The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-09-27
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european war News
The Bulgarian commander in chief
in Dobrudja reports ut Sofia that the
retreating ROumanians perpetrat ed
horrible cruelties upon the defenseless
population, which was Bulgarian in
the invaded portion of the province up
to the second Balkan war.
Continuing the spectacular offensive
which marked gain of two miles and
captured the village of Bonchavesnes
and advanced 600 yards beyond the
Bapaume-Jeronne highway, the French
extended their gains both north and
south OF the Somme. A total of more
than 1900 prisoners captured in this
action is officially reported by Paris.
Following artillery preparation last
ing "a hours, the Serbians launched a
general attack from the allies left
wing against the Bulgarians. An Of
fetal statement issued at the SalOnik1
headquarters said that the action was
becoming general and that conditions
were favorable to the Serbians.
Defeated by the entente allies in a
36-hour battle, the Bulgarians are re-
treating along the Struma on the Mace
DOMAIN front Heavy losses were in
t1icted on the troops of Gar Ferdinand,
whose forces are being pursued by the
French and British. Athens reports
that the French have captured the vii
lage Of Yenimah-
The Petit Parisien of Paris says it
learns from q semiofficial source that
the Bulgarians have evacuated all the
forts at the Greek seaport of Kavala,
which they occupied last month.
The Turkish war Office at Constanti
nople announced the defeat Of Russian
forces by Turkish troops at Ognott in
Armenia and near Dobric in Rouma-
MIA
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The French swept forward south of
the Somme, advanced two miles east of
Combles, captured the entire German
defensive system in a triangle approx
1mately two miles by three or four, es-
tablished themselves along the vital
Peronne-Bapaume highroad and cap
tured :, 800 prisoners In this sweeping
advance, officially reported by Paris,
less than half an hour was consumed
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Russian attempts to capture the
town of Halicz, on the Dniester in Ca
licia, regarded as the key to the de-
Tense of Lemberg from the southeast,
have been frustrated by the Teutonic
forces, says Berlin
The Belgisch Dagblad announces
that the German authorities have
seized 93o,000,O00 ($150, OOO, O0O), which
had been placed in the Golfers of the
Belgian National bank, in consequence
of the suspension of the moratorium.
The weeks which have passed since
the appointment of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg as chief of the German
general staff have been marked by al
most complete cessation Of the discus
sion in regard to resumption Of sub
marine warfare en- the old or a more
vigorous basis, says a dispatch from
Berlin
That the German troops sent to the
assistance Of Austria at the inslstence
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
when Roumania entered the world war,
are facing the Roumanians in south
eastern Pennsylvania is shown by the
Berlin war Office announcement
The Bulgarian war Office announced
that Bulgarian troops had defeated
italian forces in the Balkans in the
first battle fought between the soldiers
of the two nations.