Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-13
Surprise Blow West of Amiens Gains Strategic
 Territory.
TAKE VILLAGE OF
 CASTEL AND FARM
Longpont Between Marne and Aisne Also Reported
 Captured.
Associated Press Summary


 Striking the Germans on a front that has been quiet six weeks the French once more have broken thru the enemy defenses and advanced their lines This new blow at the enemy was launched between Castel and Maily-Raineval on> the Picardy front, southwest of Amiens, where there has been little fighting since the French by a local attack pushed the Germans out of Senecat wood late in May.
 The attack was along a front of ap- 'proximately three miles. It swept the Germans out of the village of Castel and the Archin farm about mile to the south and cleared out number of strong enemy positions. The French penetrated the German lines to a depth of more than mile and Paris reports the capture of 300 Germans. t~
 The American attack at Cantigny some time ago advanced the lines ma- terially at that point, while the Aus tralians and Americans July and cut deeply into the German ines at Hamel and rsBretOnneux. south of the Somme. The French attack was launched at point between posi- tiOns of the Americans at Cantigny and the Australians farther north.
 If the attack should continue suc- cessfullv the French may be able Ito press the foe back across the Avre river and thus have an admirable de- fensive position to the southwest of Amiens.
 Also Capture LOngpOnt
 Between the Marne and the Aisne the French have continued their o;- fensive operations It is reported that the village of Longpont south of Corey. the capture of which was re ported Thursday. has been taken by Gen. Petain's men who have also made progress north of Corey at the Chavigny farm.
 East of Faverolles, according to )the French official statement, the allied lines have been advanced this. marking a southerly extension of the active fighting line.
 On the British front there has been spirited fighting according to the Ger man official report. which indicates that from Ypres around the Lys sali- ent, and down in the Picardy sector as far as Albert scattered attacks have heen made by the British.
 Local engagements have been fought in the region of Rheims but they have not been of great impor- tance.
 Italians Take Important Point The French and Italians fighting in Albania have carried their. lines steadily northward The towns of Be- rat, the most important point in Southern Albania, has fallen into al- lied hands.
 It is reported large quantities of Austrian supplies stored at Berat were destroyed by the retreating tAustrians. Official reports would appear to show the advance of the French and Italians is reaching far ther and farther east into the moun- tains and toward the rear of the Bulgarian position around Monastir.
 Serbian positions near that city have been savagely attacked by the Bulgarians, who, after gaining mo mentary foothold in the Serbian trenches, were driven out. &
 There have been local actions in the mountain sectors of the front in Northern Italy, one Austrian attack having been repulsed with heavy los- seS.
 Turks and Austrian Mutiny.
 A revolt of Austrian troops in Ser bia is reported from Italian sources. The mutiny was suppressed only af- ter hard fighting.
 Athens reports a similar state of affairs in Turkish garrison in AsiA Minor where it is said German ofh- cers were murdered by Turkish sOl- diers.
 FIVE U. s. PLANES MISSING
 Washington. July 12.-Five Ameri- can airplanes which went on bomb ing expedition have failed to return. General Pershing's communicate re- ported today. Berlin reported five American airplanes in German hands yesterday
 General Pershing's communtQue was the first announcement from American sources of the loss or tho