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Show MILES CANNOT RESISTALl I E S British on West and French to East of Town Held By Germans. Paris, Sept. 14. Beset by British on the west and French on the east, Combles, In the Somme region, is on the verge of capture. With the British firmly established less than a, mile from the. western outskirts out-skirts of the village, the French a mile to the east of it, have driven their wedge in farther and captured Le Priez farm. The farm was taken by assault. Along the Peronne-Bethune road to the north and south of Bouchaves-nes Bouchaves-nes the Germans, according to Paris, have vainly attacked the newly-won French positions in the hope of regaining re-gaining their transport line to tho north. Except for reciprocal bombardments and a slight advance by the French by means of bombing attack near Belloy-enSanterre, south of the Somme, the situation elsewhere on tho front in France and Belgium remains unchanged. : Teutonic allies are continuing their I advance on the Dobrudja sector of Rumania, according to Berlin and Sofia. Rumanians Repulsed. In Transylvania Rumanians have attacked west and east of Hermann-stadt, Hermann-stadt, but were repulsed, says the Vienna war office. In the Carpathians Russians attacked at-tacked at Smotrec, Ludova and Ka-pul. Ka-pul. Their efforts to drive forward, however, were stopped with sanguin ary losses, according to Vienna. On tho Macedonian front heavy fighting has taken place, but with the results beclouded. The serbs In the Lake Ostrovo region are declared by Paris to have made appreciable progress, while both Berlin and Sofia mention gains for neither side. On the front, where the Italians are facing fac-ing the Bulgarians, Sofia asserts that the Italians have been put to flight. In the Doiran region the British have taken a Teutonic position north of the town of Mucukovo. i Although it had been stated previously pre-viously that the Greek forts at Ka-vala Ka-vala were evacuated by the Bulgarians, Bulga-rians, Berlin says they are all in tho hands of the Bulgars and that the Greek troops which were at Kavala ha e been sent to Germany, where they will remain until the end of the war 'in the status of neutrals." In the Austro-Italian theatre the usual bombardments and isolated infantry in-fantry attacks continue. Athens dispatches declare that M. Dimitaracopulos has declined to form a cabinet to succeed that of M. Zai-mis. Zai-mis. . I no |