The evening world., 1916-09-20
GREAT BATTLE
RAGING ON ENTIRE
EASTERN FRONT
Berlin and Sofia Report Attacks
~ the Russian and kou.
manian Armies

LONDON. Hsyt 10 F1sh,ins 90 .
huss scale is ~ prosfsss slSns the
eastern wsf front Esidsnes 10 90.
,umslstlns thA, the Csn,rsl rs~srs
are nos d.vo,ihs th.sr msia sssss.
tion ~ the esmpaisas ~ the Fest,
concentrating large f,so-s against
Ilounahia aud pstiins eli yossihis
assusbls men IN the field "a stop the
itussiau match on Lsmb.fs ~ way
~ ilalics and sLs meascins drives ~
the Russians sad Rsumanisps IN the
Carpaihisns Asi Transyivanis
Hotb Berlin aud SOFIA report the
development ~ . great battle on the
have taken up IN DobrudJa 90 defend
the railroad route into interior kou.
mania from constanrs ~ the Black
s.a. The engagement. tney declare. is
turning In favov Of the Central Pew.
GRO under Won Maekenssn. Latast TO
ports from the nshtins In Galicis and
Nolbynis show the Teutonic forces on
tho offensive and claiming decided
advantages over tho Russian armies
under General Bru salon.
As has frequently been tho case
when decisive Developments wero
las itins, PctrogrAd to-day N silent re-
xardinx the operations along the RUS
sian front. reporting merely that thoro
have Deen no important happenings
CONsTANTlNOPi.E tVia. Lon
don). Sept 20.-The repuise OF Rus
stan attacks by the Turkish troops In
uaiicis after u forty -cisht hour bat
tie. In reported In an onicial state
ment issdcd by the War Once. The
text OF the statement follows:
"Our troops In 0alicia repulscd
violent attacks. which the enemy
made uninterruptcdiy from tho
morning Of the sixteenth until
the evening OF the seventeenth.
and which were directed against
them with manifold superior
tained their positions In the
course of forty eight-hour bat
tie. aad captured 800 Russians,
including two officers. Else.
where there were no events OF
Importance"
BUCHAREST. Sept. 20. - Rou-
manian troops have won a victory
over the main Bulgarian. German and
Turkish force In battle near Enega,
Dobrudja, II was officially announced
to day. The fighting IL continuing
BEi,LIN. Sept. 2O-The Russians
gained local successes In the Car
pathians, but fighting northeast OF
Ha,icz on the Narayuvka River. re-
suited favorably to the Teutons, 1t was
ofiiciaily announced this afternoon.
West Of the fortress OF Lutzk Rus
sian night attacks were repulsed with
heavy losses Near Zelow the Rus
SLAMS were driven from trench which
they had captured.
Rumanian forces, which invaded
Transylvania through the Szurduk
Pass Of the Transylvanian Alps, have
been defeated and driven back over
tho pass, the War Office announced
stubborn and huctuating battles are
woinp on IN the Province OF DobrudJa
between Russo -Roumantan forces
and German and Bulgarian troops
The Russians and Roumanians have
hastily brought up reinforcements
and are defending their podt'ons w,tf
great stubbornness.
The Russians lost 5000 men in re.
cent encounters near Hamadan anc
Essadabat, in Persia, says Turkish
official communication. The Turks
reported the repulse OF British at
tacks in the Kut-el. Amara region.
PETROGRAD. Sept. 20 tvia Lon.
don).-A brief sentence IN tine iates,
!, Hussian officlai statement shows thai
a very considerable success has beer
; achieved by the Russians In Persia
The Turks, after occupying Hamadan
advanced sixty or seventy miie'
northward in the direction OF kasvin
, Then. military advices say, Russian
blow from the direction OF TabriE fell
The Turkish rear being seriousl,
menaced, the Ottoman troops wer'
compelled to fall back Until event
: ually the Russians reached kuridjan
,, twenty miles from Hamadan.