The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-18
While Allies Drive Great Salient In
to Lines of Teutons In West. Rus
slams Are SUeeping uon Linsengen
and von Bothmer Further Back
FIERCE FIGHTING GENERAL
ASSOCIATED Press BY Federal wireless)


- est allied victory Battle Gen Sir Doug
las Hag commander of troops at the western
front reported last night that the Allies have gained
south OF the Somme have taken important German strategic posi-
tons Bazentne Lepet Bois Lonpueyle OyIers and Ia
and have captured in all lo7o German
ders @ officers of the great Teuon
field guns besides destroying great number guns
taking an immense quantity of munitions machine guns rifles
For the rst time since the began London put
omary British calm and wild after the news
displayed the bulletin boards outside Offices
flashed to provnces The restaurants with women and
khakicad men, gay for months Men and
women stopped each other the streets congratulate the
ton upon the victory France papers are filed with the
hom the Official bureau dealing with
fighting at the western front4af 11t h@& G5 3 4 .
.-, m. sIAys FORCE GERMANS TO FALL BACK
To add news faf the German
staff has admitted athe Tehons forced beyond
the line Of the lower La by the overwhelming Russians
and the volume of the Sav artillery FIRE On top this
word from Petrograd OF the capture Of than 5000
the line and the further gan
tic total of Teuton casualties opening Sav summer
offensive ssEss #5..~ - ,E5saa..3ss.a &@r
In all the killed wounded in the German and
Austrian armies under Field Marshal Lnsengen General
Bohmr officers including seventeen generals and twen
nine regmenta commanders 248OOo men, These figures
to and including July only statement has
been made OF the number Of Teuons lost
UnoAcay yesterday the Russian wing
operating against Lnsengen Vohyna sector had cap
ured 3 900 additional prisoners the fighting days
But the western stage of the struggle that greatest
amount of attention being by France
Paris according to dispatches from that city last night
thusasic the news from the fronts London p
GREAT SALIENT DRIVEN INTO GERMAN LINE .
OF the fighting the somme line comparatively few
details from official The contented itself with
brief communicates dealing with affairs and all
Britain awaits the official reports from Sir Douglas Haig telling
the struggle from tthe beginning - ,t5.rrE.
1t is fairly certain however that the British
has driven salient into the German line So
his advance of the last few days that he reports that
ceeded capturing official documents addressed German
showing the rghu casualty lists the opposing
the British and French on the Somme. "& s.# ",c.' =
The German second line OF trenches battered by
the cannonadng of the British artillery 1900 yards
the northwest of Bazentne and Lepe Bo
vile where the Germans have the advantage of steep rise
ground the British Tertorial have driven the
position and made fresh gains the direction of Gueon which
particularly desperate and the Germans repeatedly
but vanly. .EI, ~tlE2s ST5Mk%' :
FURIOUS INFANTRY CHARGES BREAK HOLD
The remaining hold of the Germans upon positions the vicinity
of La Boe broken by furious charges of the British infantry
supported by the artillery At Overs and Pozieres
attack successful N#.@}&
Late the afternoon the fighting the Some line
stop by the weather Heavy rains and dense obscted
of the and observers and compelled them
await the return of better weather ..#.%@
Dispatches from Paris landing az Brest Of
another large contingent of Russian infantry the western
ches they have rested from their journey
their equipment. =. .@s
Another despatch from France says has reached
the fighting of his the hope of being able the allied
advance
In the neighborhood of Nomeny Lorraine Germans tried an
repulsed with heavy loss West of Fleuy the