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Show 1 Teutonic Allies Striking r Sledge Hammer B lows and j On both the north and southeastern 5 Rumanian fronts the sledge hammer blows of tho Teutonic allies are rap-j rap-j idly flattening out the Rumanian lines j and forcing them back. i In Dobrudja, Field Marshal von 3 Mackensen Inflicted a sever defeat upon the Russo-Rumanian left flank driving it to the Tzara-Murat district l some 16 miles northwest of Con- j stanza, the Black sea port he captured day before yesterday. ; In the center tho field marshal also :j has made notable progress, forcing his way Into Medjidle and driving the 'i Russians and Rumanians into the 3 hills to the north, while along the j Danube he has drawn appreciably ;? nearer tho Tchernavoda bridgehead i by capturing the Danube town of i Rashova, nine miles southwest of 6 Tchernavoda. He has taken 6,700 3 prisoners, 12 cannon and 52 machine :5 guns. Driving home the attack on tho ? north, General von Falkenhayn re- ports as a result the capture of Pre-deal, Pre-deal, 10 miles south of Kronstadt on I tho Rumanian side of tho border and i tho collapso of the strong resistance j tho Rumanians have been offering at j the southern end at Rothonthurm pass Ef on the frontier south of Hermann- " stadt 3 Russo-Rumanlans Holding In North- ; west. 'j On tho northwestern Rumanian front, the Russo-Rumanian forces ap- ;; parently are holding their own. Bu- charesL reports them on the offensive ) in the Oituz valley where several hundred prisoners and 10 machine i guns were captured from General von ;'( Falkenhayn's troops. 1c Virtually tho entire Constanza- Tchornavrida railwav lino in nnhnifHo .) is now in the hands of Field Marshal ;i von Mackensen's victorious forces, It I appears from a Russian official state-. state-. ment today, admitting the evacuation :l of Medjidie by the Russians and Ru-ISJJLJaOeAJnland, Ru-ISJJLJaOeAJnland, I from Constanza, the Black sea port and terminus of the railway, the fall 5 of which to-lho armies of tho central powers was reported yesterday, r Medjidie, furthermore, is but little ' more than thirteen and a half miles ; from Tchernavoda, where the Russo-: Russo-: Rumanian forces are apparently pre-; pre-; paring to make a stand at the bridgehead bridge-head protecting the town. The only bridge over the Danube between Bel-grade Bel-grade and the sea spans the river at Tchernavoda carrying the railway lino running to Bucharest. The Russo-Rumanian line now runs along the heights north of Constanza and Medjidie, according to the Petro-grad Petro-grad announcement, the entente i forces having fallen back upon these ridges after evacuating 'the towns. The Somme front situation was lit-j lit-j tie changed over night. London re-ports re-ports that the British have fully con-;' con-;' solidated the ground gained by them yesterday in the neighborhood of Guedecourt and Les Noeufs wliero the capture of 1,000 yards of German trenches was reported. There was no infantry action along the French lines in the Somme region. re-gion. The Serbians have made new gains in their campaign for Monastir, according ac-cording to today's Paris report on operations op-erations in Macedonia, stopping a German-Bulgarian counter-attack in the Cerna valley region and then taking tak-ing tho offensive themselves and capturing cap-turing several trenches. Berlin describes tho British and French operations on the Somme iron., yesterday as another attempt to break the German lines by the employment em-ployment of large masses of troops, and says the effort failed with heavy i? casualties north of the Somme, rows of dead being piled up on the field. Russo-Rumanlans Retreat. Petrograd, Oct. 24. Via London, 11:17 a. m. The occupation of Con-i Con-i stanza and Medjidie in Dobrudja by forces of tho central powers, is announced an-nounced in todny's war office report. Under hostile pressure, says the state-i state-i ment, the Russian and Rumanian troops retired to the heights north of K these places. ' No notably important operations along the Rumanian northeastern i front are reported in the official an-i an-i nouncement, which follows; " "Rumanian northeastern front: In the valley of the river Trotus, the ; enemy remains passive. Along the Buzen-Dozrana-Klmpolung lino an ar-J ar-J tilery duel Is proceeding. Enemy at-zt at-zt tacks in the region of Orsova were I repelled by our fire. "Dobrudja front:: Under pressure s of the enemy our troops and the Ru manians retired to tho heights north of Constanza and