The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-03
Drive TeutOns Out Of
Vsux and Advance
On the SOmme
Italians Slash Forward
Toward Trieste IN
Mile Gain
tA..eela..a Prs.. y Fsasfal wIrsls..,

tAssociatsd Press by FEDERAL wirslsss,
r OND0N, November 3--Advancing
two fronts. the French yester-
day added substantially 70 the
ground they have regained from the
German invaders. by a heavy bonn
bardment the German positions at
Fort Vaux were made untenable and
the garrison was withdrawn, leaving
this blood soaked section of the Yer
dun front once more to the French.
The troops of the Grown Prinee lost
heavily In attempting to hold this ad-
yanced position on the new German
front, the sacrifices made in stornine
Il some months ago making the Tou-
tons loath to abandon Il TO the enemy.
The storm Of French shells continued
20 smash the temporary defenses, how
ever, and wipe out the trench platoons
almost as fast a. they could BE- bronghD
up, while the range Of the French guns
was such that there could be no lefIec'
| tive reply.
Berlin admits the vithdrswai from
Fort Naux. Z tho Gtlnan dtEtsfahos
Stating that this was In aceofdahfe
value Of the position not being worth
the sacrifices necessary 70 hold H..
On somme Front
North Of the Somme the French
drove their lines ahead between Les
Boeufs and Sally Saillisel, taking
more German trenches and capturing
two hundred prisoners, making the
total captures Of yesterday and We'd
nesday seven hundred and thirty,six
men. sS
!. Berlin reports that the British made
attempts TO advance but were thrown
back.
Italians Score Heavily
| On the Austro.Italian front, on tho
Carso Plateau, the Italians scored an
other notable victory, smashing into the
i Austrian lines near vollone, taking sew.
eral wooded hills and advancing, for
two thirds Of mile east Of Segiti
j East Of Goritza the Italians also
drove the Austrian defenders from the
II eastern slopes Of Tivalo and San Mario
heights and captured strong Austrian
positions east of Sober. ts4s
Il In these operations the Italians took
4 4731 Austrian prisoners, a number Of
4 guns and machine guns and large quan.
titles Of supplies and munitions. The
i advance clears many Of the difficulties
away from the open road to Trieste
the main italian objective on this front
Rumanians stiIl Win
IN In the Transylvanian theater of the
war the Rumanians continue 70 gain
except on the sector south of the Roth
enthurm Pass, where the Austro-Ger
mans continue to hold the advantage
In the jul Valley the Rumanians ars
following up their victory and ar,
pressing the fleeing Teutons hard, cut
ting of stragglers' and taking prisoners
in the rearguard actions. The Teutoni
are abandoning guns and supplies II
their fight.
I, A statement made yesterday ii
Athens to the Associated Press by til,
humanian minister says that the Ru
manians are confident Of being able x
more than hold their own against yoI
} Falkenhayn.
, Disaster Soon
"The Austro- German offensive Il
Transylvania appears 70 have been de
: fnitely stopped, - said the minister
: 1--WE are growing stronger daily in tina
a theater, while the Tentons are dahl,
> growing weaker. II Il ohy q question
:, Of time, and short time al that swhel
the enemy in Transyivania will be fac
: to face with disaster. -
= There has been no news from th
Dobrudja front for some days, exeep
that Won Mackensen has been brough
= to standstill and that the Russo Ru
}. manian advance guards Are keeping i
: touch with the Invaders, continua
u skirmish being under way. Consta ANS
9 the Rumanian Black Sea port now 1
d Bulgar.German hands has been bon
y barded from the sea by Russian WA
= ships, without damage TO the invadin
garrison. %.g. -,
On the Macedonian front the Serb
n continue 20 advance in the Cerna Rive
! section, making some small gains yel
. terday. = rf IA s-',t
d Russians Driven Back
i The one German success Of the da
It was won in Galieia, where the Gel
Is mans stormed the Russian position
% near Witonies, effecting q decided vii
n tory. The Russians were driven bacl
y losing twenty-five officers and $50