The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-16
The Week In the War

that count4 on tne Western front. For length
OF seventy miles the italian and the French forces
have swept back the Austrians TO depth Of from
twenty five to forty miles They now threaten
the Bulgarian right flank and the Allies line has
been Strengthened and brought together that it
now presents an intact and continuous front for
200 miles from the Adriatic to Salonika.
On this front there have been employd nd such
immense numbers as on the Western front, the
lines are more thinly held. Neither does the
strategic importance of the front compare in the
mind OF the observer here with that of the front
in France 1t is more remote from and the
positions back OF it do not. for the moment, ap-
pear to us as of the value Of Paris and the Chan
mel Ports.
b. In proportion to the number Of men involved,
far smaller than Germany uses various sectors
of the Western front and than the Austrian forces
on the Italian front, the losses to the enemy have
been heavy and the booty that has been taken is
reported to have been considerable IN guns, NUM-
tons and stores, the AuStrianS executed rapid
retreat Whether that retreat is ended and new
line of defense has been taken up short time may
reveal Meantime reports say that the Entente
has not only moved northward but has also pushed
eastward and the positions of the Bulgarian forces
near Monastr are threatened with flank move
ment which may cause falling back OF the enemy
IN Macedonia similar to that in Albania.
Coming right on the heels OF the Austrian de-
feat the Italian front this second defeat can
not but seriously weaken the Austrian morale.
How far reaching its results will be on the East
ern front has yet to be determined.
Why the delay of the Germans in resuming
their offensive on the Western front is subject
OF much discussion among military experts and
observers At first it was assumed that the time
was being devoted to reorganization and concen-
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munitions and stores, but so long period has
elapsed since the last phase of the offensive that
other now being sought to explain
what otherwise unexplainabe. Several
weeks ago it was said the Germans could not
afford to delay long because OF the growing man
power of the Allies but afford it or not, the Ger
man delay continues. 1t therefore seems apparent
that the delay is no longer voluntary.
Almost Immediately after the last phase of the
offensive the Allies began a series OF local at
81 tackS. Gains were short and small at first but
they were cumulative Reports of British sue
cesses in Flanders and of French successes in the
Rheims Scissors sector and between the Alsne
and the Marine said the thrustS might have been
made to remove the possibility of German drives
from those points which were, strategcally, wei
suited for the initiative of new phase OF often
sive The tactics since employed by the Allies
has been generally called "nibbng" and with small
bite here today and another there tomorrow, they
have acquired gains of positions that have become
quite extensive and the hundreds OF prisoners
taken one day and the few hundreds the mex
have up into the thousands during the week
Whatever the reason be the Germans haC
launched no new attacks up to Saturday night bu
have rather assumed defensive attitude and wer
giving less indication OF intention to assault thar
during the earlier days OF the present lull.
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new Austro-Germans offensive in the Irenun'
sector OF the Italian front but during the weeI
those indications have failed to develop into
reality. Germany was to send forces to insure
success there that might offset the disaster tn
other sectors of that front. Reports say there
a misunderstanding on dispute between thf tw
nations as to the number Of men that German
is to send and the who is to command, tn
Austrians rejecting the general proposed by tn
Prussian lords.
On the other Italian fronts there has been
b hull throughout the week. The Austrans ar
beaten back their offensive having lost instea
of gained ground for them. Diaz is not usin
undue haste in pushing the advantage he has st
b cured but the situation that front had bee
changed so that the invaders found themseIve
the defensive, put to it to hold the
ground
Experts continue to forecast that there al
. bitter days to be expected during the summer b'
the summer is nov well advanced and each da
Il is finding the Niles stronger
Movements of the American troops oversee
are most encouraging Ninety thousand arrive
or aboard ship in week was the record Tor II
first week of this month, showing that the NOV
ment in the same volume as during the mont
of June when it assumed record proportions. Att
these arrivals in France it still takes some weel
to put the men in the fighting line but each wee
now sees the American army the fighting fro
considerably augmented In the course Oi 5