Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-13
? .-anture German First Line
trenches in Struggle Last
ing Only Half an Hour.
MACKENSEN DRIVES
ON IN E. RUMANIA
Attacks by Russians in East Galicm
Repulsed, Berlin RepOrts-Bulgar-
ians Quit Kayala Before Menace of
Fleet and British Drive.
ASSOCIATED Press Summary

ASSOCIATED Press Summary
Resuming their offensive to the
north of the Somme river in France,
the French have smashed through the
Germans, captured the front line and
other trenches and taken about 1900
prisoners. The new attacks, coming
after several days of comparative
calm in the region where for weeks
past violent fighting has been in pro-
sress, were made on the front from
the town nf Combles to the river. SO
vicious was the thrust Of the French
that it required only half an hour for
them to overcome the resistance of
the Germans and make themselves
masters of the 3 ga miles of first line
trenches. Later, east and southeast
of Combles, they seized additional
trenches along the Bethune- Peronne
road which leads from Peronne north
ward through Bapaume and Arras to
Bethune, placing serious impairment
in the way of the Germans for the
movement of their transports from
north to Jerome, and making the
French position north of Peronne
seemingly menacing one.
On the British end Of the front and
on the remainder of the line held by
the French only mutual lombard
ments took place.
All along the Macedonia front. the
heavy offensive of the entente allies
continues.
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two miles and to depth OF 800 yards
are reported by Paris to have been
captured by the French west of the
Vardar river, near IMajadagh, which
lies about four miles south of the town
Of Gievghel.
On the Struma front, the British,
aided by the French, have made addi
tional gains in the Lake Pakinos
region. The army of the Teutonic
allies is declared to have suffered
heavy casualties.
Bulgars Quit Kavala.
Unofficial reports are to the effect
that the Bulgarians have evacuated
the forest of Kavala, on the Aegean
sea, which they captured in August.
While the presence of entente allied
warships off the town is given as the
reason of the withdrawal it is not i'm
probable that the menace of new
drive of British and French along the
Struma front may have been partly
responsible for it.
Berlin reports further progress for
the German and Bulgarian forces
under command of Field Marshal Won
Mackenzea in the Dobrudja region of
eastern Rumania. Attacks by the
Russians in East Galicia and on the
lower Stokhod river have been re-
pulsed by the Austro- German forces,
according to Berlin and Vienna.
Petrograd reports that in the Car
pathians, the Russians have captured
several additional strategic positions
but Vienna denies the assertion and
declares all attacks were repulsed. -.
The usual bombardment and small
skirmishes continue in the Austro-
Italian theatre.
The Turks and Russians are still at
grlpss in Asiatic Turkey. with both
sides claiming success.
Allies Defeat Bplgars..
London, Sept. 1.-THE new often
sive of the entente allies from the
Macedonian front has resulted in the
defeat of the Bnlgarians. says ar
Exchange telegraph dispatch from
Athens The Bulgarians sustained
enormous losses in a battle of IT
hours, the dispatch says, and are
nleating retreat, pursued by the al
lies.
The announcement follows:
The detachments mentioned yes.
lerday as crossing the Struma anc
Neohore seized trenches on the east
,Tn bank.
"A French detachment cooperating
WIN the British captured the village
VI Yenimah and took 80 prisoners.
IN these operations the enem!
suffered heavily from the rifle ant
altillery fire during his retirement
ana also in his counter-attacks. Man!
asnDulances were seen on the Demir
Hssar roads.
IN the Dorian front our artiller!
carried out systematic bombardment'