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Show jj Bulgarians Capture Greek Fort h and Kill Commander Changas 6 ) CT ! I GERMAN FORCES ARE LAUNCHING I! NEW OFFENSIVE IN CHAMPAGNE 1 u Some French Positions Are Penetrated, But Teutons Are Sub-j Sub-j sequently Driven Out Heavy Counter Thrust Near Maurepas Repulsed Bulgars Win Important Vic-j Vic-j tory Over the Serbians British Repulse Final i Attack of Prussian Guard Italians Oc-, Oc-, cupy Porto Palermo and Summit of Mount Kalarat in Albania. ? Berlin, Aug. 26, by wireless to Sayville. The Italian at- fj tack recently inaugurated in the Dolomites on the northern I part of the front has failed and the fighting is dj'ing down, the I official Austrian announcement of yesterday says. The statement state-ment also reports skirmishing along the Voyusa river in Albania, Al-bania, north of Avlona. Rome, Aug. 26, via London, 4:30 p. m. Italian troops have won additional successes in the Alpine along the northern north-ern part of the Austro-Italian front, the war office announced j today. Petrograd, Aug. 26, via London, 2:46 p. m. Official announcement of arrival of Russian troops at Saloniki was made by the war office today. Sofia, Aug. 26, via London. After severe fighting on ' the Bulgarian right wing on the Macedonian front, the Serbians have been defeated with very heavy losses and compelled to retire, the war office announced today. Eighteen consecu-j consecu-j tive attacks were made by the Serbians. On the eastern end j of the front, the Bulgarian forces have reached the Greek ( Aegean coast and put British cavalry detachment to flight. : Several villages have been occupied by the Bulgarians. ( Tho statement says: "Our offen- j. sive on our right wing continues. In l the region of Moglencia mountain considerable Serbian forces, supported support-ed -by neighboring troopsf from the night of August 21 until the afternoon of August 23, attempted eighteen consecutive con-secutive attacks. All their attacks were repulsed whereupon tho Serbians retired to their former positions. Their losses were immense. ! "Our left wing, advancing upon the Aegean coast, wet weak British caval- I ry detachments which took flight in i tho direction of George and Orinno pursued ,by our troops." "On August 23 wo captured Kreta, Parnardagh, the village of Dzravlk, Hill 750, ten kilometers north of Or- ; fano; Blgla mountain, the village of Dranovn, the territory to tho heights j north of Kavala and the whole Sar- 'f ishaban plain. ' "The assertion of tho French gener- i al staff that French troops have oc-fly oc-fly cupied the village of Palmisch is in-i in-i correct. This village, in Greek ter-ij ter-ij ritory, was from the boginnlng in possession of the French." . The Sofia announcement discloses a wide extension of tho Bulgarinn oc-cupatlon oc-cupatlon of Greek territory. The area I; now taken over skirts the Aegean for jabout 50 miles. Apparently the Bul-!'( Bul-!'( (garians have reached all northeast- iern Greece from tho Bulgarinn bor- der to Orfnno where tho old front end-i end-i ed. They are thus established ovor a I largo sector on the eastern flank of I the entente allies. "While determinedly resisting the allied al-lied advance on the Sommo front, the Germans are launching an offensive t movement in the Campague region. They penetrated some French positions, posi-tions, but subsequently were driven out, Paris declares. An assault by tho Germans on the point of tho St. Mlhlol salient, southeast south-east of Verdun, was repelled by a counter attack, according to the French report. I I" V On tho Sommo a German counter thrust directed at Hill 121 near Maurepas, Mau-repas, was repulsed, 'the French bulletin bulle-tin declares. The British statement i announces tho repulse of an attack ft by the Prussian guard on allied posi-U posi-U tions at Thiepval and says the Brit-v Brit-v Ish in their advance on that town IV have taken 400 yards more of German trenches. 