The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-20
Bucharest Reports Check Of the
Advancing Teutons Along
Whole Frontier
FIERCE STRUGGLE UPON
WHOLE GALlCIAN FRONT
Russians Reported To Have Sut-
fered Reverse At Hands OF
the Germans
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless)

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless)
PARIS, October IS--Tho Rumanian re-
treat in Pennsylvania has come 70 a
halt. Whether this Is q permanent or
merely a temporary check Of the ad
vance Of the Teutonic armies under the
command of General Won Falkcnhayn
remains to be seen of course, but
Bucharest says that the Rumania MS
have now reached positions which they
are confident of holding
1t is extremely difficult to formulate
an idea of the exact condition in this
section Of the war front as the reports
are fatty contradictory and confusing.
II appears certain however that in the
Tzul Valley the Invaders have been
driven back across the frontier, suffer
ing more or less heavy losses.
Heavy Fighting In East
The heaviest fighting Of the day has
been in the Volhynia, Gnlicia and
Transylvania regions. There have
been q succession Of heavy attacks and
counter attacks, both SIDES claiming
successes for themselves and reverses
for their opponents.
/ The reports from Vienna and Berlin
tell of the success of the Teutonic
arms in the East, where they say, that
the, Germans and Austrans have
pierced the Russian lines on front of
mile and a quarter, capturing many
guns and roo Slavs, including thirty
officers. Petrograd ON the other hand
reports the failure of the counter at.
taeks launched by the enemy. The of,
fetal report of the Russian general
staff says.
The Tputomc armies are counter.
attacking the Russians, who have been
smashing their way forward southeast
of Lemberg, in the battle for this i'm.
portant fortress.
BON ba rdments north of Korvtnize
near BolshOVtse, preceded the attacks.
rhc Russians have captured fifty pris-
OnerS. -
Allied Attacks Fail ,H'A.
"' In its general report Of the situation
the German general staff says that the
attacks of the Allies near Gueud ecourt
have broken down under German fire.
The German positions have been under
artillery fire all day
On the east front the Russians have
been heavily defeated in Galicia.
Their repeated attacks have been re.
pulsed by the Germans, and trenches n
mile and a quarter in extent have been
taken by the Teutons, who captured
1900 prisoners.
Two vain Teutonic attack marked
the fighting on the Somme fr %. These
were directed against the French lines
east of Belloy-en .Santcrre.. and broke
down under the French barrage fire.
French Gain Ground
North of the Somme the French Off
cial statement says that the French
are driving ahead. They are taking
the offensive and have made good
progress, advancing deeper into the
German positions in the vicinity OF
Sally and Saiilisrl where they have
taken group Of houses and repulsed o
number of German counter.attacks.
The advance means that the men un-
der General FOch are slowly but surely
thanking the German positions to the
south, in the wood st. Pierre Vast.
The SerbiahS have repulsed the Bull
garians in counter attacks by the latter
in the Cerna river region.
Southwest of MUnastr the severe
fighting of the past few days con,
tInues.