Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-17
HEAVY Fighting
ON MANY FRONTS
TOLDBY GERMANS
Official CabIegrams Show leu
tons Have Regained Lost
Ground on West

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~GER}iAN ARMY IEADQI' AR
TERS. Nov t. Western. war theaier,
Crown Prince Rupprechts group: Sep.
.arata british attacks on the road from
Mailly and Serre and further east and
eoutheast Of Beaumont failed today.
Stronger attacks against GTandecouIt
broke down in our fire In hard fight
ing amrng the houses we. Wrested
from the French the eastern part Of
SailliseI In the evening the Hanover
ian Fusilicr Regiment No. 70 stormed
a tenaCiously defended French posi-
ton on the north edge Of ST Pierre
Naast wood capturing eight officers,
32i men and five machinegnns
IN Yesterdays combats the Ab.ain-
court Pressoire lines were unchanged.
Thirtynine Belgians were victims
from bombs dropped by hostile aero
planes Asa reprisal for the bombing
of peaceful foreman villages. Nancy
during the last few days has been
shelled and bombed.
Eastern arena. Prince 1eopold's
front Near the bridge-head of Duen-
hcf. southeast ef Riga. an attacking
Russian infantry detachment was
driven back On Archduke Carts front.
in the southern part of the wooded
Carnathians. mutual artillery activity
revived On Transylvanian east front,
east of Putna valley, strong Russian
attacks failed. North Of Nulta strong
Austrian attacks were made in re-
connoitering raid against Mount Alu-
mis- Elsewhere the Rumanians offer
ed a tenacious defense, but we made
progress. capturing five officers and
over 1900 soldiers.
Balkan arena: Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's army has had only minor
engagements in Dobrudia. The Ru-
manian report of the occupation of
Bonasouo is an invention. At several
places on the Danube there were ar
tillery duels. On the Macedonian
front a prepared new position in the
CzeTna river sector has been occupied
by us. On Struma river only skirm-
ishes and patrol engagements.
Wednesdays Fighting
GERMAN ARMY HEADQUAR.
TIERS, Nov f5.--West front. Crown
Prince Rupprechts group: The bat
tie north Of the Somme continues. The
struggle today has been going on from
morning to night and with November
IA makes one great battle
The English hoped to take adv&n-
tage of success obtained at the begin
ming and attacked therefore with
strong masses of troops north of the
Ancre and several times between Les
ars and Guedencourt They succeeded
in capturing the village of Beaucocrt
but all the other places on long front
they were thrown back with heavy
losses in front of our positions In
the repulse of the hostile attacks Mag
deburg Infantry Regiment No. sc. and
Bavarian Infantry Regiment 169 and
regiments of the 4th Guards, infan-
try division, especially distinguished
themselves.
The French employed strong forces
in order to capture the forest Of st.
Pierre WAIST out attacks were com
pletely fruitless and ended in bloody
defeat.
Eastern arena. Prince Leopold's
group: On the east bank of the Nary
oyka river furious Russian attacks
against the positions west of Folly
Krasnolesie, recently captured by rs,
were all repulsed, in one place by a
counter-attack.
On Archduke Carl's front, east Tran
sylyania. there was today only minor
activity. In the forest and mountain
engagements along the roads leading
into Nalacy. which were successful for
us, the RumanIans yesterday lost 23I
officers 1900 men taken prisoners
and four cannon. and several machine
guns.
In the Balkans, Won Mackensens
group: The situation is unchanged.
The fortress nf Bucharest has been
bombarded by flyers.
Macedonian front: Bulgarian troops,
among whom one regiment of Balkan
ski OF the Bulgarian emperor, with