The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-25
Paris Reports Germans Cleared
Out Of Pozieres, Which Controls
Direct Road To Bapaume and
.Straightens Out British Line
STRUGGLE FORCES TEuToNS
TO SHIFT yERDUE TROOPS
Russians Announce Successful
Thrust BY General Kuropatkin
Against the Great Armies Of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
tA..oelatsd Pros, by Federal wireless,

- CAssOciatsd Press BY Federal wirslesSl
n ARIs, July 25.--1n the West the
British are rapidly Strengthening
p out the dent in their line at Poz.
ieres, where, the Germans have been
clinging desperately to the shell-shat-
tered houses W u
The capture Of this town viii give
the British an almost straight line be-
tween their new positions, east and
north Of ThiepvaL where the deep sal
lent they have driven into the German
front begins to bend eastward TO Guile
ment and Combles, where il leads south
ward to Hardecourteit joins the French
left wing tF,, gf
But even more important than that,
the capture Of the town of Pozieres will
give the Australian and New Zealand
troops, known as the ,Anzaes, posses.
sion of the -niaiD road 70 Bapaume, via
the little towns of Martinpuich and lie
Safs, and Bapanme would give them
the control OF the Peronne railroad.
Battle For Bapaume Road
It is for this, then, that the British
are fighting SO desperately, that they
have succeeded, according to the Off
cial reports, in clesring the Germans out
of the town, save for some houses on
the eastern and northern fringe, where
the Teutons still hold out, under heavy
fire. --,~.
From Thiepval, now in the hands of
the British colonial troops, to Guile.
mont the fighting Of the last twenty
four hours has been tremendous For
repelling attacks the Germans have
been relying upon the multiplicity of
machine guns and hand grenades with
which their infantry has been literally
supplied. But according to the British
statements, issued last night, the heavy
cost involved in the taking of the
necessary positions in this line had
little apparent weight with tho com
nanders or the men who had to do the
actual wotk. The British report sue
cess all along this line.
French Pause Awhile
On the French side of the Somme the
fighting has paused for time, save for
the customary artillery fighting. There
was some, minor fighting south of Es,
trees and between TINT town and Belloy
en- SAINT, where there have been some
heavy counter-a attacks by the Germans,
who apparently hoped to be able to
bend in the French line, and threaten
the flank of the French troops menac-
ing Peronne. Tho attacks were re-
pulsed and the French officers report
having c"ptured German battery
south of Estrees. .......
Berlin, in the official report of the
Western fighting, says that the only
advantage won by the British ycster.
day, was some houses in Pozieres,
which cost the British heavy losses.
The Berlin official statemeRt also
mentions that in the battle of Sunday
at this point the "Brandenburg GreH.
the British. This is taken TO indicate
that the reports of French and British
officials that the Germans have been
compelled TO withdraw troops from the
Verdun front to hold back the Allies
on the SOmme were correct.
French Gain At Verdun
The fighting north Of Verdun yes.
terday was resumed by the French
who reports having taken the redoubt
to the westward Of lThiaumont, for
which they have been struggling for
several days.
From the battle'felds of Russia and
Galicia came the sensational report that
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
been defeated by General Kuropatkin
south of Riga, and that the Russia MS
have been able TO penetrate the Ger.
man lines for q distance of twelve
miles and cut the Teuton line of com.
munication.
Farther south in the Galician fields
the battles continue without letup.
General Brussilof has forced the Teu.
tons out of the village of Galitchanie
in Volhynia, but has suffered repulses
elsewhere, especially on the Gahcian
border where the battleline crosses the
frontier.