The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-23
CENTRAL POWERS
CROSS RAILROAD
NEAR MURFATTAR
FRENCH CAPTURE SPUR


LONDON. O-, 2}-Thc Rumanian
tort at touNaua ha, been captured
by German, the German war office at
Berlin announced TO-DAY
Troops ot the central powers have
crossed the railway line running be-
tween the BIack Sea port Of tonstana
and the river Danube At point TO the
cast Of Muriatlr, the German an
rounccmcui say, The furDrc,s.oi Con-
,tanla was taken by German and Bul.
ldridu troops
On the LETT wing OF Held Marshal
Won Ma,kcu,cn', army the statement
adds, the Germans and their allies are
approaching the Danube town IT
| Ichcnayoda
One OF Chief Obectives.
/ tpnStanza Is one of the principal OBJ
Jcctlves oi Field Marshal Won Mack.
enscu IN his campaign m DobrudJa It
: /, Of paruCular Importance by reason
/ OF the fac, that It /, the eastern ter
mlnu, OF the only railroad hct~ecn tho
Black sea and the Danube. which t
crosse, at Ichcrnayoda
Thence the railroad run, westward
into old Rumana
Campaign Begun Thursday
Won MackenSens new campaign ~
Dobrudla was begun only last Thurs
day when an offensive along the en-
tire line IRON the Black Sea to the
Danube was opened The earlier ci.
fort ol the field marshal was started
soon after Rumanla, entrance into the
war 1t va, notably successful IN II,
, ,woop down the Danube resulting ~
the Capture OF the iortrc,, OF Iurlukdi
p on September 3, oi Sllsjria a few days
, later but came To- a halt on September
% when the RumanlanS announced 4
1 defeat OF the forces Of the central
r powers well to the south Of the Com
2 stanza Ichcrnayoda line
French Capture Spur
In the western front along tho
Sommc the French have made another
successful push in the vicinity OF
EFeronne Bapaumc capturing the spur
known As No l]S northwest OF Sally
Salli>cl according to todays Par,
bulletin
Berlin say, that attacks launched b.
British and French forces against the
German positions between lie Sars and
Rancour, IN the Sommc region were
rcpuScd SUNDAY with >anguinary
losses. On the north bank OF the
Nonmc the rcmeUdou, artillery battle
was continued
Teutons Attack Near Brody,
h NuNro- German forces made new
attack yesterday. striking north OF
Hrody near the Nolhyulan Galician,
e borders, say, the Russian war office,
o which reports that the assault was re-
S pulsed
!. Russians Repulsed.
The total repul,c OF the Russian
II forces from the western bank OF the
river Narayuka. IN Galcia. has been
completed, say, the official statement
% issued at German army hcadQuartcrI
today
'c At Prcdcs Pass, on the TranNyl
vanla front the statement add, tha
500 Rumaniaus have been captured
Desperate fighting in the bend oi the
tcrua ON the Macedonian front has re-,
.. suited tayorably To the entente forces
!. according to Paris The Bulgarian
10 counter attacked in strong force but
/ were defeated by the Scrblaus who in
,c ilictcd heavy lo,Sc, ON the attacking
as troops
nj Bombs Dropped on Margate
r. \ hostile aeroplanc appeared TO-DAY
r. over Margatc. ON the southeastern
coast OF England and dropped three
bombs Two person, were injured
<. -Four ton, OF procctle, have been
., droprcd by a French air squadron o'
To- twenty tour machines ON blast furnace,
= north oi Metz and ON the Metz and
\, Thlou,lllc stations llll, were obtained
Ic ON all the ohlcctNcS it IS declared.
: Another French iloulla bombardcd
4 factories at Romharh