The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-06
Attack Follows Desperate At
tack As German Crown Prince
VainIy Seeks To Shatter
French Lines North of Verdun
GALLO ARTILLERY BLOWS j..
HOLES IN TEUToN RANKS
Kaiser's Men Suffer Frlghtiul
Loss In Their Vain Efforts
To Batter the Way TO Victory
On the Bloody Battlefield
(AsaSeiated Prsa. b. lT.d.ral wlr.l,,.. |,

tAssoeiated Press By Federal wirslsss.ls
III ONDON, June 3.--Launehing one
- desperate attack after another, the
Germans at Verdun are making an
other powerful effort to break through
the French lines defending that city.
The Grown Prince = commanders have
selected the sector between Vaux and
Thiaumont for the great assault, and
with unprecedented violence have
maintained their offensive there for
more than forty-eight hours without a
moments pause. %sI "A Z
The artillery action, terrific as Il has
been in the past, 81 nothing to whatSis
reported to be going on in that sector
now. The Cannonading Is practically
continuous night and day, save when
the German infantry is hurled against
the French trenches, in another effort
to break down the Gallie resistance.
Infantry Masses Como y ~ = -
After q night of eeaseless firing the
great guns were silenced early yester.
day morning, and the grand attack be.
gan. Clouds Of the gray coated Teu-
tonic foot swarmed out of the German
trenches and began the rush across
the shelltorn field. ar. ..fl%',5
aIIhe French artillery aud bomb-throw-
ers, which had been, expecting such an
attack from the ferceness of the bonn
bardment, were prepared, and opened
fire the instant the German guns ceas-
ed. .tSGE - y ~ =,
Great holes were blown in the, ad.
vancihg German columns the heads ot
which reached a point not far from the
French trenches only to halt under the
hail Of steel and lead poured upon them,
the men reeIing into the barbwire en-
tanglements or stopping to pull AWAY
the bodies of their comrades, and fan.
ing forward upon the dead themselves.
Batter Reinforcements
Then they began to fall hack, despite
the appeals Of their oficers with the
French guns still playing over, them,
breaking up their hurriedly reformed
ranks. Soon the French observers and
aviators reported that additional bat
taliOns of reinforcements were on the
way. The French gunners soon caught
the range Of these, and treated them as
they had the advance guard, until they
also retired to the shelter of the Ger.
man positions. At first they went back
in orderly ranks, then their retreat be-
came disorganized, and finally q rout.
From Damuloups, TO the village OF
Vaux the fight ragged all day, and when
the night fell, TO halt the infantry at.
tacks, the French held a section Of the
village of Vaux, while the Germans re-
manned in possession Of lower half OF
the town. and separated from their foes
by the bloody ravine into which some
MANY thousands of lives have been
poured. .~ ~. - -7.g,
Heavy Guns Active 4 - e..
West OF the river Meuae the REPORTS
tell Of renewed fighting by the Teuton
armies, following the French successes
OF day before Yesterday, when General
P"tnin's mon took four hundred meters
"f tr"nch"s from their foes. The Ger
man md Gallic heavy guns did most Of
~" """E IN this section OF the Verdun
front H"nging away Mt each other
t"r"u"h"nt the day. As has been c,,s-
t"mary Of late the target for the Ten.
'"ns "'S Hill 3OJ with lie Mort Homme
W secondary target. Only minor in
f"ntrv actions took place in this sector.
p"trograd officially reports that the
lighting on the eastern front, whittier
u" Kaiser himself is said TO have zone.
has been resumed after brief gluu,
The bridge heed at Mskull was once
more bonn barded by the German guns.
but the Russian loss Is said to have
n""n negligible. At other points on the
long eastern line the heayy emma va,a,
busy all day. searching Tor weak SPOT
in the enemies Notifications. =. -
TeutOn Attack Baked 80
Near New Ezslsburg there were "a
number Of infantry assaults by the Ger.
mans which the sRuEsians report having
repnlssd. = 49, aS s. AS.f'aaS Ef 5FS
Constahtiuople sends out report via
Berlin that the Russians under the
Grand Duke Nicholas have been com.
PEELED TO retire their center more than
twenty kilometers, ms result OF the
Turkish, and German attacks. M