The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-30
Great SIaV Drive Breaks Down
the Resistance Of Austrians
and Opens Up Lines To
the Railroad Center Of GaIicia
FRESH THOUSANDS OF
PRISONERS CAPTURED
Italians Report Launching Big
Offensive Movement Against
Austrians, While Fighting In
/. Western Sectors Is Desperate
(Asssciatsd Press BY Federal wireless,

(AssSciatsd Press by Federal wirslsssJ
r OND0N, June 30.--Hammering
steadily at the line Of the Aus
trian army the Russians have bat.
tered their way forward, until now
Petrograd announces that the way to
the passes Of the Carpathian Mountains
is almost clear of the enemy, and that
the railroads to Lemberg are in the
hands of the troops under the command
of General Brusiloff. H. p ~. ~
Yesterday the, reports showed that
the Austrians. Ind been beaten back
over front Of more than twenty-five
miles, east Of Kolomen, 10 dalieia, and
that in the vicinity of Kuty in the
Bukowina, the Slhv masses had shattered
the Austrian resistance, and had taken
! thousands Of additional prisoners from
the fleeing foes. R'-a' 80
Many Thousands OF Prisoners a
The official count says that in all the
Russians captured gel officers and TO-.
2S5 men, besides large numbers of can
non and machine guns, with quantities
of .nunition and munitions Of vari-
Gus sorts.
In Galicia the Austrians lost tre-
mendously, and found themselves ut.
terly unable to stem the torrent of
Slav soldiers, poured Ia upon them
from the apparently inexhanstible re.
servoirs of the Gar. Both sides suf.
fered heavily in the fight around Kuty
in the Bukowina, but the Austrians
lost most and fell back over a wide
front to aVoid q fanking stroke of
General Brusiloff.
In the bloody Volhynian triangle, or
what is left of 1t still out Of the Rus
sian hands, the fighting was desperate.
Assault after assault was made by the
Germans under Field Marshal Won Lin
singer. and apparently without result,
for the Russians tell of repulsing the
Teutonic thrusts, and the reports Of the
fighting show but little gain on either
side.
Stem Russian Tide
In the vicinity of Linerka, Sokul,
and to the north Of these points, the
struggle of the Teutons to stem the
Russian tide were particularly fierce,
and they did succeed in holding back
the Slav hordes. On the Dneister and
! Pruth fronts, however, the Russians
were more successful and at late night
reported that they had Ousted the Ger
! mans from three lines Of trenches and
inflicted heavy blow on the Germans.
On the western front the fighting con-
tinues severe, but apparently far less
than on the east. The. Germans, after
several days Of comparative quiet, have
| again commenced the bombardment of
positions in the vicinity of Verdun, aud
have followed the bombardment with
infantry attacks.
Teuton Attacks Futile
Starting from their own positions
near Haucourt, west of Hill 304, the
| Germans under the Crown Prince,
launched one attack after another in a
desperate attempt to oust the French
from their positions on this height,
which protects the left flank of lie
Mrrt Homme positions. These attacks,
however, proved fruitless, though costly
| for the French curtain fire from the
machine guns and infantry rifles, eff
fectually screened the Hill and prevent
ed even the head of the German at.
lacking columns from reaching the ad.
vanced trenches.
On the eastern bank of the Meuse
the Germans also attacked fiercely.
Northwest of Thiaumont the Crown
Prince seemed TO he determined to force
a path to the French trenches, but
was blocked by the machine guns Of
the Gallie troops, and his men were
compelled to fall back again, after suf,
ferng heavily.
On the French positions west of Fort
de Nnux, and Fort de Fleury, as well
ns at ChnmPitre and Chenois, the Ger
mans poured a terrific bombardment all
yesterday, but there were no infantry
attacks to follow.
British Activity Continues
The British are continuing their ac.
tiVity, and have captured a large mum.
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