Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-31
.BULCARS HALT
SERB ADVANCE
BERLIN CLAIM
Serbia1s Said to Have Been
Thrown Back On West End
Of Maced0 d0nian Front.
PARIS ASSERTS
! SERBS HAVE GAINED

laims Progress Has Been Made B,
ssrbe. Frsneh Troops in Monastir Re
glen - osrnans -aspuIss British AZ
taeks In sSnsms Dissriet. According &
Berlin Reports - Adverse Wsathe
Rstards Operations in Al Thsatsrs
Military operations In various
war areas are being hampered by
unfayorable weather. On the
Somme front the intense activity
OF the part two days has dimin-
ished until now only artillery
fighting Is reported in that area
Similar conditions prevail before
Verdun. /.
In Macedonia further progress
for the French and Serbians west
Of Lake Presba, southwest OF the
MonaStir region, ts reported by
Paris. The Bulgarians announce
an entente defeat In attacks In the
Cerna region, southeast Of Monas-
tir. and the driving back OF the
Serbians In Monte. in the Aognelta
district further east.
= During October Hstttsh casual-
tsest reported from all war theaters
wers l.1s1 officers and 10&702
mon. London advsces today state.
Germany has directed reprisals
upon Russian prisoners because Of
Russian non compliance with Ger
man demands for improved treat
ment Of German prisoners. Certain
Russian officers have been placed
IN camps whore the discipline Is
especially ssvers.
Berlin's rsp0rt on the latest OPP
Dratiuns a the 0Ommo front an
nounces ssDuleas for the British
near L0 1osof6 north Of the rtv-
e, ana ol the French, who at
&ackedsI4 Maisonette farm and
the 1; - NV wr-<S3efzzaa poetsaons south Of
BSanhaa The German artillery
hsoakos up at1anpt1 ~ stroug
Ffanch I1roas % advance In the
ssGions oE CAaulnea. It y declared.
y The saStaa front again y sttr-
E3n1 v416 60tivity. 1foan the north
- 4hN VS1Ayniaz tsoton, - the
oeut1 = Ha1tc1 % the Lsmberg
lronk tie Russiane aTe attacking
report the capture q Austro-osS
man INST ians nencnes.
lm = - p'.ua,o ..t.,S. NJ ~. t,s t
ahsra ana belov stanislau. SOUTH
east Of Lembers. but claims the
capture Of important Russian posi-
..ons .s.,.a' = ,ne sA us;,e t' =
Firhtins on the rransylvanian
front conkinues Violently In the
mountain passes and near the
frontier. No further advances by
the Ausaro- forces are
claimed, however, while Petrograd
reports tho Roumanians continu-
ing their successes In the Tul val
ley. pressing Field Marshal Won
Falkenhayn's forces farther north.
Berlin claims the failure OF Rop-
manian Efforts to recapture the
height north Of Campulung, where
the Austro- German advance had
pressed y considerable distance In
to Ronmanian territory, southwest
OF Kronstadt
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Berlin; Oct. S1.-serbian troops whit
.cently have been Advancing on tn,
y. -. ,S "a -. ar.... 49,,
q - -. ~ - 80 -. =
Ave pesH cnecAeo Ana ~ stnio"n oacl
18th heavy losses. The statemen
lys:
"a s..r, ,rit,., .,,cr... ss.rh,ar 4.
., ,-. :,
- tns esssesn pa't % th'
erna bend were thrown back by Bul
erian infantry TO the positions from
'hich they Atarted.
Enorts q the xoumanians TO captur'
I: : me rranssylyanian s frontie
esterday were without success. Since
ct. ~ lne Anstrians and German'
ave captured more tnan 10000 Rou.
'anians
Attempts q the French and Britisl
oops On tns somme front near Lee
oeuss a1dE - Maisonette to advanc
esteTdav wers defeated ~ the Ger
IAns, the var office announced today
Russian troops YESTERDAY attacked
e German Anes near krasnen, IN tn
nara district Dut met with san.
uinaty repnlse. according to today
my Aeadauareers announcement.
EEng ngaSemsnts IN the Bereatechl
sglon, On tAe L.emberS 'front.' In Cali
q. and along the upper Styr. resulted
! !. g. the Germ.ns. On the cas-