Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-24
VULCAN PASS TAKEN
General Haig's Forces Capture
French System Near Cour-
celette.
ROUMANIANS REPULSED
NEAR TRANSYLVANIA
Tide Turns in Macedonia Theatre
in Favor of German. Bull
gar Forces.

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London, Sept. 23.-British forces
north of the Somme in France con-
tinue their progress toward the Ba-
paume. Following their success Of
Friday in advancing along mile
front between Flers and Martinpuich,
the troops of General Haig have gain
ed ground east of Courcelette.
A strongly fortified trench system
on front Of half mile east of Cour-
celette and in the direction of Sars,
on the Pozieres-Bapaume road, was
carried By the British. The troops Of
Kron Prinz Rupprecht of Bavaria at
tempted to penetrate the British lines
near the Moquet farm, between Cour-
celette and Thiepval, but were beat
en- off. London says. Berlin denies
the British were successful in the at
tacks east of Courcelette.
French Attack RepuIsed.
The repulse of French attack OIL
the Combles-Rancourt line is record
ed by Berlin. The French, Pa:!s
says, continue their tactics of harass-
ing the garrison defending the Ger
man salient around Combles. Raids
by the French patrols near the edge
Of the town, resulted in the capture If
some prisoners.
The battle in the Dobrudja region
and RoMmanians took theys offensive.
but failed to make headWay. One at
tack was made on the right wing If
the Central Powers south Of Pe:ito-
parii and the other was on the left
wing to the rDa nube. An unconfrmed
report bybway of Rome says that
Field Marshala won yMackensen con-
tinues to retreat and the fortress of
Silistria has been abandoned by Ills
troops.
Roumanians Thrown Back.
Roumanian attacks in Pennsylvania
continue, and Berlin reports the re-
pulse of two Roumanian divisions on
both sides Of Hermanstadt. The Aus
tro-Germans also have recaptured
Vulcan Pass from the Roumanians.
There has been little activity en-
the eastern front and in the Carpa-
thians. Petrograd records the re-
pulse of infantry assaults after gas
attacks southwest of Lake Naroczz,
and Berlin reports that Russian at
tacks near Korynitza, in Volhynia,
rallied.
Tide Turns For Central Powers.
The tide in Macedonia appears to
have turned in favor of the German
Bulgarian forces. The Bulgarians
have taken Entente trenches between
Florina and Lake Presbina and have
repulsed attacks in the Vardar re-
gion. On the Belasica plain, between
the Struma and Strumnitza rivers,
the Entente forces, according to Ber-
lin, have evacuated the territory
southwark to Kusa-Balkan, directly
behind the Struma.
Austrians Checked.
Austrian attacks in the Carso re-
giOn in the lower IzZonso we're check
ed by the Italians, Rome reports. ltal-
ian trenches on Hill 2OS, south of No
vavas, were penetrated, but the at
tackers were driven out later. Aus
trian attempts against Hill IA, north
east of Monfalcone, also were repuls-
ed.
Another Airship's Raid.
London, Sept. 24.-One German air
ship and probably another was
brought down during raid over the
eastern coast of England and the out
skirts of London last night, accord
ing to an official statement. One air
ship was brought down on the outer
part of Essex and it is reported an
other fell on the east coast.
No reports of casualties or damage
have been received.
The text of the statement follows:
can attack by hostile airships was
made on Lincolnshire and the eastern
counties and on the outskirts of Lon
don. The latter attack was made
from the northeast and southeast
about midnight and was beaten off by
our anti-aircraft defense.
"One airship was brought down in
flames in the southern par: of Es-
sex and a report had been received
that another fell on the Essex coast"
The latter report, unconfirmed, fol-
lows:
"No reports of damage or casualties
have been received as yet
In the last raid by German airships
over England three weeks ago a Yep.
pelin was brought down in the Lon
don district The crew of the Zep-
near the spot where the Zeppelin de-
scended in flames. Lieutenant Rob-
inson of the Royal Flying Corps was
responsible for the destruction of the
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