Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-29
ALLIES ROLE
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

Russian Armies in the North
s German official tcabIegrams from
the German army headquarters yes
ferday and today emphatically main
tain that the Allies, drive on the west
has been checked and that the Ger
mans have inflicted great losses on
the enemy. Il ss.-ss saef
The following cableoram telling Of
yesterdays events was received to-
day:
aGernaan Army Headquarters, Sept.
,28-on the west front the enemy
continued attempts TO break our Tines,
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 %
officers and $50 men and the total
number OF prisoners at this place now
amounts to 1897. Nine more machine
nuns were captured. Al the French
attacks In Champagne and In the Ar
norines were defeated. Near Sousain
some French cavalry most cnriousiy
nisunderstood the situation and ad.
vaneed, being Immediately defeated
and forced to flee.
aThe Saxon reserves and Franks
1urt division distinguished themselves
tapsclaIly - - "a ts
sscermat sstsEks q te fs6Snes
.imnko9ed our pcsitions At = illemorte,
whore we took four officers and 20
men Near Conbres the eiierlys po-
sitions were destroyed BY vast mine
explosions.
aon the east front, so rapid was
the advance Of Gen. Won Eichhorn'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 line from Norock to the
sea. AZ. Smorgon and Wishlcw 20 Of.
.fIcers and 21;9oS men were taken,
three csnnon and 72 machine gums
and plenty Of baggage left BY the Rus
slams who were fleeing rapidly, also
being secured. -, a st
"This number of prisoners does not
5-@
Northeast Of WishnoW the enc
ny's lines were broken and "a offi-
Gers and $500 men imprisoned, nine
machine guns being taken.
German attacks have made prog
sress southwest of Duenaburu and
south Of Smorqon. Field Marshal
Prince Leopoid's 6aVarian army took
Tetedepont, east Of 6aranoWitschL
after a struggle, capturing $50 Rus
slams. Gen. Won Einsingen fesried q
passage Of the Styr and his troopa
are exertihg a pressure eompellins the
Russians to retire along the whole
front north Of oubno." ...&
ToDAY's SITUATION.
The following eabIesram tells Of the
situation today: ...=t. -
"German Army Headquarters, Sept.
2e-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 Loos, our center attack resulted IN
reeaining part Of the ground formerly
abandoned. Violent English attacks
in the district of Loos 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 eneny'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.
IAN uninterrupted wave Of French
attacks broke down before the indorn-
table resistance Of the Baden and
Rhenish reserves, the 65th Westpha-
Iian infantry distinguishing itself. The
enemy's heavy losses when repeatedly
storming the heigh: Of Massises were
in vain. All heights were held by our
troops.
"French attempts to regain lost
trenches at FlIIemore were defeated,
the number Of prisoners we took here
increasing.
%n Flanders two English aero
planes were shot down and the occu
pants imprisoned.
"In the eastern war theater GEN.
Won Hindenbere's army advanced
southwest Of Duenaburg. The Ger
man cavalry, after effieaeiousIy back
ing up Gen. Eichorn's army opera
tions, abandoned the district near and
east Of ViIeyka. The Russians re-
NAMED inactive.
German troops are VictoriousIy
advancing between Smorson and Vish-
new, where Gen. Won Linsingen's army
has thrown the Russians back behind
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