Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-23
CONFLICT IN
DOBRUOJA IS
NOT DECISIVE
Apparently Neither Side
Has Won Material
Advantage.
SUCCESSES CLAIMED
BY RIVAL ARMIES
Bulgaria Rsports Rspulss Of Attacks
4 by Russians and Roumanians on
), Flanks Of Won Maeksnssn's Army and
Defeat Of Twsnt BattaIions Of En-.
tsnts Foress-Roms Reports Retreat
Of Germans.

WHO yt0IcIudy WclS ASPOASSA AA 70
treat in the Roumanian province Of
Dobrudja, again are on the offen-
sive. Field Marshal Won Mac.
kensens forces were subjected to
attacks on both flanks of the front,
running from the Danube to the
Black Sea, but the assailants fall
ed to make headway, the German
statement declares.
Unconfirmed reports from Rome
tell of situation far more favor
able to the entente forces in Do
brudja, one account declaring that
Won Mackensen's retreat Is contin-
uing and even that the Danube
fortress of Silistria has been aban-
doned by the Germans and Bulgar-
ians.
Apparently the. Franco-British
forces on the Somme are preparing
to close their grip on Combles, the
important town on the Albert-Pe-
rome railroad, six miles northwest
Of Peronne. which has been virtual
~ pocketed by the allies in their
recent operations.
Last night the French war office
reported the capture of . small
fortified position and some trench
sections close to combles and to-
day It announces that French pa
trolls have penetrated stll nearer
the edge of town. bringing back
prisoners.
Raiding operations, such as these,
are often preludes to more force
ful.movements.
somme. the artillery is active. prob
ably in preparation for heavisr as-
saults,
Yesterday French aviators took
part in afty-six aerial engagements,
I in which four German machines
were shot down.
British naval aeropianes have
raided important German aviation
stations in Belgium, infiicting
notable damage on the aerodrome
at st. Denis Westrem, according to
the official British report.
A French aviator, has visited the
Rhine region and dropped bombs
4 in the .Palatinate and also at Mann
heim, where, Paris reports. large,
fires and several explosions were
caused.
The Greek situation continues
complex. "A belated Athens dispatch
reports that definite proposals have
been made to the entente, accept
ance of which will insure the entry
of Greece into the war.
Berlin. Sept. 23.-Troops Of the CEN
al powers have defeated an entente
,Tee comprising more than twenty
attal!ons on the Dobrudja front, the
war office announced in it's
sport on Sept %. The hostile attack
as beaten off and the forces engaged
i 1t routed by counter attack.
Russian and Roumanian troops in
obrudja have been attacking Field
Iarshal Won Mackensen's forces on
9TH Hanks of the battle line. The at
lcks, which on the one front were
ear the Danube and on the other
,uthwest of Toprai Sari, fourteen
lies southwest of Constanza, were re-
llsed.
ASbfoRAAsAh SoISSSSCS VII ltlc cast Udllh
the Vardar are announced in the
uigarian official report Of Sept, 20.
renches were taken and an attack by
,tente troops was repulsed.
The capture by German sea forces OF
le British steamship Colchester, on
night. was reported today.
he Colchester was taken to Zeebrugge.
glginin
The exploit Of hostile Hungarian
who with two seaplanes
'scued twenty mine men. the officers
i'd crew Of the French submarine
oulcoult ID described by the Tage-
att. Official announcement was made
Vienna yesterday Of the sinking Of
le Foucoult by an Austrian seaplane.
The sea was rough at the time and
ere was also danger that the Aus
ian aeronauts would be captured by
ostile warships as we'll as that the
overloaded by taking on
J many mon, might collapse. Never
eless the aviators told the French
;crew to climb The aviators
gnaled for help and in half an hour
torpedo boat arrived and took on the
en-. @s
Conflicting Report From Rome.
Rome. Sept. %. The retreat of the
armany army under Field Marshal
III i s&sascse..:sen II tne seuMan!an prov
ce of D6brudja continues, according
q telegram received today from
The Danube fortress Of
lestria, recently captdfed by the Ger
ans and Bulgarians, is said to have
EN- abandened to Russian and Rou-
anlHH IOrceS.
Russian naval forces in the Black Sea
e said to- have resumed the lombard
ent Of VArna
British Capture German Trenches.
London. Sept. 20. German trenches