New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-20
RUSSIANS. RENEW
. GREAT OFFENSIVE.
Cars Armies Meet Terrific o.
position From Teutons.
ALLIED FLEET ATTACKS kAvAlA

Drive on somme Takes More Soil.
British straighten Their Line Near
Thiepval - Trieste Drive Grows.
Serbians Successful Against BuIgars.
London, Sept. 18-The Russian Of
fensive in the East, long at a stand.
still, apparently has been resumed.
with the Russians again hurting great
masses of men against the Austro-
German lines and spending artillery
ammunition lavishly.
The armies of the car have taken
up their closing-in movement on the
Galician town of Halicz, southeast Of
Lemberg in the Dniester.
Oflcial statements from Petrograd,
Vienna and Berlin told Of hard fight
ing with the Russians the a&gressors
from the Pripet marsh region in Rus
sia through Galicia and up in the Car
pathian mountains.
RepuIsed, Teutons Say.
Berlin and Vienna claim the repulse
with heavy casualties of Russian at
tacks ION front Of about twelve and
onehalf miles in the region west Of
Lltsk in Galicia north Of Zborow.
near Stauislau, and in the Carpathians
at several points.
Near the Marajowka river, however.
Berlin admits that the front of Arch
deke Charles Francis was pushed back
by the Russians short distance.
Petograd records an advance for
the Russians south Of Brzezany, south
east Of Lemberg and the capture Of
more than 5000 Germans in fighting
along the Anraiuvka river and the
Podvyscke-H alfcz railway.
Bucharest reports the occupation of
additional towns In Pennsylvania while
both Berlin and Sofia assert that the
forces of the Central powers in Do
brudja are still in pursuit of the re-
treating Roumanians and Russians.
Kavala, on the Aegean sea, which
is held by Bulgarians, is under bonn
bardment by the entente feet.
Sofa admits the loss of Nidje Plani-
ma near Lake Ostrovo. Combined
French and Russian troops have push
ed their way to position near Flor
ina, while the Serbians have reached
the immediate outskirts of Vetrenik
and Kajmackalan in successful fight
ing AGAINST the Bulgarians.
Trieste Drive Grows.
In the Carso region of the Austro-
Italian theater, the Italians in their
quest of Trieste have won strong po-
sitions from the Austrians in san
culinary fighting.
German positions exceeding four
miles in length we're captured by the
British and French armies in the con-
tinuation of their offensive north and
south of the Somme river in France.
Heavy counter attacks against the
British were repulsed with large losses
to the Germans.
Near Thiepval the British took a
fortified position over front of a
mile known as 'the Danube trench"
near Courcelette an advance of about
1000 yards was made and finally the
strongly defended position at the
Mouquet farm over which there had
been numerous hard fought battles
for several weeks fell into their hands
To the south of the river the French
pushed back the Germans and occu-
pied the remainder of the towns of
Vermandovillers and Berry and also
captured all the ground between Yer
mandovillers and Denitcourt and be-
tween Deniecourt and Berry.
The advance of the British ap-
parently Strengthens out the salient
that had projected into their lines be-
tween Thiepval and Courcelette and
brings their front here to within
scant mile of Grand Court and the
Albert-Bapaume railway, Grand Court
now is being bombarded by the Brit
ish.