Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-26
ITALIANS BREAK
 LOOSE AGAINSI ! THE AUSIRIANS
General Diaz Launches His Attack in the Mont Crap pa Region on Piave :
 River.

As the allied forces ill Belgium and France continue successfully to storm the stubbornly defended German lines Italian troops on the Italian north ern front front have begun an offens- i've against the Austrians.
 British troop today are smashing their way eastward on the sector between valenciennes and Le Cues nOy. which is vital to the security Of Valenciennes. Further south, the Trench who have been gradually forcing the enemy from the pocket between the Disc and the Serre,,, have resumed their pressure and are reported to have entered Villers-Le- Sec and surrounded La Ferte.
 American forces have made further gains east and west of the Mouse, despite strong enemy resistance. The Germans on the western end of the line are reported to be preparing to withdraw northward from Grand Pre-, where their positions are outflanked by the French east of 'Vouziers.
 General aDiaz in his new offensive Is reported to have driven the Aus trisns from important heights north and west of Monte Grappa, between tic Piave and the Brenta. In the Pi;ve the Italians have captured two islands.
 In Belgium and north of Valep- ciennes the allies .meIint3in ,theil minor importance, as the situation on the north depends upon the Brit ish {, success around Valenciennes r.1~~ ,zG 1T k Dy,i% s,1, hn- fore the Normal forest, while south along the Disc and the Serre the French are pressing hard against the Germans. Since Wednesday morning the British armies fighting forward flCm a few miles north of Valenci- enres to east of Le Cateau have taken S,4u0 prisoners and 100 guns.
 Field Marshal Haig, his troops hay ing reached the western edge of the Normal forest apparently is striving to Outflank that natural barrier on the north, by advancing through Le QueEnoy toward Mons and Maubeuge The Germans are fighting stiffly tc prevent this, resulting in desperate cOmbats in the villages and othel vantage pOinst south of Valencci. cnnes. The British. however, are pushing steadily ahead and have taken Maing and Vendegnies. Fight ing was resumed on this sector Fri day morning with the British ad vancing from the hills east of the Ecaillon river toward the railroad aud high road between Valenciennes and Le Quesnoy.
 Immediately north of Valenciennes the British have taken additional will laees and continue to approach the important crossing of the Scheldt al Condo. This town is six and one. hass miles northeast of Valenciennes
 French troops. east of the Sambre- Oise canal in the region of Long champs have repulsed two German at tempts to drive them back across the canal Along the Serre and Souche rivers the French Friday re- suMed their pressure, after having thrown back enemy efforts south o1 AiCntcornet.
 lr the region east of the Disc the French are reported to have pene- trated Villers-Le-Sec and surrounded La Ferte to the northeast.
 East of Rethel the French have made an important advance across the Ardennes canal, gaining the will lage of Ambly and Fleury. At Anfb- ly the French are only three miles south of the railroad junction at Amagne, the gaining of which would compel the Germans to withdraw from Rethel and the line of the Ali. sac in that region.
 American troops on both sides ol the Mouse, in heavy fighting during Thursday night and Friday morning made important gains at three points and maintained them agains! violent German counter efforts. East of the river the Americans made an other step toward the important town of Danvillers, penetrating the BOis D'Ormont On the left and cen ter of the front west of the Mouse the Americans have captured several important ridges near Grand Pre- Between Rappes wood and Banthe, vile wood they also have extended theif line.
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