The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-11
Unofficial Estimate, Reputed To
Be Based Upon Reliable Re-
turns, Fixes Total Teutonic
Casualties Wore Than 100000
PARIS AND BERLIN BOTH
CLAIM MORE SUCCESSES
Russians Again Are Sweeping
Forward In Caucasus But On
Lower Tigris British Advance
Checked BY Rapid Rise of River
tAssociatsd Press BY Federal wirols.u.)

& Associated Press by Federal wirelsss)
II ONION, April S.-Oficial and un,
IL official sources are again busy with
estimates of the number of killed
and wounded and missing in the Ger
man ranks since the big offensive be
gan against Verdun. Officially the
French war Office has had nothing to
say for public, but unofficial sources be
Eeved to be in close touch with the
tnation set the total TeutOnic loss at
more than 100000. Of this, more than
$4,000 are believed to have been killed
or so seriously wounded rs to be perma
nentIy incapaeitated for further work
at the front.
bloody Work Goes On
And the bloody work goes on. Yes
terday there were fresh sanguinary en-
counters between the Crown Prince s
men and the French troops defending
the lines between HaucOurt, which the
. Tentons claim to have captured, Beth.
ihcourt and Hill 265. In the vicinity
OF the last position the French drove
out of the German advanced trenches
the Teuton occupants and regained much
OF the ground they lost in previous en-
Pagements, They also made marked
gains in, clearing out the Teutonic com
nunieation trenches, leading up to the
main positions.
Germans Are Driven Back
The German guns sprayed Haucour;
again with high explosive shells, pre-
paratory to another of their fierce at.
tacks, but when, believing the grount
elrnred, the infantry came forward, the
French field guns and machine guns
drove the massed columns back upon
their own trenches, leaving hundreds Of
dead behind them.
w some places between Bethincourt
and Chattancourt the Teuton regiments
Ieanaeed to gain a foothold in the
flrst-line trenches of the French, only
20 be evictcl shortly after by count
er attack. At Cote l. 'Homme Mort the
invaders wcr" compelled to evacuate
the position they had won several DAYS
900. and fell Lack upon their original
line.
ollfln Ctalnb haucourL
Berlin again claimed to have cap.
tured Haucourt, and added, in the Off
cial statement, that the general staff
regards its capture as one If the most
important Of recent developments in the
offensive campaign against Verdun.
Eerlm also 0ssrrts that French attacks
with fame thrOwer north of Four 4"
Paris were beaten back by the Crow
Prince, who inflicted heavy losses upon
. the attackers. 1t is asserted also that
French attacks on the positions north
OF AyOcOtIrt were not successful, and
That the assaults a aiust the German
positions in the Caillcttc forest proved
: 0havailing.
Amor Fig hting Elsewhere
Elsewhere on the French and Belgian
lines there was but minor fighting. The
Germans claim to have taken a mine
e alter from the Canadian troops near ST
ElOi The rest of the long line saw tit
he Int the continuation of the steady
avtillery Sighting of the past month.
On the eastern fr Mt the Russ ans a-P
a re ing ~ their wo,k of pounding the
4 man and Arstri'n lives. The b ri
n fts say that the fgh ing has bee
- rav~ IN both sides of Lake NarOrZ
h''f iD7ists that tn, Slavs have made
getrs The Petrograd reports diff.
fer, elaiPing that the Russians have
feen see ssf | in attacking the enc
ry's|t 9 ches in that region
Crsnd DUE Progresses
n sha Caucasus reg on the Grand
Difi-a N'eh las hrs Ter umed his forward
Ewecp. wi ing away tn" &c man Turk
ish o p stiOn to his W s'ward mnrch.
tc'e day he captured tw" import mt
a-'f'o's reHr the Black Sea. and is
conf, umg his prog ess toward the X
IL ~ ~ the upper TrhOruk rivers.
Fa h'r south on the low'r Tigris the
J. fish 'rl'mns under General Lake are
sir lattling townrd Kut 81 Ama'a,
vNe,e tHPre has been for months
70 u''der Cereal Aylc shirr, bottled
ur Nv tho Turks.
.'b7 British ad'anc" has been haltei
IL t'e, ''ihe Icing by the rapid rise
or the Tigris
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