Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-22
ENTENTE FORCES ARE
HOLDING STUBBORVLY
To LINES OF DEFENSE
Greek Island of Crete Has Re-
voIted and New Government
Has Been Set Up, Athens
Dispatch Says
lsy Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.-Field Mar
shall Won Mackenzen's advance through
the Rumanian province of Dobrudj2..
where his combined German, Bulgarian
and Turkish forces have been striking
for the railroad from Constanza to in
terror Rumania, has Deen checked. ac-
cording to accounts from both sides.
Bucharest yesterday announced a
check for Won Mackenzen's armies on
the lien of defense taken by the Ru-
rnanians and Russians, who have been
heavily reinforced. Today a statement
by the Sofia war office under yesterdays
date comedies the stubbornness of their
resistance and reports the entente armies,
still holding their strongly fortified po-
sitions.
Reports regarding the fighting in the
Florina district in northwestern Mace
donia are conf1ictingS Accounts from
entente sources have asserted the Bull
garians were falling back on Serbian
territory and preparing for the defense
Of MonaStir. Sofia, however, announces
2 turn in fighting favorable to the Bull
sarian forces, declaring counter attacks
resulted in the repulse Of the Serbian
and allied troops with heavy losses.
ENGAGEMENT IS HEAVY.
Farther east in the mountainous coun-
try along the Serbian border the en-
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struggle in the Kaimakcalan district be-
ing particularly stubborn. On the far
western end of the line the allies are
making progress, but apparently are at
tempting no serious forward thrust in
either the Vardar or Struma regions. The
defeat of the Germans in their desper-
ate counter attacks along the Somme
front, reported last night by Paris. has
been followed by comparative duiet,
IY1Ho rfn off
which says the Germans did not renew
their attacks during the night. The
bad weather reported during the last
few days is continuing and apparently
the Anglo-French forces are awaiting it's
cessation.
After a lapse Of some days activity
has been resumed by the French in the
Ferdun region, attacks on the. east bank
Of the Mouse gaining them two trenches
ground east Of Fort Vaux and in the
Capitre wood.
GERMANS FAIL TO GAIN.
British as well as the French have
been subjected to heavy attacks byN the
Germans on the Somme front Contin-
uous assaults were made last night On
positions held by the New Zealanders
south of the Ancre, but according to
London, every attack was beaten off,
the Germans losing heavily and the
British effecting some gain of ground,
despite the incessant German onslaught
On the eastern front Petrograd an
nounces an offensive movement by the
Germans along the Stokhod, in Volhynia,
southeast OF Eovel, but declares all at
tacks on the Russian lines were re-
pulsed and that several hundred Ger
mans were captured during the fighting
near Korytniza and Sviniusky.
In the Carpathians the Russians re-
port an advance near Panther mountain,
where a position on the height was cap
tured
No further progress for the Ruman-
ians in their invasion of southern Tram
nounces that the Rumanian troops
which recently were forced back to the
border. losing Petroseny and the Sur
duk pass in the Transylvanian Alps.
have halted their retirement south of
Petroseny and are fortifying their new
position. In further reports today on
the Dobrudja battle, Bucharest declares
the Russians and Rumanians not only
beat off all attacks but in several cases
turned on the Teutonic allies and deliv-
cred counter attacks.
In the Balkan situation Greece re-
mains an uncertain quantity. A new
factor in the internal situation appears
today in the report that a revolution
has broken out in the Greek island of
Cree, the home Of former Premier Vent
zelos, where a provisional government
is said to have been set up.