The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19

| HindenburR troops, however, and the
Petrograds reports receive confirmation
in the brief German dispatches which
admit that the Russians are generally
on the offensive in Courland ..
General Retreat Expected
It is believed here that the Germans
are preparing for general retreat OF
their Russian northern army, whore the
Russians, after making a magnificent
defense for weeks of the Dvina River
crossings, have for the past ten dn"s
pierced the German center. Gen,
eral RuZsky, the Russian commander,
who defeated the Austrians Mt tie be
ginning of the war, has proved t"o
much for Field Marshal Won Linden
burg, and eHt Using infinite patience
has fiat held the Germans an along
the Riga Dvinsk line, and nov throws
them back.
FuutherInews from, this front is being
awaited with impatienee here. 1t is
recognized that the final German eff
forts were of the MOST despsratc thar,
acter. Time after, timd tba.. Germans
advanced TO thu attaclS dong this hun
bred and forty mile line, The banks OF
the Dvina are literally earpete" with
their dead. With the utmost Comrag
and endurance the German troops have
| Tha,nanI,,no thn hrilUn hnnls
at JacObstadt, Friedrichstadt, llltsk
and on two occasions have succeeded IL
actually rOssing the river. only tC
End themselves cut off on the northern
bank. g..
Time after time Won Hindenburg wa,
reinforced. Munitions and men haN,
been pouring in from the coast cities OF
Windau and Libau, both Of which were
used as bases for the campaign. Docu
ments found bni dead or captured off
GERS proved that the Kaiser apPealo,
again and again TO his troops to cstab
fish themselves in Riga or Dvinsk, 81
as to be able to winter along that line
Salvation Of Russians
Dvinsk has been heavily bomhard"L
Riga has been invested. The Germ. rs
crossing to the east of the Dvi rsk t,
Wilma Railway, had forced their way
through the lakes guarding the eastern
approaches to the railways running on
of DVinsk eastwards and northward'
and then failed to cross the deep an,
swiftly flowing River Dvina, whieh ha'
proved the salvation of the Russians
Driven back on the east, Won Hndcn
burg crossed tho railway TO the west
and, reinforced once more, directed hi,
attacks from the southwest on Dvinsk
He reached the suburbs of the city an
Berlin twice announced its Imminent
capture But the cup slipped aud tn,
railways from the north poured in Rus
sian reinforcements, which enable,
General mzsky to hold on and grau
ually get elbow room once more.
Three weeks ago Won Hindenburs
swung nOrthwards from Dvinsk an,
drove in from Mtau directly at Riga
lie was checked at OlaT and from thai
moment he began to lose ground. Brit
ish submarines acting in the Balti,
had sunk transports on which the Ger
mans depended for their supplies an,
reinforccments. Wihdau and Libar
BECAME useless as bases and the Ger
man Acct found itself eooa'Clled
withdraw to the shelter Of safer ports
Submarines Saved Day
The British submarines saved tn,
day for the russians. Forced to rel,
on the slender line of railway runnin
via Nllkomir southwarls .iuto Eas
Prussia it became impossible to brin.
up sufficient men TO force back tn,
Russians The latter were not onl,
holding the Germans hack, hut wrr,
attacking and the Berlin reports 70
1.-The last ten days have lacouleall,