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Show Rumanian In vasion of Transylyania I II Meets With Severe Reverses) I ii Noted German Commander Leading Central Powers in ii r New Teutonic Offensive ! The Rumanian invasion of Transy M vania has met with a setback in the il Hermannstadt region, some 20 miles I north of tho Rumanian border, ac- carding to the Berlin headquarters statement today. A victory over the . ; K strong Rumanian forces by troops un-,','f un-,','f der General von Falkenhayn is an- , nounced. B , General Falkenhayn is one of the j.y most noted of German military com-l, com-l, manders and was chief of the general j staff until recently when he was dis- placed by Field Marshall von Hinden-I"; Hinden-I"; burg. Mention of his name in the r i official statement is the first intima- 1 . tion that he was in active service J in the field. The fact that a general of such note has been given command in Transylvania apparently means- that y , an Important campaign In this Aus-' Aus-' trian territory is under way. A new ' Teutonic offensive successfully pressed there would place Rumania between two fires, as large forces of the central powers are in the field in the southern Rumanian province of Dobrudja under another of Germany's martial heroes, Field Marshal von Mackensen. Desperate Fight In the Somme. Desperate fighting has been in progress pro-gress along the northern end of the Somme front, where, the British have recently made Important inroads upon German positions soutuh of the An ere. London today reports heavy counter coun-ter attacks by the Germans near the Stuff redoubt and the Hessian trench and declares that a division of the new rltish army acquitted itself most tqm creditably in beating off the Germans, jl Further down the line toward the I Somme the French have resumed their I attacks, pushing fuurther the wedge C Into the German lines in the recion t wot Rancourt. The new French ad-' ad-' I vnnce, according to Paris, was1 scored r by means of hand grenade operations north of Rancourt., X The British lost heavily In the fight- ing on the Somme front during Sop- tember. This Is indicated by the casualty lists, "which show tho casual's casual-'s ties on all fronts during the month to and menhavo been nearly 120,000 offi-iS offi-iS cehs and men, or at the rate of more 1 than 3, 800 a day. fL In Macedonia, the Bulgarians report Y a success in the Kaimakcalan region ! near the Serbian border where a y trench of the main Serbian position was captured after a Serbian attack had been repulsed. No important V; changes elsewhere In Macedonia or L' in Dobrudja are announctd. Petrograd reports that there have J been no Important happenings either f on the Russian front or in the Cau-V Cau-V casus. r Berlin, Sept. 30 (via London, 5:30 . p. m.) Troops under General von 'i Falkenhayn, former chief of the gen-eral gen-eral staff, have won a battle at Her- mannstadt, Transylvania, defeating fi strong sections of tho first Rumanian :j . army, the war office -announced to- day. I . Desperate Fight In Progress. London, Sept. 30 (1235 p. m.) Unusually Un-usually heavy fighting occurred yes-j terday on the Somme front in consequence conse-quence of German counter-attacks. A division of the new British army was engaged. ' The official account of the?e opcr- i atlbns follows: ."During the night the enemy shelled ! heavily our battle front south of the Ancre. We consolidated the ground von yesterday morning at Destremont farm, northwest of the Le Sars and improved our position in the Thlepval I area. ! "Enemy counter-attacks were beaten beat-en off In tho neighborhood of Stuff redoubt re-doubt and Hessian trench. The fighting fight-ing in this section yestorday was very severe and our troops engaged a dlvl-I dlvl-I Elbn of the new army, showing great endurance and resolution. . "A successful raid was made by a . London territorial battalion south of Neuville St. Vaast, where the enemy's trenches were entered and prisoners ; were taken." i French Making Progress, j .Paris, Sept. 30 (noon). The French f have made further progress, north of Rancourt by grenade attacks, accord-l accord-l ing to the official statement Issued by fj the war office today, s The statement follows: ' "On the Somme front we made some progress north of Rancourt by j means of grenades. There was Inter- N mittent artillery fighting in different It sectors north and south of the Somme. Jjr- Everywhere else the night was calm. j. Dad weather continues." K British Steamer Sunk, yfg London, Sept. 30 (9:52 a. m.) Lloyd's Agencv reports that the Brit-ish Brit-ish steamer Rallus has been sunk. ' The Rallus was a steamer of 981 tons, built In 1914. She was. owned by ' r the Cork Steamship company. Her "v recent movements have not been reported. re-ported. oo |