The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-09-14
BRITISH Drive
BuLcARs BACK
Takes -Four Towns In Lake
Tablnas Region.
AUSTRIANS FALLING BACK
Continue Their Retreat on the North
ern and Northwestern Fronts, West
Of the Upper Valleys Of the Maros
and TopIitza Rivers.

and TopIitxa Rivers.
London, Sept IAN offensive has
been launched against the Bulgarians
On the Macedonian front, crossing the
Struma river in the region of Lake
Tabinas and capturing four villages,
by the British, according to a state
ment issued by the British war ONCE.
Bulgarian counter attacks are said to
have been repulsed.
This movement 10 taken to be an
attempt by the allied powers to re-
lieve the pressure on the southern
border of Roumania, where the Ger
mans and Bulgars have been storming
Roumanian strongholds, and to place
Bulgaria between attacks.
The point at which British crossed
the Struma is about forty miles North
west of Saloniki.
The Official statement says:
"Our detachments crossed the
Struma at Nechori and several places
about Lake Tahinos.
After considerable opposition we
expelled the enemy from the follow.
Ing villages: Oraormap. east Of Ba.
upper and lower Gudell
and Nevolyen. The enemy counter
attacked strongly but was repulsed
with the loss Of prisoners, the number
of which has not yet been ascer-
tanned"
A statement issued from Vienna ad-
mits that Austrian troops fighting In
eastern Transylvania have been with
drawn farther in front Of the Rouman-
ian forces. The Roumanian attacks
north of Orsovo, on the Danube, how.
ever, have been repulsed.
The statement from Bucharest says
that the Austrians are continuing to
retreat on the northern and northwest
ern fronts, west Of the upper valleys
of the Maros and Toplitza rivers. The
statement adds:
South of Subiu we occupied the vii
lage of Hebimbar, also named Schel-
letberg. II has been established that
IN the Streitbar valley, west OF
Merisor, we repulsed several enemy
attacks. Our troops taking the offen'
sive, captured two guns, several ma
chine guns, caissons and munitions
three officers and 300 men.
ION the southern front there has
been rifle fire along the whole Dan
ube. On the Dobruja front the fight
ing continues"
In northern France the Germans
ars responding to the heavy blows
which drove back their lines along
several miles of the Somme front.
During the day and night they struck
hard at both the French and the Brit
ish, but according to the entente re-
ports were unable to regain any of the
lost ground.
In their attacks on the French,
south OF the Somme from Remey TO
Fellow Chaulnes, the Germans used
flaming liquid, assaulting until hve
blows had been delivered. They suf-
ItTtu ntdNhy III thtoc ~ usiNoS ~
tempts. Paris declares.
The British we're attacked at
Ginchy, the village captured by them
recently. but beat of the two advances
made by the Germans.
Petrograd reports unchanged condi-
lions along the front from Riga to
Roumania. According to Berlin, how
ever, the Russians have been making
renewed efforts to capture Halicz, but
were beaten of in their attempts to
take this important Galician town.
which stands in the way OF their ad-
vance upon Lemberg from the south
east.
On the Tretino front the Italians
report the capture OF strong Aus
trian position in the Leno valley and
advances north Of Monte Pasubio and
In the upper Posina.
Italian attacks In various sectors OF
the front have been repulsed by the
says the official communica-
ton issued by Austro- Hungarian head
quarters on operations In the Italian