Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-27
GERMAN OFFICIAL
.CABLEGRAMS

The following cablegrams we're re
ceived yesterday and today from Off,
cial German sources;
German Headquarters, Delayed Re.
port OF March S4--In the Champagne
district today and along the Meuse
there were violent artillery engage
ments. West OF Haucourt the Ger.
mans added to t1Eeir previous sue.
,cesses ty gaining more trenches. the
number OF prisoners reaching 80 Off.
GERS and S7s men.
SATURDAY.
German Headquarters, Delayed Re.
port OF March 25--On the west front
the situation has hardly changed from
yesterday. In the Meuse district es.
pecialiy lively artillery engagements
have taken place during which Verdun
was set afire by shells.
.s0n the east front the Russians at
west of Jakobstadt renewed their at.
tack with fresh Siberian troops after
a strong artillery preparation, The
attack broke down under heavy fire
and with large lcsses. Minor advances
were made southwest of Jakobstads
and southwest of Duenaburg, being
easily repulsed. All of the Russian
attacks, repeated at night, likewise
failed. In the district of Narocz lake
the enemy only engaged in artillery
fire.
in the Balkan war arena the air
attack was renewed, one enemy aero
plane being shot down in an air en-
gagement and falling between the
lines, where it was destroyed by ar
tiIlery."
SUNDAY.
German Headquarters Report,
March s6.-On the west front yester-
day it is stated that the explosion of
a mine northwest of VermaIles during
the preceding right had much sue
cess, The crater Icing in the spot oc-
cupied by an enemy observation post
Several English covers were thus de-
stroyed. Northwest of Neuyille a
small German detachment after sue.
cessful mine explosions advanced for
reccnnoitering into an enemy position
and returned as planned with num-
Der of prisoners. In the Argonnes and
Meuse districts artillery fire was very
violent today IN some places
The night engagements included
hand to hand lights in Caillette forest,
southeast of the fort Douaumont and
were successful for the Germans.
The enemy did damage in their
own positions by exploding extensive
mines northeast of CeIles, in the vos-
ges. The German position was un-
changed.
Near St Quentin an English BIZ
plane fell undamaged into German
hands. A French aeroplane after an
air engagement fell into Caillette for
est and was destroyed.
The Russians yesterday did not re-
peat their attacks on the bridgehead
at Jakobstadt and north of Vudsy.
Several advances undertaken during
the day southwest and south OF Due
naburg already have broken down a
considerable distance from the Ger
man barricades.
AIR ATTACK FROM SEA.
"Ffom two ships which were ac-
companied by a cruiser squadron and
a fiotilla Of destroyers on the Baltic
coast yesterday morning five English
hydroaeroplanes started for attack
against the German aeronautic estab-
lishments in northern Helwig. North
of Lens three of them. among which
was battle aeroplane, were forced
TO land because of the fire of the air
craft defense guns on and about the
island of Sylt The inmates, who
were taken prisoners, we're four Eng.
lish officers and one on-commissioned
officer Bombs were thrown only in
the district OF Hoyer watergate and
no damage done