11 Sofia reports nn Important victory 11 "over the Serbians on tho Bulgarian 11 right wing, and announces that on the other flank tho Bulgarians have ,Wt reached the Greek Aegean coast. '11 Vienna claims the checking of Rus-1 Rus-1 Bian attemptskto advance in the tjv,' The British admiralty anourices the If torpedoing of a British naval auxll-iary auxll-iary in theNorth sea, involving the loss of 23 men. . Paris, Aug. 2G, 4:15 a. m. The Bul- garlans have attacked and enptured the Greek fort of Startlla, after killing kill-ing its commander, Changas, and the entire garrison which offered spirited resistance, says a Saloniki dispatch to tho Matin. Tho dispatch is dated August Au-gust 23, and was delayed. Emperor Enters Controversy. Paris, Aug. 2G, 5:20 a. m. According Accord-ing to information from diplomatic source, says , a wireless from Berne, Emperor William of Germany wrote to King Ferdinand of Rumania that he Intended to send Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg on a special mission to him with regard to the position of Rumania. Ru-mania. King Ferdinand replied, adds the dispatch, that the mission would be Inopportune because, as a constitutional constitu-tional monarch, he would be obliged to refer tho envoy to his minister and in the circumstances he preferred that any communication from the German government should bo received through ordinary diplomatic channels. The announcement says: "On the Sommo the artillery fighting was violent vio-lent at the end o the day yesterday and during part of last night South of Maurepas at about 10 p. m. strong enemy reconnoitering parties in the vicinity of Hill 121 were dispersed by our fire. The Germans mnde no other attempt to attack. "In the Champagne, after an intense in-tense bombardment, the enemy attacked at-tacked our positions west of Tahure at two points. The attack was held up by our curtain of fire, except In a small salient of our line where the enemy gained a footing. Shortly afterward af-terward we drove him out by a counter coun-ter attack. "On the right bank of tho Mouse the enemy violently bombarded tho region of Thiaumont and Fleury and several times carried out lively offensive of-fensive actions against the village and trenches bordering on Thiaumont Thiau-mont work. None of these attempts succeeded in reaching our lines. "In Lorraine wo caught under our fire a German reconnoitering party before Neuvillers, northwest of Bad-onvillers. Bad-onvillers. "On the remainder of the front the night was calm." British, Defeat Prussian Guard. London, Aug. 2G. 4:12 p. m. A heavy attack mndo by the Prussian Guard against British positions at Thiepval on the Somme front was repulsed re-pulsed by tho Worcestershire and Wiltshire regiments, It was officially announced this afternoon. Further progress by tho British In their attack upon Thiepval is also reported, re-ported, ground being gained on both sides of Mouquet farm, notably to the southwest, where 400 yards of German trenches along the Courcellette Thl- r epval road were captured. The statement says: "The enemy bombardment of our irst lino trenches along tho greater portion of our front south of the Ancre at various times from 7 o'clock last night until early this morning. "Covered by his artillery fire, he attacked our positions west of Guil-lemont Guil-lemont between the quarries and the Montauban-Guillemont road. Ho did not reach our lines at any point and was repulsed with loss. "Near Mouquet farm wo made further fur-ther progress both 'on the east side of the homestead and also on the northwest north-west side where we have taken another an-other 400 j'ards of trenches along the Courcolette-Thiepval road. "The importance attributed by the enemy to the Thiepval sector of his line is shown by the great efforts he is making to recover his lost ground in the Liepsic salient. Recently he has been affecting a great concentration concentra-tion of guns in this area to oppose our progress and support his attacks. at-tacks. "Last night he delivered an attack in considerable force on our new trenches south of Thiepval village. This attack was made by troops of the Prussian guard and was preceded by a very heavy bombardment. The attack was everywhere repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy and we maintained all our positions. "The success of our defense Is due largely to the steadiness and determined deter-mined gallantry of the Wlltshires and of the Worcestershire men who In spite of beiji subjected to very heavy bombardment, steadily maintained main-tained their positions and repulsed the determined assault of. JLhe enemy." Germans Claim Victory. Berlin, Via London, Aug. 2C 4:25 p. m. Attacks last night by the British Brit-ish in tho Thiepval and Foureaux woods sectors on the Somme front and by- the French near Maurepas were repulsed, the war office announced announc-ed today. In the Champagne, northwest north-west of Tahure, French trenches were raided and 4G prisoners captured. The stntement regarding the western west-ern front says: "To the accompaniment of continuous contin-uous artillery duels north of the Somme, Som-me, infantry attacks took place during dur-ing the evening from Thiepval to the Foureaux wood and near Maurepas-They Maurepas-They were repulsed. 