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Show DRIVE OF TEUTONS - EFFECTIVE STAND TAKEN ALONG THE TRANSYLVANIA BORDER . AGAINST TEUTONIC ALLIES. Violent Fighting Still in Progress in Galicia, While French Troops" Claim Fresh Gains North and South of Somme. e. London. Apparently the Rumanians have been successful, at least temporarily, tempor-arily, in stopping the advance of the Teutonic allies all along their border. At no point along the line does either Berlin or Vienna claim fresh successes against the Rumanians, and Berlin concedes the stiffening of resistance re-sistance along this front. The Bucharest Buch-arest war office asserts that the troops of King Ferdinand at various points have repulsed the attacks of General von Falkenhayn's armies, inflicting heavy losses on them and capturing officers and men. Russian troops in force are reported helping the Rumanians to defend the passes from Transylvania into their territory. Violent fighting is still in progress in Galicia, where on the Narayuvka front the Bavarians have stormed a Russian position and captured 350 men ' and twelve machine guns. Berlin asserts as-serts that west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, following the repulse of the Russians, the troops of Emperor Nicholas have not returned to the fray and are merely mere-ly bombarding the Teutonic positions. The repulse of Austro-German attacks in the Carpathians, where snow is now falling, is recorded by Petrograd. Both north and south of the Somme the French troops have made fresh-gains. fresh-gains. The village of Sailly-Saillisel is now entirely in their hands and the Germans have 'been driven from the bills northwest and northeast. Over a front of a mile south of the river, between La Maisonnette and Blacb.es, the German first line defenses have been driven back by the French. East of Thiepval gains by the British Brit-ish north of Gueudecourt and in the region of Butte de Warlencourt are - recorded by the London war office. Patrol encounters and bombardments feature the fighting in Macedonia. In the Austro-Italian theater the Italians are another step forward in their advance in Trentino, having broken the Austrian line between Cos-magnon Cos-magnon and Roite and also taken a commanding position on Mount Pa' suhio. |