The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-16
Endeavors at Great Cost to
Create Diversion to Halt
German Endorsements
TEUTONS HIT BACK
HARD AT FRENCH
Make Some Gains. BIT Admit
Losses to fIaigs Advancing
Columns-Russia Enters
Protest

London, Nov, 15.--Tne last twenty.
FOUR hours saw one OF the most strik-
ing proofs Of Russia S efforts to make
good her promise to aid her new ally,
Rumania, TO the utmost CT her re-
sources.
General Won Falkenhayn, retarded
for some weeks by the Rumanian re-
sistance In his southwark sweep
through the Transylval Alpine
ridges. had been compelled to draw
large reinforoements. They were sent
him from the front, whore the Teu-
tons ha stood the test OF many VIC.
lent Russian 0nsIaughts. and even
themselves had bent the Russian line
southeast Of Lemberg, on the Nara
yuvka River. Taking swift advantage
Of this thinning of the Teuton Cali
Cian line, the Russians, to relieve the
pressure agair st the Rumanians, a.
once assumed the offensive, launching
fierce attacks against the Austro- Ger
man positions on the Narayuvka.
Relatively the coup prov I'D fall
ure. Today's official reports from
! Petrograd ana Bucharest admit fur
Their Rumanian Withdrawals before
Falkenhayn in the Tfrgujiuh, Alt and
Jiul Valleys Berlin announced the
capture OF twenty-'hrae officers and
1890 men IN an advance along the
/ roads leading into Wallachia. The
| Russian war offlcs. reporting the new
Muscovite offensive on The Narayuvka,
fx ,f
/ lost were reconquered. Berlin dis
putes this, saying the Teuton lines
| held firm. In any case, the movement
! failed to summon back the reinforce
ments sent to Falkenhayn. The lat
ter is again attacking with redoubled
vlgor on the whole TransylvAnian
front.
Concede Reverse.
! Conceding the Rumanian reverse,
1 the Petrograd official statement says:
: THE enemy. who has been con-
siderably reinforced by fresh German
troopg. succeeded In places In press
! ING back the Pr nanians."
! Bucharest adults that n the jul
! Valley the Rumanians have been
forced back to their second line
J trenches" and ALSO have been obliged
! TO yftfd some ground IN The AIT Var
lev"
shell 3 by aviatora Bolnbs were
( thrown on the royal palace. Tho
} fe4ai family had departed. The Ru-
manian Official claim that King Fer
dinans troops occupied the town of
Boasic, in the Dobrudta, is the only
event repor ed today from that front,
but Berlin and Petrograd character
4 izing the situation there as "un-
changed
Contrary to Us usual custom of is
suing only one official statement
daily, and thar in the afternoon. tho
German war Office late tonight gave
out q special bulletin supplement.ng
its early statement. The version re-
ceived here makes no mention of the
gains officially conceded by Paris,
Il merely states that fighting is in
prog. ess near Sally Saillisel AMI Pres
soire
with regard to the new British Of
fensive on the Ancre, the Berlin night
report asserts that British attacks on
the southeast bank ARE already shat
tered
Claims Further Advance.
| The British war flee tonight claim
ed a further advance north of the
Ancre and stated that the number of
prisoners taken stnCE The inception or
the offensive, early Monday morning,
has arisen to 5.67S. British losses, il
Is asserted, were small when consid-
cred in proportion to the gains made.
In an advance OF one mile in which
1000 prisoners were taken. ore di-
vision-20 900 men-lost only 450
men. A consolidating action was car
ried out south of the Ancre today east
OF Butte de Wariencourt.
The French midnight communique
emphasizes that the LIMITED adj
santages" gained by the Teutol4s in
their counter offensive were bought at
very high losses"
The regular daily report of the
German war office admitted the loss
of Beaucoutt village to the British.
but added that all other attacks broke
down under The German fire. The Tight
ing OF me last twenty-four hours 10