The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-29
In Macedonia BuIgars Sweep
Westward Along Coast of,Aee'
an Sea, Pushing Allies Before
Them In Direction Of 0rfano
GERMANS BEGIN DRIVE a
IN CHAMPAGNE SECTOR
Attempts There and North Of
River Somme To Advance Fails
Under Deadly French and Brit
ish Artillery Fire and Counters
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirslsssJ

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n ARTS, August 27.-The great Cen
tral Powers have taken the offens
i've in France and the Balkans
There hive been desperate German at
lacks along the Somme lines, while the
Bulgars and their allies in the Balkan,
have scored heavy gains with but lit
tie apparent opposition from the Allies
of the Entente:
At Verdun, Thiepval, Guillemont
Maurepas, and on the Macedonian bat
tlefelds the TeutOns launched attack
after attack, preceded by the most
furious artillery bomba rdments In
the western theater Of the war these
attacks failed, for the most part, &C
cording 70 the official statements of the
British and French authorities, but in
Macedonia fifty niles of AEGEAN coast
line has been to IN by The Bulgarians
who are now !epOrtcd nearing the
Macedonian city of Orfano, at the
head Of the Gulf of Rendina, with the
Greeks and the Allies retiring before
them. -
Russians in Balkans
The lighting in CIe Balkans still
claims most of the attention of the
world al large and Of the military crit,
les and writer's in this and other Euro.
pean capitals. While the moves mad
nv the Bnlgarians and their Teutonic
allies in the Balkans have as vet been
of minor military importance, they
have been accompanied by some excep.
tionally heavy fighting, and the Allies
are beginning to recognize the Difficult.
ties that confront General JSarraiL, and
have been rushing reinforcements to
pis oSAohfitNfts t,sasr INA -,tSa ~ =, -.
Petr0grpH annOunced~yo officially last
pight that n Russian detachment had
landed at Salonika, and It is under.
stood that italian commands have been
sent to the front in Albania and have
scored heavily in their attacks upon
the Austrians holding some of the pc.
Hitiens along the Greek line. .
The Italian reports yesterday told of
the capture of the Austrian submarln ne
base at Porto Palermo, one of the cen
tiers from which the Austrian and Ger,
man U.boats have been issuing to 1T.
tack the Allied transports, moving the
Serbian troops from Corfu to Salomka
Mount Kalarat Taken
The capture Of the summit of Mount
Kalarat, which is in quasi Greek ter.
ritorv. was also announced from Avalona.
the ItaliUn base in Albania.
Along the line of the Somme front
the attacks of the Germans Yesterday
were of the most desperate character
yet seen in that blood stained region
Beginning with the fearful lombard
mont If the day before, a connonade
which lasted almost all night, the fam.
Gus Prussian Guard was thrown for.
ward against the British lines that
have been slowly closing in upon the
German salient which still commands
the town of Thiepval. Here the Ger.
mans had the advantage of the ground
with them. ms they still hold the heights
TO the north and east of the town.
The Prussians poured their heavy
fire into the British trenches at close
range and then, armed with hand
grenades the infantry came forward in
great gray waves that seemed irresti.
BILE.
Dead Litter Ground
Time and time again the attuck was
delivered, until the ground WIS once
more covered with dead and wounded.
hut the British held firm, beatimy back
each attack with their own heavy guns,
OF ,spTnging to meet the Prnssian I'D.
vance in a hand O-hand struggle that
compelled the attackers TO give back,
and finally to seek refuge in their own
trenches. The losses of the prussians
are said to have been frightful.
When the attacks of the Prussiuus
ceased the time of the British came,
and the RPitish ,oOu m n n dare Immediate