The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-07
RUSSIANS CONTINUE /
|. TO FALL BACK BUT
!. ITALIANS GAINING
Little Activity Is Seen On West
ern Front Except Artillery
and Minor Raids
NEW FORCES ARE BROUGHT
UP TO AID OF AUSTRlANS
Big Guns Are Removed From Riga
Before Evaouation-BerIln
Claims Victories

NEW YORK, Septemhcr 7-(Asso
ciated Press)---It was in the Russian
and the Austro Italian war theaters
that interest centered particularly late
iy. The Western front was compare.
lively quiet except for constant artil.
lery Ere and some raids Of minor i'm
portance. ssE3
Encouraging reports were received
from Petrograd to the effert that all
OF the big guns that had been at Riga
were removed and taken we'll in ad.
vance before the evacuation and the
abandonment of the city by the Slav
forces. srg a
On the other hand the German Off
cial report from Berlin last night said
that Russian rear guards had been over.
taken by the Teuton cavalry near New
Kalpen. southwest Of. Nieao and had
been signally defeatcl and routed. 70
Heavy artillery duels were in prog
ress in the Champagne and Verdun
sectors of the French line and several
violent German attacks on the Aispe
were repuIsed by Petain' = men, with
heavy German losses.
Win But Fan Back R .
The Italians reached the summit Of
San Gabrielle after terrific fighting bu,
/, were forced back by the reinforced
Austrians. Nevertheless the Italians
are fighting desperately 70 reach the
The Austrian gshesal, staH harb,S
SfreslEt tfar<es OF battls-ssarTed Sstefaf,
from the Rumanian hills and the Bal
kans into the breach along the IsopzC
in ap endeavor to halt the headlonl
rush OF. General Cadorna's armies, A
desperate battle con tinued In the CarsC
region with the advantage ,stin with
tho Italian troops. Hrr e..
Dispatches from General Cadorna to
! day A.id the Austrians are fighting
desperately to stem the tide Of battle
on the CarsO front, but were unable tC
hold back the victorious Italians. In
stubborn rear guard actions they left
/ 500 prisoners in the hands of the ltal
ians, says the report.
Russ Retreat Continues
The retreat Of the northern army
continued and reached the mile.widc
| neck of land between the, lakes Kish
and Eget, the only exit from the trap
which they accomplished with the ut
most difficulty. .@tr
AdSices from the Riga front to tho
war Office said the German feet is IN
complete control of the Gulf Of Rigu
and that Prince Leopold 8 men are /,
hot pursuit of the retreating Slavs
particularly north of U&kull, where tn,
| railroad has been cut. ...u ..
The Russian front has been broker
for width of about sixty verst'
(about forty miles,, the enemy shell
ing the rear of the retreating army.
/ Minister of War Sayankoff, in {
statement said the success of the ef
I forts to check the advancing German
is ".wholly dependent on the behavior
of the troops" While certain ele
meuts have shown disgTaoeful eOnduct
| in the flight, other units have display
ed great bravery. 1...
Pettograd Not In Danger
That PetrOgrad is in no imminen n
danger, is the opinion expressed b,
Chief of staff General Romanofsky y
whd declares the near approach Of thu
rainy season will effectively stop thu
i Germans should the Slay army be uu
able TO do so. .#.
Inc garrison at Petrograd is taking
vigorous steps to put the defenses o
the' capital in us impregnable con
4 dition as possible. General Alexieff, II
| ausinterview today, said that the eapi
tai is in no danger of being taken b,
the Germans, and that the most seriou
situation for Russia lies in the Ruma
| nian battlefront. The fall of Riga tn
officer regards more as a moral thaI
a strategic victory. s,. W.
| information reached admiralty cir
! eles that the German feet is prepar
\ ing to attack Kronstadt, the Russia
naval port. ..........