The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-08
British Forced Out of Trenches
North 81 Pozieres BY Liquid
Flame, Counter Attack and
Rewin Ground Lost To Foes
FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES
SOUTH OF RIVER S0MME
General Petain Strikes Hard and
Successfully At German Posi-
tons Northeast Of Thiaumont
At the Verdun Battlefront
ASSOCIATED Pres. by Federal wirsl.s.)

T ONDON, August News of
L. renewed success at the Rus
sian front was followed here last
night by reports from the army
headquarters on the Somme ard
north of Verdun, of heavy fighting
in which victory went on to one
side and now to the other.
The British forced out of their
hard won trenches north of Pozie-
res in Picardy, by the use of liquid
fire. rallied and came back with a
counter attack that drove the Ger
mans out of their newly rewon pol
sitions, and left the British troopsI
masters of the same line they had
held before the battle began
The British have been keeping a
steady pressure on the German
ines north of Pozieres, along the
road leading to Bapaume, and have
heen making minor gains from day
TO day. Saturday the Germans fin
ished massing large numbers of re-
Inducements in this sector and be-
gan a terrific drive to recover the
lost ground, which gives the Brit
ish the advantage of down hill
slope all the way to their objective,
the Perrone railroad and Bapaume.
Use Liquid Flame
Yesterday when the attack began
the Germans made use of the gas
which bursts into fame in the face,
of the foe, and has been named
liquid fire" by the troops of the
Entente allies. For time this fire
proved more than the British could
stand and they fell back, but with
the aid of reinforcementS and a cur
tain fire from their own cannon,
they attacked again and again, fore
ing the Germans finally back to
their original positions.
In the vicinity of the Foreaux
wood, the British are reported to
have attacked unsuccessfully, the
German first line trenches. The
fire of the TeutOnS is said to have
,aused heavy losses to the attack
ers, who were forced to retire.
Nerdun fighting again assumed
IN important position in the news
from the fighting front. There the
Germans and French have been
locked in heartbreaking struggle
in the sector between Thiaumont
Farm and Heury, on the main line
of the French defense for weeks.
French Report Gains
Paris last night reported that the
troops under General Petain have
attacked the German positions
north of Thiaumont, and have again
made substantial advances, driving
the Teutons out of their trenches
a and gaining ground in several
places, to the north east of the for
tifcations. The Germans launched
d terrific counter attack, which the
French report having driven back.
Paris also reports minor success
Is southwesterly of Estrees, south
of the river Somme. Here a series
of small engagements resulted in
forcing the Germans to give fresh
ground.
Serbs Strike Bulgars
In the official Berlin account of
the western fighting the German
general staff declares that the bonn
bardment of Thiaumont and Fleury
has been kept up without cessation
by the German gunners, and that
the Teutons made progress in the
neighbothood Of the Chapitre wood.
The recognized Serbian atinyfjs
reported to have struck hard at the
Bulgars and to have taken Rcmli,