The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-09
HEAVY RAINS
in FLANDERS
make GROUND.
BIG BOG.
lncIement Weather Checks All
Activity Of British Except ArtiI-
lery Fire Which Is Smashing
Way For New Advances
INFANTRY ATTACKS ARE
WAITING CLEAR SKIES
Few Attacks Of Importance Re-
ported On Other Fronts
Though Russians Score VIC
tory and Take Some Prisoners

.NEW YORK, October 9
IN (AsSociated Pres s) - In
Flanders the territory between
Pass Glendale and Gheluyelt
Ridge is a veritable bog which
heavy rains have made next to
impossible and rendered infantry
movements all but impossible but
the thunder of the British guns
has continued with no signs of
d i m in i : ing, throwing vast
weights of metal against the enc
mics trenches, tearing up entan-
clements and opening the way
for the advance that viii follow Al
sretnru 4nf fair weather :
On the southern front ii France
there was also reported heavy
artillery practise yesterday In
the Aisue and Champagne sectors
several assaults in force were re-
pulsed by the French troops.
ITALIANS HOLD OWN
From the Italian-Austrian front
there came also reports Of heavy
artillery duels and little activity
on the part OF the infantry. The
Italians hold all of their gains and
continue strengthening their posi-
tions and pounding the enemies
positions with big guns, while
harrassing them with air raids Of
the daring Italian flyers who com
tinue to play growing part in
the warfare. rs
On the northern end Of the Russian
front a German attack was repulsed
with considerable loss and several hum
dred prisoners We're taken. ..
Berlin Admits Beyerss ., .. .-,
Official dispatches from Berlin admit
recent reverses in Flanders but seek
to minimize disaster that overlook Ger
man arms. These reports yesterday
said that the gains made by the British
are restricted to a strip a kilometer
deep near Poealcapelle. Germans re-
tain Becelaere. The battle at Ghcluvelt
was of unusual intensity, the British
advancing on a front of fifteen kilo,
meters, but Were unable to hold their
gains, and broke before their objectives
were reached. The German troops made
heroic resistance. a.- '...-
The British used IL divisions of
troops and their losses were reported
| large. S.. .. e.. r. -.
Report Sea Attack Plans Hi o ...
Unofficial reports received in Stock
holm said that strong German fleet
has been sighted in the Baltic off Den.
mark and Sweden. IL is presumed
that the feet is hound probably for,
Finland to aid a drive on Helsingfors
and 'Petrograd. ': ~" "N
The Germans are concentrating
large force of minesweepers, seaplanes
aud transports. a.-,at ..s- .
A combined land and sea attack is
planned. .t..t
Artillery Causes Great Losses Be-,
There always must be periods of
comparative quiet, when big spec
tacular Otfensives are lacking on the
great lighting fronts. The past two
days have constituted one Of these pc
RODS along the British lines in tho
western theatre. and to the outside
world, reading the commander in.
chiefs lacOpic "There is nothing of
Importance to report" or a brief ae-
count of seemingly inconsequential
raids, it may appear that hostilities yir.
tually have ceased. '.'
But the conclusion is far from right,
for the grim business of war continues
perpetually. Hourly the big British
guns hurl their thousands of tons OF
metal, carrying death and destruction
| into the German defepsesJ day and
r night great squadrOns OF ayiators guido
| their machines over the German lines
T and dump their cargoes of high ex
\ plosives on important positions, ana
t continually small bodies Of British in.
Q fantry are reaching out into the Ger
man trenches and snatching back pris,