White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-09-01
RUSSIANS START
ATTACK FOR RIGA
AT SOUTH END OF BIG FRONT
STRUGGLE CONTINUES ON
HUNGARIAN BORDER.
BULGARIAN CITY WAS RAIDED
serbians Push Enemy Back in Mace
donia, Says Paris Statement
Three Attacks Made by Ger
mans Are RepuIsed.


riod of comparative inactivity on the
northern end of the eastern front the
Russians Sunday night opened an at
tack on the Dvina, attempting to
cross the river near Lennewaden, 40
miles southeast of Riga, and at Fred
richstadt, 10 miles farther up the
river, but failed.
Battle on Hungarian Border.
The Russian statement says that
on the river Stokkod near Toboi the
Germans opened artillery fire on the
Russian crossings.
seapIanes Raid Bulgaria.
"On the Black sea at daylight of
August rs our seaplanes raided Var
ma ION the coast of Bulgaria). Bombs
were dropped on the port buildings,
harbor and anti-aircraft batteries.
Petrograd reports a Russian sue
cess over the Turks along the Masla-
dorusi river. Hard fighting is in
progress near Biarbekr between Rus
SLAMS and Ottomans.
Serbians Win in Macedonia.
Violent fighting between Bulgarian
and Serbian troops continues on the
Macedonian front in the region of
Lake Ostrovo, according to French
official statements regarding the Bal
kan campaign. The French war Of
flee announces that the Serbians.
making counter attacks, had pushed
back the Bulgarians. Paris admits the
Bulgars have taken all except one of
the forts at Kavala, on the Aegean,
but says they have come under the
fire of British warships. Paris says
also that along the Struma French
artillery is bombarding the enemy,
while west of the Vardar and near
Lake Ostrovo the Serbs have put
down vigorous attacks by the Bulgars.
Heavy fighting continues between
entente and Teutonic allies from the
region of Lake Ochrida eastward to
Kavala.
Berlin reports that Bulgarian for
ces operating to the west of Lake
Ochrida have captured Malik in AL
bahia and that along the Struma King
Ferdinand's men are approaching the
mouth of the river.
German Assaults RepuIsed.
A dispatch from Paris says there
was further development last night
of the German tactics of making scat.
tered thrusts along various parts OF
the front. Three times Germans at
tackled the Vaux-Chapitre wood, to
the northeast of Verdun. They also
delivered an assault in Apremont for.
est in Lorraine. In each case, the
war office announces, they were re.
pulsed.
British struck a blow on the Som
me front last night near Bazentin-le.
Petit, where heaviest fighting has
been in progress. A war office re.
port says the British took 300 yards
Of German trench and captured one
machine gun.
Italians Push Forward.
In the Carnic Alps the Italians have
pushed forward, taking Austrian pc.
sitions on the Gita Vallone, the Ital.
ian war office announces. No revi-
val of activity is reported on the Is.
ONO front.
"On the Trentino 'front.'" the state
ment from Rome says, "the enemy
showed activity with his artillery and
trench mortars. There was much mus
kerry fire also, but no infantry at
tacks developed Our artillery re
piled effectively"
Rumania Enters War.
London, Aug. 29.-Rumania has
thrown in her lot with the entente
allies by declaring war on Austria
Hungary and almost simultaneously
Germany has announced that she il
at war with Rumania.
Already the troops Of King Ferdi
nand are seeking entry into the plains
of Pennsylvania through the eastern
Carpathians toward Kronstadt, the
chief city on the Pennsylvania, anG
in the direction of Hermannstadt
evidently in an endeavor to press
northward through Pennsylvania to
ward the Bukowina and Galicia Dor
ders and to take in the rear the Aus
tro-Germans trying to prevent the
Russians from entering Hungary.
Nothing has come through to indi
cate what preparation has been made
by the Bulgarians to offset prob
able attack by the Rumanians along
the Danube front or possible at
tempt by the Russians at invasion by
means of the Danube and through
Dobruja or by the Black sea. 1t is
estimated that Rumania will be able
to throw nearly a million men into
the field.
Except in the Macedonian sector
little important fighting is reported
from the fronts. Along the line where
the Teutonic allif 5 are in contact
with the Serbians, British and the
French, Berlin and Paris report ad
ditional gains for their respective
| forces.
The New Dances.
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