The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-04
Hold Ground Gained In First Tremendous
Assaults, And Add To String of their Vic
tories; French Under General Foch Report
Advances of Six Miles Toward Peronne
BOOTY OF BATTLE HUGE
Associated Press BY Federal Wirelessl

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ONDON July 4he great continues
IL with undated fury While hundreds Of Allied aeropanes
back and forth above the fighting built for the
British government the Creusot works OF France and
ing tremendous shells far excelng in destroying power anything
that the has spraying the Teuonc hne smashing
their trenches breaking down their wire enangements and clear
the for the rush Of the infantry columns
Berlin after admitting the retirement of division south the
Sunday night had but meage
struggle front yesterday giving few details and denying
that the Brshad made substantial gains north of the river
Berlin Denies Allied Advances .. .....N y .$G
The war office statement reported the continuance Of the Allied
drive both sides Of the added that north Of the Some
the fighting had been without advantage the Allies South Of
the river the Berlin admits the Germans have with
drawn division OF troops to second line position s y
Paris and the British Office however bulletins
eoinmen0ed different storeSto DIT
These all Of the success of the Allies against the enemy
of bomadmen proceeded the first Of the IN
ar attacks last Saturday morning and OF the deadly fighting
that followed the sgpaor the infantry leave the trenches and
advance. n ~. .rE"1 .y+-s
French Line Is Sweeping On e. #
Gen Ferdinand Foch who commands the French right wing
reported in despatch the office last night that his
Sweeping on They have already gained additional eight ko
ground from the Somme Fay including FIVE villages the
important which Hercou and Assevlers the south
east Of eone and distant from that city about three English
miles" @ '~.' assaF
In summing up the general results Of the Sunday and Monday
lighting 'front.' the reports Office
official communiques issued yesterday afternoon and last night
{say the British have taken 1900 and the French 5000
tcapune Height Near Arcourt l..
With alternate cannonadng and infantry attacks the British have
forcing additional the Ancre district where they
had difficulty holding their advance last Saturday They have
north which
I ing desperately #E@.t#.
| Thiva by after fell
hands following the battle of the Nane has been bombard
heavily by the British batteries and the English infantry holding
firm Mantauban taken big rush of Saturday.
Seven Teuon Batteries Captured .sms4si
o Genansfed with number of
have fallen the hands Of the attackers
of important strategic positions have been taken and the
German position in that sector and indeed along the whole ne is
declared to be imneriled.s 94#Eget"E-
wounded rom the first days attack began reaching the
here Yesterday There whole anloads of them
mostly slightly wounded of whom still dazed by the
OF the bombarmen that introduced the attack
For the most of them from wounds made
by bayonets Only few of them had suffered from shell fire.
Numbers them describing the fighting declared that il for
the part hand hand with the bayonet the
dubbed rifle The of the together that the
artillery unable to come into play the fighting front for fear
of killing its but kept steady stream of fire the
mncag trenches in order halt the renforements that
hurried forward to take the place of the dead and wounded
La Boiselle Garrison Surrenders ..."~ "a -n
The British announced last night their lines have continued
forge forward though with the dash shown the
first day of the battle They have maintained their positions
the Ar where the Germans have launched Of
attacks that have been rpud with heavy losses
Earlier the day Sir Douglas IIag the British
chief reported that the fragment of the garrison that still held
in La osoe had been compelled surrender and later dspatc
told of fighting farther to the east of that place indicating sigh
advance by the attacking forces the neghborhood of the
section of the German line between La Boselle and Frcourt
which surrendered Sunday held out until yesterday TheI
fresh assaults by the Colonial succeeded in forcing the Teuton
to abandon their positions surrender The fighting in this locality