The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-12
French RepeI Another Titanic
Drive With Curtain of Fire,
and 'Seventy-five,' Litterinu
Field With Gray-Coated Dead
SLAUGHTER TREMENDOUS
AND FIGHTING TERRIFIC
Other Sectors Of Western Line
Are Scene Of Sanguinary Bat
ting In Which Gallo Troops
Are Reported Holding Ground


INoND0N, May lO-The deadlock
ar ,Nerdun continues. Great
waves of Teuton infantry were
poured in successive pillows against
the French yesterday and vainly, for
the French curtain of FIRE from the
seventy.fves" broke and shattered
the head Of the German columns
throwing them back into them posi-.
ttons, until the shell.torn ground was
covered with the duh gray uniforms
of German dead
The Pomeranians have been doing
most OF the German fighting west of
the river Mouse, and their losses have
been frightful, although the claims
from Berlin assert that the Teuton ca.
sualty lists are small. The latest at
tacks of the Crown Prince in this sec
tor of the Verdun line are said to equal
in intensity Of FIRE and intrepidity of
infantry assault the first desperate at:
tack on the French fortress early in
March. They bear the appearance of
desperate attempt to break through
the French lines at any cost to the
German army.
Terrific Attack Is Blocked
The center of the maelstrom of bat
tie lies on the northern slope of Hill
3O4. Here for almost forty eight hours
the Germans have been hurting masses
of high explosives, followed by titanic
efforts of the Teuton infantry to reach
the first line Of the French positions.
The German command apparently cen.
tered its attention upon one line of
trenches west of the hill and sent
clouds of gray-coated infantry against
the position. The French artillery
however, proved sufficient to block the
attack, and with its curtain of fire.
held the Teutons in their own trenches.
The same thing happened when the
French, after several attempts by the
Germans had failed, tried, on their
part, to GUST the Teutons from their
trenches. Here the French are said to
have lost heavily, their counters cost.
ing them dearly and failing to win
back any French ground.
French Succeed Elsewhere
In other sectors of the same battle.
field, the French were more successful,
and managed TO Gust the Germans from
trenches between Douaumont and Hau.
fremont, east of the Mouse.
The Berlin dispatches declare that
the war office has reported minor sue
cesses north of Verdun in the HaucOurt
region, where several French trenches
are said to have been taken, and 400
French soldiers captured
The renewal Of the fierce German
thrusts at Verdun has revived the talk
in military circles here of German
plan to begin a concerted dual attack
on the. western front. 1t is said that
the Kaiser has been cOnfering with his
generals regarding the advisability of |
launching such simultaneous attack, |
the one against Verdun and the Other |
against the British troops farther to
the North and West.
Great TeutOnic Force Masses
TO this end it is reported that 800, |
600 German troops have been mObilized |
behind the lines facing the English,
v bile dispatches from Amsterdam
state that 100000 fresh troops have
been concentrated on the Verdun front
the German general staff having re-
solved to throw in every resource in
an effort to capture the great Mouse
~ ''iSoS bNipIO " June l..
This great force of 100000 men is
said to include the new army of 1915
End troops withdrawn from other
fronts where a lull at present exists.
On the Southern front, Vienna claims
the Austrians have made marked gains
In the fighting with the Italian forces.
According to a despatch from that city,
fhc Italian troops have suffered heavi-
" in the recent battling near San
MARITIME. where an Austrian mine was
exploded. The mine is said to have
completely wrecked the Italian posi-
hon. avid killed hundreds of Victor En-
nanuel's men.
In the eastern fighting. the German
ieSnatches report that the cannOnade
'gainst the bridgchead at Ikskul has
200" r"sumrd, and on other sections
IF the line, both Russian and Teutonic
artillery has been active.
The breaking up of the Turkish arm.
IS by the troops under the command
It the Grand Duke Nicholas continues
n the Armenian ittOral, where the
'ussians hovp bentnn the Ottoman arm
"s and driven them back from the
mountain chain defenses in the Mush
ESQ" "nnturinT many prisoners and
nhicting heavy losses upon the Turks.
The Russian column that has been
'Hv"n"ing through Persia. with its base
= TNhrron. has advanced from Hama.
ton westward toward Bagdad and is