The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-05
Won FAl X e N n AY MS ARMIES
CRUSH BUCHAREST FORCES
IN THREE.pAY BATTLE.
ZEPPELIN IN new RAID
BRITISH LOSE 10000 OFFICERS
AND MEN ON THE soMME
IN SEPTEMBER.
Western Newspaper Union News Services.

London, Oct. 3.-Troops Of the cen
trail powers have crushed the Ruma
mans between forces In battle
which ragged for three days In central
Transylvania.
The Rumanians fled in disorder
Gen. Won Falkenhayn. attacking the
Rumanians. divided his force Of Ger
mans and Austro Hungarians. One
body engaged them around Hermann
stadt. and the other encircled them
and seized Rothenthurg pass, fifteen
miles southeast of Hermannstadt and
one of the first points gained by the
Rumanians in their advance.
During September the British on
the Somme lost almost 100000 Off
GERS and men. This is at the rate OF
$500 a day. but falls below the daily
human cost for August. Since the Of
fenslve began, figuroes published in
London show that the British have
lost approximately 100000 men.
Still further gains for British and
French troops north Of the S0mme
river are chronicled In the latest Of
ficlal communications. Germans have
p. been driven from positions near the
Stuff redoubt, and also have been
forced to give up all except very
small portion Of the Schwaben re-
doubt in this region. Between Lesars
and Flers the British have pushed for
ward. Saturday night and Sunday.
German trenches near Morval and
Clery fell to the French. Berlin re-
ports that attacks by the British east
Of Thiepval and by the French In ths
vicinity Of Rancourt, Courcelette.
Moryal and Halle were repulsed.
In Galicia the Russians have start
ed another big offensive. Official re-
ports from Petrograd and Berlin are
at variance as to results of the fight
ing. Petrograd reports that thirty
miles northeast Of Lemberg the Rus
SLAMS are forcing their way forward
and have captured 1887 officers and
men.
South of Brzezany. fifty miles south
west Of Lemburg. and along the right
bank Of the Zlota Lipa, Austro-G Ger
man positions are reported to have
been taken and 112 officers and 2,268
men made prisoner.
Berlin asserts that Russian forces
along the Brody-Lemberg railway were
stopped. but admits the Russians
gained foothold in the south and
also advanced between the Tseniuvka
and Zlota Lipa river
In Macedonia the Serbians have at
last captured the Kaimakcalan height
on the Greek. Serbian border. The Brit
ish on the Struma have taken a por-
tion Of the Bulgarian line near the Ori-
jak bridge.
Four Zeppelin raids on London and
the east coast were carried out last
month the more recent attacks being
made by airships of the newer and
bigger type. On Sept 2 one Zeppelin
was struck while flying over the Lon
don district and fell in flames. Two
Zeppelins were destroyed In the raid
OF Sept %. On that occasion the raid
ers killed thirty-eight persons and
wounded 125. The following night,
In another raid. in which the airships
apparently escaped without damage.
they killed thirty-six persons and
wounded twenty-seven.
London, Sept. 30--ln desperate ef.
forts to save Monastir from the fate
that awaits 1t almost any hour, the
Bulgarians are carrying out q series
OF violent counter attacks to prevent
the Serbs and their allies from reas-
suming the offensive in Macedonia.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
declares German defenses on Somme
have been made impregnable and that
he is convinced allies never can break
through.
Speech Of Chancellor Won Bethmann.
Hollweg. imperial chancellor. pro-
duces profound impression but falls
to rouse enthusiasm In Germany.
British Front In France.--The cap.
tura Of Combles was one Of the most
picturesque incidents in the whole
course Of the great Somme offensive.
1t marked the opening Of the forward
surge OF the British and French forces
which reached its climax IN the cap
ture Of Gueudecourt and Thiepval.
London claims the capture OF 10000
prisoners by the English troops in the
! somms a~htins II last two waaks
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