The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-15

Cherna river line and fourth the route
from Monastir. OF these the best
roads are those which run up the Var
dar river.
East of the Nardar river. however.
is n chain of steep, rugged hills which
cannot be scaled IN the face Of Oppo
sitiOn. The Struma river passes
through this mountain wall and through
a valley, the southern end Of which is
almost gorge, so steep and rocky are
it's sides.
Bulgars Strongly Entrenched
The Nardar river line is easier of at
ack, the mountains being lower and
more slOping, and the railroad line as
listing in the movement of troops and
supplies for the attackers: The Bull
gars have constructed strong defensive
works in the Nardar river line, along
which the French are operating.
Yesterday the Petit Parisien an,
nOunced that it had received informa.
ION from its correspondents with the
Niles in the Balkans that a concerted
movement of the French and British
was well under way, the British strik-
ing hard at the Struma river front and
the French backing up their efforts
along the Vardar. The French last
lrght were reported to have driven the
Sugars back eight hundred yards over
| tWo.mile front, west of the Nnrdur,
rear the town of Majadagh
British Also Make Gains
The British also gained east of the
Itrumn river, in the Lake TukinOs re
ZION, where they are confronted with
Doth Germans and Bulgarians. The
British are reported to nave taken
tour additional towns 1t was also
officially reported that the Bulgurs,
4" no have been occupying the Greek
cities along the Aegean Sea, have been
compelled to cVacuate the forts around
kaValu, which they seized som" tim"
ngo, by the presence of fleet of allied
bHttlPshirs and cruisers the guns Of
which command the positions along the
sea coast. The menace of the new
allied drive on the Struma il another
reason given for this withdrawal by
the Rulgars.
Berlin reports that the Bulgarians
and their German allies have made al
lrtiona gains in the operations ON tine
Danube. in Southern Rumania, while
lnns and Russians have rerulsrd the
ttucks Of the Trutonir allies
Russians Attack In Vain
In GaliciH, according to the Berlin
dispatches, the Russians attacked in
vain, and lost heavily, and the same
claln is made by the Germans for the
results of the fighting on the Stokhod
where the Russians are again attack
ing heavily. Petrograd asserts that
the Sluv hosts have won additional
heights in the Carpathians, but Wen
nn disputes this claim.
The struggle in the west Yesterday
assumed large proportions, both north
and south of the Somme river. The
French offensive, launched yesterday
morning, was one of the most vicious
they have ever driven home in that
sector, and WAS accompanied and
preceded by the most intense artillery
fire The Germans were swept ont Of
their first line trenches over front Of
threr-Quartrrs If a mile, and the or
cupants Of the dugouts and rrdoubt
had not time to escape, which accounts
for the large number of prisoners
taken in the attark.
French Capture Trenches
South east of this point, and east
of Clrry, the French rushed and cap
tured trenches defending the road be-.
tween Prrronc and Bapaumr 1t wa,
this road upon which the Germans have
been transporting much Of their SAP
plies and men. This road is now cat.
and the trunsp0rt problem Of the Tru
tonic commanders complicated.