Medlple at the sami time resisting the enemy's advance. These two points have been occupied by the enemy." Predeal Is Captured. Berlin, Oct. 2-1. By wireless to Sayville. German and Austro-Hun' garian forces after a violent engage' ment south of Kronstadt, Transyl vanla, yesterday captured Predeal, says tho Gorman official statement Issued today. Six hundred prisoners were taken. Medjidie on tho Tcheraavoda-Con stanza railroad also lias been cap tured. The army of Field Marshal ,von Mackonsen has taken prlsonei more than 6,700 Rumanians and Rus slans. Tho text of the statement follows: "Archduke Charles' front: South of Kronstadt (Brazza) Gorman and Austro-Hungarlan troops" yesterday captured Predeal after a violent en gagement Six hundred prisoners were brought in. "At the southern exit of Rothen-thurm Rothen-thurm pass, the strong Rumanian re sistance of the last few days was broken." Capture of Rashova. Berlin. Oct. 21. By wireless to Sayville. Say-ville. Tho capture of the Rumanian town of Rashova, in Dobrudja on the Danube below Tchernavoda, was announced an-nounced today by the war office. Rumanians Attack. Bucharest, Oct. 24. Via London, 2:27 p. m. Rumanian troops mado an attack yesterday along the whole Oituz front near tho Transylvania-Rumanian Transylvania-Rumanian border. The war office an. nounces the capture of 10 machine guns and several hundred prisoners. British Steamer Sunk. London, Oct. 24, 1:58 p. m. The 4200 ton British steamer Midland has been sunk. - The MIdIanaT380fcet "long and built In 1903, was owned in London. She was reported on a voyage from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Palmas, Canaries, during which she sailed from Capetown on September 17. Paris, Oct. 24. Noon. French and German artillery forces were busy last night south of the Somme, where an artillery duel raged In tho Biaches-j Ablaincourt region. There Avas no In- j fantry action along the French front! in tho Somme area, tho war office announced today. Three German aeroplanes were brought down In the courso of twenty aerial combats that occurred yesterday yester-day in the Verdun region during a thick mist. British Hold Ground. London, Oct 24, 10:50 a. m. "The ground pained by us yesterday in tho neighborhood of Guedecourt and Les , Boeufs (on the Somme front) has now been fully secured," tho war office announced today. "During the night there was nothing noth-ing to report except Intermittent Bhell-lng Bhell-lng on both sides. "In answer to the enemy's claim that the gains of Saturday between Schwaben redoubt and Le Sars were won only at the expense of heavy losses on our part, It may be noted that the troops engaged, which" took over 1,000 prisoners, had only about 1,200 casualties." Severe Defeat of Allies. Berlin, Oct. 24. By wireless to Sayville. Say-ville. In an attempt to break through the German lines on the Somme at any cost, the British and French yesterday yes-terday used great numbers of troops in repeated attacks, the war office an-nounced an-nounced today. Their assaults broke down with heavy losses. Tho defeat of the allies was so severe, se-vere, tho statement says, that along tho front the dead are lying in one row after another. South of the Somme, a French attack met with similar results. Tho announcement follows; "October 23 was, like tho preceding preced-ing day, characterized by battles of greatest violence. In order to break through at any price, the British and French continued attacks in which strong forcos were employed. Suffer 8angulnary Losses. "In spito of their use of masses of i troops north of the Somme, they suf-i suf-i fered a heavy and sanguinary defeat. It is reported from the front that rows . of dead are lying ono upon another, especially west of TranBloy, Tho conduct con-duct of troops was as splendid as was i possible. Brandenburg Infantry Rogl-. Rogl-. ment 64, Brunswick Reserve Infantry Regiment 2, Renish Infantry Regiment e 29 and Bavarian Infantry Regiments . One and Fifteen won especial distinction. distinc-tion. "South of the Somme the French prepared an advance in the Ablain-court-Chaulnes sector but our annlhi- latlng fire mado development of tho attack Impossible. "Army group of the German crown prince: The enemy attempted to as-, as-, slst the attacks on the Somme by at-. at-. tacks near Verdun. Our positions i on tho east bank of tho Meuso wero strongly shelled by artillery. Hostile infantry was held in its trenches by our strong and efficient artillery fire. I Attempts to attack woro thus frus- trated." |
