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Show Rumanians Continue B j Successes Against Von Maekensen Army Rome, Nov. 6, via Paris, Nov. 7, 1 1 :20 a. m. An Austrian Aus-trian submarine and an Italian destroyer were sunk in a duel I on the night of October 1 6, according to an official statement I issued by the admiralty today. The submarine had attacked 11 a transport which escaped. Bucharest, Nov. 7, via London, 4:36 p. m. The Ru- H manian forces in Dobrudja, which recently assumed the of- H fensive against Field Marshal von Mackensen's army are con- I tinuing their successes, the war office announced today. Pro- (H gress for the Rumanians along the entire Dobrudja front is reported. I j H Bucharest, Nov. 7, via London, 4:40 p. m. On the 'H Transylvanian front the Rumanians advanced slightly in the j H Buzeu valley. Violent fighting is under way in the region of ;H the river Alt. H London, Nov. 7, 12:06 p. m. Gains .byBritishUroppsjiinjithejinelghborhood of Butte'do Warlencourt, on the Som-me Som-me front, during operations last night wero announced today by the war office. of-fice. The official statement reads: "During the night we improved our position east of Butte de Warlencourt. Warlen-court. "Wc successfully raided trenches between Gommecourt and Serre taking some prisoners and inflicting considerable consid-erable casualties. An enemy patrol south of Monchy was dispersed by our fire. "Heavy rains and strong southwesterly southwest-erly gales continue." No Important Happenings. Paris, Nov. 7. Via London, 2:57 p. m. Last night was barren of important im-portant happenings along tho French front, the war office announced today, there having been only intermittent cannonading on portions of the Somme Som-me front and on the right bank of the Meuso in the Verdun sector. German airmen dropped Incendiary bombs on Nancy yesterday but did no damage, according to the official statement Thero were no casualties. Today's statement recites the number num-ber of prisoners taken by French-British troops in tho course of the fighting fight-ing on the Sommc front since July 1, giving their number up to November 1 as 71,632 men and 1,449 officers, while the number of guns captured Is given as 13 field guns, 130 heavy ejuiio, jlo ueucu iuui Liirs unci ysi machine ma-chine guns. Activity In East. ..Paris, Nov. 7. Via London, 2:57 p. m. Considerable activity to east of the Lake Presba region towards the western end of the Macedonian front, is reported by tho war office. , A Bulgarian counter attack in tlie re- gion of the town of German was repulsed. re-pulsed. Elsewhqre in the sector there was moderate artillery activity. Russians Force Back Enemy. Berlin, Nov. 7. By wireless to Say. ville.-A)n the Transylvanian front in the region of Tughes, the Russians yesterday forced back Austro-German troops, it is announced officially. The Teutonic forces gained ground west of Rodza pass. Near Rothenthurm pass the Aus-trlans Aus-trlans and Germans advanced and took more than 1,000 prisoners. Near Vulcan pass further ground was gained. Tho announcement follows: In tho Tulges sector the Russians after several attempts without success, suc-cess, gained ground at some places. West of the Bodza pass road, we re- nntnror1 Inot nncifinnu of iha nnlnf of the bayonet. In tho Campulung sector there was a violent artillery duel. West of Tirgujuilly valley the Rumanians undertook without success six counter attacks during tho night. "Southeast of Rothenthurm pass in tho district of Spini our attack pro? gressed favorably. Tho enemy left ten officers and 1,000 men prisoners in our hands. Also south of Vulcan pass wo made progress." British Beaten Back. Berlin, Nov. 7. (By wireless to Say-ville.) Say-ville.) On the Somme front the British Brit-ish yesterday made an attack near Eaucourt L'Abbaye, but were immediately imme-diately beaten back, tho war office announced an-nounced today. The statement reads: "Although tho British plainly intended in-tended to continue their attacks yesterday, yes-terday, It was only east of Eaucourt L'Abbaye that they succeeded in mak-I mak-I ing their Infantry leave their J trenches. They were forced to ro-urivImmediately".iThoBritish- losses in killed on November 5 were espo-cially espo-cially notable among the Australian divisions. i "French attacks over ground cov- 11 ered with dead were renewed only in 11 a limited way. The new attacks i'l launched between Les Boeufs and jH Rancourt In the evening and during the night broke down for the most part early under our fire. 'H "A Gorman air squadron by a noc- j jH turnal bombing raid set on fire a large ammunition depot at Cerisy, on the Somme, southwest of Bray. Long continued heavy detonations were felt I as far away as SL Quentin. "Army group of tho German crown prince The fire of French batteries located in the southern part of Rheims upon villages behind our jH front was answered by us and in re- 11 prisal the town of Rhehns was shelled. "In the Meuse sector (Verdun front) there was no important hap-pening." hap-pening." Berlin, Nov. 7, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. The capture of a Russian bridgehead on the Stokhod isreported by the war office. On the northern part of the front, between Dvinsk and Lake Narocz, Russian artillery Is dis- jH playing marked activity. IH The statement follows: . jH "Eastern front: Between Dvinsk IH and Lake Narocz the Russian artillery displayed unusual activity. Weak hos- IE tile attacks northeast of Goduzishki jH (south of Dvinsk) and south of the jH Moscow road were easily repulsed. JH "Northeast of Verchy we captured il without loss to us, a small Russian fl bridgehead on the left bank of the il Stokhod and brought in a number of prisoners." |
