New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-05
Mackensen's M owe
Wins, but Foe Ad-
vances Dobrudja.
SERBS PUSH ON;
TAKE 2 TOWNS
British Seize Village on
Struma in Sweep
on Monastir.

rondon. Oct. 4.-Mackensen. menaced
IN the flank by the Rumanian advance
into Bulgaria, struck back to-day, and
!, an encircling movement drove the
invaders over the Danube again. This
!, Berlin's statement, and Bucharest
i, silent about the operation.
Meanwhile in the Dabrudja, where
,bs Teuton line seems to have been
weakened by the withdrawal OF troops
IA, the counter-stroke against the Ru-
r,7isn invaders, the Russians forged
forward. The heavy battle here con-
times.
On the other Balkan fronts the Al
Sed troops made important advances
,, Pennsylvania King Ferdinsnd's
aooss pushed ahead in the Georgeny
y,ley and in the mountains west OF
n, River Ait. and defeated the Teutons
m furious lighting at Orsova, near the
;,oa Gate OF the Danube, and in the
,,rions near Fogaras and Odorkim. In
ne jul Valley. near Petroseny, the
srs;risns cained a little ground More
Asa 1900 prisoners were taken by
y, gumsaians in the engagement near
oJO,kim.
Allies Gain in Macedonia.
Tie greatest successes Of the day
-s-e obtained on the Macedonian 'front.'
vhsre al the Allied armies made prog
nss. The Serbs, whose attacks in the
las, few days have been without the
slightest cessation, swung forward
ror.h and west OF the Kaimakcalan
Ridge. crossed the Tcherna River and
defeated the Bulgars on the Nize
xountaiE, in Serbia.
In the course Of this wide operation
King Peters troops captured the kes-
;ah railroad station, according to ad-
vices from the front, and Petallno,. on
the western slope of kaimakcalan,
While their left wing enveloped Piso-
oeri, az the foot o. Mount Ceceoo, on
ihe Cerna River.
A. the same time the French and
Russian forces TO the west advanced
nearer the enemy's defences before
Monastir, while the British forces on
the Siruma front swept forward from
the Kara jakeui villages and seized part
Of Yenikeui, south of The Seres road.
Monastir Now Menaced.
These successes By the Allies vastly
Increase the menace TO Monastir. Inc
bulgsrs have lost nearly all the So
called key positions along the north
srn Macedonian frontier. The Serbs
have advanced 10 the north Of the enc
ny's lines In the west, thus threaten
ING at any moment 20 flank them.
Less than three miles now separates
the Allied forces from Monastir at
.ome points. Unless the Bulgars aban-
don their trench lines at Kenali they
vii soon be in danger OF development
Once they retire on Monastir the task
81 the Allies will be greatly slmplihed.
II Is estimated that the Serbian ter
rltory already recaptured By King
Peter's armies amounts TO about lsV
square miles. Seven Serbian towns
have been reclaimed.
The advance Of the British forces on
he Struma is regarded as especially
Encouraging, an they ere confronted
ey great difficulties and strong enemy
forces. The Bulgars appear 70 be slow
y yielding 10 the Allied pressure along
BE entire Macedonian front.
Russian naval forces are taking an
increasingly active part in the opera
tons against the Bulgars and Germans
q the Dobrudja sector. To-day's ofii-
'lsl report from Petrograd announces
IA. Russian gunboats have worked
heir way up the Danube beyond Ger
nayoda and have been raking the en-
,ny's left flank near Rachovs with a
destructive FIRE. Mangalia, on the
Black Sea coast, again has been the
-sfget for shells from Russian war
hiDz
The island OF Malakalafat, on the
Danube opposite Vidin, near the 5outh-
ssstern border Of Rumania, has been
ieized b. the Bulgars, who are using II
~ the base for attacks on Rumanian
ccrfs