The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-20

BRITISH ALSO MOVING ON
TOWARD CITY OF BAPAUME
Repeated Assaults In Neighbor-
!. hood Of Saily-SailIiseI Fail To
DisIodge Poihs; Rumanians
Resume Advance In the East
tAssOeiss.d Pres, BY Federal wireless,


~ ARIS, October 20 Driving ahead
steadily, the French last night
had reached the bank of the
somme River south of Peronne, accord.
ing 70 the Official eommunique issued
here last night. Ea
North Of the Somme, where the Brit.
ish are facing the herman lines, the
Allies continued their gains, the Brit.
ish official statements telling OF ad-
vances north of lie Sars and in the
vicinity Of Butte de Wariencourt,
which Is a solitary little hill that rises
on the edge Of the marshy valley Of
the River Ancre, scarcely two miles
south Of Bapaurne. ->.
The situation in Transylyania is still
uncertain and, owing. TO the conflicting
statements Of ihe opposing armies, Il
10 Impossible to obtain clear idea Of
iust what Is going on in that theater
Cf the great ywar, II . practically
ssure that thsA bdvaness Of .Ahe.G Ge1mgns
under the command of General Won
vFalkenhayn has been checked at last,
~ not thrown back, and that the Ru-
manians have fegained some OF the
ground they were forced 70 abandon
? ,Tnder the stress Of the first onslaught
of the Tentonic forces
Bulgar Lines Pierced 80
The Serbians confronting the Bul-
garians and Germans in Macedonia
have pierced the two first main lines
of defenses and are now confronting
the third and last line thrown up by
the Teutonic commanders. They re-
port minor gains in certain sections of
their front. particularly in the neigh
borhood of Morshova Mountain, where
the ighting has been heavy and the
loss Of both sides severe,
The accounts of the fighting in
Galicia and Volhynia are so contradic-
tory that il is impossible to make any
definite statement regarding the strug,
gle that is going on in those fields. 1t
is certain however that General Brus'
siloff is hammering again at the Teu'
tonic line which has been weakened by
the despatch of troops to assist in the
campaign of General Won Falkenhayn
against the Rumanians, and also to as
sist in holding the Russians and Ru'
manians secure in their present posi-
tions in the Dobrudja district.
The bridge head over the Gnila Lipa
River near Haiicz is still believed to
be the object of one of the fercest
minor engagements in this war. Both
Berlin and Petrograd tell of the des
perate lighting that has been going for
ward there, and both claim to have
won success despite the efforts Of the
foe. E.l%.,..
Russian Attacks Blocked
Berlin declares that the Russian Of
fensive has been Hsmashed on the
west bank of che Stokbod River, where
for months Brussiloff has been en-
deavoring to force his way west TO the
capture OF, Kovel and the swapping Of
the German and Austrian lines Of com
munications. PIT H..
In northern Transylvania the Ruma
O.. mans, apparently reinforced by thu
Russians, have struck back at the Ger
mans and report the capture of mint
hundred prisoners and the pushing bael
of the enemy in the neighborhood O.
the little town of Praedel in the Tretu
Valley. .SE.
In the western front the objective O
the French, Peronne is still further en-
dangered by, the advance of the las
three days, advances which have beei
maintained despite furious counter at
tscks by the Germans. North of tn
city the French already menace the Ike.
to the place, the heights of st Quentin
and are well to. the northeast of tn
eastern edge of Perronne.
Nibbling Al Teuton Lines
Now they have started nibbling a
the German line to the south of Bia
ches. That town lies just west of tn
Somme Canal, which at that point run
along beside the river and but feN
PAGES distance from the marshy ban
Of the stream. This canal and tn
stream have proved stumbling bloc
In the advance Of the French eve
since they took Bihches early last Aug
ust, and General Foch has apparent
recognized the difficulty of this iron
for he has made but few efforts to ad
vance his lines here. La Maisonnettt
little hamlet a mile and half sout