Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-21
GERMAN ATTACKS
MET WITH BAYONET
BY FRENCH FORCES
Fail in Desperate Efforts to-
Retrieve Part of Lost
Territory.
ALLIES EVERYWHERE
HOLD THEIR POSITIONS
Teutons Leave Many Dead Be-
hind Them After Being Re-
pulsed at Priez Farm.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED IN EAST
RoumanianS Meet With Serious
Reverse in Region OF
HntSzcg.

| LONDON. September 2o--In an cf-
fort TO relieve in part their lost tcrri-
tory, the Germans to-day. despite the
bad weather. made violent counterat-
tacks against the French over a three
mile front in the region Of the Pricz
farm aud Rouchavcsncs north Of tho
SommC.
In mass formation the Tcutons threw
attack after attack along the line from
? o'clock in the morning until dark.
and at the end of the day the French
, were everywhere holding their rosi-
tions, according; TO Paris, and the bat
tie field ut points WAS covered with
German dead.
During the nGhting the Germans
penetrated tho northeastern part of tho
village OF Rouchavcsncs. hut here tho
french met them with the bayonct and
tislodgcd them. Four assaults at the
i'rcz farm. in which the t;crmans came
on in waves, were rcpulscd by tho
French. whose observers assert that
the Germans at last withdrew in dis
order. leaving many dead behind them
ON the British front the inclcmcnt
weather still holds the opposing sides
TO artillery duclS.
In the eastern theatcr. in Russia :fnd
Galicia, both Berlin and Vienna report
the rcpulSe of heavy Russian attacks
In the t.utsk sector OF Vulhynia, ana
southeast OF Lembcrl7 in Galicia. Local
successes for the Russians i'm the Car
pathians arc conceded by the Teutonic
allies, who say. however, that on tho
whole the Russian attacks in this re-
gion were repulsed.
ROU aiANIANS. MEET
WITH SERIOUS RENERSES
Down in Pennsylvania. where tho
Rouman;ans have been lighting against
the AuStro- Hungarian forces, the in
Naders apparently have met with 4
serious reverse in the region OF Hats
zeE. where they have been driven back
by the Tcutonic allies to the Transyl-
vanian Alps. and the town OF Pctroscny
and the Szurduk Pass, through which
they entered Transylvani" in this re-
gion. recaptured from them.
In Dobrudja. where the Russians and
ttoumanianS have been heavily re-
enforced along the line south OF the
Constanza railway from the Black Sea
10 the Danube, the tide of the battle
is lnctuatins. Sofia reports successes
for the arms of the Bulgars at certain
points. while Bucharest claims VIC
tory for the Eoumanians near Enigea.
The western end OF the Macedonian
bats. The Bulgarians. according to
Athens. have hastily evacuated Wig
litsa at the extreme end OF the lnc
and fallen back upon Svcdsa for
stand In previously prepared intrcnch-
mcnts. which. IL captured. will ncccs-
state the evacuation of Monastir
Serbia.
lcrlin reports that the Germans who
are cooperating with the Bulgars
have rcpulscd entente thrusts near
Florina. Greece Rome admits that the
Italians on the southern slopes Of
Monte IiclcS have been driven back by
the Bulgarians Artillery fighting pre-
dominates on the British and French
fronts.
Aside from bombardmcnts and iso-
lated infantry attacks, the situation
remains unchanged on the Carso front
Of the .\ustro-ltaliau thcater, where
the Italians arc trying to reach Trieste.
Constantinoplc records successes for
the Ottoman forces over the Russians
and British respectively. in Persia and
aloug the TiSris.