The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-16
GERMANS MAKE
SMALL GAIN IN
FRENCH 1T TACK
BRITISH ADVANCE LINE
NORTH OF THE ANCRE
Sanguinary Fighting Going on
in Pennsylvania Region
Italians Lose.

! While the British We're further III
vancrng thpir front north Of the Ancre
! River for consolidating their newly
won positions. the French and Ger.
! mans have ben engaged in violent
/ colEhaIS both north Ind :outh Of the
! Sommc. In both regions the Germans
made gainS--In thu r0rlncrn corner
and wrSrcru outskirts If me st PIERRE
, NaHSt wood. north OF the river aEt
III the eastern part Df the village or
( prtSSnirc, south OF !nC stream
The French official communication
I in admitting the loss of this ground
says III" Germans ul taincd only i'm
! tied ADVANTAGES ~ the price OF very
heavy losses. In the north inH
Germans attacks extending from
+ Les Boeufs 10 the south Of
; Ruurhavcsnes, front Of five Mules
and south of the Sommc from .tnlaln
court 10 the Chaulnes wood. about
three miles. The attacks were launch
I'd after violent artillery preparation
Rrrin. in reverting 10 the Hr!tish
attack which gave mem the Town u
Rnacourf, says that except al Beau
court all the British attacks hrhk'
down with heavy casualties. On the
StuttitIll lJbllh VI NV viz IN ''''' ~
has already been shattered says Bcr-
lin. which adds thai fighting Is pro-
; Curdins near Sailly-Saillisel and res
sOrc. ACCOrn@ 10 London, 3.G,S Ger
mans have been made prisoners on
: the .\ncre front since Monday. The
! British losses. considering The extent
Of the gains. are declared not 10 have
! been high.
! Teutons Gain In Tran5y'Vania
! The Pennsylvania front aside from
the lin" in France is furnishing the
most Sanguuary cnGa. cement. Here
almost everywhere INC Au&tro.Ger-
mans are gainin. ground against the
Russians. In the Tirgujuiiy. Alt and
.Iiul Valleys. The IrulOniC Allies have
forced their antagonists sill further
: back. In the Dubrudia region !}ciId:-
est reports the occupation bE the Ru-
mananS of The town OF BOasic, on tie
Danube. The Royal Palace in Bucha-
rest has been bombed by Trutonic AL
Fed aircraftS. The Queen and the
ROYAL prinCtSSeS were not in the build
ing at the time.
Berlin admits that on the Cerna riv-
er bend in Serbia the entente allies
have captured some heights. and that
in tho valley the TeutoniC allied line
has been drawn back in order to pre-
vent pressure on its tlankS.
In Galicia, according To the Prtro-
grad war office. the Russians have
driven The AusirO-ticrmanS from the
( former Russian trenches in The Nara
yurka river region. Berlin asserts that
attacks by the Russians in this vicini-
~ were rrpuISed.
! East of GOriZia the AuSlrianS. by Il
! heavy bUmbardmrnt. have compelled
The Italians to give UP some of their
trenches On the CarSO front the ltal-
ians have made advances IL several
points.
Z A Slight Gain.
! PARIS, Nov II. l1:01 y. m.-StronG
/ German forces attacked The French to-
day north and south OF the SOmme
river. but. according 10 the bulletin is
sued by the war office tonight, were
, able tu gain only limited advantages
at the cost Of worry heavy losses. The
Germans gained Il footing in the
French advanced positions in the
northern corner and western outskirts
of 81. Pierre Vaast Wood. They also
made some progress in The eastern sec
ZION Of the village Of proSsure.
] LONDON. Nov. -. 9:l2 p. hiking
! George today received ]. p. Morgan on
tha cdifira nj BuCkinGham Palace.