Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-09
|VI0||LD ENOEAVOR TO
 PREVENT COUNTER BLOW
repfon General Staff Fears Stratep it. Reserve oi ieS-tmpricanS Re ported at Front. Bat Nothing
 Dcfinite--No News
 from Italy.

Associated Press War Sumnlary) Facing American, French and Brit 6sh troops strongly entrenched and Heli equipped for battle, the Ger kaan army has for the moment given kp it's direct drive against Amiens. kfter other repulses to his efforts to kmash straight thru to his objective the enemy now is attempting a new haneuver, which is intended to broad- kn the field of action, and reduce the menace af a counter offensive that would nulify all the gains made by The Teutons since March 2l, Reports from the battle front line in Picardy tisplose the first stages of this new Herman offensive aimed at either kide of the salient in the allied lines, From Labasse canal. in the north to the sectors east of l1aon, the great Prtillery forces of the enemy are thundering with bombardment dee2- ening at places to the intensity of brum fire. The Germans evidently bre hammering the allied line in an attempt to break the defenses and prepare them for the infantry assault, (Which may be expected at any mo Imcnt. The length of this front is Approximately 120 miles. On the |Mesterr elbow of the salient in tae allied line the Germans are forced to fight up hill Their advance across |the lower ground 2lOnG the SOmme. A.cre Avre and Luce rivers has car |ficd them up to Q pGraohet of hills, (Which sentinel the road to Amiens. Attacks along this nat>,ral ballwark |have nctted the enemy only insignifi- .cant gains at horrible cost. At points the German efforts have gain .ea, but these gains havc resulted on- ly in tAa formation of sharp sailents, (Which are Threatened by rifle and ma |chne guns and temDests of shells Waeneycr enelny troops are seen |f0rnln for an cttack.
 Respect Allied Reserve.
 There is a wholesome respect in the German general staff for the al pears Q have been drawn upon slightly to meet the Teutonc attacks.
 The att2ck On the French line south- east Of Chaunay is for he purpose ol removing g 2enace salient, and the sanins O. better protection to lhe German left flank. This assault IS s'lll going on snd it had made consaerable progress. The Ger mans who struck thru the lower for est oi Courcy. have reached po'nt south yyo Of the village of Felembray.
 ,4e Berlin official statement claims
 'ha' 2,ooo prisoners nave been taken.
 m TOOK Attack in North.
 mat an attack of large dimensions
 ls piahned for the front Of Arras
 noi.hWard of Lens is considered
 ptooable by military experts. as long.
 na a.,. ehls front is in its present pos
 s. sunoh th@ Germans cannot exert their
 ;un strength on the line before Aln-
 1'' Inc c9nnonade ill this region
 n,ay DO the rrolude of a massed at
 a..: .a' Saen as bent the British line
 u'rins the la6.er days of March.
 on Ng,M r lthstanding the statement made
 T"o, Tn nrsoay by Stephen Pichon, the
 oa. ,sAcA foreign mir'ster that "Ameri-
 na.a'. oas are now fighting in, Picardy,"
 Doahs a.o definite has been learned
 Sro ~ou, where General P'ers;.ing's men
 n,av;A iocGtea or what par, they are
 p'tcs'hs In this battle.
 v on Vle American held sectors near
 east 1al.' ns east Of Lmevil,e and north
 act;rt; o; Ioul, only ordinary trench
 'N'i'lnes have been reprtod
 1n, \" News From Italy.
 -- e'e mas been heard from the