The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-23
British and French Continue To
J Smash Their Way Into the
NtaIs Of the Western Armies
Of the German War Lord
FORTY ADDITIONAL TOWNS
/ RETAKEN BY THE BRITISH
Retreating Troops Making Vain
Efforts To Stem the Torrent Of
Fire and Steel With Which
the Entente EnguIis Them

We Ine''.e Iilyu's hsih
Associated Press BY Federal wirslssO
IL ONDON. March p - The
| II operating OF the Allies against
Ethe retreating Germans on the
western front is now assuming
a more definite shape, In brief
Ithey consist Of two great pinchers,
the openjaws Of the northern, or
british, nippers extending from
1.-THE vicinity OF Arras, to within
lthree and onelhaH miles 81 Saint
lQuentin. while the southern, or
French. nippers, extend from
ISaint Quentin to scissors. In the
lease OF the British attack, the
Isouthern lines are striking, With
1.-THE northern lines as the anvil, to
Hold the Germans for the blow,
,Iwhile with the French both
Enorthern and southern, lines are
Ehammering hard, crushing the
lTeuton hordes between them.
i The greatest advance Of the two
Failed armies yesterday was made
-Iby the British, who last night re-
ported that they had driven the
Herman troops back more than
ten miles 10. the south and south
east Of Peronne, and that the foes
fare still retreating, although fight
ling stiff. rear guard actions, with
4 the British and endeavoring to
.Ehold them back as much as pos
[sible. gs. .,..q.. s..
# The British have now advanced
Itheir lines ten miles and more east
Eof the river Somme, which for so
long held back the French troops,
and yesterday succeeded IN re-
\ Capturing from the German in
Ivaders of France more than forty
villages. .,.-. =; e.. 49,. m
The primary result of this operation
has been to pinch out the salient that
for 90 many months thrust itself into
tths very heart Of France; stretching
down towards Paris, That salient had
not been hattened out, and the Allies,
in their turn, are beginning to force
bend in the German lines. 49,"
ii But while the southern British opera
i ton has needed the greatest gain to
. date the northern promises tina greatest
results in the near future, for there
. the Germans are attempting by every
means in their power to hold on to the
long Arras salient, This bend in the
: Teutonie line begins at the much'har'
Tried city Of Arras and runs southwark
toward Albert until It reaches the
neighborhood Of the Aisne valley,
!, where IT turns sharply to the left, or
east, and sweeps backward towards the
large manufacturing town Of Crois.
stiles, to the northeast of Saint Leger.
, Here the British are reported TO be
ldriying in the Germans upon their own
Hines TO the uorth, thus bringing the
two sides of the angle closer together
land making ii impossible for the Teu.
tons to continue 10 hold the Arras dis
] ttrict. Between Arras and Nurlu yes
tterday there was some worry heavy
fighting, with the Germans making use
of theit machine guns to advantage, hut
! being unable TO stop the advance of the
! British troops, who are wild with de.
light at getting out of the trenches
and at being given chance to get at
their foes without intervening barb
D wire and breastworks. In the Ailette
Valley they found the Germans max
| ing stand and on the east bank OF
| the Crozat canal Won Hindenburg Z
troops also attempted to stand, and
| managed TO hold the victorious French
I poilus in for a time. The fighting
| there is continuing. r.., ,..,
| In the eastern fighting, in Persia
| and MesopOtamia the Russians report
/ that the power of the Turks has beer
| shattered completely aud that the Otto
| Imam Is falling back as rapidly as posi-
| Bile, They have been driven out OF
i the Shkkiz region, and the Russians
i have crossed the Persian border into
/ Mesopotamia, and are taking the Otto
/ mans retreating before the British in
II the Tigris valley in the flank, threat
fening the whole Turkish army viii