Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-29
ALLIES ROLLED
BACK I'M DEFEAT,
GERMANY ASSERTS
Official cablegrams of Yester-
day and Today Declare Her
aided Offensive of French
and British is Checked With
Great Slaughter - Claim
Steady Progress Against
Russian Armies in the North

German official teabIegranns from
the German army headquarters yes
terday and today empbaticaily main
tain that the Allies, drive on the west
has been checked and that the Ger
mans have inflicted great losses on
the enemy.
The following eabIegram telling Of
yesterdays events was received to-
day: z
.German Army headquarters, Sept.
28.- .-on the west front the enemy
continued attempts to break our lines.
without any results, but at several
places suffered heavy losses. The
English attack near Loos with gas
was without effect. German counter
attacks resulted IN the capture Of 20
officers and $50 men and the total
number Of prisoners al this place now
amounts to 1897. Nine more machine
guns were captured. All the French
attacks In Champagne and In the Ar.
gonnes were defeated. Near Sousain
some French cavalry most curiously
misunderstood the situation and ad.
vanced, being immediately defeated
and forced to flee.
s'The Saxon reserves and Frank
fnrt dlvislon distipunished themselves
EeGpeS Iailys = 81 -
s eGernsan attacks "A tlse Kf6tnnes
improved our positions At Fillelnofte,
where we took four officers and 25o
men. Near combres the etieniy,s po-
sltions were destroyed BY vast mine
explosions.
ION the east front, 90 rapid was
the advance Of Gen. Won Elchhorn,s
army, that Field Marshal Won Hin
denberp's army had not known the
results Of the battle Of wilma, BY
which the Russians were thrown back
behind the iifle from Norccz TO the
sea. At Smorgon and WlshnoW 20 Of.
flcers and 21,so8 men were taken,
three cannon and 72 machine guns
and plenty Of baggage left by the Rus,
slams, who were. fleeing rapidly, also
being secured.
HThis number OF prisoners does not
include those hitherto announced.
Northeast Of WishnoW the enc
my's lines were broken and q OFF,
GERS and $500 men imprisoned, nine
machine guns being taken. 3 s..
"GernFan attacks have made prog.
ress southwest Of DuenabGrs and
south Of Smoroon. Field Marshal
Prince Leopold's 6aVarIan army took
Tetedepont, east Of 5aranowitschi,
after a struggle, capturing $50 Rue,
slams. Gen. Won Einsingen ferried 2
passage Of the Styr and his. troops
are exerting a pressure compelling the
Russians to retire along the whole
front north Of Dubno."
ToDAYS SITUATION.
The following eabEegram tells Of the
situation today:
German Army Headquarters, Sept.
29.-The enemy continued with exaS
peration the attempts to break our
front. In the same places where the
English attack with gas failed, north
Of Goos, our center attack resulted In
resaining part Of the ground formerly
abandoned. Violent English attacks
in the district Of Eoos were defeated.
The English suffered severe losses.
Repeated and desperate French at
tacks at Souchez~ and NeVeiie were
checked partly by violent counter at
tacks. In Champagne all the enemy's
Attempts to break our lines were with
out results, only northwest Of Souain
a trench of 100 meters in length 10
still occupied by the nemy.
"An uninterrupted wave Of French
attacks broke down before the indom-
table resistance of the Baden and
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