The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-01
French Lagnoh Desperate Attack
Against German Lines, which
Fails, WplIe They IN Turn Re-
pulse Teutonic Counter Assault
RUSSIANS ARE LEADING -
luP T9ANoTHER ADVANCE.
italians Re9Ccupy Heights West
Of 5Goritsa and Defeat Aus
TRANS Atfsonzo, SlayS AtSame
TimeRouting Turks Caucasus

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n ONDON, Januaiy 10 From m.
most every fronts pii TIE far flung
= battlelines In Europe there come
reports of renrved fighting, but so far
as the censorship heAe be1knits, kuowink
the situation, there have been few II
any changes of position by any Of the
combatants. 49,
Berlin wireless reports picked up in
the stations on the east eohst of Great
Britain announce that the French troops
IN the trenches around Melville ST.
WAIST yesterday launched a desperate
attack on the Teuton lines, but with
out success. The German dispatches
say that the Teuton5 repulsed the at
tack, infiicting great losses on the
French troops by means of hand gren-
French Also. .Repulse Attack
The same source is authority for the
report that the French were equally
successful IN repulsing German as
sanlt upon thcir, line along the road
between Arras and, Loos. It was here
that the heaviest fighting apparently
took place, although the Berlin depatch-
ess give no further details Of the strug.
gle. WI n, Z. " g
Berlin also announces that the Gal
lie ayiators were successful in destroy
ing nunition depot at the little town
OF Bnisalive, but neglect to state now
much damage was done, by the birdmeh.
Heavy Artillery Onslaught ~. ~
From the eastern front comes the
report, also from Teutonie sources, for
Petrograd has sent nothing in the last
twenty four hours that throws any real
light on the situation, that the Russian MS
haveiresumed their heavy artillery worl
along their whole front. In Berlin this
y regarded as ihasFffiimhtAsy4 - aa,
other general attack sand tbs under
stood that the Kaiser's generals are
sending heavy reinforeements to Gal
lieia. stsH u y. 4 ttiEs 4 z NJ &
From Rome bones the announcement
that the italian troops, who have been
fighting the Austrians in the snow
covered reaches of the Alps, have reoe
cupicd the heightsswest Of Goritza
which they were compelled to surrender
some days ago. isSH,4l.
Desperate Counter Repulsed 81.
The Anstfians made desperate
counter-attack, say the dispatches, but
this was repulsed by. the Latin soldiers
who are said to have inflicted heavy
losses on their assailants. ~. ..r. .u.
A similar result was reported in the
clash between the Austrian and. Ital
ian, troops on the upper Isonzo. Here
the Austrian columns attempted an ad
vance, but the italian lines held firm
and the Teutons Eere driven back with
large losses in killed, wounded and
prisoners. .se!l., ". 's,s4..
Reports from the operations In the
Caucasos are all to the effect that the
Russians have again inflicted defeat
upon their Ottoman foes. ~.
Munitions Are Captured .-,-..
In the more recent operations the
Slays are said TO have taken large
quantities Of munitions stored BY thol
Turks, including a large supply of arms
and ammunition. They are said to have
beatenta Turkish column operating
south Of Lake Urumiah, Persia.