Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-04
END OF THIRD YEAR OF WAR FINDS
FORTUNE FAVORING ALLIES WITH
ENEMY EVERYWHERE ON DEFENSE

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continues alter th-"" months. during
! which the French nat" adN an Cd from
one TO five miles along .,.'! nil
front. The present French ine runs
/ from northwest OF scissors, through
! Rheims TO AUberiVe.
/ In June, 1917, the British began al
attack on Messines and Wyschaete in
an effort TO straiChten out the Ypres
aslient Again British flyers dOmlnat-
ed the air. The British HAD spent an
entire year mining the e1rtn Tor thi.
offensive, which vas beLrm with ar
4 explosion SO terrific that II was heard
in London. Beyond MessiLcs, for w o
miles east and northeast. the British
won and consolidated ground, captur-
ID more than 1900 prisoners and great
stores OF artillery. Gaining every OBJ
1eCuNc, they placed themselves astridC
the pres-COmines canal, having ad-
vanCed three miles on an eight-miC
front Portuguese and Belgian troops
aided in this offensive In eccnt days
the fighting theIe had been confine
TO raiding operations.
/ II is estimated that during April
May and June the Germans suffered
330,G"p casualties on the western
front
The Russians, having in June Of
1916 begun an offensive from the
Pripet marshes to the Rumanian from
! tier, speedily captured CZernowitz and
the rest OF Bukovina, together with
/ Brody in Galicia, and in August they
entered Stanislau for the third time
in the war These operations forced
! the Austro-Germans to relfnQuish
lines they had held throughout the
winter Of 1915-1916.
The Halicz bridgehead fell in Sep
TENDER, but the subsequent advance
on Lemberg was not prosecuted be-
cause the plight of Rumania demand
ed the transfer of Russian troops to
aid their Balkan ally.
After the Russian revolution, the
Russians made a fpint to advance Oh
Pinsk, to cover the actual operations
resumed in July against Lemburg.
This latter front extended 1872 miles
nnOWn as Regiments July First,
, these troops, reinvigOrated BY the
consciousness Of political liberty, con-
/ founded German military prophets by
the magnitude and extent of flieir Of
fensiNe
Led by Alexander Kerensky. MN
lister of war, and observed by Ameri-
can army officers, the Regiments
July First forced the Teutons to ev-
acuate Brezezany, and they captured
many important positions, including
terrain west and south Of Halicz town
and 1nfanIaI nNeSIi1rc h
west Of Stanislau. On July II Halicz
was taken, thus smashing the AuStro-
German front between Brezezany and
the Carpathians.
This Russian operation broadened
by mid-July, so that it extended from
the Gulf of Riga to the Rumanian
front, distance OF 500 miles. The
Germans were reported to be rushing
troops from the Italian and French
fronts. Widespread enthusiasm was
created throughout Russia, and the
moral effect on the other Entente
powers was tremendous.
Italy, declaring war against Ger
many on August 2S, began a more Wig
orous prosecution Of her earlier Of
fensive against Austria
Gorilla Captured
With dramatic swiftness the third
army, under the Duke of Aosta, storm
ed and captured Gorilla, hitherto con-
sidered impregIable. BY January
the Italians had captured 1900 square
miles.
After a winter of artillery duels,
Italy resumed her offensive on the
Carso front in the campaign toward
Trieste. Within a month the Austrian
lines were broken from Castagnavizza
to the sea. Italy inflicted losses OF
$4,000 on the Austrians and lost heav-
lily herself. Austria hurried rein
forcements from the Russian front.
In the Trentino the Italians took
the offensive in June and after ter
rifle fighting captured the Austrian
positions on Monte Ortigara and
Agncllo pass. These they were forced
to relinquish, however. in the face of
Austrian counter attacks.
In the Balkans
In the Balkans the years military
development saw the occupation of
Rumania by the Teutons-a gain of
great economic value because of the
Oil and grain fields. The Rumania1
army, reformed, is cooperating with
the Russians.
Bulgaria won successes Of moderate |
importance, including the capture OF
the Grecian port at Kavala
The newly equipped Servian army |
arrived at Saloniki in August and be- |
gan an offensive which won Ostrovo, |
on the road to MOnastir This of. |
fensive, resumed in the spring with |
the cooperation of entente and Veni |
zelist troops, won Monastir and Cerna. |
In Greece the military moves Of the |
entente forces included a blockade |
of Greece and temporary French oc.
Cupation of Athens.
A brilliant British campaign in Mes. |
opotamia accomplished the capture OF |
kut-el-Amara in February, and OF |
Bagdad, terminus of the Berlin-to-
Bagdad railway, in March. The cap
ture of Bagdad had a deep moral e.
feet in the Orient particularly in !
Arabia, where many natives revolted |
from Turkish rule.
Russians operating in Persia took |
llamadan; and further north, in Turk
ish Armenia. Russians captured Van.
In the Holy Land the British
opened a new era in the history of
the East Their advance has carried |