Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-08
FRENCH CAPTURE /
. GERMAN TRENCHES
IN SOMMiE REGION
Bring Front Forward in
Alignment With Newly
Acquired Line.
VIOLENT COMMANDMENTS
CONTINUE DURING DAY
In Galicia, Russian Forces Still
Are Actively in Quest of
Lemberg.
FIGHTING IN HALICZ SECTOR
Germans and Bulgarians Take Tur.
tukai Fortress From
ROumanians.
FIGHTING IN HALICz SECTOR
Germans anu Bulgarians Take Tur.
tukai Fortress From
ROumanianS.

LoNtoN. September The infan-
try OF the bellgercnts i'm the Somme
/ region OF France was inactive to-day.
except south of the river where the
French. TO the cast OF Deniecourt. can
tur"d clements Of trenches from the
Germans. and brought forward their
front more In alignment with their
newly acquired line running through
Gclloy-en Santerrc and Berny-cn- san
terre.
The day, however. was a continue
! ton or the violent commandments
which always precedc attempts at
fresh advances by the cn:ente allies.
In addition. great aerial activity wa.
shown by French and British aerial
sQuadrons in bombar,ling points of
vantage behind tho German lines.
South Of the sommc. so violent was
the French artillery fire tina, under
it the Germans were unable to mako
/ their customary counterattacxs, ac-
cordinc to Paris.
The Germans are heavily shellinr
tho French in the old first line Ger.
man trenches. a mile in length. be-
tween the Naux- -Chapitre region. and
the town OF Chenois, in the Vcrdun
sector. which were taken by the
French on Wednesday night.
In Galcia, tho Russians are still
actively In quest of Lembcrg. Keeping
up their pressure against the Austro-
German forces westward from the
regions of Brzezany and Iiaiicz Near
trzcznny. tho Russians have driven
back the Teutons from fortified posi-
tons and advanced to the Naraiuvka
River. tributary Of the Guita Lima
and AT some points have crossed the
stream. Near Halicz. the railway limo
has been cut by the Russians who
now arc heavily bombarding Halicz,
which. although in names. the forces
OF the central powers arc still stub
! bornly defending.
RETREATS ADMITTED
ny BERLIN AND VIENNA
In Wednesdays lighting i'm the
Ilalicz sector. 5.6i5 officers and men OF
tho Teutonic allies were made prisoner
Both Berlin and Vienna admit retreats
between the Zlota I.ipa and Dniestcr
Rivers
Likewise. Vienna comedies a retreat
OF tho Austrian forces before the Rou-
manians near Olah roplitza. in East
ern TRANSATLANTIC. twenty miles from
the Roumanian border The retreat
was made in tho face OF threatened
envelopinG movement To the south
east of this same region the Rou-
manians have occupied The Gyeyrgyo-
Ditro-Orsova pass
In the capture of Tur,ukai fortress
the Germans and BulEarians took more
than 10000 prisoners and more than
100 guns. according to Berlin. Bu-
kharest says the lighting in this vicinity
is or great violence. and that the losses
on both sides have been heavy
The Russians in Turkish Armenia
near Ognot continue to drive the
Turks from their strong mountain de-
lenses. according TO Petrograd. and
also have put down a Turkish offen-
sive west Of Erzinsan. On the Mace
donian front and in the Austro-Italian
thcater. the lighting is still being done
mainly by means of artillery.
In German East Africa, two addi-
tionai Dorts-Nilwa kivinjc and Kilwa
kisiwani south OF Dar-es- Salaam-
have surrendered to the British.