The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-27
The Week In the War

French which would have ordinarily have stoo'
out strkingly but was overshadowed by the grea
drive against Cambria have marked the progress
of the war against autocratic Prussianism durint
the past week. ~
In the Cambria drive a blow has been delivere,
to Germany which is considered one Of the mos
effective and decisive yet administered. Here th
Won Hindenburg line was battered and shattere,
until it hung together by mere shred, was al
but severed. ..... ...
Y Striking at salient, at point where, ther,
had been comparative quiet recently, without tn,
preliminary OF heavy barrages, with large fee
of Land battleships," terror bearing tanks, tn,
British forces under General Byng foot and horse
made drive that was distinctly OF the nature of
surprise. In no battle of the war have there beer
used many tanks as in this drive and in no bat
lie has the efficiency OF these great armored vehi
cles stood out so clearly. In the first day of tn,
drive an advance of nearly six miles was made
one OF the greatest and most remarkable gains
made by the Allied forces on the Western from
in any day since they assumed the offensiv,
and started to push the Teutons back upon Ger
man soil. me- hide e-'
In prisoners so far as reports have been re
ceived, the Germans have lost more heavily in
other engagements, but in casualties Cambria has
cost the Kaiser tremendously.
Remarkable feats of valor have been performed
by the British in these battles, for the engagement
has been rather series of battles than single
conflict and has been fought over long front
Strikingly the work Of the cavalry has stood forth
in this fighting. Batteries were taken at the sabeI
point and the value of the mounted forces, even in
this war that has been largely fought by Artil-
lery and infantry, is once more apparent.
At almost the same moment that the British
started to deliver their blow the French struck de,
cisively. Along six mile front they cut into the
enemies lines of defense to depth of quarter
Of mile, taking strong positions which they have
retained against counters which the Germans have
launched almost daily since. .-s l'.
Veritabe prodegies Of valor are being enacted
by the Italian forces high up in the mountain
passes of the Alps. Outnumbered almost two to
one, standing against fresh troops and seasoned
reserves, they have shown tenacity of defense
which has seemed incredible. e..
A week agoit appeared certain that before this
time the modern Huns would be pouring down
into and over Italy as did the Huns OF old, II
looked as if Venice were doomed, Gains and adj
vances have been made by the Austro- Germans
this front but those gains have been far smaller
than the Allies feared and the Teutons confidently
expected and at what awful cost! e Lii.
\ In those mountains the sufferings of the defend
eTS nave Deefl intense. WIN only, one meaRer
meal day to sustain them, with blankets stretch
ed upon the drifted snow in icicle hung caves
these brave defenders Of Italy have sought to rest
their wearied bodies in brief respites, an undyng
and indomitabe patriotism alone sustaining them
In Palestine the fall of Jerusalem is near and
Germany is paving the way through the press to
break the news gently" to the Kaisers subject
Saturday night the British were almost in the
city, at its very outskirts and the announcement
that the Holy City is in the hands OF Christian
peoples may be expected any day.
In the year of our Lord 63 jerusalem passed
into the hands of Islam and so remained for 45C
years until taken by Godfrey of Bouilon in 1895
and remained in Christian possession until retaken
by Saladin in 1877 and has since remained in the
possession of the Moslems. What condition the
sacred relics and monuments of the early days OF
christianity will be found to be in when the Turks
are driven out one hesitates to consider
General Maud, the commander of the Palestine
army has died and Lieut.. Gen. Sir w. r, Mar
shall has been named to command.
The Italian front contingent OF the British will
be under the command OF General Sir Robert
Plumer. .... ...= d..
Germany has been more successful in its cam
paign of submarine ruthlessness, IL taking far
larger toll than i'll the previous week when losses
for Great Britain were at minimum, but the
weeks losses were not large compared with those
Of the early days of the campaign, no larger than
those sometimes inflicted in single day, and the
hope that the collapse OF the undersea campaign
approaches and is close at hand has not been
blasted
Russia remains a negligible quantity as an aid
for the Allies. The radicals deny that they seek
a separate peace or even separate armstice but
reports say that peace terms are being taken from
Berlin to Petrograd
What was once the Russian empire is rapidly
disintegrating and falling to pieces. Had Russia