Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-25
SMASHING BLOW
| CRUSHES GERMAN
LINES AT VERDUN
french Troops Sweep For
ward Over Front of Four
and One-Half Miles.
many STRATEGIC POINTS
AGAIN ARE IN THEIR HANDS
Places for Which Crown Prince
Paid Thousands of Lives
Reclaimed.
LANY PRISONERS CAPTURED
East Muniti0n Stores In Underground
Vaults and Fortrcsscs
Taken.
LaNY PRISONERS CAPTURED
East Munition Stores In Underground
Vaults and Fortrcsscs
Taken.
rBv Associated Press. J


I. . y D ON. October 24.--Switching
n Francc-possibly as counter to the
advance of the Tcutonic allies In the
)obrudja region Of Roumania - the
'rcnch have smashed the German line
Iorih and northeast OF Vcrdun over Il
rOnt OF four and one-third miles.
penetrating it along It's entire length,
II the center gaining Il distance of
tcarly two miles.
Preceded by a violent bombardment
such as marked the great attacks and
:ountcrattacks during the days when
kerdun was the focal point in world
interest. the offensive was delivered
approximately from the eastern bank
II the Meusc River. near Bras. east
ward TO the Damloup battery.
When night fell the village and fort
Of Douaumont. In the center were in
he nands of the French, while on their
ef; wing the Frcuchmen had pushed
beyond Thaumont and captured the
'iaudromont quarry and taken up po-
fsitions along the Bras Douaumont
{road. On their right wing consider
Iblc progress also had been made from
.Douaunont TO Da,nloup. More than
{3,69" prisoners and quantities Of war
Irna,eral were captured by the French.
frEIT0Ns GIVING NO REST
no RUSSIANS AND ROUMANIANS
| In the Dobrudja region of Roumania
Cthc Germans. Bulgarians and Turks
|arc giving no rest 10 the Russians and
IRouiBanians. vino continue in retreat
Ialong the entire front from the Black
|Sca 10 the Danube River. although ut
|somc points they are vigorously op-
posing the advance of the invaders
RAchova, on the river n short dis
tame below Tchcrnavoda and Medjidic.
on the railway midway between Tchcr-
|navoda and ConstanZa, have fallen into
the hands OF the TeutOnic allies In
the latter region cavalry Is pursuing
the retrcatinE RuSso-Roumanian forces
we'll 10 the north of the railway line
More than G.700 prisoners have been
taken by Field Marshal Won Mackcn-
|sen.
Constan'inopie reports the operations
OF Turkish submarines in the Black
Sea >oif the Rouinanian coast in the
Sinking OF Il 3000-ton Roumanian
transport and sailing supply ships
hound for Constanza with provisions
ircdcal. to the southwark of Kron-
|stadt. on tho Transylvanian front. have
been captured by the Austro-German
forces. according TO Berlin. and the
|res!Stanc" OF Roumania in the Rothcn-
thurm Pass. south OF Eicrmannstadt.
has been broken. Bucharest an
|nounccs that. In an attack along the
entire Oituz region. the Roumanians
lea ptured several hundred prisoners and
ten guns.
CALM
FROM MOUNTAINS TO SEA
From the Baltic Sea to the Car
|path!an Mountains, period of com
parativc calm again has set in.
On the Austro-Italian front the Aus
|trian and Italians at various noints.
Especially in the Asiago plateau. in
the Sugana valley. in the PLAYA sector
of the middle Isonzo. and on the Carso
front. arc vigorously bombard!ne op-
posing positions.
The Serbs in the Ccrna region of the
Macedonian front have put down n
German bulgarian attack, and them
selves delivered n thrust which was re-
warded by the capture of several
trenches In the Dorian sector the
British also captured Teutonic allied
french. Floods arc interfering with
the operat tions on the Struma front.
Four British and four Norwegian
steamers have been sunk by suhma
rines or mines. The tonnage of the
British steamers sunk aggregated
2,291.