The Little River news., 1918-04-03
GREAT GERMAN DRIVE AT
 LAST SEEMS HALTED
New Gains Infinitesimal, and Some Towns Are LOst-British Untouched -O Other
 Fronts Quiet.

New York, March 31.-From the where the battle line turns eastward furious fighting has continued on various sectors, but everywhere the enemy has been held, and even pushed back at some points. Nowhere has he been able, although hes continued to throw great masses of men into the fray, to gain ground, except an infinitesimal tract from the French north of Moreuil. British and French machine guns and rifle men again tore great holes in the ranks of the field-gray as they endeavored to pres s on.
 So great have been the los ses of the Germans in front of the British north of the Somme that Sunday saw them unwilling again to take up the gage of battle. Along the Scarpe, the British themselves went on the of- fensive and to the east Of Arras cap tured the village of Feuchy. On the southern end of the line where von Hindenhurg is endeavoring to pierce through to the old German positions els they stood before his retreat in 1916, the British and French troops fighting together, have met the en- emy in furious combats but every where defeatet him with sanguinary losses.
 The town of Moreuil changed hands four times, but finally rested in the hands of the British and French, while the woods to the north of the village were captured by the French.
 In the bend of the line between Moreuil and Lassigny the Germans made frantic efforts to bresk through but the French held them in their tracks and in addition recaptured sev- eral villages.
 New Attack Launched.
 Not alone has von Hindenburg lost large numbers of men killed or wounded but both the British and French armies Lave taken consider able number of new prisoners and also captured machine guns. At last ac- counts the Germans had launched a fresh attack in the region between the rivers Luce and Avre and fierce fighting was in progress.
 The exports from both the British and French War Offices seemingly in dicate that the allied troops have reached the limits of their retrograde movement. In any event, they have cancelled the engagement Field Mar shal von Hindenburg made wiht him self to take dinner in Paris on All Fools Day.
 Other Fronts Quiet.
 On the other battle fronts the fight ing continues of a minor chsrc cter, although the maneuvers in the Italian theater still seem to indicate the near approach of hOStilities of major character. The British troops are now holding portion of the Asiago plateau over which strateSiGt3 have predicted that the Teutonic allies would endeavor to pass in their at tempt to gain the Venetian plain.
 The aerial activity in this region continues intense. Since the Britis. flying corps began operations there they have accounted for S3 enemy planes and thems elves lost only 10.
 Considerable dissatisfaction contin- ues to be manifested by the Dutch government over the seizure by the United States of Dutch merchantile marine vessels in American ports. An official statement says it was an act of violence which Holland twill Op- pose with all the energy of it's con- vction and it's wounded national feel jnpv