The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-14
VIOLENT FIGHTING
ON TWO BIG FRONTS
BOTH WEST AND EAST
Conflicting AdviceS From Somme
Section, Where Entente AL
lies Report Gains.

Hes RepOrC GalnS.
The Columbia State has the fol-
lowing resume of the great Euro
pean war in its Sunday issue:
violent fighting is again in progress
at various points on the Eastern and
western fronts, but no great change
IN the positions of the opposing ar
mics has yet been reported.
Fair weather on the Somme front
IN northern France has brought more
vigorous activity by the Franco-Brit-
ism and German forces. Gen. Haig's
men in an attack in the Thiepyal-
iCourcelette area, London states. have
taken the eastern part of the Regina
trench on front of 1000 yards. The
other portion Of this trench was ta-
ken on October 81. Berlin admits a
British gain northeast of Courcelette
but says that only a small portion of
an advanced trench was entered.
Crown Prince Rupprecht failed in
an attack against the French lines in
the neighborhood of Demiecourt,
south Of the Somme, Paris records,
On the other hand, Berlin states that
French attack in the Sailly-Saillisel
sector was repulsed.
In aerial combats on the Western
front, the Germans brought down ten
entente airplanes and the French put
five German machines out of action.
Russ and Teuton Clash.
The Austro-Germans and Russians
continued to fight furiously in the
Baranovichi region, north of the
Pinsk marches. and along the Nara
yuvka, southeast of Lemberg, in Ga
licia. Petrograd says that parts OF
trenches near Skrobowa, northeast OF
Baranovichi taken by the Germans
have been recaptured by the Rus
slams but Berlin asserts all attacks i'm
that sector were repulsed.
On the Narayuvka front the Ger.
mans, Berlin claims, entered a Rus
sian position and held it against five
counter attacks. Petrograd. how
ever, says that German attacks in
this region were repulsed and that
the attackers we're elected from a
portion of trench they had occu-
pied
The Russian and Roumanian ad-
vance in Dobrudja toward the Tcher-
novoda -ConstanZa railway line con-
tinues. Petrograd reports the occu-
patton of two more towns along the
Danube between Hirsova and Tchner-'
navoda. y belated official report
from Sofia admits entente successes.
but Berlin continued TO report no
change in the area under Field Mar
shal Won Mackensens control Un-
officially il is reported Won Macken-
sen has been driven back to the rail-
way line.
Both Claim Successes.
Both the ustro-Germans and
Roumanians claim successes along
the Transylvanian-Roum from
tier. South Of Predeal, Berlin re-
cords an advance for Archduke
Charles, while Bucharest claims the
capture of trenches near Dragoslavie
and of Mount Frutzile on the left
bank of the Alt river.
Ofhcial reports indicate a renewal
of activity on the Macedonian from
in the area north of the Cerna river.
In the region south of Polog, Berlin
says the entente troops have gainea
some ground. Except for a sman
Italian advance on the Carso, there,
has been no activity of moment on
the Austro-Italian front
The American steamship Colum-
/. bian is believed to have been sunk.
says an announcement made in Lon
don by Lloyd's shipping agency On
Wednesday il was reported from
London that the Columbian was
sending out wireless calls for help.
saying she was being shelled by a.
submarine. The steamer, owned by
the American Hawaiian Steamship
company of New York, carried a crew
of lib men, but no passengers.