The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-24
HERE AND THERE
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS
War News.

In the western Wallachia the ad-
vance of the Austro-Hungarians con-
tinues steadily, and Campulung
eighty miles northwest of Bucharest,
the Rumanian capital, is almost with.
in the grasp of the invaders. Bat
ties are taking place within a few
miles of Campulung, which is at the
head of a railway and along a river
that penetrates the plains west of Blu.
charest.
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Little activity is reported on the
Somme front. The two latest official
communications from Paris report no
infantry activity. London claims the
extension of the British front along
the Ancre east of Beaucourt. Berlin
records the repulse of British attacks
on the northern part Of the front.
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Mai. Gen. F. B. Maurice, chief d.
rector of military operations at the
war office, in an interview with the
Associated Press, predicted that the
British gains In the Ancre valley were
only the forerunner of further equally
important advances which will be
made on the western front during the
winter months.
Germans casualty roll on the
Somme for one week has been excep-
tionally heavy Besides six thousand
prisoners lost to the British and
double that number killed and wound
ed in the battle of Ancre, the French
have exacted heavy toll around
Pressiore, where the Germans gained
a hold and then were driven out.
r. r. +
While the British were further ad-
vancing their front north Of the Ancre
river or consolidating their newly
won positions, the French and Ger
mans have been engaged in violent
combats both north and south Of the
Somme. In both regions the Germans
made gains-in the northern corner
and western outskirts of the st. Pierre
Vast wood, north of the river, and
In the eastern part of the village Of
Pressoire, south Of the stream.
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In Galicia, according to the Petro-
grad war office, the Russians have
driven Austro-G Germans from former
Russian trenches in the Narayuvka
river region. Berlin asserts, however,
that attacks by the Russians in this
vicinity were repulsed.
+ r. +
With comparatively quiet still reign
ing on the Russian and Austro-Italian
fronts, the Rumanian and Macedonian
theaters continue the focal points of
interest. The Austrians near Orsova
and the junction of the Austrian, Ru-
manian and Serbian frontiers have
cleared the right banks Of the Danube
Of Rumanians, victory which prob
ably means lessening of the impedi-
ments the Rumanians have placed on
the navigation of the river In this re-
gion.
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The British drive, begun amid fog
and rain in the region of the Ancre
river in Fraicl, has netted them an
other Villar BE ucourt on the north
bank of tlc ncr The capture OF
this vi'Ia -l.es three that have
'~r nds since the adj
rs being Beau
'ierro Diyion-
An ALI over Zeebrugge
md OrtonL eots day killed thirty
nine Eelgial and suited in practic-
ally no 9th DANA e, according to
German wa, of-ioe statement. 1t was
declared the harbor works we're I'M
damaged.
Courier Thomas Smith and the
other American passengers on board
the Dutch mail steamship Koningin
Regentes, when that vessel was taken
BY a German submarine into Zee
brugge, were permitted by the Ger
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