The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-22
Alive To Importance Of War
Wrecked Village Crown Prince
Launches Tremendous Attacks
On French Lines Near verdun
GALLO TROOPS REPLY WITH
MANY SUCCESSFUL BUSHES
British Continue Heavy Hammer
ing Of Germans North Of River
Somme Capturing the Trench
es Near Bazentin-Ie- Petit
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless,

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless)
7 ONION, August 2l.-Thoroughly
alive to the especially strateglcal
value of the little swar.wrecked
Village of Fleury, only a. few miles
north of Nerdun, the TeutOnic forces,
reforming, and intent upon regaining
hat point Of vantage, even at tremen.
dous sacrifices, are fercely flinginC
their sore-tried troops into desperate
and furiously frequent counter attacks
in heroic attempts to drive out the
French, who, on Saturday, after bril-.
liant successive attacks covering a pc.
ricd of several days, finally emptied
the town of German soldiers.
Fired by their steady progress and
inspired by their hard-won successes,
the Gallic fighters are following up the
advantage won by their Jealous mi
tIative, >gradunlly pressing back the
vigorously resisting Germans. Each
counter thrust of the 'Teutons is met
with new forward rushes of the
French, and around the battered town
there is raging struggle in which
neither side is lacking in willingness
to make great sacrifice for a few yards
Of blood soaked ground
feuton Attacks RepulSed
On the British German front the
Well-planned and streuuOusly pursued
attacks of the Teutons continue t. b.
repulsed. The British in this sector are
more than holding their own.
North of Bazentin-le- Petit, yester-
day, after long and wearing hammer.
iIg, the British succeeded in capturing
a portion of the German trenches, at.
lacking with the bayonet after shell
fire had silenced sections Cf the inst
line, German survivors of the, " orming
by the guns moving to the second
trenches in the face of the approach
ing charging Britishers.
Latest official communicate from the
French capital reports night of com.
paratve calm in the region of the
Somme
French Capture Wood
Between GuillemOnt and Maurepas,
southwest of COmbles and northeast Of
Hardecourt, Sunday witnessed san
Culinary encounter between Teutonic
and Gallic fighters. For several hours
the ferocity of the dispute for the
possession Of section of forest,
strongly defended by the q, Germans,
meant Wholesale slaugh teri hVictory
was with the attack, however and the
stubborn Teuton resistance 'crumbled
and broke at last, the French carrying
the wood with a rush, after dreadful
losses, clearing the timber of the
enemy.
A large quantity of war material fell
into the hands Of the successful
French, the Germans having used the
wood for depot for munitions and
supplies. The French are strengthens
ing the position while the enemy is re.
organizing nOrthward.
British attacks near POZieres, ac.
ccrding to German claims, were ycster.
lay repulsed, though no report to this
effect has been received from British
headquarters.
Centering on Kovel
On the far eastern front the Rus
slams are centering their efforts on
new and well organized drive on KO-
vel, their renewal of the offensive now
gaining impetus. They have crossed
the Stokhod river and are pressing for
Nard in vast numbers.
The offensive of the Allies on the Sa-
Ioniki front is developing slowly, both
sides laying claim to minor successes.
me British however, have advanced
their line, and yesterday repulsed sew
eral counter maneuVers on the part of
he Bulgarian forces.
Teutonic forces in the Balkan arena
of the war have driven the Serbians
from several positions and, declares a
Berlin despatch, the towns of Btlista
and Baniea have been captured by the
Teutons who continue their advance.
Bulgarans, according to "A statement
from Paris, are advancing toward Ka-
vala, having seized two Greek forts.
At several points along this front min.
or engagements were fought yesterday.