Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-24
Maximum Retreat of Haig's
 Men Is 9 Miles at Ham, Near St. Quentin.
BRITISH HOLDING
 IN NEW POSITION
Kaiser's Forces Making Desperate Ei- : fort to Break Thru Near st. Vuentin-Paris
 BOmbarded.

Assaulting the British Shes in the
 South, the Germans have forced their way forward over a front ap
 prcximatelv 21 miles in length, nave
 pene.rated to q depth of foGr or five miles west of Cambrai and have
 reached Ham, west of St. Quentin, about nine miles west of tEc British
 lines as they stood before the Teu-
 torsc offentive lon Thursday. The
 Germans claim that their forces are fighting on a line northwest of Ba- paume, Peronne and Ham has not
 been substantiated by British official
 dispatches, but British reports show that there has been a retirement at various points, especially at St. Quentin, where Field Marshal Haig says his forces have taken up new positions and hre heavily engaged with the enemy.
 According to a Berlin official dis l patch "a considerable part of the l British army has been beaten" but 1 this is not borne out by any facts su far known. That 25,O0O men have possibly been captured by the Teu- tons may Ee considered as T natural result of the slow British withdraw al on various parts of the line. This number is small, however, in com- Qarison to the forces Haig aas thrown into the fray
 The frightful combat continued all day Saturday. The great offensive has developed as it's salient feature an apparent desperate effort to break into the southwest of St. Quentin. drive wedge between the British and French, and push on across the Somme canal in the. direction of Compiegne and Paris. Simultaneous ly Paris has been bombarded at quarter houh intervals, beginning
 Saturday forenoon, with shells Cr about nine calibre. The source has not been revealed. The nearest point on tn front is 62 miles distanct. British Face New AttacN.
 There was an admitted break in the British line in tAe St. Quentin region, the Germaas forcing their way thru the defensive system and compelling British rearta. to pre- pared positions within the area de-
 vastated by the Germans in their re-
 treat in the spring of 1917. This
 new line also is now being attacked oy the Germans. and news dispatches indicated that ther. fighting already was heavy. A supreme effort by the Germans to cut the line i'll this region is forecast.
 Farther north the 1Bnitish lines, wnlle drawn back, are holding well m their ney positions. The maximum
 brush retrOgressiOn there seems to
 nave been about four miles at Mory,
 winch has changed hands shWeral
 tines.
 reports that the French have be-
 wme involved in the struggle see"
 pooable and recession of the British
 lgnt flank resting approximately ur> @ La Fere would inevitably carry SNh It the French left.
 \ Slaughter of Huns Terrible. The advance: is being accomplish eu oy terrible slaughter of the Ger mans, who, in massed formation are pelng cut to pieces by British guns. nr'tlsh casualties. too. have been asavy and Berlin claims the taking
 ol 29,oOo British prisoners and 400 guns.
 emperor Willie4n is in command of
 uie Germans, and London commenta-
 .ois credit him with assuming this
 po'. With the aim of going down .n history as the victor in the sh'eatest conflict in history, should "e Germons win. Despite advances