New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-17
ON
50'M|LE FRONT
sAiLLisEL, ON soMME, FALLS TO
FRENCH TROOPS, FOE SUI.
FERiNo HEAVY LOSSES.
LOSSES IN AIR BATTLES
Russo-RuMANiANs ARE NOW ON
THE OFFENSIVE IN DosRUDJA
AGAINST Won MAcKENsEN.

LOuuOn, NOV. lf,-OnCe again tno
German line in France has been hard
hit. Starting an offensive running from
the southern bank of the Ancre river
northward over a front of about five
miles-from st. Pierre Divion to the
north of Serre-the British have cap
tured the towns of Beaumont amel
and St. Pierre Divion and first and sec
Ond line trenches at various Joints.
Between 5000 and 1000 men were
made prisoner. The Germans apparent
ly offered slight resistance to their
a~dversaries, although their positions
were extremely heavily fortified. a
maximum gain to a depth of one mile
over the fiye-mile front was made by
the British.
Runlanions admit reverse in Tran
sylyania but claim Teutons were
checked on other fronts.
Won Mackensen still ~retreating in
Dobrudja and his army apparently is
in grave danger from Russo Runa
mans.
Serbs win brilliant victory near
MoHastir oyer Germans and Bulsdr5,
forcing foe to retreat nearly two
Lliles.
Violent artillery duel raging on
Narayvoka river.
London-The Russians and Ruma
mans are vigorously on the offensive.
North of the Constanza-ChernavoIa
railway, the Russo-Rumanian forces
have pushed back Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's men to a front running
through the towns OF TOPAZ. I~nancesne
and karanasuf.
Saillisel. east of the Peronne-Ba-
paume road In the Somme region, has
fallen entirely into the hands of the
troops OF Gen. Foch. The French in
flicted heavy casualties on the Ger
mans.
In the Pennsylvania zone the Rus
SLAMS have gradually reinforced the
ON the northern sector OF
the line until they now are fighting
side by side with them overea front
Of about fifty miles south Of the Blu
kowina border.
Little important fighting is going
on In the Russian, Macedonian-Austro-
Italian theaters. The town of Polog
and Culse hill have Leen captured by
the Serbs from the Bulgarians, accord
ing to Paris. Berlin admits an ad-
vance by the Serbs In this region.
London, Nov. 11.-Driving against
he center of the Russian line on the
front, German troops have
,ained possession of Russian positions
,r a front of about two and a half
niles.
The attack, which resulted also in
he capture of more than 5000 pris-
'ners, took place in the district OF
'krobowa, twelve miles northeast of
'%aronovichi, north of the Pinsk
marshes, and where only isolated
has occurred lately. The Rus
ians, Berlin also says, lost twenty
machine guns and twelve mine
hrowers.
The success of the Germans is ad
tilted by the P%etrograd war office.
hich announces tina. the Russians,
fter stubborn resistance against
o%nslaughts. were compelled to
all back to their second line OF
There has been much aerial fighting
n the western front. Berlin records
destruction of seventeen entente
and Paris asserts that ten
erman machines were brought down.
ondon admits that seven British air .
raft failed TO return to their base 7
tier fights in the air. In one of the !
6hts a squadron OF thirty British air !
.anes and a German squadron of be- ,
yeen thirty and forty were engaged.