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Show ADVANCE IN LOWER TRANSLYVAN1A i Territory North Being Evacuated Russian Assaults on East Line Fail Serbians Repulse Bulgars on Macedonian Front German Forces Reoccupy Trenches on Somme Front Report Greece Had Cast Lot With Allies Not Borne Out. ! j London, Sept. 2. The Rumanian i advance in lower Transylvania has been checked by the Teutonic forces, i an official statement from Vienna re- ports. This announcement relates j the repulse of the Rumanians near I the Iron Gates of the Danube in the vicinity of Orsova. Farther north the Austrian evacu- ation of Transylvanian territory Ib be- i ing carried out without series fight- ing. Vienna announces the abandon- , ment of Hermanstadt, one of the most important towns of Transylvania. The Austrian communication indi cates that the new offensive of the I Russians in Bukowina and eastern Ga- j licia was inaugurated over a wide m front Most of their assaults failed, ?. Vienna announces. ! The Bulgarians renewed their at- ( tackB last night along the western end of the Macedonian front. The French war office asserts they were repulsed by the Serbians. ; The report that King Constantine had abdicated and that Greece would join the allies at once has not been borne out. The newly formed Greek committee of national defense has proclaimed -a provisional government of Macedonia. The Germans attacked the French on the Somme front last night and re-occupied trenches south of Estres, taken recently by the French. A small British gain near Delvllle wood is an-X an-X nounced in London. Official Statement. "Last night, as the result of aminor operation," says the British official statement, reporting the military operations op-erations on the Somme front in France, "we drove the enemy from a portion of a small area intersected ! with trenches northwest of DelviUe wood, which he had recaptured on J, Thursday." :? "On the other parts of the line there were no important infantry en-i en-i counters. During tSe last twelve j hours hostile artillery generally de- I veloped greater activity and some in-I in-I fontry action, but intermittent bom-V bom-V bardmentB have been carried out by v the enemy, who used a large propor- t & tlon of gas shells. j- Admit Reoccupatlon. :j Paris, Sept. 2 (noon). After re- ' peated violent attacks last night, the r Germans re-occupied part of the trenches recently taken by the French on the Somme front, south of Estres. 1 In the Champagne, the announce- J ment says, Russian troops put to li flight a German contingent northwest of Auberive after a spirited engage- j ment. The statement says: ;i "On the Somme front the Germans z made violent attacks on a portion of the trenches taken by us on August 31, south of Estres. They suceeded In occupying some parts of these po-i po-i sitions, at the cost of appreciable if lOBSCS "In the Champagne German recon- noiterlng parties west of Auberive and 1 south of Tahuro were dispersed by j hand grenades. A Russian patrol put ), to flight a party of the enemy north- 'i west of Auberive after lively fight- .1 ing. . . ment says, an attack by Italian Infantry In-fantry south of Salcano and west of Bokovlsczsa was driven back. Italians Make Gain. Rome, Sept. 2 (via London, 1:45 p. m.) Violent artillery fighting occurred oc-curred yesterday on the Trentlno front, the war office announced today. to-day. An Austrian attack In the Su-gano Su-gano valley was repulsed. "The fighting yesterday consisted principally of artillery actions, which were especially violent on the Trentlno Tren-tlno front," the statement says. "In the Sugano valley the enemy launched launch-ed an attack against our positions on Monte Civarone, but was driven off promptly. "Hostile aircraft dropped bombs on Rolle pass, at the head of the Cla-mon Cla-mon valley. No damage was done." oo |
