The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-03-27
bRlT0hS' GUNS ARE REAP.
ING 4 HOnniD HARVEST
Pour in Per.eG.t Rain Of Shells Upon
Enemy-Attacking in Masses
u. $. Officers Confident
of Outcome.

With the British Army in France
March 25.-This has been another
day of most desperate and bloody
fighting along the whole front of the
new battle zone. In the northern sec
tor there has been no cessation in the
awful work since yesterday morning.
The Germans have continued to
hurl great forces of infantry into the
conflict, depending largely on weight
OF numbers to overcome the incre@s-
ing opposition offered by the heroic
ally resisting British.
On the northern wing OF the attack
the enemy this morning brought
up additional troops after an all
night struggle of the ferceSt nature,
and renewed his efforts to break the
British front in the region Of ErVil-
lers To the south, near the center OF
the line, an equally strong attempt is
being made by the invaders to extend
the long, narrow salient which they
had pushed in south CT B2p2umc, near
famous il the ann&ts Of
the battle Of the Somme. The places
were again the scene Of ST. I1E1bies in
which the British machine gunners
ana rillemen took horrible toll OF
death from the closely pressing enc
my. Still further south IT, Germans
were pounding the trent hard in an
endeavor to push on ana get & firm
grip on Nesle and swing the British
right flank back while the determined
defenders were battling dogSed'y to
force the enemy back and reclaim the
positions previously held by them
along the river.
No Decision Yet.
The decision at all these centers
is yet in abeyance so far as is known
at this time, and the struggle goes on
with unab2ted fury. The resistance
of the British right wing las been
particularly spectacular.
New York, March 25-Ba Ting
for every point of vantage, giving
ground only when overwhelmed by
numbers and taking frightful toll
of lives for every foot o. ground
abandoned, the British line in Picar-
6y is still intact While the German
on.,l,ught gained ground at several
points today, there was no sign Of
disintegra.:ion in the British forces,
which at many points, especially on
the northern end Of the lo2g line OF
battle are standing firm.
The German official statement tells
of the defeat of the British and thei"
"rdreat via Ypres an2 Sally.
This would seem to indicate heavy
fighting far to the north Of the
Somme battlefield of which no British
report has spoken. There is, however,
a town called Sally south of Bapaume
and eastward O. this place is town
known as Ypres 1t is probable that
these were the POINTS referred to in
the statement from Berlin.
The largest gsins made by the Ger
mans have been west CT ST. Quentin
where they have captured Neale and
Guiscarde. Thece points, which are
a,. the tip of the Teutonic attack, are
more than 10 miles from the front as
X stood March 21.
Washington, March 25.-The Ger
man drive ut the British lines appear
ed otbe slowing, under the policy of
elaTtie defense pursued by Field Mar
shal Haig, accordingly to opinion of
allied and American ormy officers
here, based on the official statements
Srom London, Paris and Berlin. The
srec.est battle of the war, thus far.
tLey believe, is entering its second
stage with the German forces facing
an increasingly stubborn resistance.
of this stage may not
he discernable for several days.
The attitude of American military
authorities was officially stated by
Major General March, acting chief of
staff. He said:
"The War Department sees no
cause for alarm on the part of the
people of the United States. Sir
Douglas Haig has announced that the
British withdrawal was in accordance
with definite plan. The announce