The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-19
Recapture Chambrettes Farm
Which the German Forces Had
Succeeded In Wrestling Earlier
In the Day, After Bitter Fighting
BATTLE ON BLOOD SOAKED
FIELD RAGING FIERCELY
TeutoniC Allies In Dobrudia Are
Reported To Be Making Steady
Advances, and Are Believed To
Be Menacing Russian FIanks
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AYEW YORK, December ls--SIue.
~ ging their way forward the
French are still steadily advane-
ing north and northeast of Verdun.
This advance is being accomplished in
spite Of the desperate resistance of the
German troops, who are hOtly contest
ing every inch of the already blood
soaked ground.
Illustrative of the manner in which
the fighting lines are swaying back and
forth is the story of the fighting about
Chambrettes farm. Here tho Teutons
yesterday made furious counter attacks
and by the use of hand grenades and
their heavy artillery succeeded in halt
ing the onward march Of the French
and in. Eaining q foot hold in, tha,
trencheS which the pOilus had thrown
up'as soon ms they drove the Germans
out. the day before. ''...''. rrg
But the French were prepared for
; the reverse and late yesterday after
| noon launched another attack which
drove the Teutons out Of the re-
captured trenches and beyond the posi-
tions they had formerly occupied the
result of the days battle being net
tgain for the Gallic troops. -I.t~ I'll
The toll of German prisoners which
the French are taking here Is mount
ing swiftly. Already they have taken
more than eleven thousand men and
the German losses in the fighting have
been tremendous. In some cases, ac-
cording to the reports from the French
capital last night whole German bat
talions have been wiped out of exis-
tence, while, thanks largely TO the ae.
curaey of the French barrage FIRE the
loss of the attackers has been compare
lively small, although they also have
suffered greatly.
In an apparent effort to drain away
the Allied force from the blows at
Nerdun the Germans for the last sew.
eral days have been launching a series
of attacks north of the Somme. Here
yesterday they attacked in numbers and
after n tremendous artillery lombard.
ment, which lasted for hours. Paris
aud London alike declare however,
that the attacks broke down under the
| fire of the Allied cannon. and that the
attackers suffered heavy losses, the
neutral ground or "NO Mans LandH
between the two lines of trenches be-
ing covered with the bodies Of the
TeutOnic dead and wounded when
night came to end the struggle. T
Reports from the eastern fronts in.
dicate that the fighting, while import.
ant has not been of a sensational char
actPr The German Bulgarian armiea
in the Dobrudja district have resumed
the offensive there and nre reported TO
be advancing northward. 1t is as yet
too early to say whether this move will
prove n serious one, or be merely local
1t is possible that the main attack OF
the German allies may come In this
district now that the Rumanian re.
sistance west of the Danube has been
crushed, as the complete conquest of
the Dobrudja region would shorten the
German line very considerably, and at
the same time flank the Russians in the
Bukowina and the GaliciaR province
which has all along been one of the
chief Obiectives of the Rumnnian cam
paign of Won Falkenhayn and Won
Mackensen. 20
Berlin reported officially last night
that the Germans have succeeded In
crossing the line between Babadagl
and Pecinenga.
Tb" Russians northwest of Lutsk il
the NOlhynian triangle are still at
tempting TO drive the German Austrian
Turkish forces back, but according /,
tn" Berlin reports their attacks wer,
rrpulsed yesterday with heavy losses