Show ii 1 R U MAN A N 5 0 DI I VIS CRUSHED Successful Attack Against g Invaders of Transylvania Led Lcd by V Von D Defeated Troops Reported To o Be Fleeing in ht D Disorder BUCHAREST PLACED l t BETWEEN N TWO FIRES Central Powers Have Large Forces South and NortH of Ba Balkan State C Capital British V Victorious Heavy in Fighting on So Somme Front FRENCH DRIVE WEDGE Bucharest Sept SO 80 via vis London Lon Lon- don October 1 1204 a a. a. a m. m The m.-The The retreat at of the Rumanians fromI from Irom I the H E stadt district 1 la is ad ad- in the official cation tion from lom he headquarters The Ji Rumanians were att attacked ck cd d on mi all au side sides the statement nt says Bay anc and retreated re- re re Ie treated southward a after er fighting their way yay through enemy forc forces g I g f rom Q m the tho a south u LO Lb j t. t ept 8 SO Troops of th tb the c central powers havo crushed th thI the I Rumanians between two forces in a n battle which raged for three days i in central Transylvania The Rumanians are arc reported fleeing in disorder General von Falkenhayn attacking the Rumanians divided his fo force forca o of Germans and Austro One body engaged them around Hermann Hermann- stadt the other encircled them and seized g pass fifteen miles southeast of af andone and andone one of the first points gained b by the Rumanians in their advance Both forces then pressed In upon th thi Rumanians Bavarian troops troop holding checked an on advance b by bythe the Second Rumanian army which attempted t at- At Attempted tempted to come to the old aid of ot It Its it cur cur- rounded compatriots Berlin report reports that a large amount of ot booty wu wu taken as well as na prisoners prisoner In eastern Transylvania tb tM the Rums attack in th the region o of was checked and a a. German attack In tho the same section n resulted d in inthe the capture of oZ prisoners Operation Surprise to AWe Allies General von Falkenhayn 1 Is 11 one o of the tha most noted of ot German military com cc- com I manders mandera and was chief of ot the general I staff until recently when he be was dl dim dim- placed by Field Flold Marshal v von n Hindert- Hindert burg Today's mention of ot h his name namo in inthe Inthe In Inthe I the official statement is the first i mU- matlon that he ne was In active service Ini in the field Tho tact fact that a general of ot such nota note t thas has been boon given command c In vanla yanla apparently means that an tant campaign in this Austrian territory territory terri tarn tory Is under way A new Teutonic of offensive ot- ot successfully pressed there thera place Rumania Between two fires tIres a. a aa as lar large e forces of oZ the central powers are In the field In the southern Rumanian province of under another of or Germanys Germany's martial martinI heroes Fl Field eld Marshal von Yon In Macedonia nIa the tho Bulgarians report a success in tho the region near the Serbian border where a a. trench of ot the tho main Serbian position was captured captured captured cap cap- after ater a n. Serbian attack had been repulsed No 10 important changes in the situation elsewhere In Macedonia or in are announced Petrograd reports that there have been boon no important happenings either on the Russian front or In the Cauca Caucasus us British Counterattacks Counterattack Desperate fighting has be been on In progress ress res along tho the northern end of ot the Somme fronts front where the British have recently made important Inroads upon Gorman German positions south of ot tho the London today reports heavy y counterattacks counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks by the tho G Germans near the tho Stuff redoubt and tho the Hessian trench and de declares do- do clares dares that a division of ot tho the new British arm army acquitted Itself most creditably in beating off oft tho Germans Further down the line toward the tha Somma tho the French havo have resumed their attacks pushing further tho the wedge into the lie German lines in tho region of ot Ran Ran- court ourt The Tho new French advance ac according according nc- nc cording to Paris was scored b by means of or hand hand-grenado operations north of or Rancourt The Tho British lost heavily Inthe in inthe the he rl fighting en Cn the Somme front during September This Is indicated by the tho casualty lists which show the casualties casual casual- ties tics on all U fronts during the month to have havo save bee been i nearly officers and nd men non or at tho the rato rao o ot of more than Utan a day I I |