The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
ALLIES Push
STEADILY ON
GIVING HUNS
NO RESP|TES
Franco-British Forces In Flan-
ders Secure Further Advan-
tages and Allow Shattered
Enemy No Time To Recover
AIR RAIDS OF BRITISH
WRECK MUNITI0N PLANT
Italians Are Forced Back BY
Strengthened Austro German
Armies and Berlin Claims I'm
portant Victory Is Gained

~ 80 49, So
NEW YORK, October u -
IN ASSOCIATED Press)-With-
out giving the weakening Ger
man forces an opportunity to re-
cover from the shattering blows
that have been delivered during
the past several days the Franco
British forces in Flanders launch
ed further drive yesterday and
British official reports from Lon
don last night declared that these
were successful in taking the linn
tied detectives which had been
set for the advance OF the day.
Eight hundred prisoners were
taken and a number Of machines
with a few trench mortars and
guns of larger caliber were taken.
BARRAGE RESUMES
Early yesterday morning the
drum fire of the British and
French big guns quickened notice
ably and soon became a barrage
that indicated yet another infan-
try drive against the faltering
enemy, Behind curtain of FIRE
and metal the Allied forces rush
ed forward taking series of
trenches at the point of the bay
onet. Poelderhook Chateau was
taken and a number of concrete
shelters which the Tommies call
"pill boxes" were entered. The
advance was along a long front
but did not cut deeply into the
enemy country. 1t strengthened
the positions of the Allies and en-
abled them to stabilize the posi-
tons previously taken besides
correspondingly weakening the
Huns advance lines of defenses.
j. On the other hand Berlin
claims that the attacks of the AL
lies in the Ypres sector were re-
pulsed with heavy losses and
denies officially any Allied advan-
tages for the day.
This Paris denies and reports
that the French forces continued
their drives successfully and that
surprise attacks which the leu
tons launched in til, Champagne
sector were bloodily repulsed by
the staunch stand of the Poilus.
BRITISH AIR RAIDS
Success of British air raids on
"Wednesday is also reported from
London. The British aviators in
their big war planes sailed far
beyond the Teuton fronts and at
Renisch, Prussia, practically de-
molished the Burbach munition
works. Six tons of bombs were
dropped in this raid and photo
graphs taken from the aircraft
show that the explosions shatter-
ed the munition factory badly as
well as wrecking four airdomes.
Italian Defeat Claimed
Berlin official reports claim that on
the Austro,Italian front the attack of
the AustTians reinforced by German
and Turkish forces, is progressing 10
the entire satisfaction Of the central
powers A signal victory is claimed,
with $4,000 prisoners taken and more
being brought in every hour. This re-
port says the AustrO Germans have cap.
tured 10000 Italians and three hundred
guns in the battling over the plateaus
and approaches to Trieste. Fighting is
now partly in Italian territory.
q Inc hOTlneFh wing OF the second
Italian army has been defeated and is
retiring.
The Germans have thrown Italians
from strong hill positions
The Italians are eVacuating Bainsiz.
"a and the Heiligengeist plateau. They
are unable to save their guns. "a.
Reports from Rome said that the
Italians on the IsonEo front were plan
ming some retirements in the Bainsizza
plateau and falling back upon higher
and better fortified positions. E|'t