The Elbert County tribune., 1916-10-27
STRONG POSITION IS CAPTURED
FALL ON cHERNovopA BAsE
NEAR coNsTANZA.
TAKE $500 PRISONERS
BLOW NOW BELIEVED ABOUT TO
FALL ON cHERNoVoDA;
BASE NEAR coNsTANzA.

London, Oct. 25.-Switching the Of
fensive from the Somme region in
France-possibly as counter to the
advance of the Teutons in Dobrudja
region of Rumania-the French have
smashed the German line north and
northeast of Verdun over a front of
four and one-third miles, penetrating
1t along its entire length, in the cen
ter gaining distance of nearly two
lies.
When night fell the village and fort
of Douaumont, in the center, were In
the hands of the French, while on
their left wing the Frenchmen had
pushed beyond Thiaumont and cap
tured the Haudremont quarry and talk
en- up positions along the Bras-Douau-
mont road.
On their right wing considerable
progress also had been made from
Douamont to Damloup. More than
5000 prisoners and quantities of war
material were captured by the French.
In the Dobrudja region of Rumania
the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks
are giving no rest to the Russians and
Rumanians.
The latter continue to retreat along
the entire front from the Black sea to
the Danube river, altho at some points
vance of the invaders.
Rachova, on the river a short dis
tance below Chernavoda and Medjidie,
on the railway between Chernavoda
and Constanza, have fallen into the
hands of the Teutonic allies. In the
latter region cavalry is pursuing the
retreating Russo-Rumanian forces well
to the north of the railway line More
than 6.700 prisoners have been taken
by Field Marshal Won Mackensen.
Constantinople reports the opera
tons of Turkish submarines in the
Black sea off the Rumanian coast In
the sinking of 3,000-ton Rumanian
transport and sailing supply ships
bound for Constanza with provisions.
London, Oct. 25.-The Dobruja re-
gion of Rumania apparently is being
overrun by the forces of the Teutonic
allies.
Constanza, Rumania's chief seaport
and fortress on the Black sea, already
has fallen into the hands of the troops
of the right wing of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's army, while the left wing
is nearing the town of Tchernavoda.
where the Danube is spanned by the
bridge of the railroad running from
Constanza to Bucharest.
Near the center of their front, which
extends across the Dobrudja from the
sea to the Danube, the invaders have
cut the railroad hear Murfatlar and
pushed their troops far beyond" the
railway line, according to Berlin.
Before the rapid advance of the
Germans, Bulgarians and Turks-raptd
despite heavy rains and soggy ground
the Russians and Rumanians are in
retreat along the entire front, but ao-
cording to Petrograd are offering
stubborn resistance.
Aside from the operations in Do
brudja, another British smash at the
German line in the Somme region of
France, which netted them more than
1000 yards of trenches east of Gueu-
decourt and Les Boeufs, and carried
their front a step nearer the Bapaume-
Peronne road, is the most notable in
cident of the fighting on any of the
fronts.
A gain, described by Paris as ZAP
preciable,'. also Is recorded for the
French northeast of Morval, just to
the south of the region where the
British and Germans were in contact.
The Russians having been cleared
from the Narayuvka river region of
Galicia, the Austro-Germans have
hurled a violent attack against other
forces of Emperor Nicholas north of
Brody, near the Volhynia- Galicia bor-
der. The attack was repulsed, accord
ing to Petrograd.
Paris. = Four tons of projectiles
squadron of twenty-four machines on
blast furnaces north of Metz and on
the Metz and Thionville stations, the
war office announced in it's report of
aviation activities. Hits were secured
on all detectives, 1t is declared.
Another French flotilla bombarded
factories at Rombach.
Allies VIII Not Talk Peace Now.
London-Viscount Grey, the British
foreign minister, at luncheon of the
Foreign Press association, declared
that the allies are not ready at this
time even to discuss terms of peace.
The statement was made in the pres
ence of diplomatic representatives of
all the entente nations. One of the
most striking points of the foreign