The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-11

Berlin Officially Announces the
Evacuation of important
verdun Defense.
Several Strong Positions Captured
From Austrians on carso Plateau
-Honors Even in Rumania.

Berlin, Nov. 3.-Fort Vaux, on the
Verdon front, was evacuated by the
Germans on the night of November IL
In accordance with prearranged plans,
according to the German military lead
ers, who indicated that they consid-
cred the sacrifices involved in its re-
tention out of proportion to it's value
In the present German strategic
scheme.
French Make More Gains.
London, Nov. although the Ber-
I'm war office has officially announced
that the Germans have evacuated Fort
Vaux, thus placing this important
strategic point once more in the hands
Of the French, the Paris war office as
yet has made no mention of this fact.
To the north of the Somme the
French have made additional gains be-
tween Les Boeufs and SaiIly-SailIiseI
and also taken 200 German prisoners,
making the total of men captured
Wednesday and Thursday in this re-
gion 736.
East of Gorilla and on the Carso
plateau, near Vallone, the Italians, af-
ter violent artillery preparation, at
tackled the Austrian line and, despite
the resistance of the Austrians, cap
tured in the former sector the eastern
slopes of Tivilo and San Marco and
heights east of Sober. On the Carso
plateau several wooded hills were
taken and an advance of two-thirds of
a mile was made to the east of Segiti.
During the fighting, 4,731 Austrians
were made prisoner and six guns, nu-
merous machine guns and other war
material were captured.
Rumanians in Pursuit.
The Pennsylvania theater is wit
Messing a continuation of the advance
Of the Austro-Germans south of the
Rothenthurm pass, while in the Juial
valley the Rumanians are keeping up
their pursuit of the Teutons. There
is still no news concerning the opera
lions in Dobrudja, except the state
ment that the Russo-Rumanian ad-
vance guards are accommodating and
that Constanza has been sheIled from
the sea, but without success.
In Macedonia fighting continues in
the bend of the Cerna river region
with small successes for the Serbs. On
the remainder of the front lombard
ments are in progress. Germans in
Vo1hynia, near Witoniez, where Rus
sian positions were stormed, captured
twenty-five officers and 1903 men.
Hard Fighting On Somme.
London, Nov. lizard fighting is
again taking place on the Somme front
in France between the entente allies
and the Germans. Since Tuesday the
British and French near Courcelette
and on the Les Boeufs-Guedecourt
front and to the south have been at
lacking violently, with the Germans
tenaciously holding them back, except
to the east of Les Boeufs, where COM
bined entente forces have gained
some ground and to the west of Les
Boeufs, in the st. Pierre WAIST wood
and near Sailly-SailliseI, where the
men of General Foch took additional
German trenches. Between Lesars
and Guedecourt and in the vicinity of
the Schwaben redoubt the Germans
are heavily bombarding British posi-
lions.
Fighting in Rumania.
On the Pennsylvania front the Ru-
manians are. keeping up their drive of
the Austro-Germans in the jul val
ley, but according to Petrograd the
Teutons have occupied two villages
south of the Rothenthurm pass. In
the Predeal pass sector, the Germans
have. penetrated Rumanian positions
and captured ten cannon and seven
teen machine guns, and also have
made further progress southeast Of
the Rothenthurm pass.
Again the Russians have assumed
the offensive in Ga1icia along the
Narayuvka river and in the MichisouY
region. Berlin records the repulse of
five heavy attacks in the former dis
trict and Petrograd admits that the
Russians in the latter zone have been
pressed back by superior Teutonic
forces
British Report Gain.
Bad weather is again hampering the
operations on the Macedonia front, but
nevertheless the British in the Struma
region have taken Barakli-Azuma from
the Bulgarians. while the Serbs have
made slight advance on thesleft bank
of the Carna river and also put down
an attack by the Teutonic allies and
made prisoners of both Bulgarians
and Germans
Copeland is Not Guilty.