The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-17
Recapture Beaucourt On the An,
Gre River After Fierce Attack
and Gain Ground From the Ger
mans Near De Warencourt
CROWN PRINCE RUPPReCHT
LAUNCHES ATTACK IN SOUTH
Rumanians Are Reported To Be
Falling Back Once More Be-
fore the Powerful Thrusts Of
the Armies Under FaIkenhayn
tA..ocia.sd Press by FEDERAL wiroIo...1

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ID ARTS. November 15-For the
ID time since tn, COM
mcnccment of the British offensive
north of the river Somme the
troops under the command Of Sir
Douglas Haig yesterday captured
BeaucOurt. .. 81. y,
Twice before attacks of the Brit
iSh infantry and artillery success
fully landed the attackers on the
crest of the ridge which dominates
the surrounding country and in the
shell scared and rackcd French vii
lage and twice they have been ,driv-
en- out owing largely to the fact
that they have been hirtherto uri-
able to carry with it the supporting
points of St. Pierre Divion and
Beaumont l1amel Monday those
points fell into their hands as the
first fruits Of, the last great rush
against the Germans. ',...
Offensive Continuing E&3
There is as, yet no sign that the
present offensive, one of the great
est this front has seen, is slackel.
ing in intensity vSirDouglas lIaigT
is reported to be pouring men and
guns into the crack he has effected
in the Teutouic lines and the at
hackers are said to be pressing for
ward with undated fury, as the
reinforcementS come to swell their
numbers and the line Of assault
widens and deepens. ...
Over the full five mile front YES
terday the attack was continued.
and trench after German trench
fell into the hands Of the British.
The official reports 81 the fighting
told of the increasing number of
German prisoners which the attack
is netting, and put fhe total last
night at more than FIVE thousand.
German Losses Huge
If this number is correct this brings
the total number Of German prisoners
taken by the British since the INCEPTION
II the Somme offensive to more than
'orty thousand, and the grand total
AIKEN by both, French and British at
something between eighty.fve and
ninety thousand men. Figures based
upon these are being quoted by the mil, u.
Ltary observers hare and in Great
britain to support their claims that
The Germans have lost half million
men in the Somme River fighting.
Aside from the gains made by the
British troops on the Ancre River they
attacked in force easterly of Butte de
"arencouTt, three miles south of Ba,l,
paume yesterday and made marked
'a'nS there as well as farther west.
Teutons Attack French
South of the Sommc the Germans
Yesterday opened q particularly heavy
commandment upon the French posi,
tons in the region of Prpssoire, but
made no infantry attacks Of any i'm
DOrtanee. The French are rcportcd to
have held their lines intact in spite of
the terrible gun FIRE.
On ~" Rrssinn and Austro Italian
fronts there has been but little actiy.
~ during the lastRfew days. but the
Austllhns are reported TO have driven
h. EumRnians out OF, positions held by
- hitter on the right hank of the
Danube south Of the city of Orsova,
not far from the celebrated Iron Gate.
Rumanians Retreat
In the Alt Valley the Tcutonic forces
are also driving baGk the Rumanian
armies under King Ferdinand and have
captured the town Of Bumbeshti after
heavy Sighting. In tho HUI Valley,
where there has been so much dcsnerafs
battling of late, the Rumanian left
wing has been forced to Give way be.
fore the attacks Of the Grrmnns under
Genera Won Fmkcnhayn.. near the city
Of DragoSlaVclc.