The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-09-29
EXPECTED OFfEE'}.Y1
WELL UNDER WAN
Great Gains in Two Days
of Fighting.
RUSSIANS ALSO
SCORE VICTORY

Y
OF Eastern or Western Fronts. Bel
eians are Also Active. Rumanfa
Asks Bulgarian Government to EX-
plain Military Preparations.
London Sept. 27.-~Thc British and
French have gained greater results in
, two days than in the preceding twelve
months since the battle of the Marnc.
With upwards Of 10000 German pris-
oncrs in their hands, something like so
guns. without including machine guns
and with formidable breach in tho
German linc, the allies apparently
have the long expected offensive wGll
under way. The advance is general.
| / he effect is emphasized by Tue TACT
that on tie eastern front substantial
! Russian gain is recorded.
Pctrograd states General lvan0if's
army won striking victory over the
Germans ana Austrians in The south
eastern theatre. a thousand prisoners
were taken
The Bcsians arc taking a pvomi~
mont part III the now Offensive Them
Official announcement reports the
capture OF German post on tie ltght
bank Of the User with the conyal1ant
evacuation Of adjoining German
trenches
! 1t is believed here the new muyr in
the west again brings the Germans
face TO face with tho necessity OF
making choice between two Fonts,
as was the c;%c in The early rart of
! the war
Military writer's point ont that the
Russians now are holding the AUS
trians and Germans on 700 mile
front while the presence of nearly
2,oootoO strongly cntrenched Ger
mans has failed to present an advance
in france. This they say, must in
crease the perplexitics Of the German
general staff and react Immediately on
any plans which may have been formed
for new attacks in the south or south
east
Little activity is reported from Dar-
dancllcS. The Turks announce success
OF a conntcTmining operation and con-
tinuatiOn Of artillery exchanges.
Shcll fire from German submarine
sank the british steamer Natal. u
transport, south Of Crete in tho
Mediterranean. The crew was landed
fnmania in friendly note has ask
The Sofia government to explain Hul-
garia's military preparations accord
ing to Information reaching Italy.
Pounding Continues.
London, Sept. 27.-ThC great Trench
and British offensive against both sides
Of the elbow Joint o! the German posi-
tons in the West has not slackcned
but Gen, Joffrc's afternoon bulletin re-
ported no new outsiandina success.
The British statement tod briefly OF
big losses inflicted on The Ctuman8
northwest of lMluch, whore nayy
Gcrman coantcrattacka were icd
out
Berlin maintains HAT couu ,at-
tacks have checked the allies ar,gc
With heavy losses, but as the Ca ANS
do not claim TO have rcoo.rrad
| ground taken from ihom, Tie aiaa
tions are that The allied gains all-
day and sunday have hcon gen nlly
maintained and at somo poilt# m
] proved and that the hghtin has
| Preached the stage Of vicious attacks
and countoratlacks which ma per-
sisi for weeks.
| 1t is estimated that prison, Is cap"
turcd by the allies during G.c yush
Will reach q total Of more than G00.
but this IS offset to some c.junt Np tho
! German claims that nearly 1000
| French ana British icil into lhcir
hands
Denied more news OF The great bat
tie, England is awaiting DEVELOPMENTS
with an cagcrncss not cIuallcd since
the critical days when the Germans
fell back from Paris. Meanwhile The
public is warned to expect heavy
losses and thai tho Germans already
two million strong from the coast to
the Swiss frontier may throw rein.
forcemcnts into the limo for struggle
the like Of which even this bloody war
has not yet seen.
Optimists also are reminded that
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