Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-13
FRENCH DELIVER
VICIOUS SMASH
At GERMAN LINES
They Capture Three and
Three-Quarter Miles of
First Trenches.
ALSO SEIZE POSITIONS ON
BETHUNE-PERONNE ROAD
Heavy Offensive Of Entente AL
lies on Macedonian Front
Continues.
BULGARIANS IN RETREAT
On Struma River British. Aidcd by
French. Make Further
Advances.
ALSO SEIZE POSITIONS ON
BETHUNE-PERON ROAD
BULGARIANS IN EAT
On Struma River British. .Nidcd by
French. Make Further
Advances.

LONDON. September ic-Hcsuminr
S"mmc River. in Franco. the French
forces have again smashed the German
line. captured front -iinc and other
trenches aud taken about 1900 rris-
oncrs
The ncw attacks. coming after sew
cral days OF comparative calm in the
region whcrc for weeks past violent
lighting had hccn III progress were
made on the front from the town Of
Comblcs To the river so vicious vas
the thrust OF the French that ii re-
uuircd only half an hour for thcm to
overcome the resistance OF tho Ger
mans and make themselves masters ~:
three and thrcc-quartcr miles OF FIRST
line trenches.
SEIZE ADDITIONAL 'rItENCUES
on BETH rIiMij-PEtONNt: ROAD
Later. east and southeast Of Com
hlcs. they seized additional trenches
along tho Eethune rcrounc road which
leads from Pcronnc northward through
Eap;,umc and Arras to Ecthunc, placing
Il serious impeachment in tho way ut
the Germans for the movement OF their
transports from the north to poronnc
and making tho French position north
Of rcronnc seemingly Il mcuaciu- one
ON the British end OF the front and
on tho remainder Of the line held by
the French only mutual bombardmcn,s
took place.
MI along the Macedonian front the
J 'avy offensive OF the ccntcntcallics con-
tnucs. bulgarian trenches on a front
of two miles and TO "a depth of 500 yards
are reported 10y Paris to have been cap
turcd by the French west OF tho VarGar
River. near Majadagh. which lies about
four miles south OF the town OF
GicvGcli on tho Struma tyont tho
British. aided by the French have made
additional gains east OF the river, in
the Lake Takinos region The army
of the Teutonic allies is declared to
have suffered heavy casualties in the
latter engagement
tnothcial reports arc to the effect
that the Bulgarians have evacuated
the forts at Knvala. on the Aegean
Sea. which they captured in August.
While the presence Of entente allied
warShips off the town is given Is the
reason for the withdrawal. il is not
| improbable that the menace of tho
new drive of the British and French
along the Struma front may have heen
partly responsible for il.
FURTHER PROGRESS
FOR rI:uT0NIC FORCES
Berlin reports further progress for
the German and Bulgarian forces un-
dor command of Field Marshal Won
Mackcnscn in the command of Eastern
l;oumania.
Attacks by russians in East Ciiliria
aud on the lower S,okhod River in
liuSSia have been rcuulScd by tho
NuStro-'icrman forces. according II
Berlin and Vienna. pctrograd reports
that in the tarpathians tho Russians
have captured several additional stra-
tcGic positions. but Vienna denies tt,c
assertion and declares that all attacks
there were rcpulScd.
The usual omhardmcntS and small
SkirmiShcS continue in the Nustro-
Italian thcatcr The Turks aud RUS
slams arc still at grips in Asiatic Tur-
key, with both sides claiming Sur-
ccsScs