haig's men who are now out on the rolling coun- try to the eastward, as likewise are all the allied troops from St. Quen- tin .northward.
 Resist Near Rheims.
 Northwest of Rheims the Germans are offering nose resistance to the French along the .Aisne and on the sectors which are protecting the eastern end of the Chemin Des Dam- es, the western end of which already is dominated by the French guns, but General Betrhelot's forces neverthe- less have captured Cormicy and reach ed the Aisne canal between Concev- reux and La Neuvillette, front of more than fifteen miles.
 In Champagne the French have enlarged their gains from the region north of Somme-Py to the western fringes of the Argonne forest, talk ing prisoners and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.
 The railroad junction point of Chal- lerange, short distance south of the French have compelled their do- north of the Argonne forest and are only awaiting the arrival of the Americans at the eastern end of the valley to nip the big wooded bastion out of the fighting line.
 The Americans are slowly ap- preaching the rendezvous.
 In Flight Before Italians.
 In their retreat from Albania, the Austro-Hungarian everywhere are in flight before the Italians, burning towns and depots behind them.
 Large numbers of prisoners and quantities of war material have been captured. |:
 !, In this locality the enemy counter attacked strongly during the after noon.
 Heavy fighting still continues.
 "A large number of prisoners were captured by us in the course of these successful operations.
 "On the remainder of the St. Quen- -Cambrai battle front only patrol encounters are reported. which se- cured additional prisoners
 'In the area of the enemy's with drawal north of the Scarpe our troops have pushed forward steadily through out the day.
 They are maintaining constant pressure on the German rear guards.
 Liens has been cleared of the enc my and our advanced detachments have reached the general line of Av- ion, Vendin, Hantay, Vieres and Her lies and are east of the Bois> Gfeni- CT.
 This morning our troops occupied Armentieres.
 Lens and Armentieres are the keys to the great coal fields of France in the Pas de Calais. Since 1914 Lens has been part of the fighting area and the British have made several strong attempts to take it. Armen- tieres was captured by the Germans when they drove in the Lys salient las: April and now it again falls into British hands.
 Both towns were manufacturing centers, but the buildings generally have long since crumbled to the ground under the fire of many thou sands of shells.
 East of both towns the country is fairly open and tha terrain is little cut by hills and woods.
 With the Germans out of Lens the allies have made the first important step in the occupation of the coal fields about Lens. The great manu- featuring district of Northern France obtained it's fuel from this district as did Paris.