Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-27
Capture of Oulchy Gives H e g h IS Dominating
 Fere- -en- -Tardenois.
BRETON LOSE SOME
 GROUND TO HUNS
Alltos' Big Guns Being Showed For. ward in Preparation for Big Drive on Enemy's Supply
 Center.
Associated Press Summary.)

The ninth day of the allied offen- sive in the Soissons- Rheims salient saw lessening in the intensity of the battle along the western side of the salient, where only mutual bom- bardments were in progress. Along the Marne, however, and southwest of Rheims, the Franco Americans, Brit ish and Italian troops were still at deadly grips with the enemy on var ious sectors
 The Germans tried hard in the for est region north of the Marne to hold back the French and American troops, debouching from the woods in strong counter attacks. The enemy however, everywhere was forced slightly far ther back to the north and the for tests now have been almost entirely cleared of Germans.
 French Continue to Gain.
 Southwest of Rheims heavy rein- forcements evidently have been thrown along the front where the British, French and Italians are fighting. In the immediate region of Reuil, where the battle line turns sharply toward Rheims, the French have captured several important points of vantage including the will lage Reuil and also advanced their line northward notwithstanding the violence of the German counter move
 To the northeast where the Germans are facing the British the Germans have recaptured Mery and Hill 204 but the British have retained their hold on Vrigny and most of the other territory taken in that region.
 Eastward from Rheims in Champ agne the French have now regained nearly all their old line positions and daily are harassing the Germans with counter attacks.
 Before the fighting died down along the western side of the Rheims Soissons salient, the village of Oul. chy-Le Chateau and Villemontoirs were captured by French and Ameri- can troops who advanced their lines eastward of .Oulchy.
 Hundreds of Boches Captured.
 The fall of Oulchy gives the allied the key to the heights dominating Fere-en-Tardenois which lies only short distance to the east. At Oulchy 40 guns and hundreds of prisoners were captured by Franco American troops.
 Big allied guns have been pulled up in this region and are heavily smelling the sectors before them over which it is purposed to push forward for the capture of Fere-en- -Tardenois when the time is ripe
 Meantime, allied big guns over the entire salient continue to throw shells from all angles into the German forces inside the big bag. While there has been no attempt by the Germans at general retreat from the salient the belief prevails along the battle front that an indication that a retreat is purposed is shown by the fact that the enemy is using comparatively small forces of infantry on various sectors under attack depending main- ly on his machine gunners to retard the progress of the allies.
 Enemy Attacks Repulsed.
 In France and Flanders the British have been compelled to withstand several violent attacks by the Ger mans near Hebuterne and in the vi- cinity of Meteren. The enemy in both sectors was repulsed with heavy cas- ualties.
 On the other battle fronts the mili- tary activity is nominal altho consid- erable fighting continues in Macedon- ia and Albania with the allied troops holding the upper hand.