New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
Serbs Gain Mile on
MOnastir British
Drive Unchecked.
FALKENHAYN WINS
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Thrusts Rumanians Across
Two Rivers and Pursues
Fleeing Foe.

London, Oct. 6.-The jaws Of the
Allies pincers in the Balkans are slow
ly closing. Daily the sqeezing process
is drawing the Bulgars nearer defeat.
On the north and on the south the
Allied forces have increased their ad-
vantages. Mackensen continues to fall
back before the powerful pressure Of
the Russians and Rumanians in the
Dobrudja. The Serbs have gained a
nile in their advance on Monas-
tir. And once more the British are
vigorously pressing the fight in Eastern
Macedonia.
Only in Transylvania, where Won
Falkenhayn is opposing them with over
whelmingly large forces, are the Ru-
manians on the defensive. Here the
Teutons pressed forward to-day at sew
eral points on the ffty-mile front.
For the time being interest centres on
the latest effort of Sarrail to drive q
wedge into the enemy's lines along the
Struma River.
Berlin Admits Retreat.
Berlin admits tonight that the Bui-
cars have evacuated "some Of the most
remote villages" on the east bank Of
the stream, while the capture Of the
town Of Nevolyen Is claimed in three
Allied War Office reports. That the
Bulgar resistance is not what it has
been is indicated by the fact that the
British were able to consolidate all
their newly won positions with little or
no opposition.
To the west the Serbs, now we'll over
the frontier along front of some
eight miles, have pushed forward to
within seven miles of Monastr on the
southeast.
Moreover, the new advance of the
Serbs seriously imperils the Bulgarian
line of communications.
In the centre, along the Vardar,
where it has been supposed that the
greatest effort Of the Allies will be
launched, the situation is ominously
calm. But with both flanks pushed for
ward, q gigantic effort in the centre
may be expected soon. Success in this
would aim at the cutting of the great
Balkan railroad which links CONSTANT
nople with Berlin, the ultimate object
of the Allied offensive.
Conflicting reports from the Danube
front leave the fate Of the Rumanian
army of invasion still in doubt. Sofia
announces again that the invaders were
to1, ustth losses.
and that not single Rumanian sol
der is left on the southern side OF the
river. At the same time a Rome dis
patch asserts that King Ferdinand's
troops recrossed the Danube without
losing a man, after destroying enemy
ammunition and supply depots. This
dispatch terms the Rumanian action
successful raid
While Sofia claims the complete fall
ure of attempts to thrust back Macken-
sens lines in the DobrudJa, both
Bucharest and Petrograd announce that
the offensive is progressing success
fully against the centre and left wing
of the Teuton army. A deadlock ap-
parently exists between the opposing
forces in this sector. Nothing but Al
lied or Teuton victories on other fronts
in the Balkans are likely to break the
deadlock. If either the Macedonian
or Transylvanian offensive movements
of the Allies slow down to an appre-
ciable degree. the battle is likely to go
hard for Rumania.
Falkenhayn Twice Victor.
In renewal of his offensive
Falkenhayn has hurled back the Ru-
manians at several points in Tran
sylvania.
One Teuton attack centred in the
Georgeny Valley, where furious fight
ing has been going on for days. The
Rumanians were driven out of posi-
tions southwest of Libanfalva and on
both sides of the Magyaros-Parajd
road. The second thrust of Falken-
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