| Show r WEEP LINE iF I l l Sallies Report Capture of Positions Between Bet Forest and Sur Clery 1 I omme With the Loss of o i Lr r Ott flany Many I Prisoners Jrr and Guns i THER VILLAGES 1 ALSO CAPTURED II SC It welve rj elve Cannon Camion and Numer rAus Tous us Machine l Guns Taken Taker by hv J French and British J Troops Austrian Reverses w Also Reported by ly Paris i L I JERLIN ERLIN T SAYS REPULSE L E Eib a L 1 London Sept ept 4 n. n m. m ib to lo the thC Time front from Athens then J Jn King Constantino informed J the entente allied ullie tI erN that as UN a U rc lt of the entry I 1 lof Rumania mb Into the nr lie he ze It hs dl dIN dIN- I to 10 th the pol- pol i ic cy O ON Sept 3 A 3 A combined attack nta at- at a tack by French and British forces I he Somme front frontS Sun Sunday ay resulted ii J an important import t n-t gain of 02 of ground bei be- be b i icen een cen the villages of Forest and ii chich thich ich lie to the south of Combles and 14 east cast of Maurepas over oyer an au exi ex- ex i nt t of nearly four miles These J were verc occupied 1 by hy the French I the British captured a part of ofle Et le village r of Ginchy and gained to to- tor IJ possession of Guillemont Thus Me advance allCe of the entente allies is Jl k josing esing in ill on Combles which at pres- pres Itt iuis is a a. powerfully po fortified German Stronghold j t 11 the various arlous attacks launched by hy and anti French more than l were taken together with a al l rJ o number of or guns t J positions east cast of or the village Fleury alto were overrun ov by b the iLd r who carried several trenches o I ld id organized worl works s. s 16 returned to their attack In InI Ie I Verdun nector sending large forces Infantry against the thc French nS ns at Vans Vaux and and after y fighting gamed a foothold in inic ic of or the French At t all points c fighting continues with the tho utmost P t rn n the tho Balkans German and arid Bulga- Bulga i Tn n 1 troops already have cro crossed sed the frontier In southeastern rn icu icu- ll vanla nia anLa doubtless with the thc object of oC ft th the tho advance of Russians Into Bulgaria and to Constantinople IE tI In n M. M l Furious battles are In progress progress b ten t en Russi Russian n and G Gorman Austro-Gorman man mances ces In GalicIa near i reports repulse of oC nu Russians ilan but hut declares the have ilin driven from Crom fortified positions and several heights eIghts have b been cn cap- cap red cd tJ The hC shooting down n of ot a Zeppelin one fa a large number o of German p l th th-a th east cast oat COSt of ot J h has s used much enthusiasm mon anion the because of ot the tiLe indication thus en of or the efficacy of oC the air doN de- de N sos protecting London According tho latest reports the di did 11 B Britain tin and France Franc have sent ont f to the Greek government deto de- de control over ocr the Greek Creek posts S i tId td telegraphs and Insisting upon tile the from Greece of agents of or Joll central powers Dispatches from froni ens sa say It Is understood that the 11 eek ek government will make no o j c- c 1 to the acceptances of at these do- do o- o B. B Entente allied reports from tram ti c Greek capital Indicate the early carl early Pc of an Important change 11 thc attitude of oC Greece r r u artillery in tho the Trentino Is t Italians There have hare been TJ l. l nerous Infantry engagements but ut situation is without material ange 1 J nr f r ft t aris t Sept 3 1105 I p. p m m. rILe The vii vii- e es of oC Forest and antl Sur Clery J all tho tile German positions between sc se two points have o been captured by byI I French and British in a a. joint at- at k after Intense e artillery preparation re ie re than 2000 prisoners as well as aM aselve lye elve cannon and tift fifty machine guns gUlls re te taken The ho official statement Issued by V tho the air r t office tonight making this an- an It- It f Continued on page 3 ill it i SWEEP LINE BACKWARD Allies i Make Decided Gain Gam in Attacks Along the che Tf West est Front Continued From Page 1 I also reported progress for tor forthe forthe the French troops in the the- neighborhood of Floury with the capture or of prisoners A great battle battlo between Austrians and Russians has been boen In progress for the thelast thelast thelast last forty eight hours at which wInch has been evacuated e according to a a. dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- patch from Zurich to tho ho Matin The British h with tho the operation co of or orthe the French on their right wing succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- Sunday In capturing part of 01 the village of or and the whole of 01 Guillemont according according- to the official statement Issued from general headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters late lato last a t night They gained ground also ea east cant t of ot tho the farm farmand farmand farmand and captured several oral hundred prisoners Sn any Germans Repulsed Petrograd Sept 3 via IR Tho London London Tho le text teat t of the tho Russian official statement says Western Vestern Russian front In tho the region Ion of Riga Germans attacked our battalions who drove droe the tho enemy back and Inflicted severe Revero losses In In the direction of and H battles are aro raging ragin In tho the region legion of Kaput mountain and alt also o In the region of ot Dorna atra our troops captured several heights Tho enemy's counterattack was re repulsed repulsed repulsed re- re pulsed b by our fire Hero Here we captured Prisoners Caucasus Ca us front In the region of or I fierce fighting fighting- continues The enemy has been put to flight lIght at some somo points Berlin lain Claims nepul Berlin Sept 3 via Ia London Strong Stron Strong Russian attacks made against tho the Aua- Aua tro-German tro forces Corces north of 01 cast of or Lember were repulsed In ba bayonet bayonet bay bay- onet fighting says the official statement statement state state- I ment issued today In the tho the statement adds positions on the height south of were taken by 11 the Russians after man many fruitless Gennan Submarine Sunk Athens Sept 2 via London Sept 3 Ships of 01 tho entente allied fleet sunk a German submarino submarine this morning ot off It Is claimed b by entente officers officers of officers of- of that the tho undersea boat had received received re received re- re Its supplies from the Austrian and German ships which wore seized In tho harbor of 01 Piraeus today by tho the French sailors A