Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-06
Deeper and Deeper Wedges
Are Driven Into the
German Lines.
PROGRESS IS MADE
IN GINCHY SECTOR
South of the Somme the
French Continue to Re-
port Successes.

CRADUALLY the lines of the en-
~ tente allies are dra wing moro
closely about Combles and toward
Peronne. and further and further
their wedges are being driven into the
German lines both north and south of
the river Sommc. ON "A front of about
20 miles the French and British
troops supported powerfully by their
enormous artillery arm. are still ham
mcrins the German positions and sus-
taining unflinchingly heavy couter-
attacks.
North of the Somme, to the east and
southeast of Forest the French have
driven forward their lines, capturing
tho outskirts of the Andcrlu wood.
hospital farm and the Rainnette wood
and part of Marriers wood and a posi-
tion on the road leading from Bouch-
avesnes to Clery.
Report More Gain.
Near Ginchy TO the north Of Guile
mont the British have made further
progress, winning all the territory be-
tween the Falfemont and Leuze wood
and between that wood and the out
skirts OF the town of Ginchy which
they captured and have held since
the fighting of Sunday
South of the Somme the French
ave taken the town of Chilly. stu
ated enc mile west of the railroad
leading from Chaulnes to Roye, line
of trenches east of Soyecourt and nu-
merous isolated positions between
Nermandovlllers and Chilly.
Took Many Prisoners.
Since Sunday the French alone h1vo
Ia ken on the Somme front $3.50 prls-
oncrs and 36 guns, % of them being
Of heavy caliher. on the eastern
front violent fighting contirues from
the Pnpet marsh region in Volhynla.
through Gailcin and up in the Car
rathian passes with the Russians re-
rcrtirg success near Vtddimir-V Volyn-
ssi and a continuance of their ad-
vance toward the plains Of Hungary
through the Csrpathiens Eerlin re-
ports that in Galicia in the region of
Brzezany and near Fundul Moldowi.
in the Carpathian region heavy Rus
sian attacks were repulsed. in the
latter district with heavy casualties.
In eastern Rumanla the Germans
and Bulgarans have captured the
fortified bridgehead of Tutrakan and
the Bugarians the town of Dobric
while Petrograd reports the cutting
down of Bulgarian outpost by Rus
sian cavalry In It's first engagement
with the invaders on Rumanian soil
Near ORnott in Turkish Armenia,
violent fighting between Turks and
Russians is taking place. Both Pet
rograd and Constantinople report sue
cesses here for their respective armies.
Italians Progress.
The Italians have taken several ad-
ditlonal positions from the Austrians
in the upper Rovi region of the
A Italian theater and repulsed
violent Austrian counter-attacks.
Aside from artillery activity there has
been no fighting in the Macedonian
theater.
Greece has not yet officially an
nounced her intentions with regard to
her future stand in the war, but un-
official reports say that five classes
of Greek reservists have been called
to the colors. The advices say also
that the Greek authorities have taken
from the British and French secret
police tho task of arresting Austro-
German agents who Will be appre-
hended by the Greeks and deported.