The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-18
General BruSSiIoff Strikes South
Toward Passes Of Carpathians
While Hitting FuriousIyAt Lines
Held BY General Won Bothmer
SURRENDER OF AUSTRIAN
COMMANDER IS POSSIBLE
italians Drive Teutonic Enemy
Before Them and Report That
Cities of Trieste and Tomino
Are lettering TO Their Fall


n ARIS, August 10 The gateway
to the plains of Hungary Is again
vide open to the Russinns. and
he men under General Brussiloff are
"ported to be pressing steadily for
ward to the JabIonitza Pass through
he Carpathians, having captured the
little town of Jablonitza, which guard
ID the portal.
ltaly's legionaries are forcing the
'oldlers of the Dual Monarchy back.
md are now within thirteen miles of
trieste, the goal that Rome set for
herself when she began this war
against Austria, her ancient ally and
more ancient foe. y
On the SOmme battlefelds the Brit
'sh troops have wrested from, the Ger
"ans almost all of the ground captured
he day before between Thiepval and
'oziercs, and the French at Verdun
ave ousted the Teutons under the
'rown Prince from the positions they
reid at the junction of the Fleury-
aux road, taking three hundred yards
# German trenches and driving a
wedge one hundred yards deep.
Such, in brief, are the net results
If Importance in the different theaters
Of the great war, eastern, western and
southern.
Slav Blows Heavy
The Russians, under Brussiloff, con-
inue to hold the center of the world
tage, their movements having been
more sensational than those. OF. their
lilies. AS the reports OF the advances
made by the Slavs came in yesterday
hpcnma moro nd .nnra rant tk.k
General Brussiloff is making titanic eff.
orts to force the surrender of the
austrian German forces under the
Command of General Count Won Both
ner.
which he has crossed at several points,
he Russian commander is striking fu.
iOusly at the shattered armies of Won
|Othmer. The Teutons are reported
be fully conscious of their danger
md to be struggling as furiously to
ward off the attack and gain time to
"ctrrat TO safety.
But the Slavs are converging upon
heir right flank from three directions
md in constantly growing numbers.
From captured Stanislau, well to his
ear, though far to the south, they are
moving forward. From Buczacz they
re launching attack after attack
against the center of his line, and have
already driven it beyond the Zlota
liPa river, and taken the towns of
Rystritza and Solelvina. From the
vicinity of TarnOpol, another Russian
'nse, Brussiloff is thrustiug more thou
andS of men and more heavy "uns
Gnlnst the retreating foe.
ElCwhere in Galicia the Sln - ere
advancing rapidly and their claims of
constant successes are not denied by
vienna or Berlin.
Italians Near Trieste
Next in Importance in the whole
vast campaign is the movement of he
Italians against Trieste, the chief Aus
'rian port on the Adriatic sea- and
with the exception of the naval lRse
1t P"la the only important outlet the
DunI Monarchy has upon the ocean. The
aPtur" of Trieste would mean that
harbOr closed to the Austrian navy and
to the Austrian air men, who have trou-
rl"d the eastern coast cities of the TIA
ian Peninsular so persistently since the
'rtrv Of Italy into the war.
Put the capture of Trieste would
ave another effect. II would make il
loubly hard for the Teutonic subma-
mos hirh hav" been operating in the
\Grlatir md adjoining waters. to. con-
inu" their work, for one and the nest
'mP"rtNnt. Lasc would be closed to them.
Tn" drive "f the Italians has already
"rh"d n point less than thirteen miles
rom the Adriatic city, and, according
the official statement issuod last
'"h' h thr Rome authorities, thu Aus.
TRANS haN" already begun the wnrk #
Nncunti"n Of the town of rolmino,
hirh hos nj the northern end of the
'WS" plateau. This indicates that the
ItalinnS have broadened out their #.
f"nsiNr after crossing the IsOnZo river
W"rrtiza, striking northeast as well
$ southeast. The suburbs OF TOmin0
IT" rrnortru to be in flames.
Berlin and Vienna both reported that
N" Italians have been repulsed in their
attacks upon the Austrians at the vi.
Inr" Valley points, and speak of other
r"pulS"s of Latin attacks.
Berlin, however, admits that the
ground she gained the day before from
III" British on the SUmme has been re-
'nhrh, though at very heavy cost
10 the attackers
Th" Germans declare TINT the French
't'rkS TO the east Of the village of
llur"Pas have been smashed by the
'u'"rIr guns, and the ussnilants flung
'ark with heavy loss to their own
Trenches