Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-22
VIOLENT BATTLES
RAGE IN SEVERAL
OF WAR THEATERS
Little Change, However, in
Positions of Contend
ing Armies.
BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS
ON THE SOMME FRONT
Berlin and Petrograd Report Re-
pulse Of Attacks in Galicia
and Volhynia.
SERBS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
Now About Four Miles North OF
Isrod, in Their Drive To-
ward MOnaStir.
BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS
ON THE SOMME FRONT
SERBS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
Now About Four Miles North OF
BrOd, in Their Drive To-
! ward MOnaStir.
Try Associated Press. !

LONDON. October oI.-Eiolent en-.
counters have taken place on the
Somme front in France. i'll Galicia and
Noihynia. and in the Trentino region,
but with little change i'll the positions
OF the contcndine armies. British
troops have made progress near tho
Butte dc -Warlcncourt, and have been
repulsed by the Germans in attacks
between Eaucourt L'Abbaye and Le
Sars Berlin and petrograd report the
repulse OF attacks in Galicia and Vol
hEnia. and Berlin claims the capture
Of Russian positions on the Nnruyuvk:
River. in the region OF Halicz.
Between the Ancrc River ana th.
Pozi"rcs- Hapaune Road. on the Somme
front in Northern France. british
troops. after successfully checking an
ohenSiv" movement by the forces OF
Crown Prince Ruppr"cht OF Bavaria:
attacked successfully and pushed for
ward from 500 to 800 yards on n front
OF 5000 yards. The advance was made
between lie Sar:i ana the Schwaben
rcdoubt, which was the scene Of the
earlier attack by the Germans. Gen
cral liaig's men captured the Stun and
Regina trenches advanced posts north
and northeast of the Schwabcn re-
donbt, and several hundred prisoners
GERMANS REFUSED
iN FRENCH TROOPS
The GerhanS also attacked strongly
the French positions at SaiIiv-SaiI,isel
on the Eapaune-Peronno Road, as well
US positions between Baches and Lin
Naisohnctte. Hear pcronnc. The at
tackers were rerrised p'enerally. but
Paris admits they gained a footing
north OF Blaise wood Tho I,rcpcb
succeeded in an attack further south.
ana gained possession Of Il wood norm,
of Chaulnes
striking hard against the Russian
ana Roumanian line in Dcbrudja, Field
aiarshal Won Mackens"n has renewed
successfully his offensive toward the
consttnZa -Tchernavada railway At
tnckinS along the forly-mile front. the
forces of the central powers have p,ad.
good progress almost everywhere.
On the Danube. the aIlicl Gern,,,
Bulgarian ana Turkish troops have
forced their way into tho entente posi-
tions south OF RachoVa. Along the
SLACK Sea, on the other end OF tho
me. Tusla was captured and several
heights further Inland were con-
nuered. Several hundred Rou.nanians
ana 1000 Eussiuns were taken prisoner
Berlin records
Tie Rouman!ans have been pressed
hack on their center and left wing
Bucharest admits. petrorrad saws the
Teutnnic attack resulted in the loss
Of the village OF Kogardja. Later at
lacks were rcpulScd
SERBS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
AGAINST BULGARIASs
IN southern Serbia, south OF Mon
aS'ir. the Serbian troops continue to
advance against the stubborn resist
ance "f the Bulgarian forces.
Having crossed the Cerna River IN
the bend at Brod the Serbians nov.
are abou: four miles north OF that
place. French troops. it is reported
un"tli"ially, arc aiding the Scrbians in
'hc hehii region along the Florina-
Monastir railroad
Flshting continues along the Tran
n-foumanian border, with sue
reSScS Tor both the Roumanians and
the Tcntonic troops. The Roumanians
nave taken several important positions
along the front. III addition TO more
'han coo prisoners. In the Buzeu VAL
Icy, south OF Eronstadt however
l'nkharcSt admits. the Roumaniana
have been compelled to withdraw
count Karl Steurgkh. Premier of
Austria. has been shot and killed. sovs
II s"mioiiicial report from Berlin Tho
shooting is reported 10 have been the
"tt "t IL Vienna newspaper editor
named Adler
German cruiser OF the Kolberc.
Glass was i"rpedoed by Il British sub
h'hr'he IN the North Sea last Thurs
Gay. fhe cruiser remained uiloat al
m itE1