Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-30
FRENCH STAND STILL
Rain Hampers Movements on
Anglo French Front North
Of Somme -.
TEUT0Ns PUT UP A
STUBBORN DEFENCE
Austro. Germans Repulse Rou.
manians in the Transylvania
Sector

London, Sept. 29.-Steadily the Brit.
ish troops are pushing forward to.
ward the Peronne-Bapume road, the
main artery Immediately behind the
German lines north of Combles. Al.
ter taking five hundred yards Of
trenches southwest of Lesars, General
Sir Douglas Haig's men made addi-
tional progress in the capture Of i've
hundred yards of German trenches
east Of Lesbouefs.
The British occupancy of the terri.
tory between Thiepval and the Ancre
is being contested strongly by the
Germans. A German counter attack,
after the entry of the British into q
section Of the Hessian trench, result
ed in the forcing out Of the holders.
The section was regained later, how
ever, by the British, London says.
Heavy fighting also has occurred
around the Stuff redoubt.
Rain Hampers Operations.
There has been no great activity on
any Of the other fronts in Europe,
except in Cransylvania, where the
Austro-Germans have repulsed the
Roumanians at Hermanstadt. Vienna
also says the Teutonic forces have
occupied the heights east and south
east Of the town after violent tight.
ing. The battle in this section. how.
ever, has not yet been finished.
The intense fighting in the region
Of Korynitza, on the eastern front In
Russia. appears to- have come to IN
end Berlin and Vienna says that
the Russian prisoners have increased
to Al officers, and 5000 men. Tho
forces under Prince Leopold OF Bava-
ria here also took two cannon and
thirty-three machine guns. Berlin
records the repulse Of a Russian id.
vance near Goduzischki, and Petrograd
claims the defeat Of German attack
near Gukalof. Fighting continues In
the Carpathians, but there has been
no change in the battle line.
In Macedonia the Entente allied
troops are withstanding Bulgarian at.
tacks. The Serbians have checked
four attacks against positions on the
Kaimakielan plateau and the French
have withstoOd assaults along the
Broda river.
Efforts are Fruitless. ..,. o.
Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bava-
ria, commander of the German forces
on the Somme front, and DR.. Won
Hollwegg, the Imperial
Chancellor, both declare that the ef-
forts of the French and British to
force breach in the German lines
on the Somme have been fruitless.
The Entente troops will have to 90
somme and continue their efforts next
year, Crown Prince Ruppercht is
quoted as saying. The Imperial Chan.
cellor, in an address to the Reichstag,
declared that the German front there
Stands firm and unshaken," and add.
ed that the lend is not yet in sight,"
Criticize United states.
Berlin, via London, Sept. 29.-Im.
on the heels Of the utter
ances of the imperial chancellor in
the reichstag concerning the subma.
rine campaign, the afternoon newsps-
pers generally print strong criticisms
of the neutrality of the United States
based on the news of the death OF tho
American aviator, Rockwell, and the
presence of other American aviatofS
on the western front.
They connect this evidence Of Am.
erican sympathy for the Entente AL.
lies and the supplying-of war materi.
ais by firms in the United States as
an indication of the futility OF conces-
sions to the American standpoint
with regard to submarines. They de.
clare that these facts show how Am.
erican respect for neutrality is van.
ishing and how America is using tho
present form of submarine warfare to
cover the active participation Of Am.
erican concerns in the war on the
side of the Entente Allies.