New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
British Win Five Struma
Towns-RussianS Drive
MaCkensen Back.
SEIZE TWO VILLAGES
AND HIGH RIDGE
Falkenhayn Still Pursuing
RumanianS Through
Mountain Forest.

London. Oct. THE Allied armies
delivered smashing blows against the
enemy in the Balkans to-day and real
lied their greatest gains in weeks.
The Dobrudja and Macedonian fronts
were the scene of the Allied successes.
In Transatlantic, though the Rumanians
again assumed the offensive at some
points. the momentum Of Falkenhayn's
attack of yesterday carried the Teutons
slightly forward along q wide front.
In Macedonia both the British and
the Serbs made notable advances tow
ard their immediate detectives. Sar-
rails troops, quickly following up their
victorious drive OF yesterday. swung
forward several miles along a ten-mile
front east Of the Struma, captured five
villages and consolidated all their new
ly won positions in the face Of dosper-
ate counter assaults.
Serbs Advance on Monastir.
Further west the Serbs pushed ahead
from the Ksimakcalan Ridge and
reached the Bella Noda River, which
flows into the Cerna River directly east
of Monastir and about sixteen miles
from that town. This operation repre-
scented an advance of more than a mile
on that sector, though the Serbs further
west are within seven miles of Mon
astir.
On the opposite side Of the Cerna
Valley the French cooperated in this
move by sweeping forward to the east
ern shore of Lake Presba and Selling
the town of German.
Between the Struma and the Nardar,
in the centre of the Allied front where
calm has obtained for many days, ltal-
ian troops advanced to the foot of the
Bclaschitza ridge. Thus along the en-
tire Macedonian front the Bulgars were
thrust back.
In the Dubrudja Russians took by
storm the important positions of Kara
Baka and Besaul and the dominating
heights lying between. In counter
attack the Bulgars suffered very heav-
lily, one regiment losing two-thirds Of
its men.
simultaneously, King Fcrdinand's
troops attacked on the right flank and
drove the enemy out Of several trench
lines.
Danube Again Crossed.
Meanwhile Rome reports another Ru-
manian army of invasion has crossed
the Danube near the place where the
first expedition set foot on Bulgarian
soil. Undoubtedly the success OF the
Russo-Rumanian offensive against
Mackensen in the Dobrudja has led the
Rumanians to risk another attempt
to catch the German commander be-
tween two fires and make a strong bid
for decisive victory in this sector
In Pennsylvania the Rumanians are
still reported to be retiring before the
overwhelming forces of Falkenhayn IN
the Ait Valley, though near Petroseny
they have rallied and returned TO the
attack Berlin announces that the Ru-
manians are being pursued through the
Geister Forest.
The furious drives launched by the
Allied forces along the whole Balkan
front are regarded here as CO
ordinated attempt to relieve the press
ure on Rumania and save her from in
vasion until she can fully recover her
balance. In the West, IN Galicia and
in Macedonia the Allies are lighting
desperately and not in vain-to force
Germany and Austria TO keep the
greater part OF their armies facing
them.
The latest successes of the British
troops in Eastern Macedonia are ex-
tremely encouraging. 1t is not the