The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-05
.GERMANY'S secret
|. AGENT IS ARRESTED
Baron Won Schenk Taken Aboard
Allied Warship Ending Pro-
paganda In Greece
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tiOnsA leaving the TeutOns victors Of q
section Of the eastern edge of the shell
scared town.
| In other sectors Of the battle front
the British were more successful. North
Of Halemont farm, they attacked the
Germans driving them back. North
of POzier&s, in the vicinity of Martin.
puiGh, they struck with minor gains,
while the struggle around Thiepval
continued with undated fury. .'B.
In the official report Of the Somme
fighting, issued last night by the Ger.
man General STAFF at Berlin. the losses
are admitted, and the communiaue
states that the "fghting was ferocious
and exceedingly bloody" Berlin in.
sists that the British made no gains in
the vicinity of Martinpuich and Thiep.
val and reported the capture Of a sec.
tion of Ginchy from the British.
Allied Gains Are Large
In summing up the results of the
day from the British standpoint appear
to have been most satisfactory, 5000
yards of German trenches, 40 yards
deep, having passed into the hands Of
the Allies, together with large mum.
Der of prisoners and masses of war ma
terial.
North of Verdun the bitter fighting
of the last few days continued The
French report that they had rallied
from the attacks of the Germans of
the day before and succeeded in q
series of attacks launched against the
German lines north and east of Fleury.
The ground gained was slight, but the
\ advance is admitted in the Berlin de-
spatches. E
| While the Allies have been pounding
the Germans in the west, the Russians
under General Brussiloff struck hard
in the east. The Slavs have stOrmed a
number Of heights, giving control Of
passes into the Carpathians, and have
now reached advantageous positions
along the Hungarian boundry line.
They have captured in the last forty
eight hours more. than 5000 prisoners
in the neighborhood of Brezessany
alone, south of Zbereow they have
smashed through the Teutonic lines, on
the zota Lipa river, inficting heavy
losses.
Russian Successes Large
issued the following official statement
regarding the recent fighting.
LAST week marked renewal OF the
strong Russian offensive on the south.
eastern line and the Slavs have met
with much success.
1.-THE Russians have crossed the The.
nioyka river and seized the Austro- Ger.
man positions on the further side, cap.
turing 2721 prisoners and six machine
guns.
In the Carpathiau mountains the Rus
SLAMS have captured a whole series of
mountain heights, and have advanced
near the Hungarian frontier, clearing
the way for an early descent from the
passes into the Hungarian plains.
Between Thursday and Sunday Gene
raj Brussilof captured 365 officers, 49,
0eO men, IL cannon, IS machine guns
and seven bomb mortars.
Bucharest officially reports that "thr
Rumanians have occupied the towns Of
Borszek and Sekeh in Transylvania
and are cutting steadily through all
this section Of Austria Hungary
In eastern Rumania, where the Bull.
gariRns crossed the frontier along the
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were repulsed in an attack on Basard
jik.
Fighting continues between Dodrudj ia
and the Bulgarian frontier.
Hostile hydroaeroplanes flew over
Rumanian territory and dropped bombs
on the town Of Constanza, wounding
civilians and children.
A Berlin official statement saws that
the Germans and Bulgarians advanced
Yesterday in southeastern Rumania
and repealed Rumanian infantry near
KOemar. In an extensive and bitter
battle the Germans retained the mas.
terry of all their positions on both sides
of the Ancre. Ground was also recap.
tured near Moquet Farm.
An AustrO Hungarian official dis
patch says that the Russians took
Mount Plunka, southeast of Rafailovo
in the Carpathians.
Reports Of Air Raids
Berlin aud London both report all
raids. The British dropped bombs
upon the German shipbuilding yards at
HOboken and Ghistelles, In Flanders
while the Germans announced that
they have again bombarded Yarmouth
London, Harwich and other places OF
Importance in the Humber region.
The situation in Macedonia is but
little changed. The Bulgars yesterday
reported an attack in force on tn,
allied positions west of Lake Ostrovo
and the French headquarters an
nounced that, the Sefbfsss,. who ar,
guarding that section 'of the line, rc
pulsed the attack.
German Agent Arrested
The most sensational news of thu
day from Athens was the arrest o
Baron Won Schenk, who has been di
recting the German propaganda il
Greece. Won Sehenk WAS taken aboar,
an Allied warship.
The Italians reported the successful
assault on the town of Kutai Brizar
and the capture Of Monte Gradfst, il
the Albania field Of operation,
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