The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-29
FRENCH REGAIN GROUND
LOST AND START GREAT
ATTACK IN THEIR TURN
Paris Confident Of Outcome Of Great Battle
Which Is Expected To Continue For
Another Two Weeks
UNPRECEDENTED MASSING OF GUNS

Darts, February 27.-An official communque night
nounced that the Verdun positions captured during the morning
by the Germans again in French hands heavy by
the French having thrown the Crown Prince back with tremendous
losses the French places advancing against the Germans points
beyond those held by them the beginning of the battle
The German attempts regain this ground fruit
lees, the French being firmly in place ~ 'i@
DOUAMONT STILL HOLDS
yesterday from
had fallen although made de
efforts seize the position and sacrificed their heart
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Desperate by Germans to
strategedal important positions of Champ Melville and Cote de
Covn but the advances against these points Were shattered bv the
French artillery which hailed shrapne into German ranks kill
ing entire companies time Both and Of the Mouse
French gained the upper hand with their artillery the
German losses being great .,@
GERMANS BLASTED WAY AHEAD
Correspondents the front that the German down
LASTED by the greatest concentration artillery known in his
" The Germans have brought from both the Serbian and
Russian fronts for the great offensive and have nassd along
short front what they believed to be an irresistible number OF great
heldpeces. m" t.-.'
Following the blasting high exp1o
discharged cannon the Germans have gained the
heights OF Louvemont southwest of the name bring
Jig their front at this within four miles of the Verdun
DROVE SIX sAL1ENTs
The Germans in the Woevre district
cng sents and making two main efforts push back the
sides OF the front protecting Vedun efforts which the French have
PARIS IS CONFIDENT
Paris last night confident the ability General ofre
to defeat the plans of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince and there
is popular that when the the French will
defeat Tins impression heightened by the tone of calmness
which surrounds the office and the
Great crowds surround the newspaper Offices where bulletins
from the front being posted every few minutes.
WHOLE WEST FRONT ALERT
The entire western 'front.' from the Belgian positions the
North Sea to the Swiss border the alert and feeling
that things in the air s generally recognized press
comment and the official uances that the greatest battle the
world has known is only beginning expected
will be general hull in the fighting for
lhe French losses known be less than those being
tanned by the Germans although the casualty sides
2ppalmg
GERMANS REPULsED IN CHAMPAGNE
Reports from the Champagne front last night
rrpu,e OF advance south of Marie enemy
ing disorder leaving officers thyx
officers and hundred and five prvates prisoners
be ides several hundred of dead
The French aeroplanes have also been active
drove the lines OF the struggling before Nerdun and
mfrded the fortress of Metz later bombarng
onS Chambley.
German acoplanes rising the Ipe
cover by the French armen Navarro the French
following and battering wreck which
faced him These make FIVE of the enemys aeropanes which
Navarro has defeated and destroyed the BEGINNING
The German hangers and depos Vigneue
Ieavily bombarded by the French artillery
EERLIN'S OFFICIAL REPORT
No reports of the general received from Berlin
last night The made early in the day
ally reported in the German capital that the fight
ing way towards, Ncrdun captured the armed
f" OF Douaumont of the orfcatur, Nerdun
northeast o. the central city.
"lhe Germans hold firmly the captured hills southwest Of
and the fortified positions Considerable m
have been made by them Of the pre-
ence OF the Kaiser inspired the brill desperate
bravery.
!he French resistance the plain of Wuevre from Marp
hOvie along the has been broken the Germans are
r-ulng the retreating enemy.
In the Champagne sectiun south OF Maeapy the French
haNe succeeded penetrating 25o yards first
trcn"res~
SUSPECTED PLOTTERS DON'T PNEUMONIA.