The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-24
Offensive. Launched. By Musco.
vites Growing Fast lp WEIGHT
As White Glars Armies Gathsr
For Their Renewal Of Conflict
SLAyS. REcAPTDRE CITY j
" FROM AUSTRIAN FOEMER
czernowitz Falls Again and Grand
Duke Takes Turkish Fortress
from 0ttomeu,Ge German, Defend,
ersln Effort to Flank Trebizond
ASSOCIATED Pres. BY Fsdsral wireless,

ASSOCIATED Press by FederAl wirsissS)
N ARfs, March es~-Hsldq6rmlya Al
VeFdpn despite their renewed
= and dcsperate efforts 10 break
through the French lines north Of the
"Ottress, the Germans are now being
compelled TO turn their attention to
he Eastern front once more. Their
he Russians are containing their ter
lie attacks against the positions
n the center Of the long Teutonic line,
At point north Of the little city
Of Postay, sixty, miles south of DSyinsk.
ne Slavs have succeeded in breaking
through the first line Of German
trenches, and in bitter hand to hand
fighting, have won their way fcrwar
against the effo.ts of the Teutonie
masses, to hold them fast.
Slavs Take Trenches ...
Southeast Of that city. and about
City miles from it the Slavs are also
lighting hard Here the iinss. arnu I'D
the lake Of Naroez held against the
big German thrust, and now, the Rus
'Ians are taking advantage. Of the ,fav.
orable position they occupy to RESUME
their interrupted westward march.
Berlin admits that the Germans have
lost three trenches in that district. in
fierce hand to. hand fighting that trot
Place despite the TeutoniG guns and
the use of suffocating gases and ,Haaid
fire. ~. : :
The Slavs are said to have swarmsd
over the wire entauglemants and Aood
edfthe German trenches With humauity,
drying, the holders out at the point. OF
the hayouet and taking many prison.
ers. Their own, losses were tremendous.
says Berlin, in reporting. the battle
ozernowitz Rewon ,h1'A,
Still further south the Russians ere
said to have practically occupied the
OFTEN won and lost city of Czernowitz,
which the Austrians have, been forced
TO abandon again. AZ. go as I
In the Northwest, where, for three
days the Russian offensive has bean
hteadily ginning in strength and
weight, last night reports saw that the
artillery fire has been, intensified and
that the following infantry attacka
nave been growing in number and
fieFceness. y -"
Rout Turko- Germans
In the Armenian coast region. the
Russians have won another big victory
over the Turks, according &c. despats
ches received, here from the Central
News correspondent at Bucharest. It
Is claimed that the troops under the
Herman commanders in Turkey have
peen driven out of the fortified town
F krZinJan, aud that the Grand Duke
Nicholas is now well on his, way Sto.
ward the accomplishment of. what
seems his plan to flank the Turko-Get.
man allies holding the city of Tfebi.
FOND. which lies in his path TO Con.
stantlnople. Erzinjan is a fortress 100
miles west Of Erzerum, captured weeks
ago by the Grand Duke. IL is south
and little, to the west of TfebizonS.,
Verdun Fight Desperate,>
At Verdun the reports from the con.
hletlng armies continue to clash. II,
appears certain however. that
whatever gains the Germans have
made must be slight for the Teutonic
reports. continue. to, mention. the. same
points of attack. ..s....'
At AvOcOurt and Mnlsncourt the bat
tie RACES with apparently. undated
fury. The French, Official report issued
last night says, that the attacks launch
ed by the TentOn commanders died
down under the Gallo Are, and were
definitely checked at the foot of the
small hill named Haucourt.
East of the river Meuse an. intense
bombardment has been resumed Thy the
invaders against the, sadly battered
tH~ts at Douapmont, and de VAux,
Here too, as the west Of the sector, tho
lAfantry attacks came to nothing,
breaking down and dying away under
the deadly FIRE OF. the French machine
gums and. serenty,fTes, ~ r..