The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
Heavy Rains and Fierce Resist
ance BY Germans Fail To Halt
Slow But Steady Advance Of
French and English Troops
PRICE ALLIES PAY FOR
THEIR GAINS IS HEAVY
Berlin Declares That Ground Is
Heaped With British and GAL
lie Dead, Moved Down BY leu
tonic Artillery and Machine Guns
(AssOciated Press BY Federal wirslssu.,

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirsisss.)
7 ONDOE, July 9.-The Official sta
l. tement of the British wnr Office
issued late last night reports that
the British infantry stormed the tren-
ches of the Germans at Bots de Torens,
on the Somme front, and threw out the
defenders. Two German counters
broke down under the British fire.
At Orvilliers the fighting was deter,
mined on both sides, but the official
accounts say that the British have
succeeded in making important gains,
In spite, of the German artillery, ma
chine gun ere and the torrential rains.
Berlin Contradicts |.a...,. .
Berlin fatty contradicts this state
ment, and declares that the British at
taeks were thrown back with fearful
loss. That the British suffered ter
ribly is believed here, as the positions
of the Germans at these points were
known to have been exceptionally
strong, and the reinforcemeuts which
have been rushed to the threatened
sections have added greatly to the
original strength. .s'
At the salient which the British
have driven into the German lines east
of Contalmaison the fighting has been
ferocious. The war Office here, In max.
ing public the reports from the British
headquarters, Gays that the English
and colonial troops have driven the
Germans still farther back toward the
Peronne railroad line, but at a heavy
cost.
British Loss Fearful
Berlin does not admit the loss of
ground, but lays stress upon the huge
number of casualties. The ground was
heaped with British dead, says the Ber-
lin accounts of the fighting. The Brit.
ish. it is added, used massed lorna.
tions, and appeared utterly reckless of
their men, in their furious effort to win.
On these forward charging masses the
German machine guns and artillery
played at will. -.
| The aim of the British appears 70
have been to bring their lines level
with the French to the south, and so
as to obviate as much as possible the
danger Of being fanked from the South
in the deep salient they have thrust
eastward. .
Struggle Continues Desperate
From Ancre to Montaubir, the strug,
gle has been desperate. and the war
Office claims to have driven the line
half mile farther east.
South of the Somme the French have
been making steady though minor
gains. In the vicinity of Belleyen-
Santerre and Estrees, but their gains
were not large, the attacks being ham
pered by the heavy rains of the day,
Two hundred and sixty prisoners, how.
ever, were taken during the day.
fighting.
The French also attacked successful.
ly positions at Hardecourt and Name.
Ion.
French Reach Biaches
The Germans admit that the French
have now reached Biaches, approx
matelv one and three-quarters miles
from the outskirts of Peronne, and Sey
court, about the same distance, but q
little to the southeast of Estrees.
They declare, however, that the at
tacks upon the Teutonic positions de
Tending that place were beaten bach
with tremendous losses 10 the attack
erS.
On the FTiobeterre ridge, the French
also are said to have lost heavily, but
claim TO have made some important
gains in spite of fierce German resist
unce,
North Of Verdun the fighting hal
boo" ~ "m"" With great intensity ac
c"rding to dispatches from both Der
lin and Paris last night.