Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-24
Eauv Villages Retaken and (Tho1lsands of Prisoners
 l Captured.
nrNs DEMORALIZED
 BY BRITISH DRIVE
kitons Headed Toward Ba. |naur1e and Other I'm l portant Cities.

g a3 (By The Associated Press. )- |l0 D. m.-Victorious on a battle bnt of 23 miles extending from the jeul river on the north, across the cre and 'Somme rivers almost to bons the third and fourth British mies under Generals Byng and kwlinson at mid-afternoon were viz busly following up their successes today, which apparently had been E of the most disastrous days ever berenced by the Germans.
 The enemy has lost wide stretches ground, numerous towns, thousands men made prisoners, and large entities of materials and guns. Tie |d again has had heavy casualties. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavar- the German commander, has |own his men in before the advanc- British armies in an eforft to i've off the inevitable, but only to Ve them moved down again and lin by storms of metal which pour from the British guns.
 Hun Battalion Annihilated.
 One entire enemy battalion was hihilated during the fighting dead mans in great numbers are scat ed eevrywhere over the battle field. an example 400 enemy dead were erved this morning on one small ce of ground over which the bat had swept.
 Vith all this fierce fighting and wNhstandlng the jact that the tlsh at many places have fought open ground against an enemy tected in "pot holes" and strong nus or other kinds, the British loss eVerywhere seem to have been ex- ordinarily light.
 ms probably is due othe confu- tae Germans find reigning behind mes as they are fighting a los battle, which for them hourly ws more disastrous.
 keln1orcements Swept Aside.
 rown Prince Rupprecht today had aetnened his line at many places lals instead of stopping the Brit slply meant that the Germans ered bigger losses.
 'arlne the night and this morning llohl upon which the battle was 5 iought yesterday was widened 'sclaoly both to the north and south' while the ground in the u.s @ oetween Albert and Beaucourt nncre which heretofore had been whirl. HUI lIa s'a U tne northern edge of the bat M .sn so tne south the situation at .'por's seemed to be as fol- !. Cress oa Albert Arras Road.
 X. s,s s''acks from the river Co.
 ano south carried the British kment. '"' i"'''oau e"- oua.an ou n,,llsh apparently hold Boiry- ssd i's,le Aa.o and Boyelles and have
 "syond the Arras-Baquame tve "JOps I Just to the south. who sitsrvay sts usys ,s. had been fighting for msd aa.s'xards ward from the embankment. Purt I ,olward and reached Hamel- ,lls,. Is ana SI are pushing on toward irulsn,ass' iS, s'' Legre and Croislles.
 Sass S.S reported that British illers rsa crossed the road between ' ntrv ,'a ana St. Leger, while some housana ,s reported to be less than e honraa yards west of Ervillers \ aoSut 70 that time an a,rn,.no .o led M fron, tue Germans had disap- < Q, vn st their positions north and I ua Leser and between that tinr pn!ai, pnn!aaim,elincourt and that the st of tba,I tb,slsn found time in the
 Germ~aeaarr ~ear task to cheer heartily, pparent1ena, ea,s \. Hastily Retreat.
 $ ssS.ly ratSa;y the hard pressed Ger. ne f t6ew thar than suffer more here, ! heayisst1 nave met with some of
 This s. l,o:sses. decided to get ss whera oa'lty q was one of the
 their iss .ts the Germans had dou- os basai baasnting to the south of int. is. ossan in the niobt tousn M ol this N minutes asalied alse Gomecourt just
 anticIns,sass 1efore the Germans as same 'eu n launching an attack iA at S..n,!ace. niace. Gomiecourt was
 e eas~p appensd n, the British upse, osrm.ys.p plans and after kiilin" npSu'
 aao capturing 800 in