Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-21
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European War News

European War News
Renewal of heavy fighting in Meso-
potamia, with the British on the often
sive, is reported in statement issued
at Constantinople on September o.
The British are said to have lost 1000
men in one engagement.
The greater part of the Bouleaux
wood, High wood and the towns Of
Flers. Martinpuich and Courcelerte
have been taken by the British, who
also have captured all the high ground
between Combles and the Pozieres-Ba-
paume road, according to the official
communication issued at London. More
than $500 prisoners were captured.
The Russian and Roumanian troops
In the Dobrudja region of Roumania
are in retirement nOrthward, according
to the official communication issued at
Bucharest.
French, British and Serbian forces,
operating at different points along the
Macedonian front, have broken the Bull
garian defenses. The French captured
positions west of the Vardar, while the
Serbians forced the enemy to retreat
nearly ten miles west of Lake Ostrovo.
The British won east of the Vardar.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse,
a nephew of the kaiser, has been killed
in action at Cara Orman, on the Bal
kan front. The Berlin war office OIL
cially announced the death. He was
born at Frankfort-on-the Main in 1893.
That Constantinople has been prom
Used to Russia by the entente allies
should the central empires be defeated
In the war was the statement made at
San Francisco by M. M. Itchas, men,
Der of the duma and of the Russian
parliamentary deputation sent by the
car TO England, France and Italy.
Halicz, next to Lemberg and Stanis-
lau the most important railroad juno
ton of eastern Galicia and considered
the key to Lemberg, has been captured
by General Stcherbatchev's Russian
army after terrific 12-day battle, ac-
cording to reports received ut London
from Petrograd.
Berlin announced the occupation by
the Bulgarians of the forts of Kavala.
on the Aegean coast, has been COM
pleted.
Commanders of the Fourth Greek
army corps, with headquarters ut
Kavala, have placed their soldiers In
the hands of the Germans for trans
portation to Germany, according to an
official statement given out In Berlin.
They will enjoy German hospitality
until Greek soil is free of the allied
invaders, says the dispatch.
The Bulgarian commander in chief
In Dobrudja reports at Sofia that the
retreating Roumanians perpetrated
horrible crueties upon the defenseless
population, which was Bulgarian In
the invaded portion of the province up
to the second Balkan war.
Continuing the spectacular offensive
which marked gain of two miles and
captured the village of Bonchavesnes
and advanced 600 yards beyond the
Bapaume-Peronne highway, the French
extended their gains both north and
south of the Somme. A total Of more
than 1900 prisoners captured in this
action is officially reported by Paris.
Following artillery preparation last
ing "a hours, the Serbians launched
general attack from the allies left
wing against the Bulgarians. An Of
fetal statement issued at the Salonikl
headquarters said that the action was
becoming general and that conditions
were favorable to the Serbians.
Defeated by the entente allies in
36-hour battle, the Bulgarians are re-
treating along the Struma on the Mace
DOMAIN front. Heavy losses were in
fiicted on the troops of Car Ferdi-
nand. whose forces are being pursued
by the French and British. Athens
reports that the French have cap
tured the village of Yenimah.