The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
BRITISH ADVANCES
OF TACTICAL VALUE
While Not Great As Far As Ter
ritorysl Is Concerned, They
Are important
Associated Press By Federal wirelos,J

H
r CNDoN, July S.--The British made.
new ddvWecs Yesterday, caPtur.
ing the imuiensely strong rGdoubt
of Leipzig, after furious fighting. The
advnr"r. vas made on this position by
infantry charges. after a terrific artil.
levy bombardment. and when the Bri.
fish forces reached the German posi-.
tons which had been supposed to be
im3rcgnahle, they found few defenders.
The artillery fire had wiped out the
dcfPnscs and destroyed trenches, and
rhe charging infantry men found none
to meet them in the expected bayonot
lighting. 8. ~. "
Few Dazed Germans Taken
Seven hundre' ,,risoners, dazed most
% them by ,ue terrific explosions to
which they bad been subjected, were
taken in this attack. The prisoners
WIRE sent 10 the rear, and the British
forces are reennstructing trenches in
the district where their guns blew up
the German trenches. q
Easterly Of La Boiselle, a similar at.
tack WIS pnnde. On length of two.
thousand yards the German positions
were forced back five hundred yards,
bv hand'to.hand fighting.
More Positions Are Taken
The British attacked with bayouets,
and forced the Germans from their en-
tronchments. They captured the vii
lage Of orvillers, and in doug so took
possession of five hundred yards Of Ger
man trenches.
North Of FTieourt, another violent
- ah Ah.AA
lines Of trenches were forced The
enemy was driven from entrenched posi-
tiOns in the woods. Here, again, the
bayonet was used in the final attack
by which the GeTWans were forced to
retire OF surrender. ~. a
Contamination Is Retaken "
A terrific couRter-attack was made at
Contalmaison. The Prussian Guards
charged In great force. and with most
heroic disregard of the fire directed up.
on them in an effort to stem the ad
vance of the allied forces. They were
repulscd with heavy losses, and seven
hundred prisoners were taken.
Later the Germans renewed the at
tack; and recaptured Contamination, and
they are in possession of the place now.
~ IdSl dCCOuHtB, inc DTlIlSu were SldIL-
ing new assault of the position, at.
tempting to retake it.
Infantry outstrips Artillery
AT many points along the line Of the
attempted advance, the fighting has be.
come mostly infantry fighting, hand-tO-
hand, with bayOnsts. While tremendous
artillery duels precede, all the effOrtsuof
the infantry to advance, this stage,bas
passed at many points. The advancing
forces have got beyond their heavy
artillery. It is impossible to bring up
the big guns quickly enough to help
in forcing the positions it is desired 10
take. Hence there are infantry charges
in which the bloOdiest fighting of the
war is being done.
Advances of Great Value
A dateless despatch given out by the
foreign office last night says that while
the British advances have not been
substantial as far as territory is con
eerned, they have been of tactical
value g.
The war office saws that the results
of the offensive movement to date have
been Of great strategic advantage 70
the Allies. The bitterest fighting, says
the war Office statement, has been
at COntalumaison.
There il lull in the fighting at the
French end of the .Somme~ sector, and
not much Gghting reported at Verdun
Teutons Cease Verdun Attacks
The German efforts there are be.
lieNed to have been ended by the
Allies aggressive moves which have
IcDmDC He'd uithI ruw1ls uf hsrnnpa from,
there to dcfcnd other positions. In
the Somme sector not even artillery
attncks are mentioned in the despatch
es.
In the ThiaumOnt section at Verdun
repeated nttackS we're launched on the
French lines. The Paris reports ar"
that they were all repulsed. There are
no reports from Berlin.