1 "Northwest of Tahure (Champagne) our patrola captured 46 prisoners in French trenches. "In tho Meuse region the enemy fire in .some sectors attained great intensity. "Two enemy aeroplanes were shot down in the region of Bapaume and j another hoar Zonnebeke, Flanders. In aerial engagements, one aeroplane 1 was brought down east of Verdun and one north of Fresnes." ''Only minor engagements along the eastern front nre reported in today's army headquarters announcement. Austrlans Lose In Carpathians. Petrograd, Aug- 26, via London, 3:14 p. m. In tho foothills of the Carpathians Carpa-thians in Galicia, tho Russians have pressed back tho Austrlans and have made considerable progress, occupying a village, it was announced today. "In the Carpathians west of Nad-vorna," Nad-vorna," tho statement says, "our advanced ad-vanced guards, having dispersed the" enemy, occupied the village of Guta l and reached the sources of the rivers Bystrltza and Bystristza-Nadvorna In tho region of Rafalov." Stubborn Fight With Turks. Petrograd, Aug. 26, via London, 9:46 a. m. The Russians ate pressing press-ing the advantage recently gained over tho Turks in southern Turkish Armenia, according to today's official statement, which says: "On the line extending from the town of Kygi to Lako Van stubborn fighting continues. Our troops, after having occupied the town of Mush, advanced ad-vanced to the ridge of Kurst Dagu, where we captured a number of prisoners, "In tho direction of Mosul wo continue con-tinue to pursue the remnants of tho Fourth Turkish division." Berlin, Aug. 2G. By Wireless to Sayville. Russian troops which arc attempting to advance In tho Carpathians Carpath-ians toward the Hungarian border have. been partly repulsed, the official Austrian report of August 25 announces. an-nounces. The statement says: "Front of Archduke Charles Francis: Fran-cis: West of tho Moldova and In the- district of Tartar pass, several Russian attacks were partially repulsed re-pulsed in hand-to-hand fighting. The enemy suffered large losses. "Front of Field Marshal von Hln-donburg: Hln-donburg: In the sector of Terepel-nike-Picniaki wo recaptured all tho trenches lost August 22$ One officer, of-ficer, 211 men and three machine guns were captured." Italians Occupy Palermo. Paris, Aug. 26.-1:14 p. m. A dis- f " patch from Avlona tonight states that the Italians have occupied Porto Palermo Pa-lermo and the summit of Mount Kalarat, Kal-arat, in southern Albania, in order to watch the Albanian coast north of Cape Keppali, 50 miles southeast of Avlona, In which district there is said to be an Austrian submarino baso. The territory occupied by the Italians Ital-ians is 'quasi-Greek." Tho opinion of Rome newspapers, however, is that Greece will not protest the occupation. Paris, Aug. 26. Noon. After an intense bombardment last night the Germans launched an infantry attack west of Tshure ,in the Campagne. They penetrated the French position, tho war office announced today, but subsequently were expelled. German attacks on the Somme and tho Verdun fronts were repulsed. The German attack on the Somme front was made at Hill 121, near the town cf Maurepas, recently captured by the French. On the Verdun front east of the Meuse. the Germans attacked the French line between Fleury and Thiaumont, Thi-aumont, after a heavy bombardment but Avere able to make no advance. Aerinl engagements occurred all along tho front. Three German aeroplanes aero-planes were shot down in the Somme sector, one near Craon and another on the Verdun front. Six others were damaged and two German captive balloons bal-loons weredestroyed. War Fund Increased. Amsterdam, Aug. 27. Via London, 11:15 a. m. By decree of the Rumanian Ruman-ian council of ministers, published in the Monitor, the extraordinary credit lor the army is increased by 200,000,-000 200,000,-000 francs to G00.000.000 francs, according ac-cording to telegrams from Bucharest today. The Universal announces that General Gen-eral Paraskivosco has been appointed director of munitions and despatches, and that General Popovic, inspector-general inspector-general pf cavalry, has been appointed to command the first army corps, in succession to General Aversco. |