The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-20
Fresh Reports From Petrograd
Add To Volume Of Booty and
Numbers Of Prisoners Taken
10 Great Westward Drive
BERLIN AND VIENNA SAY
sLAv OFFENSIVE CHECKED
Paris Official Statements Reiter-
ate Report Of Successful At
tack On German Trenches At
Bloody lie Mort Homme Hill
tAssOci,tsd Press by Federal wirslss.l

(AssOciated Press by Federal wirslsssl
7 ONDON, June l7.--No slackening
of the great Slav drive is noted
- In the dispatches from the west
| ern war front, received here last night.
PetrOgrad continues to claim adVan-
ces of an important nature, and the
reports from that city keep, adding 10
the number Of prisoners taken in the
drive. Yesterdays early reports de.
elared that $4,000 had been captured,
and last night IL was officially reported
that 10000 prisoners have been cap
tured northwest of Buszaez, where the
Russians are encountering the Aus.
TRANS aided by the Germans. - -----
feutons Claim Success
In describing the fighting on the east
ern front the Germans again lay claim
to having halted the Russian drive,
saying that Genetal Bothmer's armies
in the vicinity of Przeyolka had re-
pulsed several Slav attacks, which were
made in Chick waves" This DIES.
patch adds that the situation is un-
changed.
On the other hand the Muscoyite ae-
counts of the fighting are fairly jubi-
liant. They declare that in tLe(N0Ihy-
mia, Galician aud the Bucowina districts
the battle is all in their favor.
From the Pripet marshes where the
great steam roller started rolling this
time, south to Czernowitz, the forces
under General Brusiloff, ore reported to
be meeting the counter attacks of the
enemy, throwing them back and forging
ahead with a akaaIu afrsJn
Gain West Of Lutsk r.
There has evidently been AUme fierce
fighting in the front west Of Lutsk,
and, Petrograd says in late dispatches
that further successes have been added
to their string of victories.
SO also in the region northwest of
Buczacz, where large reinforcements
have been sent by Germany to assist
the Austrians. Apparently this has
been in vain 30 far, for the Russians
assert that they have continued to
gain ground there, taking prisoners and
large stores of munitions of war.
That neither Berlin nor Vienna are
Understanding the seriousness of the
present Russian drive, is shown by the
fact that from the extreme north of
the seven hundred mile line on the
east, down almost to the Bucowina
frontier, the Teutons are launching des-
Prrate counter attacks against the west
ern moving Russians,
In some cases Petrograd admits that
these have been locally successful, but
claims that as q whole the advance of
her armies has been unimpeded to date.
Fresh Czernowtz Reports
has fallen into the hands of the Slavs,
or is about to fall, are being made by
the Russians. Yesterday official des.
patches from PetrOgrad declared that
the Austrians under the pressure of
the Russian advance, had abandoned
the town, after destroying all the roll
ing stock of the railroads, tearing up
or damaging the tracks about the city
and in other ways lessening the value
of the place to Russia.
Upon the western front the fighting
during the last twenty-fo hours has
been of hut minor Importance, accord
ing to last night s official Paris COM
munigue. This asserted that the arm
les around Verdun let the day pass
without serious infantry attack, indulg-
ing only in intermittent shelling of
the enemies positions.
lie Mort Homme Success
Paris, however, adds that it now has
confirmation of the report sent out of
that city Thursday night, announcing
that the French attack upon, the south.
ern slopes of lie Mort Homme had been
successful. This attack, which was
preceded by the customary lombard
ment, was carried out largely with the
bRyonet, and Melted the French German
held trenches extending over of front
of more than two.thirds of a mile.
Berlin reports that two French at.
tacks upon the southern slope. of Dead
Mans Hill were unsuccessful. At first
the French gained but later counter
attack drove them back.
The Paris reports say German at
tacks were made in force southeast of
ThiaumOnt farm but were broken down.
An attack was made on the right bank
of the Mouse to Hill 32O and also south
of Caillctte, but both were repulsed.
The Germans retired, leaving piles of
COrpSeS.