The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-31
100000 BRITONS
FALL IN BATTLE
DURING A MONTH
OF This Number 22,S59 Were
Killed Outright.
S6.64S Wounded and S,712 Men
Are Missing.
FLEEING RUMANIANS RALLY
Make a Stand Against Macken-
sen in DObrudia.
GReanny Weather Interrupts
Operations of Italians.

London. oct. 31.-British killed,
wounded and missing during the past
month numbered 1Os,255, according
10 the official casualty list announced
this afternoon.
OF this total 22.s5s, including 1,4S7
officers and 21.ST2 men, we're killed.
CT 7s.sS4 wounded. ASS were officers
and 7s.S2s were men. OF SIP miss
ing. 4ss we're officers and s,2T3 were
men.
october losses of 1Os.255 bring the
total British army casualties for the
four months Of the Somme offensive
Nd to 414.2O2. The daily average loss
for October is S.452--
British losses Decreasing.
The British figures are of especial
Interest on account of their bearing on
fhe controversy between London and
Berlin regarding the losses of the
allies on the Somme. Several of the
Statements in October from the Ger
mar war office dwell on the sacrifices
OF the British and French to obtain a
comparatively small amount of terri
II was said they had made desperate
efforts TO break thru the German
lines. hurting forward great bodies OF
troops and sustaining enormous loss
on one occasion the British war office
denied a statement of this nature from
Berlin.
Unofficial advices from British
i sources stated the losses to the allies
relative TO those of the Germans and
20 the operations undertaken were de-
crezsinE to a marked extent on ac-
count OF increased efficiency of the
artillery and aerial services. So far
As is shown by the London flgures
which Of course take no account OF
the French casualties, the losses of
the British have been decreasing
since August. The total reported for
Il September was 119, $40. or a daily
average Of more than $500. In August
the total IVES 127,945. daily average
OF s.l27. In July, however, the casu-
alties reported were only 59.615-
Rumanians Turn on Pursuers.
Berlin. Oct 31-Mackensen's pur-
suing forces in Dobrudja are engaged
with the Russo Rumanians for the
first time since the enemy retreated
from the Cernavoda-Constanza railway
line.
A dispatch received here today said
Il that the Eumanians have reformed
their lines and are offering resistance
on a line about fifty-five miles north
OF the railway Sharp fighting began
Sunday night but has not yet assumed
me proportions of a general engage
snent. It is believed here that the
enemy is attempting a stubborn rear
guard action TO cover withdrawal OF
artillery across the Danube.
on the Pennsylvania frontier the
Rumanians have suffered heavy losses
4 IN a series of counter-attacks south of
4 Fulkan Pass. Only skirmishes are re-
4 ported on the northern Rumanian
front
Rain on Italian Front.
Berlin. via Sayville, Oct. 21.-Activi-
ties IN the Italian war theater were
s. less yesterday and last night than on
the preceding days, due 10 'uncanny
weather hostile to fighting, Austro-
: Hungarian headquarters reported to-
+ day.
Report Serb Defeat.
Sofia oct. Silvia London, Oct. 81.
"A series of desperate attacks by the
Serbians in the Cerna river region
q southeast of Monastir on the Mace
q Sonian front resulted in a sanguinary
defeat for them, the war office an
q nounced today.
The official statement reads:
In the bend of the Cerna there has
4 been serious fighting. During the day
4 the Germans by a counter attack re-
pulsed two strong enemy attacks near
4 ValjinelO. Towards evening the
enemy made several further desperate
attacks on a more extended front, but