Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-05
Bulgar Outpost Was Sabred
by Russ Cavalry in Yes
terday's Fight.
SOFIA STATES VICTORY
Paris Report at Noon Says
Macedonian Front Com
paratively Quiet.

Berlin, Sept. 8, (Vfa London, y.
m.)-The German and Bulgarian
army which II invading eastern
Rumania has carried by storm the
fortified advanced positions mt the
bridgehead Of Tutrakan, the war
Office announced today. The Bull
garians have taken the town OF
DObric.
Petrograd, Sept. 3, (via London,
2:1O p. m.)-Russians and Bull
garians are fighting In Rumania-
The war Office announced today
that the first clash between the
Bulgarians who have invaded east
ern Rumania and the Russians
who went I'm to assist Rumania, Oc-
cured yesterday. A Bulgarian
cavalry outpost was sabred b.
Russian cavalry.
In the direction OF Vladimir-Volyn-
ski on the upper Sereth. Volhynia,
Russian troops in battle lasting from
to Saturday captured 115
Teuton officers and 4.514 men. They
also took six cannon, 35 machine guns
and four mine throwers. This infor-
nation was contained in the Russian
official statement issued today.
Rumanians Left Many Dead.
London. Sept. 8, G2:40 p. m.)-The
first days fighting on Rumanian soil.
due to the invasion of Dobrudja by
Bulgarians and Germans, is said by
the Bulgarian war office 10 have re-
suited in the retreat of the Rumanians,
who left hundreds of dead on the field.
AS previously reported by the German
war office, the invaders crossed the en-
tire Dobrudja frontier and occupied
towns near the border.
The statement, issued in Sofia on
Sunday, says:
ION our northern.ffront our armies
on Saturday crossed the entire Do
brudja frontier, energetically driving
back the enemy. We occupied Kurt
burnar after fighting I'm which we took
prisoners 165 men and two officers.
The enemy retreated, leaving on the
field hundreds of dead as we'll as a
great number OF rifles and a quantity
Of material One of our columns oc-
cupied Akkadunlan. The march for
ward is proceeding on the whole line.
"On the Macedonian front we re-
pulsed weak attacks north OF Lake Os-
trovo and in the Moglenlica valley.
"A hostile feet bombarded the forti-
fications north OF Kavala. Enemy aero
planes dropped bombs on the villages
Of Starovo and Hazuatar and on An
gista station. Several inhabitants, In
women and children, were
killed"
Austria Had Few Troops Ready.
Paris, Sept. 8, (4:50 a. m.)-The adj
vance of the Rumanian troops in the
first five days of their comPaign was
and at some points was as
much as so kilometres (about 4S
niles, says a dispatch from Urgent
under date OF Saturday TO the Petit
Parisien. The forward march. how
ever. now has been somewhat slack
ened because OF the difficulty OF send
ing revictualing conveys. Although
the ground on the eastern Hungarian
was unfavorable for the Ru-
the correspondent said. they
were successful in their dash across
The river and now occupy the valleys.
Rumania's declaration of war. the
adds, was so unexpected by
Austria that only a few troops of the
iual monarchy were on the Rumanian
The Rumanian offensive was
so sudden that the Austrians had not
line to blow up bridges nor tunnels.
Comparative quiet still prevails at
noon on the Macedonian front today's
official French report says. There
we're no infantry engagements yester-
lay although the artillery was fairly
active and various enterprises were
by patrols.