The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-08
Latin Forces Sweep Teutonic
Foemen From Positions In Alps
and Capture Line of lmpor-
tant Fortifications From Enemy
BRITISH AND FRENCH
HOLDING THEIR OWN
Fighting At Western Front and In
East Continues, With Russians
Still Hammering At Germanics
and Making Headway Slowly
tAs.ociatod Pres. by Federal Wireless,

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireIess)
r ONDON, August s.--Trench war
l. fare, with its monotonous routine
of attacks and counter attacks,
appears to have settled down again in
the Somme sectors and at Verdun, with
the, British repulsing the thrusts of the
Germans and the Teuton forces coun-
tering when the British launch attacks
against the German positions.
Only at the Italian front has there
been a pronounced allied victory. There
Rome claims to have captured the Aus
trian positions commanding the lines
Of communication between the Traven-
apzes valley and the Gada valley on
the lower Isonzo river. More than this,
be Latin ACCOUNTS. Of tho Aghting say
HAT athe ItaIians have taken 3g0O pris-
oners, and the whole OF the tonidea.,
tions that protected Hin EightS.six.s
italian Advance Continues "''
In the dispatches from Rome the
Italian war Office says that the advance
of the victorious Italian troops is con
| tinuing. r,.
South of the Somme river the French
report series of minor attacks
launched for the purpose Of straighten.
ing out the Gallo line ut certain
threatened places and enabling the
French commander to consolidate his
positions to his own satisfaction.
North of the river the Germans are
reported to have sent dozen infantry
attacks against the british positions in
the vicinity of Pozieres. All Of these
attacks were furious and well carried
out. They succeeded in penetrating
the first line of British trenches and
f' rcing the occupants to abandon them.
Rut the British gunnery was too much
for the Germans, and after O time the
'ntlsh infantry cOunter-charged and
drove the Germans back to their previ-
GUS positions on the east and west of
he Bapaume road.
The German artillery yesterday car
ned on tremendous bombardment of
the British positions between the An
ere and the Somme rivers, but with
little effect. r'.
Intermittent Attack At Verdun
On the Verdun battlefield the attacks
of the Germans continued Intermittent
y, with heavy artillery fire preceding
the infantry attacks. The Bois Cha.
nitre and Thiaumoht farm were again
the objective of the Teutonic offensive,
but the attacks failed, the French hold.
ing all the ground they have taken
recently in this section Of the battle
front.
In the East the battle seesaws, back
and forth, as it has been doing for
some time. The Russians who pene-
trated into the heart Of the Carpathian
mountains have been compelled to yield
ground in places to superior Austrian
forces, and the Teutons claim to have
regained some of the mountain peaks
the Slavs had crowned and cleaned out
some time ago. '"t"y
More Gains In Galicia
In Northern Galicia, against the
right wing Of Field MARSHAL won Lin
singer and General Won Bothmer' 3 arm.
les, the Russian general maintained his
tremendous attacks all day yesterday
and reports substantial gains. In the
vicinity of Kovel, along the Stokhod
front, the Russians hammered the Ger.
man line for additional gains, and are
reported to be slowly drawing nearer
to the key city Of the whole German
line. Fortified positions in the region
of the villages of Zyyjin, Kostiniec
and Reniuv have been taken by the
troops under General Brussilof. Other
positions on the Stokhod river held
firm against the repeated assaults of
the Teutons.
In the fighting in Persia the Russians
have not been SO successful. Petro
grad admitted late last uight that the
Grand Duke Nicholas has been compel
) ed to fall back before superior forces
in the vicinity Of Kermanshah, where
the Russians have sustained several
checks Of late.