Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-15
GERM AN-BULGAR FORCES CAP
TURE slLISTRIA, ON THE
DANUBE RIVER.
HEAVY LOSSES ON EACH SIDE
Russians on Offensive From Baltic to
Carpathlans, Berlin Admits-Air
Fights in West-ltalians Take
Austrian Positions.

German and Bulgarian forces have
captured the old Bulgarian fortress
of Silistria, which lies on the east
ern bank of the Danube, 60 miles
east of bucharest, the capital of Ru-
mania, and about an equal distance
south of the Observation-Disclosures
railway line.
Silistria is in the portion of Bull
garia which was awarded to Ruma-
mia after the last Balkan war. 1t is
25 miles northeast of Turtukai, cap
ture of which by the invaders was
announced last week. 1t has figured
as an important fortress in earlier
wars. The town has about $4,000
inhabitants.
The capture of the fortress is an
nounced by the Berlin war office,
which adds that the Rumanians and
Russians fighting in Dobrudja appar-
emily have suffered considerable
losses during the last few days.
The Bulgarians are evacuating Var
ma, the principal port on the Black
sea, according to a semi-official news
agency dispatch from Odessa.
In Banal, north of Orsova, howev-
er, the Rumanians are keeping up
their advance against the Austrians.
Russians on Offensive.
Berlin and Vienna concede a gain
of ground to the Russians in the Car
pathians near liable, to the west of
Shypot.
Attempts by the Russians to break
through the Austrian lines southeast
of Lemberg, near Halicz, failed, &C
cording to Vienna, with heavy losses.
Fighting in Somme Region.
The repulse of German counter at
tacks and continued heavy lombard
ments formed the chief features of
the fighting Sunday on the western
front in the Somme region between
the French and British forces and
the Germans. The attacks by the
Germans against the British took
place north of Ginchy and against
the French south of Berny-en-San-
terre.
A recapitulation by the British war
office of the results attained by the
British on the Somme front during
last week shows an advance on a
front of 5000 yards to a depth vary
ing from 200 to 5000 yards.
In addition to numerous air battles
between French and German avia-
tors, in which seven German ma
chimes were forced down, French air
craft have heavily bombed German
depots and establishments in the re-
gions of Chauny, south of st. Quen-
tin, Ham and Peronne. London claims
for British airmen the destruction OF
three German machines and the dri
wing down of others in a damaged
condition.
Skirmishes on Macedonian Front.
Patrol engagements and lombard
ments continue to feature the fight
ing on the Macedonian front. The
Bulgarians, according to Paris, have
been forced to abandon several OF
their trenches in the district east OF
Vetrenik, while the British have
shelled Jenikoi and Nevolyen, and
made a raid on the Dorian front.
Iona sector have taken without op
position several Austrian points Of
vantage The usual artillery activity
continues in the Austro-Italian the
ater.
Burian Says Austria Unbeaten.
That Austria-Hungary, while she
would hail peace with joy, has no in
tention of quitting the fray at the
present under the terms her enemies
would impose, is the statement mad,
by Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungar
ian minister of foreign affairs.
Hand-to-Hand Fight.
London, Sept 12.-Tonight's gen
eral headquarters statement says tina
some of the attacks made by the en-
envy yesterday about Ginchy led t
fierce hand-to-hand fighting in thu
trenches. 1t is evident that the Ger
mans are making a stupendous Ell
fort to recover positions from which
they were driven last week.
French Make Gains.
London, Sept. 13.-Resuming thei
offensive north of the Somme II
France, French forces again hav
smashed the German line, capture
front line and other trenches and ia
ken 1900 prisoners. The new al
tacks were made on the front fror
Combles to the river. So viciou
was the thrust of the French that
required only half an hour for theI
to overcome the resistance of tn
Germans and make themselves mas
tiers of three and three-quarters mile
of first-line trenches.
East and southeast of Combles tn
French captured additional trenche
along the Bethune-Perone road, tina
leads from Peronne northward t