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Gained Posses sion Of Leu
Wood, It's Reported
GERMANS ARE HALT
That Is the One Story Comi"y;
From Rumainian War
Office Today
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch


London, September 6.-!The British
again pushed forward on the Somme
front last night. They gained pos
session of all of Leusee wood, the
war office announces today.
An official announcement made by
the Rumanian war office today says
the attempts of the Germans and
Bulgarians to invade Eastern Ru-
mania have been defeated and the
Rumanians are in possession of all
the frontier east of the Danube, along
which the attack was directed.
The fire of the French south of
the Somme broke down the attacks
of the Germans on the positions new
ly won by the French.
An official French announcement
today says the Germans delivered a
number of assaults in the region Of
Denicourt and Berry.
In the Verdun sector the Germans
yesterday evening directed an in
tense bombardment against Fluery,
but French quick firers prevented the
German infantry from advancing.
Violent artillery actions are pro-
crossing in the region of Lake Dorian
and Struma river on the Macedonian
front in the sector held by the Ser
bians an official announcement says.
A Bucharest dispatch says the
capture of prisoners, supplies and the
repulse of attacks against their po-
sitions was announced in an official
communication by the Rumanian war
office.
Rumanians Capture Town.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Bucharest, Rumania, September g.
Rumanians yesterday captured the
town of Sepis ST. Gyoergy in the
Merrior valley in Pennsylvania. In
! this capture they took from the Aus
trains 500 wagons, laden with army
supplies. The Rumanians have been
making rapid progress in the upper
Maros valley, where they took 627
prisoners.
Bucharest Rumania, September 6.
The German attacks on the town
| of Tetruahan on the Danube river
| have been halted.
Note.-It is claimed by the German
government that the attacking forces
have captured the outer defenses of
Tetruahan.
Morale of Germans Broken.
UNITED Press Dispatch.J
Paris, France, September 6.-The
| fighting that occurred with the Ger
mans during the last counter Often
sive of the Teutons showed that the
morale of the latter has been broken
| by the continuous news of the
French and British success. This is
| very evident from the way in which
the prisoners act and talk, as well as
| from other sources of information.
The second anniversary of the
| great battle of the Marine, which
saved Paris from the Germans, finds
the allies closing in about the i'm
| portant railroad center of Peronne.
French guns now dominate the Chau-
Ines Peronne railroad, preventing its
use by the Germans.
Seven Forts Captured.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
| Berlin, UeILHduy, ocpIcluuCi u.
Seven of the forts defending the Ru-
manian town of Tulkaran, near the
Southern Rumania boundary, have
been captured by the Germans.
Amsterdam, Holland, September G..
British airmen today successfully
sank a German submarine in the
Zeebrugge harbor and got back in
safety to their base at Dunkirk.
| Unsuccessful Efforts.
! IBniled Press Dispatch.1
Paris, France, September 6.-The
Germans last night made tremen-
| dous but unsuccessful attempts to
recapture from the French the posi-
| tions that the French recently won
south of the Somme. The heaviest
| fighting was in the regions of Denie-
court and Berry en- Santern.
| North of the Somme the fighting
last night was confined largely to
artillery dueling.
| Wrested From Germans.
| UNITED Press Dispatch.1
London, Eng, September 6.-The
British last night wrested from the
Germans Leuze wood, one mile from
Combles. so General Haig reported
this morning.
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