Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-25
BOELCKE SHOOTS
down HIS 3STH
ENEMY PLANE
German Official CabIegramS
Tell of RedoubtabIe AVia- .
tors Latest Feat
BATTLE ON SOMME i
!. COSTLY. TO ALLIES
Details of Western Fighting
and of Rumanian Disasters
-. Are Given ...

Capt. Boelcke, the most famous ay-
| iator lin Europe, has shot down his
| thirty-eighth enemy aeroplane in air
combat, according to German official
cablegrams received here this morn
ing. The two he. brought down day
/ before yesterday on the Somme front
make up the formidable total.
| Together with this news the Ger
man official reports emphasize the
| tremendous losses of the Allies in at
| tempting to cut the German lines on
| the Somme: .:.. r
MONDAYS Report ... :.
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS, Oct
23--On the north bank of the Somme
| the strong artillery duel continued
yesterday until late at night. The
| English between Lesars and Les
| BoeufS and the. adjoining French
down to RancOurt made strong as
saults hut our forces repulsed them
from their positions, shooting down
| all attacks in bloody fashion. North
west of Sally the French entered a
small piece of trench on the first line.
Elsewhere on this sector there was
| little change. In the Argonnes and
Woevre district there was lively fire
and the aviators were active today.
Twenty-Five hostile flyers were shot
down by our air attack and defense
guns, ] / aeropianes now lying behind
our lines. .
Capt Boelcke won his thirty
seventh and thirty-eighth victories.
Lieut. Frank shot down his four
teenth adversary. ~.>..--- ...
During the day hostile aeroplanes
bombarded Metz and no military dam
age was done but five civilians were
killed and seven Others made sick
from inhaling poisonous fumes.
On the east front west of Luck
there was temporarily lively fire. The
Russians are now completely driven
from the west bank of the Naryovka.
On Archduke Carl's front the general
situation is unchanged On both
sides Of Rumania our troops are NOV
ing forward, Mackensen's forces ad
vancing indefatigably in spite of bad
weather These troops have advanced
far beyond the railroad line east of
Murfatlar -: -. -. .'..:.--... I'll. =. f.
Constanza was captured exactly
eight weeks after the Rumanian war
declaration, by German and Bulgari-
an troops and we are going beyond
Czernavoda. A naval aeroplane land
ed far in the rear of the fleeing enc
my and destroyed two aeroplanes on
the ground, returning unharmed On
the Macedonian front the enemy is
being pressed back, while east of the
Yardar an attempted attack against us
failed -. .--
Yesterdays Report .--.....
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS, Oct.
24.-The last three days on the west
ern front have seen battling of great
est violence on the Somme. In order
to break through at any price the Eng
lish and French continued their at
tacks with strong forces but in spite
of these massed troops they suffered
heavy defeat. AS told from the
front, entire rows of dead are lying
one upon the other, especially west
of Letransly. The conduct of our
troops was as splendid as possible. /
Brandenburg regiment No. 64 and
Brunswick reserve infantry regiment
No. 80, and Rhenish infantry regi
ment 80 and Bavarian regiments /
and Ii won special distinction.
South of the Somme the French
prepared for an advance in the Alb
laincourt- -Chaulnes sector but our
whitening fire made its fruition i'm
possible. -:-.... ....-. ~ -" III.
On the Crown Princes front the
enemy tried to assist the attacks on
the Somme by assaults near Verdun,
but the attempts were useless under
our strong and efficient artillery fire,
the attacks thus being frustrated.
In the eastern theater- from the
ocean to the Carpathians there were
no important events. South Of kron-
stadt, Pennsylvania, PredeaI pass was
yesterday captured by the Germans
and Austrians in violent engage |
ment and 500 prisoners taken. south
of the opening from Rotenthurm pass
during the last few days strong Ru-
manian resistance has been broken
down. In the Balkans, the Rumanians
are yielding in confusion before our
right wing The cavalry of our allies
has reached the district OF Kara Mtt-
rat. Medjidie and Rashoya have been
captured after violent fighting. The
total booty reported up, to October
=2I is Is officers. 669$ men, one flag,
50 machine guns, u cannon and one
mine thrower.. -
The losses of the Rumanians and
the Russians rushed UP as reinforce
ments are heavy. ..'-
Last night the fortress of Bucharest
was once more bombarded. Nothing
new on the Macedonian front.