The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-17

SIR DOUGLAS HAlG ALSO
REPORTS BAG OF CAPTNES

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- ARTS, October l6--Eleven hun
dted additional prisoners fell in
~ 70 the hands of the French in the
fighting of Saturday and Sunday, dur.
back in the Beiloy.en-santerre- Alblaine
court sector. 80
Such is the outstanding feature lof
the oficinl communique issued by the
war Office here lastsnight, in describing
the events of the last twenty four hours
in France. g'% p. - w. 4
The British also have made marked
gains in their section Of tie Somme riv.
er battlefield, and yesterday they at
tackled the Germans north of Thiepval
and drove them back for some distance
and took more than 800 prisoners of
war, quantities of munitions, machine
guns and rifles. Berlin officially admits
that the Germans have been forced TO
fall back in that section, and that the
British have taken trenches in the
neighborhOod of Stuff and the Schwabs
en- redoubts.
British Gain elsewhere ~ j,
In the vicinity of Gueudencourt Also
the British pushed their lines forward,
. compelling the Teutonie armiess under
) tie command Of the Grown Prince Rup-
pksckt Of Bavaria, TO give grodndA
The Berlin official statement also
says that the Germans have abandoned
their positions in Geuermont, where the
French have gained footing in the sug-
ar refinery in that town, now but a
heap Of shell scattered bricks and
clouds of mortar. ..s..I
1T was in this section of the battle
field that the French made their SEN
sationar gains of Saturday. The Ger,
mans appeared to have been overcome
by the tremendous bombardment which
preceded the attack of the infantry,
and the French are declared to have
suffered but comparatively slight
losses.
Italians Report Gains 40,
Nor have all the allied gains been
in France. In Italy, in Macedonia
and in the Transylvania region they
have continued their tactics of ham
mering the German lines hard, and
with more or less success. The Ru-
manians, reinforced b. the coming of
pnrsuers and have delivered series of
telling blows against the armies OF Won
FalkenhayA.
=. The counter al tacks have been most
severe in Northeastern Pennsylvania,
and in that district the men Of King
Ferdinand have regained some of the
ground they have lost to the onward
, thrust Of the Germans and Austrians.
slavs Lose Ground
In the Carpathians the Germans are
reported to have attacked the Russians
and to, have taken back some of the
territory the Slavs had captured. The
most important Of their gains has been
Smotrec height, which the Russians
eaptored some weeks ago and had heav'
iiF fortified. =
Up the yolhynia region the fighting
for Kovel has broken out again with
: the uttermost feroeity, according to de-
spafebes from both Berlin and Petro
\ grad. These reports however conflict
regarding the results OF the fighting
the Russians claiming to have made
Substantial gains and the Gefmans de
elaring that the Slavs have been re-
pulsed in all their attacks, and with
heavy loss, ..'."I
Ruigariana Fall Back
h In Maeedonia the Serbians have
thrust forward and have driven tbs
BBlgar- German forces back along thu
left bank of Cerna river, despitt
strenuous resistance. The French, WHIT
have of late, been making steady gain
north of Sores, yesterday reported tn,
cutting OF the railroad line that hal
been used 10 feed and supply the Bul
earian forces Ii il believed here tina
this 10 the prelude To- q moro genera
retirement of the enemy in that sec
tor. g. .@rh
Rome announced last night that tn
fighting on the Carso plateau had beer
resumed with success by the Italian
forces, which had driven the Austrian
back in places and consolidated theil
gains.