The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-04
The Week III the War

deep anxiety tor, by the Sheer weight OF numbers
the foe has been able to throw It's forward posi-
tons to the Marine, but a few miles back OF the
point oi extreme advance that was marked in 1914
The new phase Of the Zoe offensive was marked
by smashes directed against two widcI, separated
saentS, points POO miles apart. Before its initial
fury the Allies tell back at several points. Chcmn
des Danes ridge one of the saents and this
battle front was more than thirty miles III length
The Npres sector north Of X ernmel between OGRE
and Noormezeele directed toward NprcN
.. On tuesday the enemy scored rapid adv anCe
along the .NISne salient, the Allies falling back
generally along twenty mile front Vt no point
were the lines Of the Allies pierced and at NO point
did the (oc advance except at a tremendous sac
rihce of lie His gains, however, were the most
I rapid vet scored along the Western front This
advance along the center, the TANKS generally
holding we'll In the fighting of Tuesday the Huns
suffered severely and sustained rcvcrscs in Elan
ders fighting
- 1t also ON Tuesday that the american forces
+ won what might be called their first real battle
Attacking along front of more than mile they
tore the Huns t" pieces and took Canuguy. There
they quickly consolidated their positions and they
have since been successful in holding the
gains they then made, repulslng counter after
counter.
@ Progress OF the enemy was less rapid Natur
day and indications OF its final check were to be
found The salient driven to the east ON the
Marine checked and the west it was prac-
ticaly he'd, but heavy new movement was be
I gun south OF the Disc and Aettc Rivers to the
northwest o Scissors. There the foe made some
progress despite desperate resistance, thereby
making more difficult of tenure the already threat
ened base Of French communications This move
ment seemed to be effort crush out the French
salient at Scissors, thus opening a way to Paris
by the Marine and the Disc. 1t is also back Of
SOissQnS that the railroad to Nerdun runs.
1t is apparent that i'll this stage of the German
offensive tactics similar to those used during the
early stages are being used Those tactics were
somewhat of novelty in German operations, Ger
tainly in their operations on the Western front
a division is sent forward today and is halted
Tomorrow 1t opens up and division passes
through and advances, is halted and next day
opens up to permit the. division behind, the one
that had led the day previously another and
fresher division, to pass through and advance.
Military experts have commented favOrablv on
the mobility that results, the with which at
tack can be swung to right or lett when checked in
front
Official dispatches of yesterday afternoon SAID
the Germans had withdrawn from the bank of the
Marine alter failure to and attempting
to press west to Chateau Ihierry. Near SOissOne
the French had inflicted terrible losses and taken
several hundred prisoners Before Rheims the
situation reported to be unchanged
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