Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-10-04
RUSSIANS TAKING The OFFENSIVE,
Petrograd Reports That Northeast Of Lem
berg Cars TroouS Force Forward.

DGIg Lzdf S troops f0lC6 FORWARD.
London, Oct. 1.-The left wing
of the British army between the
Aricre and Somme rivers in France
has advanced on nearly a two
mile front from the east of Eau
court L'Abbaye to the Albert
Bapaume road, capturing in the
operation the town of Eaucourt
L'Abbaye and throwing their
line to within about four miles of
Bapaume itself.
In addition the British line to
the left has been sent forward for
good gains into the German front
according to London. Valuable
work was done by the new armor-
Ia tractors in theHfghting.
In the Champagne region the
Germans, says Paris, attempted
two surprise attacks against the
French but both of them failed.
Still further gains by the British
and the French troops north of
the Somme river in France are
chronicled in the latest official
communications from London and
Paris.
The Germans have been clear
ed out of positions near the Stuff
redouht, which they had held
since the heavy fighting of last
week and alao have been forced
to give up all except very small
portion of the Schwaben redoubt
this region. In addition to the
east, between LIE Sars and F1ers,
troops of Gen. Sir Douglas Haig
have pushed forward their posi-
tioas. During Saturday night
and Sunday German trenches
near Morval and Clery fell iuto
the hands of the French in gren-
ade fighting.
Berlin reports, however, that
attacks by the British east of
Thiepval and by the French in
the vicinity of Rancourt, Cource-
lette, Morval and Halle were re
pulsed. The activity around
Halle may indicate the commence
ment of an Entente drive with
Peronne as its objective,
In Galicia the Russians have
started another big offensive with
the purpose of driving on to Lem.
berg. The official reports from
Setrograd and Berlin are at vari
ance with regard to the results of
the fighting. Petrograd reports
that 80 miles northeast of Lem
berg, along the Brady-Krasne
Railway, the Russians are forcing
their way forward despite the
stubborn resistance of the Geu-
tonic Allies and have captured
1887 officers and men. Also
south of Brezzany 50 miles south
west of Lemberg and along the
right bank of the Ziota Lipa,
Austro-German positions are re-
ported to have been taken and 112
officers and 2 268 men made prison
er.
Berlin asserts that the Russian
forces along the Brody-Ler1berg
Railway were stopped by the
artillery of the Teutons. But on
the southern wing Berlin admits
the Russians gained a footho1d
and also advanced in the angle
between the Tseniuvka and Ziota
Lipa river.
In the Carpathians, in the Lud-
owa sector the Austrians have
turned to the offensive, and ac-
cording to Vienna, in an attack
captured four Russian officers an6
532 men and eight machine guns
The Rumanian theater is wit
Messing only local engagements
The number of prisoners 1aker
by the army of General Won Fal-
kenhayn il the Hermanstadt re-
gion exceeded 5000. Thirteer
guns and large quantities of sup
plies also were captured. includ-
ing 300 railroad cars laden with
munitions.
In Macedonia the Serbian
after days of bitter fighting hav
at last captured the Kaimakcala1
height on the Greek Serbian
border from the Bulgarians. Th
British Oh the struma have lake
a portion of the Bulgarian lin
near the Orljak bridge.
For a Muddy Complexion.