Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-21
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Rumanians and Russians who have
been heavily reinforced. To-day a
statement by the Sofia War Office un-
der yesterdays date comedies the
stubbornness of their resistance and
reports the entente armies still hold
ing their strongly fortified positions.
Both Sides Claim Advantage
Reports regarding the fighting in
the Florina district in northwestern
Macedonia are conflicting. Accounts
from entente sources have asserted
the Bulgarians were falling back on
Serbian territory and preparing for
the defense of Monastir. Sofia, how
ever, announces a turn in the fighting
favorable to the Bulgarian forces de-
claring that counter attacks resulted
in the repulse of the Serbian and
allied troops with heavy losses.
Further east of the mountainous
country along the Serbian border, the
engagement is heavy, all along the
line, the struggle in the Kaimakcalan
district being particularly stubborn.
On the far western end of the line
the allies are making progress but ap-
parently are attempting no serious
forward thrust in either the Vardar
or Struma regions.
Quiet Along Somme
The defeat of the Germans in their
desperate counterattacks along the
somme front, reported last night by
Paris, has been followed by COM
parative quiet in this region. judging
from to-day's official report which
says the Germans did not renew their
attacks during the night. The bad
weather reported during the last few
days is continuing and apparently the
Anglo-French forces are awaiting its
ef
forts to advance.
After a lapse of some days activity
has been resumed by the French in
the Verdun region, attacks on the
east bank of the Meuse gaining them
two trenches south of the Thiaumont
work and some ground east of Fort
Vaux and in the Chapitre wood
Beat OF Germans
The British as well as the French
have been subjected to heavy attacks
by the Germans on the Somme front.
Continuous assaults were made last
night on positions held by the New
Zealanders south of the Ancre, but
according to London every attack was
beaten off, the Germans losing heav-
lily in casualties and prisoners and the
British managing to effect some gain
of ground despite the incessant Ger
man onslaughts.
On the eastern front, Petrograd an
nounces an omenSive movement by
the Germans along the Stokhod, in
Volhynia, southeast of Kovel. but de-
clares all attacks on the Russian lines
were repulsed and that several hun
dred Germans were captured during
the fighting near Korytniza and Svini-
usky. In the Carpathians the Russians
report an advance near Panther
mountain where a position on a height
was captured.
No further progress for the Ru-
manians in their invasion of southern
Pennsylvania is reported but Buchar-
est announces that the Rumanian
troops which, recently were forced
back to the border, losing Petroseny
and the Szurduk pass in the Transyl-
vania Alps, have halted their retire
ment south of Petroseny and are forti-
flying their new position
Crete Islanders In Revolt
In further reports to-day on the
pobrudja battle, Bucharest declares
the Russians and Rumnnians not only
beat OF al attacks but In several casel