Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-04
Several Gains Are Claimed
hv the Central Powers
in This District.
CREEK SITUATION
REMAINS UNSETTLED
Rome Asserts Field Mar
shal MackcnScn Has
Evacuated Silistria.
A LTuoUuH tho Rumanians con

A ITiIOUGII tho Rumanlans con-
IN tinuc to gain ground against the
Austro Germans at various points IN
Transylvana the situation In Dobrudla.
which has attained added interest
since the crossing of the Danube into
Bulgaria bv Rumanian forces. re-
mains uncertain
Bucharest says that violent fight
ing continues all along the line soutn
Of the railroad running from Con
stanza to the Danube with the Teu-
tonic allies offering stubborn resis-
tance to the Rumanian and Russian
forces. Nothing Is vouchsafed. how
ever, concerning the troops which In
yaded bulgaria
Burned Bridges"
Sofia SAYS that only several batta-
hous'' Of Rumanians made their way
across the river ana Berlin reports
the dcstructioh behind them by Ger
m>- monitors OF tho pontoor bridges
over which they passed.
An unofficial dispatch from Rome
asserts that Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen has ordered the evacuation OF
tho Dobrudja fortresses of Silistria
and Turtukai. recently captured BY
the Teutonic allies, in the fear of
being enVeloped by the Rumanians.
Heavy rains are interfering with
the activities Of the British and
French armies in the Somme region
OF France, but nevertheless Paris
records tho capture of an important
trench north of Rancourt and the TAX
ina of additional prisoners while Lon
dor says the fighting at Eaucouri
EAbbaye "is proceeding satisfac'
torily."
Neither Can Gain.
Violent fighting has been in prog
ress in Russia west OF Lutsk, and IN
Galicla in the region of the Zlota
Iipa river. ! nthe Latter region, ac-
cording to Petrograd, neither the Rus
sions nor the ToutOnic allies have
been able to gain any marked advan-
tage. West of Lutsk. according to
Petrograd. the Russians made ad,
Vances, but Berlin reports that all
attacks here were repulscd, the Rus
SLAMS suffering exceptionally heavy
casualties. In the attack. says Berlin
which were preceded by terrific
hombardments the Russian guards
made I, unsuccessful Onslaughts, an
ether division made II.
Bulgarians Withdraw.
As regards the fighting in Mace
donia. Sofia admits that the heavy
artillery fire of the Serbs in the region
of Kaimakcalan height caused the
Bulgarans to withdraw to the Mog-
lenica valley in order to avoid un-
necessary losses. but asserts that en-
tente attacks elsewhere along the
front were repulsed.
Berlin records an advance by the
Apstro- Germans against the British
who recently crossed the Struma
northwest of Lake Tahinos while UNI
official advices from Paris say the
Rulgarlans have abandoned several
positions in the Starkov Grob and
Brod river regions and that foul
towns northeast Of Florina in Greece
have been Occupied by the entente
allies,
In Albania, according to an Athens
dispatch, the Italian military authOri-
ties have occupied Argyro Castro
havinsprdered the Greek military Of
ficials there to evacuate the town.
Italians Get Mountains.
Except for the capture by the
Italians of two lofty peaks held hy
the Austrians and continuation OF
the heavy bombardment by the Aus
trans of the Carso front in the hands
of the Italians, there has been little
activity in the Austro-ltalian> theater
The Greek situation continues &c
develop. King Constantine, according
to an Athens dispatch, has in his
hands the designations of the mem
bers of the cabinet except those of the
premier and the foreign minister. II
is probale that the new cabinet will
contain several supporters Of former
Premier Nenizelos, who Is in favor
of Groece's entry into the war on the
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