Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-06
DRAWING CLOSER I. :. !:
TO COMPLIES AND
TOWARD PER0NNE
French and British Troops Ham.
mer Positions Of Kaiser's
Forces Mercilessly ":
RUSSIAN ADVANCE 50.
CONTINUES STEADILY
Turks and Russians Have Ter.
rifle Struggle In Turkish
Armenia r..

London, Sept. 5.-Gradually the
lines of the Entente Allies are draw.
ing more closely about Combles and
toward Peronne, and farther their
wedges are being driven into the Ger.
man lines both north and south OF
the river Somme. On a front Of about
rs miles, the French and British
troops, supported powerfully by their
enormous artillery arm, are still ham.
mering the German positions and sus.
tanning unflinchingly heavy counter
attacks. >-.,
North Of the Somme, to the east
and southeast of Forest, the French
have driven forward their lines. cap.
turing the outskirts of the Anderlu
wood and part Of Marrieres wood.
and position on the road leading
from Bouchavesnes to Crary. >
British Make Gains. -
Near Ginchy, to the north of Gull
lemont. the British have made fur
ther PROGRESS, winning all the terri.
tory batTssftn the Alefenont farm and
Leu%zs j;:tE>d and between that wood
and the outskirts Of the town of Gin.
chy, which they captured and. have,
held since the fighting Of Sunday. :
French Capture Chilly. ...
South of the Somme the French
have taken the town of Chilly, STU
ated one mile west of the railroad
leading from Chaulnes to Rove, a line
of trenches east Of Soyecour! and
numerous isolated positions between
Vermandovillers and Chilly. Since
Sunday, the French alone have taken
on the Somme front $500 prisoners
and &c guns, 28 Of them being, Of
heavy caliber.
On the eastern front, violent fight.
ing continues from the Pripet marsh
region in Volhynia, through Galicia
and up in the Carpathian passes.
with the Russians reporting success
es near Vladimir-Volynski and con.
tinuance of their advance toward the
plains Of Hungary, through the Car.
pathians. Berlin reports that in Ca
licia, in the Carpathian region. heavy
Russian attacks were repulsed with
heavy casualties.
In eastern Roumania, the Germans
have captured the fortified bridge.
head of Tutrakan and the Bulgarians
the town of Dobric,. while Petrograd
reports the cutting down of Bulga.
rian outpost by Russian cavalry, In
the first engagement with the invad.
ers on Roumanian soil.
Turks and Russians Have Battle.
In Turkish Armenia violent fight.
ing between Turks and Russians Is
taking place and both Constantinople
and Berlin report successes for their
The Italians have taken several i'd.
positions from the Austrians
in the upper Bow region Of the
Austro-ltalian theatre, and repulsed
violent Austrian counter attacks.
Aside from military activity. there
has been no fighting in the Macedoni.
an theatre.
Greece Still lndisposed.
Greece has not officially announced
her intention with regard to her fu.
ture stand in the war, but unomcial
reports say that five classes Of Greek
reservists have been called to- tho
colors. The advices say also that the
Greek authorities have taken form
the British and French secret police
the task of arresting Austro German
agents, who will be apprehended by
the Greeks and deported.