The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-15
Battling In France Swings Back
and Forth, With Neither Side
Making Roadway, While Ypres
Zone Is Scene of Fierce Fray
SUCCESSES CLAIMED
FOR RUSSIA IN EAST
Urder Cover of Heavy Guns
SIavsAre Throwing Themselves
Against Austro-G Germans In
Solid Masses That Bring Gains
tAssocistsd Press BY Federal wtrslous.)

(AsBoctated Press BY Federal Wtreless.D
4 ONION, February l2.-The great
IL struggle that is raging on the
Artois front continues to swing
back and forth, neither side apparently
making any heahway, although both
ciaim minor successes.
The French and British artillery In
neighborhOOd of Nrmy and Neh-
vale col inues to dominate the situh
ton there, although Berlin reports that
the German troops have won more or
less important positions, and have sue
cCeded in retaining some of the gains
. they have made recent y. p.
In the vicinity of Ypres, the bloody
Hattie ground OF so many fierce engage
eHts since the outbreak of this war,
the artillery bombarllment, which has
lasted for more than ten days, goes
on ynnabatted, according to unofficial dt,s
patches fIOm the front to London news
papers. There slight gains are report
el for the Allies, but nothing that
would warrant especial mention.
lHrce Fighting In East
In the fighting along the great Rus
sian front dispatches confne themselves
H. minor details, or to the struggle that
Began several days agO'in the neighbor-
hood of VOlhinian. The Slavs are said
g. be attacking the Austro German lines
there in masses, and Prepar ng the way
Of the infantry columns by constant
camonadiDg with their heavy artillery
kuYha 1'~ar, fsr ranorfal hara a. H.,
left PetrogTad again for the front, and
TO have taken personal charge of the
RAZOR operations that his armies are
n0w'enPaRed in carrying out. -
si Russian soldiers during the last few
days appear TO have gained more sue.
eesses than any other of the allied
hosts. A despatch from T, heran, Per
ga, announced that Slav cavalry had
leen successful in gobbiing up the Turk.
ish ambassador to Persia, Assim Bay,
who was captured the other day with
the Austrian military attache, by a
Cossack vidette. They were both found
near Reredii, Persia. D..
Russian Navy Is Busy
The Russian navy also has teen busy
with the property of the Turks along
hh' VI WIG l'Iu'h
from PetrOgrad Yesterday confirmed
earlier dispatches to the effect that
the Black Sea fleet Of the Car had
bOmbarded several Turkish los.
along the coast
The British expedition on the left
bhfik of the Tigris river is said, in
dispatches from Constantin0ple, to have
bcen defeated in an attempted advance
tGward Kut el Amnra.
The admiralty lat night ib.ued a
formal denial of the statement coming
from Benin the other day that during
the last Zeppelin raid on England the
bombs dropped 10y the airsh p had des-
troyea Pritish cruiser of the Caro-
line class, and couple Of torpedo boat
dcstrOyers. An official denial is also
given to the Teutonir claim that n
Pritish cruiser was torpehoed of the
Dagger Bank in the North Sea-, e..
German Order Huge Bluff
Commenting upon the last German
frightfulness prOnuncimentO, dee airing
that in future German submarines will
treat British merchantmen found armed
exactly rs il they were warships, British
Japers characterize the memorandum AZ
another instance of the "pi acy" in.
dulged in by the German admiralty.
Some of them, however are inclined to
regnrd the document as "huge bluff"