Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1916-08-17

bat today captured line of German
trenches on front of 1900 meters to
the north OF Maurepas, in the Somme
region, according to the official COM
munication issued tonight
The statement adds that the French
troops occupied all the German posi-
tions east OF the Maurepas-C -Clery road
and that in addition German trenches
1900 meters along to the south OF
Belloy- -En-San- Terre were captured
ADVANCE FROM sALoNlki.
PARIS, Aug. 16.-10:50 p. m.)--
The allied forces on the Saloniki front
have captured the railroad sation at
Doiran and four villages at other
points on the front, according to an
official statement issued by the French
war office tonight, The statement
covers continuous fighting extending
from August to the present time.
The statement shows that the
Bulgarians are being engaged along
practically 100 miles Of the Serbian
Greek frontier. The text of the state
ment follows:
'Ol rrations of the arnv Of the C.i-
ent, August l to August 10: Frequent
engagements Of advance posts and pa
trolls on the whole line have marked
this period, notably on August 4 when
the Serbians tok the village of Rempi,
near Lake Presba. On August Z. de-
tachments of the allies drove the Bull
garians from the cemetery at Ljum-
MICA. On August 10 the French units
took by assault the railroad station
at Doiran and the neighboring Hill
227 which the enemy evacuated, leav-
ing several dead behind him.
ION August 1915 French detach-
ments took the village of Polka, Pal
mis-. Sukova and Matnica, at the foot
of the chain of the Beles. Artillery
lactions, often very vigorous, s,ave
taken place almost daily, principally
in the region Of Doiran.
"Our aviators bombarded cOncen-
trations OF the enemy at Nicolic and
Volovec and military works at STREET
mica station. Enemy air men bOm-
barded an ambulance at VertekOp."
NEW coMMANDER-iN-cHlEF.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 16.-(Via Lon.
las Ruzsky has been appointed com.
VI NIC LOt SHCA - "a AAASE'
of Russia.
General Ruzsky was in command Of
the northern Russian army at the out
break of the war. He was credited
with the series of brilliant operations
which eliminated in the capture Of
Lemberg and was hailed as the hero
of the hour in Russia. Shortly after.
wards 1t was announced that he was
in i'll health and in May, 1915, he re-
tired from the army and was succeed
ed by General Alexiev, the present
chief of staff.
In July. 1915, General Ruzsky re.
sumed command of the northern arm.
les but six months later was reliev ID
from his post by the emperor. An i'm
perial rescript said that the difficult
task of defending Petrograd had ser
iously injured the generals health
General Ruzsky is 62 years old. He
was wounded in the Turkish war OF
1877-78 and was quartermaster gen
eral during the Russo-Japanese VIZ.
For the first time in many days no
important action is reported from the
Russian front and the same dearth OF
news prevails in regard to the Italian
operations. The most interesting item
of news regarding the Italian advance
against Triest is contained in news
dispatch from Milan, which says that
German troops are to be employed in
the defense of the big Austrian port
If corroborated. this means that Italy
end Germany will at last enter an
active state of war.