The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-14
Russo-RumanianS Driving BuIgar-
German-Tu Forces Back In
Dobrudia, Retreating Army
Wasting Land As It Falls Back
SLAvS AND GERMANS
IN A DEATH GRAPPLE
General Haig's Tommies Advance
NJ On ThiepVal Front and Regain
Regina Trench While French
and Teutons Batter Each Other

r ONDON, November l2-A series OF
fierce battles was fought yesterday
on five of the main fronts, with
the armies of each Of the bcIligerents
engaged with the exception of that of
Belgium. While reports from some of
the fronts arc highly contradictory, a
signal victory appears to have been
won by tho Russo Rumanian army
against the German Bulgar-Turco fore
es in the Dobrudja section, while on
the western front the British have
4 wrested another long section Of trench
es from the Germans on the Thiepval
sector.
The defeat of Won Mackensen on the
Dobrudja front by General Avoresco
appears to have been decisive, the
whole Bulgar German advance being
thrown back Upon the railroad along
the Constanza line, with the Russo
Rumanians across the railroad in some
places. Quantities of guns and sup
plies are reported in Bucharest des
patches to have fallen into the Ruman.
ian hands.
Laying Countrywide Waste
These Bucharest dispatches state that
the army of Won Mackensen is falling
back rapidly and that the Bulgarian
population of the Rumanian territory
south of the COnstanza line is fleeing
in advance of the Bulgar German re.
treat, fearful If the vengeance of the
defenders when they begin to regain
the country. Great fires have been OBJ
served in the direction of Tcherna voda
and Constanza, and it is thought DOS
sible that the enemy has fired number
of towns in this section, preparatory to
eVacuating these places.
All Claim Victories >.
On the TransylVanian front, both
north and south in the passes, there
were desperate struggles, with Berlin
on the one hand and Bucharest and Pc
trograd on the other differing radically
as to the outcome. The German reports
state that the Teutons al the point
or the bayonet attacked the Russian
lines west of Predeal, on the Sinya
road, killing all who stood up to op-
pose them.
New forces of Russians fruitlessly
underworld to reeapture positions at
Skrobowa, near Baranovitschi, on the
eastern front, and southwest of Folv
and KralnOlesie, the main Russian DO
sltions, the SlaVs were repulsed in five
night attacks, says Berlin.
The Russian war Office fatty contra
diets the latter part of the German
claims, announcing that a portion of
the SkrObOwa trenches was captured in
counter attacks and held against the
desperate efforts Of the Germans to re.
conquer the ground, That the main
Russian positions on the Narpvmvra
front were entered by the Germans Is
denied. On the contrary, IrIIugr.u
reports, the Russians occupied two new
towns on the Danube in this very see
ton, having advanced materially be-
tween HirsOva and Tchernavoda in the |
general advance to join hands with the
Rumanians on the TrRnsylvania front,
Farther south, in the Transylvania |
passes, where the Rumanians are bat. |
Ting with the main forces of Won Falk
enhayn, each side claims the advantage
OF the day. Berlin reports that the |
Archduke Charles, who is in command !
Of one of the Austro.German forces, !
has made further progress against the !
Rumanians, while Bucharest claims |
that he has been thrown back and some !
of his positions near Dragoslavle have |
been captured and consolidated.
Activity in France
On the west there have been attacks
by the British northwest of Courcel- /
lette, attacks by the French on the
Sally front, in their effort to broaden
out their salient for the fankinG of the
woods of st. Pierre Vast and attacks
by Crown Prince Rupprecht against the +
French lines in the DCniscOurt region
to the south of the Semmr. Bo'h the
French and German Offcnsives fnilei,
according to reports from Berlin ARD /
Paris, respectively, while the British
attack was driven home.
On the ThinPval Courcel tte front,
where the British made their advance,
the Regina trench, which has alternate
ly been in German and British hands,
once more became British along dis
lance of Il thousand yards. A few phi
soners were taken by General Haig' =
men.
Another air battle was fought on the
Franc German front, the Germans
claiming to have shot down ten French
machines, while Paris reports five Ger
man machines brought down.
Serbtans Going Home
There has been renewed activity on
the Macedonian front. where tho serbs,
who have made good their footing north
of the Cerna River, are gradually
clearing the big bend of Bulgars and
Germans. Yesterday a considerab bio nd,
vance was made, Berlin acknowledging
that some of their positions south Of
Polog have been lost.
The Italians mndr n small advance
on the Carso front, but there is, liz.
tie activity along this section of the
battleline. the weather being had, max,
ing effective artillery work impossible. !