The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-26
Franco British Forces Are still
Cutting Their Way Through
Teuton Lines In Tremendous
Tasks Of Driving Out Germans
FIGHTING At COMPLIES 80
/. STUBBORN AND BLOODY
Troops Of Kaiser Struggle Des-
perately To Check Encirciing
Movement Of GaIlics, But Re-
ports Declare Without Success
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tASsoeiassa trsss c. Federal wirolsss)
- oNDoN, September 23-zwhile the
Is ,gKprld is still conjeeturing just
, ~ what results were obtained, If any,
as. a result Of the big six-day battle in the,
Dobrudja district, where the Teutonic
and Turkish forces under Field Marshal
Won sMackensenI were reported TO have
been. routed, the British and French
armies at the Western front have re-
newed their terrific offensive against
the German trenches along the Somme.
| From reports that have come from
Paris, the Allies are still cutting their
way through the TertOn lines In the
herculean task of d-ivinC the invaders
out of France. rhilc the British
troops are deIiyrring sledgc-h hammer
blows on the Kaise-''s .cntrehched sol
diers south of BapauIhe, the French are
straining every effort and hurting tons
of flaming steel in desperate effort
to take .Combles, the strong salient
Rorth of the Somme where the German
veterans are sustaining terrible punish
ment in the effort to retain this strage-
tic position which is on elevated ground
and commands wide region.
Germans TAKE offensive
In many places the Germans have
htrken the offensive and have met the
ourushing French in furious hand-tb-
hand encounters. Southeast of Com
lies the Kaiser's forces made q sally
to break up the rencireling movement
which the French have been gradually
weaving around the fortified position.
After checking the ,Germah attack at
=. A. L -
= number of local engagements in the
! ueighborho rood of Combles, all Of which
have been reported as successful.
! At one point in the neighborhoOd of
the city the Germans had fortified
house and surrounded it with series
of trenches. In the attack on these
trenches and the house, the Germans
were routed and l40 of their men
made prisoners. go.
In their steady march towards Ba-
paume. the British have met with Wig
orous resistance. In this sector the
lighting has been the hottest on the
western front and every inch of the
ground disputed. Trenches have beeh
taken and retaken, with the final re-
suit that the British were able to re-
Port slight progress toward their
objective
Marked British Successes
Marked British gains have been made
south of Ancre and mile of trenches
captured, Between Flers and Martin
puieh two lines Of trenches were cap
| 'ured after close handto-hand fighting,
As a result Of this engagement tue bft
Fish were able. to straighten out their
line between. Flers and Maftinpuich.
Reports of the great battle in the
pobTrdja region. are. still contradictory.
Berlin announced, yesterday that Won
Nackcnsen had won sweeping victory
over the Silay and Rumanian armies
in this district, and driven them back
in disorder, with heavy losses.
On the other hand the war Office at
Bucharest claims that Ferdinand IS
soldiers are still making steady pro
Egress, in Dobrudia, What at FIRST ap-
penred, to be defeat, they claim, was
the result of withdrawing the lines of
the Russians and Rnmnnians in order
Fto complete an eneireling movement
around the German and Turkish forces
This movement. ii is said, was first
i thought to be, retreat and was re-
| sponsible for the report sent out by
Berlin that, the Slavic allies had been
routed.
Severe Reverses In Carpathians
i Both Berlin and VTnna admit that
the Austro, Hungarian armies have suf-
fered reverses in the Carpathians AZ
'er a series of stubborn assaults the
lrmies of the Gear have succeeded in
occupying the summit of Smtrcc.
With this dominating position and the
| AUSTRIAN forces on the defensive the
Ilavs are ready to strike into the
Mains before Lemberg, which is their
objective.
West of Lutsk, where the Russians
ave been strengthening their line in
he north, furious battle has taken
place with the Kaiser's forces and it
reported that the Germans have
taken $50 yards of the enemy Is trench
:, es and several machine guns, The Ger
mans also upset the plans of the Rus
sian hosts in Galicia north of Zh"vo$
in the Dornwater region, after hard
fought battle.
X Meagrr reports that have been re
"eivcd from western Serbia, indicate
that the Serbians and French are max
ing steRdy advances into, Macedonia.
In the vicinity of Neohori, on the
banks of the Struma, British warships
= yesterday began q heavy bombardment
of Bulgarian positions. General Ser
rail reports that the results of the at
tacks of the warships have been salts
factory.