The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-18
HEAVY GERMAN COUNTER;
ATTACKS ARE REPULSEQ,
Heavy Fighting Resumed Z in.. 9.
Galicia The Allies Make &
Progress in Macedonia.

LONDON, Sept II, 7:10 p. m:--M!;s3
Kalogeropoulos, the new Greek pre-
mier, declares that the new gover1.5
ment will observe the most boooHQEs
ent neutrality towards the .Enteutesl
says a Reiter despatch from Athens
today. - -
"He repudiates allegations that 9hGs
is Germanophile" adds the despatchsa
although he confesses that he san
admirer of Germany" Ss;.:s
LONDON, Sept. is, 2:48 q. m.-.s
"The Bulgarians lost five thousand,
men in three hours Of fighting in 6es
first clash between the Serbt4ns AMI
Bulgarians in eastern Dobrudja," says
Reuters Odessa correspondent. ~
The fighting was very bitter. les
was mostly hand to hand, and no:
prisoners were taken by either stde.S
The Bulgars. aided. by. Germans, made
pulsed with great losses. German
cavalry also came into the action, try.g
ing to take the Serbs by an attack inG
the rear The Serbian rear line res
ceived them with The bayonet and
most of the cavalry was extermip:5
ated." ttstf5
German positions exceeding four
miles in length were captured Satnr.S
day night and Sunday by the British;
and French armies In the continuati0n;
of their offensive north and south OF
the Somme River in France. In ADJ
dition, quantities OF war material and
a large number of prisoners fell Int
the hands of the Entente Allies-700J
prisoners being taken by the French
alone. Heavy counter attacks agAintta
the British Sunday were repulsed witt
large losses to the Germans, according
Near Thiepval the British took
fortified position over front OF
mile known as the Danube TRENCH
near Courcelette, an advance OF about
1000 yards was made, and finally tho
strongly defended position at the moo
ouet farm, over which there had bee1
numerous hard fought battles for scy.A
eral weeks, fell into their hands. e.ss .ssss
pushed back the Germans and occu.s
pied the remainder of the townI ofs
Vermandovillers and Berny, still ihs
their hands and also captured all thar
ground between Fermandoy1llers and.
Deniecourt and between Deniecourt
and Berry, the gain being over 'front.'
running northeast two miles then east
another mile. '..7.lI
stralshtens. Out Line. J.
The advance of the British appAr-:
emily straightens out the salient that
had projected into their lines between
Thlepval and Courcelette and brings!
their front here TO within scant mile:
of Grandcourt and the eAlbert-Bapaumef
railway Grandcourt now Is being
bonbarded by the British. The sue.
cess of the French seemingly obliter.
ates another of the many saw-toothg
salients which mark the entire front
of the Somme and is another move OF
the right flank Of the entente toward:
the pocketing of Peronne. 5fs9i
Hard fighting, with the Russtan!s
the aggressors, has been resumed
from the Pripet marsh region In Rus:
sia through Galicia, and up In the Carr
pathian mountains. Berlin and VtennEE
claim the repulse with heavy casual
ties of Russian attacks on front Of
about Twelve and a half miles In th0s1
region west of Lutsk. In GRlicia nortA
of Zoborow, near Stanislau and In IT,
CarpathianS at several points: III
Near the Marajowka River, hoI
ever, Berlin admits that the front Of;
Archduke Charles Francis was pushed
back by the Russians a short distance.
Petrograd records an advance for theS:
(contnusd on Page Eight) Is