Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-23
German Attacks Are Met
Around Combles and
Armies Encircle Town.
BERLIN ADMITS A
SERIES OF LOSSES
Scrbians in Northwestern
Macedonia Continue to
Show Progress.

NN the Somme front In France the
~ French and British forces again
have taken the offensive and been re-
wardod with additional gains. Gen
eral Haig's men made progress toward
Bapaume while General FoCh's sol
diers. who apparently have begun an
other effort to eject the Germans from
Combles and its salient In the entente
line north of the Somine. also met
with success
After the checking Of German at
tacks southeast of Combles between
lie Priez farm and RancOurt, the end
OF the French part of the entente line
which almost encircles the town, the
Trench undertook local operations on
the outskirts of Combles itself. An
Organized and defended house was
captured and several trench elements
were occupied In these enterprises
l40 prisoners were taken.
General Haig's troops straigl";ened
out their line between Martinpuich
and Flers, a distance of about one
mile, by taking two lines of German
trenches. The British front there now
runs on a direct line north of the two
villages.
British Are Gaining.
London also records Improvement
of other positions on the British front.
1t is announced officially in Paris
that the number of prisoners taken by
the Anglo French forces ON the Sommo
from July | to September ! 3 amounted
to more than 1900. or these $4,000
fell into the hands Of the French
Berlin reports no activity on inc
whole OF the western front.
German and Rumanian reports a!
to the progress or result OF the battl'
I'm the Dobrudja conflict. In contra
diction of the announcement from Bu
charest that the forces of the cen
tral powers were falling back Berlil
declares that Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen has by an encircling movemen
broken the resistance of the Ruman
ians and Russians and compelled then
to retreat. Berlin says strong Ri
manian forces were repulsed south
east of Toprai Sarl, IA miles south
west of Constanza, on the Black Sc
coast.
Berlin Admit Reverscs.
Eerlin and Vienna admits revers
I'm tho Curpathians in the Russian cap
ture of the summit of Smotrec heigh
which previously had changed hand
many times, but declare ltussian al
tacks in Nolhynia and southern Bu
kowina were checked. West of LutS
I'm Volhynia the Germans again re
pulsed Russian attacks, capturing D
prisoners and several machine gun
according to Berlin, and Russian az
saults In Galicia. north OF ZDorof
and in the region of Dorna Batra- o
the border of Bukowna and Humans
wore frustrated.
Serbian and French troops continu
to make progress in northWester
Macedonia. The Serbians are advan,
ine IN the Brcda river region and IN
French are pushing forward north {
Florinn toward Monastir. a Bulga'
ian attack on Zborsky was checks
by the entente forces. Berlin an
Sofia report no activity in Macedont
Transport sunk.
An entente transport and Frenc
submarine have fallen victims to
German submarine and an Austr'
Hungarian aeroplane. reSpectiVel
The transport reported by Berlin
Completely filled" was sunk in Il
Mediterranean September 10, bonn
from the aeroplane sank the subm
rine in the southern Adriatic. III
% members of the crew were rescu'
and made prisoners.
London reports that Germi
seapane dropped three bombs
Dover, England, Friday. No casua
ties resulted. British warships ha
bombarded Bulgarian positions ne
the mouth of the Struma river
Macedonia.