Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-15
COMPLIES VILLAGE
ON VERGE OF BEING
TAKEN BY ENTENTE
Beset by British Forces on
West and French
on East.
BOTH WITHIN MILE
OF BESIEGED TOWN
LIE Priez Farm, Held by Germans
as Point of Support, Won
by Allies.
ROIMANIANS ARE REPuLSED
RouMANIANs ARE REFUSED
Tcutonic Allies Reported as Con.
tinuinS Their Advance in
Dobruja Sector.

LONDON. September Ii.-Beset hy
the British on the west and the French
on the east. the Village of Comblcs in
the Sommc region of France. appar-
emily is on the verge OF capture hy the
entente forces
With the British firmly established
in the Leuze wood, less than a mile
from the western outskirts of the viii
laEe. the French n mile to the cast OF
IT have driven their wedge in farther
and captured lie Pricz farm, through
which runs the road ia Rancourt The
farm. which had been held by the Ger
mans as Il point Of support against
French cncroachments upon Combles
was taken by assault
Along the Pcronne 7Scthunc road TO
the north and south of Bouchavesnes
the Germans. according to Paris. have
vainly attacked the newly won French
positions in the hope OF gaining their
transport line to the north. but all
their efforts have been without sue
cess and the French have maintained
all their gains.
Except for rccriprocal bombarcments
and q slight advance by the French by
means Of a bombing attack near Bel
loy-en- -Santcrre. south OF the Somme,
tho situation elsewhere OH the entire
front in France and Belgium remains
unchanged
The Teutontc allies arc continuing
their advance on the Dobruia sector
OF Roumania. according to Berlin and
SOMA Across the mountains, in Tran
sElNanla. the Roumaniaus have at
tackled west and east OF Hermann-
stadt, but were repulsed, says the
Vienna War Office.
RUSSIANS FAIL IN ElTOnT
! TO DRIVE FORWARD
In the Carpathiuns the Russians at
tackled vigorously the forces Of the
central powers at Smutrcc, Ludova and
kapul stof1ninG positions after heavy
preparatory bombartlmcnt. Their ef-
forts TO drive forward, however, were
stopped with sansuinary losses ac-
coIrlnG 10 Vienna.
On the Macedonian front consider
| able heavy fighting has taken place,
but the results arc beclouded owing
TO contradictory reports by the differ
ent war chanccileries. The Serbs. in
| the Lake Ostiovo region. are declared
| by Paris to have made appreciuhle g
progress against the Bulgarans, while
ooth Berlin ana Sofia report lombard
mentS in the vicinity, but mention
gains for neither side. ON the front
where the Italians are facing the Bull
garians. Soma asserts that the italians
have been put TO flight. I'm the Doiran
region the British have taken a Teu-
tonic position north of the town Of
MucukoNo. Several Germans were
taken prisoner and number of ma
chime guns captured.
Although ii had been previously
stated that the Greek forts at kavala
wore evacuated by the Bulgariana,
Berlin says they arc all in the hands
of the Bulgars, and that the Greek
troops 'hich were 1T Kavaia had been
sent TO Germany. where they will re-
main until the end OF the war, lin the
status OF ncutrals
In the Austro-Italian theater the
usual hombardmcnts and Isolated in
fantry attacks continue.
Late Athens dispatches declared that
VI. pimitracopuloS has. declined to
form Cabinet to succeed that Of NJ
Xaimis.