Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-14
FRENCH GAIN
IN FIGHTING ].
NEAR PER0NNE
Allies Capture Trench System,
Placing Combles in Further
Jeopardy. Z
COUNTER ATTACKS
ARE UNSUCCESSFUL
Russian Attacks in the Carpathi.
ans Have Been Re.
pulsed.

The French. north OF Peronne, are
holding tenaciously to the wedge they
have driven into the German lines
east Of the Bethune-P Peronne road,
near Bouchavesnes. They hold in.
tact, too, the town of Bouchavesnes
and other points along the line cap.
tured in the offensive started Tues.
day. Their capture of a powerfully
organized German trench system.
south of the LIE Priez farm, near tho
road, running west from Rancourt to
Combles, has put Combles in further
jeopardy. /
Fighting in the region of Bouchav-
esnes has been sanguinary. Finding
that the French had cut their line Of
communication from Peronne north.
ward, the Germans threw violent at.
tacks against Liable wood and Hill
76, south of Bouchavesnes, and re-
took both places. The French. how.
ever, returned viciously an attack.
and after hard fighting, some hand
to hand, finally drove out the Ger
mans and kept the ground they had
won.
Many Taken Prisoners.
In the two days. fighting, more than
$500 Germans were taken prisoners,
and a large number of guns and ma
chine guns were captured. ".
On the British.Somme front the sit.
uation remains unchanged. South Of
the Somme heavy artillery duels be.
tween the French and Germans con-
tinue in the region of Vernadovillers
and Chaulmes. Repulse Of German
attack near Fleury, in the Verdun Sec
tor, is reported by Paris.
Heavy Fighting Continues.
Heavy fighting continues all along
the Macedonian front, but no import
ant changes are reported. The Ital.
ians have joined in the fray west Of
the Vardar river. Near Lake Butko.
vo, Rome declares, they have driven
Bulgarian detachments beyond tho
Demir Hissar Doran road. The Bull.
garians say, however, that tho ltal.
ians were dispersed in this region
with loss of thirty men captured.
The British, across the Struma riv.
er, south of Lake Takinos, have made
no further efforts to advance, and in
that region, there are no develop
ments.
RepuIse Russian Attacks.
In the Dobrudja region Of -,ouma-
MIA. the Central Powers are going on
with their operations methodically,
according to Berlin. In Transylvania
the Germans have joined the Austrf-
ans near Hermanstadt and southeast
of Hoezing, in fighting the invading
Roumanians.
In the Carpathians, Russian attacks
along the entire front have been re-
pulsed, according to Vienna and Ber.
lin.
Russians Hold Ground.
Petrograd says the Russians aro
holding all the ground they have won
in this region. German aeroplanes
sank Russian torpedo boat Destroy
er in the Gulf Of Riga and attacked
Russian naval forces in tho Black
sea, off Constanza, Roumania. Be.
sides the destroyer sunk, several 9TH
Or hits were observed In both the At
tacks, Berlin says.
May Accept High Office.
London, Sept. 14.-Athens dispatch
es say that the former minister Of
Justice, M. Dimitracopulos, after
reaching an understanding with tho
king, will put his views before tho
ministers and let their atti.
tude determine whether he will &C.
cept the premiership.
M. Dimitracopulos, the dispatches
add, is of the opinion that Greece'B
departure from neutrality 10 the only
for the present international
situation. He recalls tho Greeko-
Turkish war Of 1897, when Premier
Delyannis incurred all risks to re.
establish unity in the nation, divided
hen, as now.
British Forces withdrawn.
London, Sept. 1.-THE British
orces, which crossed the Struma riv"
,r last Sunday, have been withdrawn
lfter having inflicted heavy losses to
he Bulgars, according to report
;ent by the British press representa-
i've at Saloniki.