number of destroyers of the en entente entente en- en tente fleet t put down own antisubmarine nets and and nosed close to where the Lr Lemnos and tho the formerly the tho United States battleships Mississippi an and Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho wore lying ling It is currently believed that the tho en entente on- on tente fleet Cleet desires to establish a naval I base at Piraeus for fOI the entente allied aUle armies armies' wing on the Macedonian front The Greek government it Is understood understood under under- stood will not object i The seizure of 01 the tho Austrian an and German German German Ger Ger- I man merchant ships at ut Piraeus and the I occupation b by entente troops of or the Greek wireless station la last t night Url Frida Fri Fri- da day threw the German Austro-German residents residents resi resi- dents In Athens Into a panic Toward midnight newsboys shouting extras extras in the streets attracted the employees of Baron von SChenk tho the director of or German propaganda in Greece from th the hotels in fit their night nightclothes nightclothes clothes to learn their fate Diplomats of th the entente allies demand demand de demand de- de mand that thal Baron von on Schenk and sixty coworkers bo be expelled from Greece Several arrests already have havo been rondo made Von Schenk is believed to have escaped IO Mil Vienna Sept 3 via Berlin to London Sept 3 3 10 1050 50 p p. p m. m The Thc The Austrian newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers are arc devoting oUng much space to lauding Bulgaria whoso whose entry into I conflict with Rumania Humania was hastened l b by the demand of tho Rumanian minIster minister minister min min- ister at Sofia SoCia for his passports It is contended that Rumania's declaration n against Bulgaria wad wa was due to Russia's pressure A strategic regrouping roupin of or the tho Aus- Aus tro-Hungarian tro forces tho the newspapers Jl rs contend content was ab absolutely necessary and while the evacuation of Kronstadt Is regretted attention is drawn to the fact that the tho military situation called for this maneuver maneu Official circles be belIce believe believe be- be lieve lIc that nothing has haa been 10 lost t by hy withdrawing to tho the present line which was selected for Cor defensive purposes long IonA ag ago There is I N no doubt that the central governments g were tal taken en unawares h by Rumania The late latest latent t reports from Crom Transylvania It Is contended prove pro that the Rumanians Rumanians Ru Ru- and Russians start d d hostilIties hostilities a a. full hour before beCore the Rumanian minister at Vienna presented j tho the note to the Austrian government t declaring war The Rumanian declaration ems ems' to have Importance here only In that thata I Ia a a longer front now Is exposed to the Russians and antI there thele aro are half a million new troops to meet Confidence ence Is expressed serJ h by the peo people people peo- peo pie In their own and tho troops troop of 01 their allies k with nth the British Arm Array Army In Prance France via London Sept Sopt 3 Some Som Some details detail are arenow arenow arenow now available concerning the German Geiman counterattack on Thursday night against t the tho British h positions beyond D Delville I which wa was the most desperate I attempt participated In b by the largest I forte force and supported b by the tho heaviest artillery fire that the tho Germans have made since the British offensive began The time chosen was In the Iho midst ef of ofa efa eta a heavy hoay rainstorm when tho the British were drenched and their trenches were running limning with water Against a mile and a half front the Germans sent forward the tho One Hundred and EI Eightieth division of or about men non Of or these it is estimated that About 2000 men survived For six weeks Delville wood and the G Herman German positions tiona opposite ha have haC C been under increasingly murderous mur ertus shell fire tire On August 21 31 I the British gained high ground 1001 looking down on Floury Flour and close to Ginchy and captured three battalions Tho Thu Germans began CEan their artillery preparations for the assault with unprecedented volume of gas goas shells sheila Then canto came curtains of or high hiSh explosives explosives explosives ex ex- plosives an and shrapnel This attack the British answered in kind The British stuck to the remnants cf of their crum crumbling trenches un until tit the wa wave 0 of or Germans appeared through the tho fog of or smoke from the shells Four W V waves s came carne on before the Germans German reached the trenches each contingent in turn being mowed b by blasts from rifles rines machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns and artillery Meanwhile the British trenches became formless i stretches of or mud flayed Ia d by German guns uns much in the same Bame fashion as the tho German trenches hes were flayed by the British artillery It was a question of or numbers In this ghastly contest and the side having the tho mot most t men would have the superior force of or survivors and overcome the tho other With the fifth firth wave of Germans the British gave o a up a a. line of 01 trench and those who still sUB survived fell feU hack back into shell craters on the edge of the wood and scattered here and there in these holes which became strong points they took a savage abe toll loll of Germans Germ inthe in inthe the fifth firth wave Surviving Sur Germans I who t were also forced orce Into Into- shell orators craters wore unable to advance ance or retreat as dawn appeared d Thus foes were literally literally lit lit- Interwoven en a man or group roup of 01 men in one shell sheH crater not knowing I whether t the nel neighboring one was oc occupied cc- cc copied b by a friend or enem enemy The Thc guns from om either side could not fire not knowing the position of Its own o men Thus it became a man to man ti fight ht in thru that area Q of fra fragments ments i vC or r dead mixed with tern earth Using their theil light machine machino guns uns an and l bombing persistently while their artiller artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery tiller hind had kept It Impassable a curtain curtain cur cur- tain fire ire against German n reserves resene the British have regained a good portion of the ground lost There Is no evidence e of ot any German Gennan forces having haying withdrawn from this front since Rumania entered Into the thear war ar |
