The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-09-08
ACTION OF GREECE
AROUSES BERLIN
Germany Considers UItlmatum
to Balkan State r.
sOMME BATTLE FURIOUS
French and British crappIe Desper
ateIy With Germans For etratesls
Points Allies Claim Success =
Roumanians Driven Back.


Points ALLIES Claim Success :
Roumanians Driven Back.
London, Sept Gan open break
between Greece and the central pow,
ers is expected momentarily In view
of reports from Amsterdam that Ger.
many is considering an ultimatum to
Greece.
The Amsterdam report says that
an ultimatum is being considered IN
political circles in Berlin, according
to the Koelnische Volks Zeitung. The
paper interprets the submission OF
Greece to the demands OF the allies
as an abandonment OF neutrality nnc
says that DR.. Won Bothmann-H ollweg,
the German imperial chancellor, is
consulting parliament leaders on the
question.
A report received from Athens says
that 500 discharged Greek reseryists,
all OF whom had at one time been
citizens OF the United States. were
not permitted 10 embark for New
York. owing to the possibility OF their
being called out in the new mobiliza.
tion OF the Greek army.
One OF the most furious battles Of
the war is being waged In the Somme
district, where the British and French
are graphing desperately with the
Germans in their fight for strategic
points. Attacks are being followed
by counter attacks. The allied war
Offices are still claiming successes,
and report from the British army
says that the British now control all
the ridge battle front from Shiepyal
south, except around Ginchy.
The French troops have captured
the village of Ommiecourt. Hospital
farm, Rainette wood and part OF Mar
rieres wood and progressed in other
regions north OF the Somme, accord
ing to the oficial communication is.
sued by the Paris war office.
South OF the Somme furious bat.
tie ragged throughout the day. The
French captured line OF German
trenches and repulsed all counter at
lacks. The prisoners captured since
Sept. number $3.50 and the cannon
thirty.six.
Against the concentration Of picked
German troops the French and Brit
ish are striking blow after blow in
what appears to be supreme effort
to force . WAY through the German
line.
The Germans are not yielding their
carefully organized positions without
desperate resistance. and the fighting
among ruins Of villages and over des-
oiated farm lands is increasingly Sc
we're. with heavy losses on both sides,
During the night the Germans
launched number Of vigorous coun.
ter attacks. but the French war Of
fice reports they were beaten with
heavy losses to the attackers. The
battle Is being carried on under the
most unfavorable weather conditions.
Since the beginning of the Somme
offensive twenty-nine villages have
been captured by the allies, each OF
them powerfully organized.
In eastern Roumania the first clash
has occurred between the Bulgarians,
who have invaded Dobrudia, and the
Russians. who went In from Bessa-
rabia to assist the Roumanians.
An official Bulgarian account OF the
invasion says that on the first day
the Roumanians we're driven back
leaving hundreds OF dead on the field
and that two villages near the from
tier were occupied.
The heaviest fighting on the east
ern front is now under way in the
region OF vladimir-volynski. south
west of Kovel The Austrian war
office announces that in this sector
more than $500 prisoners were taken.
In the Carpathians Russian troops
are still pressing forward toward the
Hungarian frontier Petrograd re,
ports the capture of several more
mountain heights. In the Caucases.
the Russian communication says,
fierce fighting is In progress.