The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-13
Capture Inven and Continue to
Pursue Bulgars.
Battle on Cerna Front Being
Waged Night and Day.
DEFENDERS SAVE RUMANIA
Conquest for Cernavada Bridge
Still at Critical Stage.
Russo i'm 5O-Mile
Dash on North Frontier.

London, Nov 13.-Continuing their
pursuit of retreating Bulgarian forces
which were driven out of Polog in the
Cerna front fighting Serbian troops
have captured Inven, north of Polog.
The fighting in this sector has been
continuous night and day. The Off
cial statement. which told of Inven's
capture, said Bulgarians time after
time. attacked ard occa sionally gain
ed a temporary advantage which they
failed, however, to maintain.
Fighting was particularly fierce
along the Monastir-Florina railway.
Capture 1000; Advance Two Miles.
Paris, Nov. 13.-The Serbians have
won a brilliant victory over the Ger
mans and Bulgarians in the Cerna dis
trict. southwest of Monastir, the war
office announced today. The Serbians
supported by French artillery forced
the Teutonic allies to rtire a distance
of nearly two miles and captured
about 1000 prisoners.
The retreat of the German-Bul-
garian forces was compelled after
battle lasting two days.
The prisoners raise the total cap
lures since September p to 6, 900 man,
together with seventy-two cannon and
fifty-three machine guns taken during
this period.
Defenders Wage Offensive.
London, Nov. 13-Russians, Ruman-
ians and Franco-Serbians are con-
tinuing their hammering against the
lines of the central powers on every
eastern and southeastern front today
At some points Germans and Aus
trians are attacking fiercely but ac-
cording to advices at all the capitals
the larger successes are being won by
the arms of the entente allies.
French troops are today co-ordinat-
ing the trenches around positions they
wrested from the Germans yesterday
at Sailly-Saillisel on the west front at
which point sporadic Germans at
tempts to recapture the positions are
going on with increasing intensity
A comparative lull maintains on
other sections of the western front
The fighting about Cernavoda for
possession of the great Danube span
that forms the longest bridge in Eu-
rope and where for days the Russian
right wing is reported from Petro-
grad to have partly succeeded in turn
ing 'Mackensen's left flank, apparently
has reached its most critical stage
Cernavoda in Flames.
Since the dispatches which told of
Cernavoda in flames and of Constanza
where the Austro- German Bulgarian
extreme right has bad its bas on the
Black sea, fired, only meager details
| have reached here regarding the DOH
rudja clash.
Military experts give the result at
CernaVado will depend partly on the
flfty mile forward dash of Russo
| Rumanians against General FaIken-
hayn's armies in Pennsylvania far be-
| low the Bukowinan border where de-
| fensive movements have been sue
| ceeded by a sledge hammer offensive
Any measurable successes in this re-
| gion the experts believe must weaken
the notwithstanding front of
| Mack kensen.
| Bulgars, reinforced after Fridays
| Serbo-French successes on the Cerno
front, apparently have failed to stem
the advances, for King Peters head
material progress including advance
ment of the allied lines and taking of
considerable booty.
Admit Serb Victory.
Sofia, Nov 12.-An advance for the
| Serbians in the Cerna bend is admitted
in the official statement issued by the
war office today. The statement fol-
: lows:
West of the Monastir- -Florina road
there was lively artillery action. East
ward and in the Cerna bend there was
a desperate battle thruout yesterday
and part of last night. All enemy at
tacks were broken but the enemy sue
ceeded in holding the heights and
| making a salient before our positions
| northeast of Po1og.
I'm the Moglenica valley. there was
weak artillery fire. West of the Var
dar vigorous cannonading took place.
In the Dobrudja fighting occurred at
| oIIr advanced DOSitiOnS without irnDOr-
tant results"