The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-20
.sA..osia,.d Pres. by FEDERAL wireless,

TNARIS, October l9-Rumania has
turned definitely upon the Teu-
- ton foe and is holding him firm
~. Indeed in places, according to the
0fIiciul accounts of the struggle in
Transylvauia, issued by Bucharest last
might, the Rumanian armies under the
command of King Ferdinand, have
been successful in a number or counter
attacks, and have driven the Won Falk-
enhayn armies back beyond the
Pennsylvania border in a number of
places, .. ...,Frs,, s.
,. While fhe Rumanians were strug,
Cling fercely in the southern mountaip
ranges, the Russians have been launch
ing series of desperate attacks against
The bTidgehead over. the Gnila Lipa
river at Halicz. Here, say the reports
from Petrograd, the fighting has been
exceedingly bloody, as General Brps-
siloff. abandoning his Ranking tactics,
has attempted to drive his way through
the Teutonic defense of the river by
sheer weight of guns and men.
Decision Is Still In Doubt y
DO No definite statement has been issued
by. either side as to the results of the
lighting which was proceeding at the
time the dispatches were sent. 49,
In the West and in Macedonia, the
Allies have kept up their steady nib
bling at the lines of their adversaries.
North Of'the Somme where the French
have been hurting masses of men and
shells at the German lines in the vicin-
ity of Sally -Sailisel they report sue
cess of marked degree. The town
has, fallen into their hands and the
Germans have been forced back. ~, .
This advance of the French puts
them,.jn y favorable position, for flank.
ing the German positions to the south
ut Saillisel and In the Bots st. Pierre
Vast, which wood has been heavily
fortified by the Teutonie commanders
II is nov coming between two jaws OF
the French nippers. The lower or south,
ern jaw protrudes from Rancourt, TAX,
On some weeks ago, while the upper jaw
has now. erunched down upon Sally
Saillisel.
German Attacks Vain
i. The Germans attacked furiously in
this last sector, bat they struck in vain
tar their columns were thrown back
2 ABoh lhthbtINcS WIN tFcAntnuOus lObbel
by the French artillery and machine
gun fire! South of the Somme, in this
vicinity of BellOy .en.Santerre, the Ger
man attack delivered yesterday morn
ing proved successful, but the French
beounteF, launched in the afternoon
drove them out of the positions they
Lad taken and captured some of the
Teutonic trenches.
~ The British also have been exceed
iagly active north of the River Somme
They have been hammering at the Ger
man positions on the hills north Of
ever since they captured thu
town, some weeks ago, and yesterday
they succeeded in clearing the crest
and occupying the coveted positions
This locality has been the stumbling
block in the path of the British ad
VANCE along the lower Ancre River, bu
with the Germans cleared out of theiI
SAoiUts Of vantage, the advance Of tn,
mon under Sir Douglas Haig should b,
easier in the future. .'..
Nearing Bapauine Nov ,.zais
North of Gueudeeourt the British
have proceeded, gaining ground by re
psated attacks that have broker
through the first lines of the German
tiAnebes along the Albert Bapaum'
road. In the region Of Wariencour