The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-11-16
BRITISH WIN
\ IN new DRIVE
Advance Mile and Capture Two
villages.
Won MACKENSEN IN RETREAT
Positions Taken BY British Were
Heavily Fortified and Occupied by
Germans For Two Years-serbs
VII Victory Over Teutons.

Germans For Two Years-serbs
VII Victory over Teutons.
London, Nov. 1.-THE towns Of
Beaumont Hamel and Saint Pierre
Divion. near the Ancre river, In
Frence, were captured by the British
In a powerful new thrust The often.
sive was begun on both sides OF the
Ancre and represents an extension of
the fighting front OF the Somme re-
gion on a front OF nearly 5000 yards.
A Reuter- dispatch says: I'VE at.
tackled early In the morning. Already
the British line on both sides Of the
Ancre has been advanced for a max.
imum depth OF one mile. capturing
the village Of Beaumont Hamel, con.
sidered by the Germans impregnable,
and st. Pierre Divion and also valu-
able trenches north OF Serre.
"All these positions were q part of
the heavily fortified original German
main line and have been occupied for
more than two years.
MANY prisoners have been taken.
Already 1900 have been collected In
the advanced cages.
Fighting continues around Serre.
the only place not captured in the
FIRST assault"
Reports from Petrograd. so far un.
confirmed by official advices, declared
that Field Marshal Won Mackensen is
continuing his retreat In Dobrudja un.
der disastrous conditions. His force
b said to be demoralized from re-
verses. heavy losses. disease and lack
Of reinforcements.
The Black sea port OF Constanxa Is
reported again under fire Of the Rus
sion feet
Oficial Berlin reported that en-
tente artillery was Smelling Tcherna-
voda in Dobrudja from across the
Danube.
Teutonic progress continues on the
Transylvanian border OF Roumania,
the German statement declares. Three
towns were captured. numerous at.
tacks by the Roumanians were re-
pulsed and more than 1000 prisoners
were taken. The towns captured are
Dicta and Arsuriler. in the Gyergyo
mountains on the northern part OF
the front. and Candesti. In Roumanis,
northwest OF Campulung.
Bucharest reports that in an all
day battle in the region OF Dragosla-
vele, northeast Of Campulung, south
OF the Transylvania border. the Rou-
manians maintained their positions
On the right bank Of the River Alt.
however, II is admitted that the Rou-
manian forces were compelled to
yield ground.
The Serbians have won a brilliant
victory over the Germans and Bull
garians In the Cerna district south
east Of Monastir in Macedonia. the
Paris war Office announced. The
Serbians, supported by French artil'
lery, forced the Teutonic allies to re-
tire a distance OF nearly two miles
and captured about 1000 prisoners
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg con-
tinues to hammer the Russians be
tween Brzezany and Halicz. in Cali
cha, southeast~ef Lemberg, where. oc-
cupying arrange OF hills along the
Marayuvka river. the Russians are
stu reaching out their threatening
movement toward Lemberg. The
Austro- German gains in this region
are regarded in Petrograd as only
temporary, and. according to Russian
military opinion. winter will set IN
with the Russians still firmly holding
the position won by them during the
early part OF General Brussiioff's Of
fensive.
The French. according to Berlin.
opened an offensive In upper Alsace,
but were defeated in their attempts
IA advance.