The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-02
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Crown Princes Army Drives
French Out Of Their Trenches
Near Cumieres
.AUSTRIANS CONTINUING
:. ! FORCING BACK ITALIANS
Russian Troops Counter attack
and Rout Turks After Battle
At Diarbeh
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LONDON, June l.--Baek and forth
still swings the pendulum ~ war at
verAua. Near; the caufettes wood,
south Of the little town Of Cumieres,
which Is northwest of verdun, the, Ger
name have, gained gfounds driving the
French, out Of their advanced treneb hes,
while, . little fartber to the east, in the
region of lie, Mort HomRs, the French,
by a sudden otfeAsiges :. succeeded, in
driving the Germans back and captur-
ing strongly fortified positions on the
southwestern slopes of the famous, hin
Their loot in this fighting was PCS pri.
soners aud seven machine guns, beside
a large quantity Of rife, and machine
gun ,ammunitioB y No I.
} The Berlin version Of the lighting IN
the psighboFhOod Of Cumieres says that
L after days Of tremendous lighting the
Germans have cleared the southern en-
virons Of Cnmieres, taking 100 prison
ers and eighteen machine guns" ,..i.
Great Guna Thunder, ..,-
\ On other sectors OF the Verdun line
the struggle was maintained. with hard;
" abated fury, especially BY the great
guns ON both SIDES The German artil,
lery continued hattering away at the
French lines in the vicinity of Avo-
court and Hill 304, but without mater
ial result.
This artillery engagement was one of
the most tremendous, things of this trs
mendous battle. Both sides speak of it
as something that even Verdun has
never seen or heard, and it is believed
that the Germans are preparing, OF
attempting to prepare, the way for
fresh infantry assaults against this
point of the French defenses.
Austrians Advancing
Upon the Italian front the Austriaps
Yesterday resumed their hardly check
ed advances, driving the Latin troops
their way across the Posina river. The
Italians admit officially that they have
been forced to abandon their positions
at Montepriafora and Punta Cordin,
while the Austrians claim that since
their spring attack began they have
captured 31,0S2 Italian prisoners and
29S cannon, and declare that the TIA
liam cOunterattacks have broken down
completely under the fire of the Atfs,
trian guns
Official dispatches from Vienna an
nOunce that the Austrian troops operat-
ing west of Arsiero, on the Isonzo front
have forced passage across the Pc:
sina river in the face of heavy italian
fire. They have captured the heights
on the southern bank. The, fortified
Italian works at Puntac Ordin have
been captured, the Vienna advices say.
1t was reported yesterday afternoon
that the Austrian advance has been
carried further into the region Of Asia;
go and Arseiro. Vienna reports that
the Italians have been driven from
Gallo, and Montebaldo.
Fighting On Slav Front
The fighting on the Russian front
continues spasm odically important.
| South of the Dvinsk there were heavy
bombardments yesterday, and there is
talk in the official and unofficial de-
spatehGs of a possible German offensive
in that sector of the eastern theAter.
Increased activity in the Volhynian
front is also reported, as well as on
other sections of the Bsssarabian Dor
der. =~---.~.
Petrograd officially reported that the
Turks successfully attacked q Russian
position west of Diarbekr, and after
some heavy fighting drove the Russians
out, only to be driven out in their turn
when the Slavs, reinforced, counteTrat'
tackled. The turks were routed, And
suffered further losses, says the de-
spateh. r
Latins Retreat In Albania :!
On the extreme western section OF
the Balkan front the Italian patrols
were driven back by a concerted in
fantTy and artillery offensive by the
Austrian forces in Albania, and retreat
ed to the Voyusa river,
There has been little news Of late OF
THE operations under General Smutz in
German East Africa, but last night the
British were reported to have reached
a large force of German and Negro
troops, strongly entrenehed in, a posi-
tion between the Egare mountains and
the PagRi river. The. advance bodies d
the British are said to be in contact
with the enemy, and heavy lighting il
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