Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-25
Smashing Forward in Great
Assault, Joffre's Troops
Capture Douamount.
IN DORRUDJA AREA
ALLIES RETREATING
HuSSian- Rumanian Forces Lose 600
Prisoners to MackenSpn-d'0n
tin0plc Reports Turk Subma-
rine Sinks Transport.
{ Associated Press Summary

| Switching their offensive from the
! Somme front in France, possibly as q
counter to the advance of the Tou;onir
| allies in the DObrudja region Of Ru-
j mania, the French have smashed the
| German line north and northeast Of
! Nerdun over front of four and one
=. third miles. penetrating the line along
its entire length. In the center the
French gained distance of nearly two
miles. Preceded by violent lombard
ments such as marked the great at
lacks and counter attacks during the
Gays when Verdun was the focal point
in world interest. the attack was de-
livered. Approaching from the east
bank of the Meuse, near Bras, east
! ward to the Damloupe battery. the
French moved forward and when night
fell village and forts Of DouaNtmont,
in the center, were in their hands,
while on the left wing the French
pushed beyond Thiaumont and captur-
ed the Haudremont quarry, and have
taken up positions along the Bras
nouaumont road. On their right wing,
constant progress also had been made
from DouamOnt to DamlOune. More
than $500 prisoners and quantity OF
ars and ammunition were captured Wy
the French.
Allies In Retreat.
In the Dobrudja region. the Gerans.
Bulgarians and Turks are giving no
rest to the Russians and Rumanians,
who continue in retreat along the en-
tire front from the Black sea to the
Danube, altho at some points they
inv
on the river, short distance below
Tchernavoda, and Nedjidie, on the
railway midway, between Tcherna-
voda and ConstanZa, have fallen into
hands Of the Teutonic allies. In the
latter region, cavalry is pursuing the
retreating Russo umanian forces
we'll to the north of the railway line.
More than $500 prisoners have been
taken by Won Mackensen's forces.
'Constantinople reports the opera
ton of Turk submarines in the Black
sea, off the Rumanian coast, in the
sinking of a 5000 ton Rumanan trans
port and sailing supply ship. bound
for Constanza with provisions.
Prebeal, to the southwark of Krons-
tadt, on the Transylvanian front, has
been captured by Austro-Germans, ac-
cording to Berlin, and the resistance
Of the Rumanians in the Rothenthurm
pass, south of Hermanstadt, has been
broken.
Bucharest announces that in an adj
vance along the entire front in the
Oituz region, the Rumanians captured
several hundred prisoners and ten
guns.
From the Baltic sea to the Carpa
THAN mountains, period of calm has
set in.
On the Austro-TtaliaY front, the
Austrians and the Italians at various
points, especially on the Astigo pla-
teau, the Sugana valley, the PLAYA sec
to rOf the middle IsonzO, and on the
Carso front, were vigorously lombard
ing opposing fronts.
The Serbs have put down a German
bulgarian attack and themselves have
delivered a thrust which was reward
ed by the capture of several trenches.
In the Dorian sector, the British
captured Teutonic allies trench.
Floods are interfering with opera
tons on the Struma front.
Four British and four Norwegian
steamers have been sunk by subma-
rines or mines. The tonnage of the
British ships sunk aggregated 49,
2S1 tons,