The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-11
MIGHTY EFFORT
TO BEAT ALLIES.
TO Be Launched.
In DESPERATION
German Cannons Roar continu-
ousIy Along Hundreds Of Miles
Of Front and British French
and Italians Prepare
ENTENTE LEADERS, WAIT 'eiis
ATTACK IN CONFIDENCE
Huns Battle For Mn 304 lpMaigI
Infantry Fighting Monday, Only
To Be Bloodily and CoRpletely
Repulsed " ,. },lsSs \. Z

WASHINGTON, january, p ~ tAsso2
ciated Press) - Preparations for q
series of great offensives are being
made by the Teutons and the clash OF
mi hty armies in sevefaI great battIcs
is soon TO be heard, according 10 the
reports from, the various commanders
that have reached Secretary Baker,
| which he embodies in part This week
1 ly summary Of the situation.
The expected drive of the Germans
on the west front will be the climax
of their efforts TO smash the Allied line
at some vital point, in the opinion Of
| the secretary Of war, but that this ct.
! fort will be unsuccessful Il his Ell
pressed belief. The French and Brit
ish are braced for the hlDw that u
coming and are to Sc relied upon to
stand firmly and throw backAthe might.
lest effort that Gcrmanyteaa make.
German Raids RepulSed
Reports yesterday morning ftcrh Lon.
don, Paris and Rome, conveying sum
maries of the official dispatches Of
Generals Haig, .Petain and Dihz, report
the German prepaTati6nsss. Jlfefef Wee
no infantry fighting on MPnday sof
consequence except for raidN IN force
against the British IN FlandefA and ono
assault attempted NY the ntel sof the
Grown Prince agalFat TN FIeAeh pp..''
ton on the historic 1ilil WA " II''
British were fHpnlsesl without by Ger
mans reaching any. ef their, ol|e;fiTes.
The assault upon Hill 500 deIoped
into 4 battle, ii .&hisR the aShaiI|
were Thrust back with PaftI epler'1
severe losses. II 49,.
Big Battles Impending
} Despite, the general holding lick 81
, the Teuton infantry, there were n,
lack of indications Of big bnttIes i'm
/ pending in Flanders, France and IinIl
AT At various points in thes6 thfed mniI
. zones throughout Monday theId wal
b. intensive, continuous artillery pIepafa
4 ton, the German guns sendino thou
!. sands upon thousands Of shelk cream
a ing into the Entente lines. Vithod
:. a minute 8 cessation this bomba| dmIn
was maintained throughout Mo1l1'
and into the night, increasing W ~
tensity at dawn yesterday The gun
Of the Allies are replying in KIM, ~
tremendous duels along hnhdted8 b
miles Of fighting fronts making Tue
days and yesterdays battling ~
greatest for artillery IN the antEM q
4 this greatest war. s& nv 4.
The German bombardment was ri
ticularly severe against the Ypres NJ
a sitiOns and those before Cambria, ~
"a the British front. The French tro10
\ along the Aisne, the Mosella River ~
a at Verdun were given their greptes
a deluge of shells, while on the llAIia
N front the artillery ragged IN tke higi
- lands, from Lake GaTda Soastward
:, the Piave River. r. GgW @
> Suffering From cold p
Yesterday the weather on the ives
> ern front turned fiPtepselya cold, aylt
snow flurries. The conditions Prech'
ed trench lighting otRek thah krtill6l
In the British TRENCHES there was \
n tense suffering, which was. added
Y from the fact that the snow pfeyedil
u the transport service PREACHING lson
sections with ltot food. s.st M sst,