The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-31
French and Germans Both Claim
To'Have Made Small Advances
0hBattIe Grounds ode At Ato-
court and otNer Partner west
PARIS ADMITS OFFICIALLY
fs,iGAlNS OF CROWN PRINCE
Talk Of Long Delayed Offensive
BY Allies Once More Heard, As.
Great Britain Pushes Troops
To Places Upon western Front

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~ ARTS, March s3O.-The scene %
the fiercest fighting on the western
= front has shifted some miles to
the westward. Yesterday, save for the
violent bombardment that continued
directly north of Verdun, that batter.
ed front had respite, while the battle
ground around Malancourt and Avo-
court claimed the attention of the
fighting nations.
In Paris, where the nerves Of the
fighting machine that is defending
France against invasion are conferred,
il was asserted that a great change in
the situation is almost due. The mill
tary experts are talking again and
more confidently this time Of the long
predicted and long deferred Allied
drive, and the reports are substantial
ed by the announcements, that Great
Britain is sending in fresh bodies. of
the troops, she has been training for
months to be. prepared, for, the day
when the signal to strike is given,
Teuton Masses Attack ...,a. -.
Malancourt, a little town eight miles
or so, northwest from Yerdun, and
just about the point where the new
French lines, pushed back by the Ten
tonic offensive Of the last few weeks,
leave the old line, is the spot selected
by the Crown Prince and his military
advisers for the latest attempt to gain
more French ground. ... <
Beginning early yesterday afternoon
the invaders threw heavy columns Of
troops against the French positions
With utter reeklessness and in the fac,
Of calling FIRE that swept away thu
heads Of the charging regiments, TIL
German commanders kept pouring u
fresh men until finally BY sheer weight
/ they succeeded in gaining a slight foot
hold in one Of the advance trenche
that guard Mhlaheonft. Berlin claim
10 have gained 1000 yards Of trenches
and to have taken Ave hundred prison
ers. .,.ss.sssI
The village itself cut TO pieces b,
the constant bopbardment Of tn
months of war, is still he'll by the Gal
lie troops, although two houses ON tn
northern edge, were taken by til
Crown Princes men, Not satisfied witt
this gain the Germans continued TO ,hpJ
the dense gray masses Of their infantr.
against the town, but so far they hav
struggled in vain, for the French sue
ceeded in repulsing every attempt, an
inflicted heavy losses upon the attack
eTs,
French Make Gains
While this fighting was going on, tn
French began attacking at AvocOurt
two miles west of Malancourt, in thei
turn. Taking the offensive they launci
ed attack after attack upon the Gel
man trenches, forcing the Kaiser y me
to abandon the ground they had 5
harlly and so recently won. The Gel
mans were subjected to terrific fr,
followed by an infantry assault tina
cleared them out of their positions, an
compelled them to abandon eiabOrat
Notifications they had been CAREFUL
constructing ever since their own SUI
cessful attack. -
Not to be outdone the Teutons imm,
diately organized three eounter-attael
but, the French, repulsed the, charge
killing many and capturing fifty prisol
ers. A little to one side of this poiI
\ the French attack and captured .thrt
hundred yards of trenches in the soutl
eastern corner of the famous wood.
Big Guns Active 49,.
East of the Meuse, in the distri,
around fort de Yan& and DOuaumOn
the exchanges Of the heavy guns wi
continuous and more than usually vi
lent, according to the official reports.
Upon the Argonue ridges also Il
fighting is becoming more furious. Ye
E terday the Freneh claim to have game
some ground by sapping. The ofiei
statement says that they exploded
mine, shattehng the "enemy 8 works
aud inflicted great damage.
British Front Grows
Reports from the rest Of the bait
front in France show that the trOol
under General Joffre are being co
eentrated, while the British are g
tending their lines, until now they. a
holding between eighty and .ninet
miles Of the line that extends for 3!
miles from the Channel to the Swi
frontier, Meantime reinforcements a
being hurried from England as fast
transports can bring them, and there
renewed talk here of the long expect'
Allied drive.
French military experts, althouJ
hampered by the strict censorship "
terday predicted that the offensive is
be taken. by the Allies within q sho
time. They point to the fact that h
German attacks at Verdun have b
little military result, and declare tn
General ,Joffre has been holding !
hand until the moment he, himself b