The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-15
French Drive Germans Out of
Maurepas, Taking One Thou
sand Prisoners and Thirty
Machine Guns In Hot Attack
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SINK THREE-MIL WEDGE
MORE THAN ONE MILE DEEP
Russians Smash Through the
Austrian Defenses, Clearing
the District and Advancing
StiIl Farther Toward Lemberg
CA.sOcIatod Pres, by Federal Wireless,

Asaociated Press by Federal Wireless)
n ARTS, August 10. - East and
west the Allies yesterday re.
ported victories over the Ger.
mans, North Of the Somme the
French resumed their offensive and
drove the Germans back over a three
and a half mile front for the depth of
one mile.
In the East the Russians have CON
tinued their hammering tactics against
the southern, or Austrian line of the
Teutonie allies, and yesterday reported
marked advances, with the capture Of
important towns. So rapid was the
advance of the Slavs against Stanis
lau,. that the Austrians did not have
time to fire the buildings or destroy
much of the munitions of war the place
contained, according to the reports is
sued from PetrOgrad yesterday.
Italians Forge Ahead
At the'Italian front the Latin troops
have continued to press forward, and
yesterday announced the capture of
the city of Oppachissella, six miles to
the southwest of Gorilla, and advances
on the Carso plateau. The Austrians
are holding firm in the hills east of
ran Sebastian.
North of the Somme the French
have made marked gains in desperate
lighting. They struck the third Ger.
man line between HardecOurt and Bus.
court, and succeeded in driving it back
fCr more than q mile. The front Gov
cred in this advance is about three and
obe.haIf miles long.
The TeutOnic resistance was unable
TO stem the GalIic tide, and the town
of Maurepas, southeast of Hardecourt,
where the French and British lines
join, was taken, together with 1000
prisoners and thirty machine guns.
Maurepas is three miles from the Per
rome Bapaume turnpike.
Berlin Claims Repulse
Berlin; in it's report of this fighting,
says that British and French attacks
north and south of the SOmmc were re-
pulsed aud adds that u French attack
upon the German lines in the vicinity
of ThiaumOnt, the holly contested posi-.
ton north or Verdun, was repulsed with
heavy losses for the assailants.
nv huSldH utneTnl OaknafOn, who
comma nds the armies operating betW cen
the Tnrnapol and Buczacz region, yes.
terday announced that he has now clear.
ed the entire district occupied by the
AustriaRs during the winter and that
1t is completely in the hands of the
Russians, with the Austrians retreatinR
before him.
Farther south in western Bukowina
and southern Gahcia the Russians have
cont inued to make important gains,
driving the Austrians back steadily, and
winning town after town, as they have
moved forward in the direction of
l-emberg, their objective point in the
south
SlaVs Cross Koropice
The Slavs have forced a crossing of
the KOrOpice river, and have taken the
towns OF Slobudkagurna and Folvarki,
and have made advances toward Wecr
ma. They also report that they have
taken the railroad between Monastir.
zyska and Czortkoff as well as the
ground between the Zlota Lipa river
and the town of NOvOranka.
In the region south of Lake Van, in
Asia Minor, the Slavs are reported to
have met u serious reverse. Constan-
tin6ple yesterday announced that the
SlaVs in the Bitlis-Mush region have
been defeated, and have retreated,
abandoning guns and many prisoners.