The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-09-08
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.

Thursday, Sept with their ar
mics overrunning Pennsylvania,
large part Of which is to be abandon
ed by Austria, the Roumanians are re-
ported to have struck at Bulgaria.
Roumanian troops have crussed the
Danube and occupied the large Bull
garian city of Rustchuk. Russian
troops are massing in the Roumanian
Dobrudja to strike at Bulgaria from
the north. Transports are landing.
troops at Constanza.
Nine Transylvanian towns and vii
lagos have been occupied by the Rou-
manians. All the passes of the Tran
slovenian Alps have been given up
Dy the Austrians. Kronstadt, with 40
OOC Inhabitants, chief commercial city
of the province, is semi-officially ad-
mitted to be in Roumanian hands, to-
gether with four other towns, whose
populations are more than 5000.
Friday, Sept 1.-Reports from Sa-
loniki are that King Constantine of
Greece has abdicated and the Grown
Prince George has assumed the royal
prerogative. he revolt of Greek sol
diers in Macedonia over the Bulgar-
ian invasion is said to have Iastened
the Kings act. A committee of the
entente powers is said to have taken
over the affairs of Greece in Mace
donna. Premier Zaimis, it is reported,
will continue to power.
Roumanians continue to advance in
Pennsylvania, and are said to have oc-
cupied 400 miles of Hungarian terri
tory since Sunday, Aug q.
Petrograd reports the capture of
1900 Teutons in a days fighting.
Both Bulgaria and Turkey have
declared war on ROumania.
Saturday, Sept. "A fleet of giant
Zeppelins raided the east coast of
England and London One was brought
to earth in flames.
Martial law rules in Athens as the
Greek revolt grows; the allied fleet
has seized German ships in Piraeus;
the king is reported graVely i'll.
Roumanians won big victory over
the Austrians in a tive-day battle near
Orsova; the Teutons retreated and
evacuated six cities and towns in
Pennsylvania.
The Russians renewed their often
sive in Galicia and are advancing on
Halicz, south of Lemberg. They storm
ed Carpathian heights
Sunday, Sept. 3.-The villages of
Fores and -Sur-Somme and all
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two points have been captured by the
French and British in a joint attack
after intense artillery preparation
More than 1000 prisoners, as we'll as
twelve cannon and fifty machine guns,
were taken. The gain is on a four
mile front.
Bulgarians, differed by Germans,
defeated border patrol in Rouman-
ia near the Black sea, and invaded
that country.
The capture by the Russians of an
other height in the Carpathians was
officially announced by the Berlin war
office.
Monday, Sept. 4.-British and French
on the Somme continued their drive
along a front of not less than eigh-
teen miles. Prisoners taken aggre-
gated over $1,000 In one place the
French gains reached a depth of 81
miles.
The French also made gains about
verdun, prisoners for the day reach
ing 500.
The Russian offensive continues
along the Zlota Lipa tributaries and
far to the southeast of Lemberg. Over
5000 prisoners were taken in day.
Between Thursday and Sunday, the
Russians report over $4,000 Teutons
| captured.
The Bulgar-German invasion of Rou-
mania in the Dobrudja district press
| ed forward with victory for the CEN
| trail powers near Kosmer, northwest
| of Debric.
| The Roumanians continue to gain
! ground in Pennsylvania.