The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-05
TEUTONS NEAR
RICH OIL LANDS
Russians Defeated, Says Ber-
lin War Office, on a
Ten-MiIe Front
PETROGRAD ADMITS RETREAT

London.-The net OF the T'eutonic
allies apparently Is fast closing in up
on Braila. Rumania's oil and grain
center on the Danube. Having taken
! Filipechti, 30 miles TO the southwest.
Vleld Marshal Won Mackensen's troops
ave now captured the railroad town
I'd. Rink Sarat, relatively the same
d ance 10 the east, while the guns
/ OF .ha Dobrudja army are still ham
meribg nd with some success, the
Russo.Ru ,nians at the bridgehead
Of Matchin IN the east bank OF the
Danube. ogp1 tie Braila.
Prior to tho II OF Rink Sarat the
Teutonic ai.cr 'eated the Russians
on O front OF l0u 'iles southwest of
fue own while g- reutonic Danube
ny captured 1.veral fortified vii
lagos. acc.adirg to the Berlin War
Office r.ra ad admits that the
H1...aps aud Rumanians have been
forced q. all back north OF Megura,
.ut aF- elsewhere the invaders were
.a..at.i with heavy casualties.
;e December %. says Berlin.
NOR, than $500 prisoners and 27
u chine guns have been captured in
Rumania.
Artillery duels. sapping operations
and attacks by small patrol parties
featured recent fighting on the
front In France. There have been
sporadic battles at several points
along the line In Russia and Galicia
FRO Ig.fI, 10 hA Il, 10,
but no important results have been
attained by either side.
The usual bombardment is in pro-
gress in the AustroItallan theatre
In Macedonia comparative quiet pre-
walls.
The rehabilitation of the Greek
army in accordance with Greece's
promise to the Entente Allies Is being
carried out. according 10 information
received at the British Foreign Office
FIGHTING LIGHT ON ALL FRONTS.
London.--The third Christmas OF
the European war passed without
much fighting on the British and
French fronts, where virtually only
the artillery was entertained as far
as was compatible with the sterner
business OF war.
Rumania's first Christmas as par.
ticipant I'm the war witnessed heavy
lighting on ..lhe Rumanian front.
Ground was yielded by the Rumanians
at some points under the pressure OF
the Germans, and north OF the Buzeu.
Rimnik Road hight was lost by the
Russians
In the northwest corner of DobrudJa
Province, the sector to which the
Russo-Rumanlan retreat has taken
them, the army OF Field Marshal Won
Mackensen has began to attack the
bridgehead of Matchin. after lsakishe,
on the eastern bank OF the Danube,
was captured. In additioA to an.
nouncing the evacuation OF Isakishe,
the Russians admit the occupation OF
Tultcha.
British mounted troops, with the co
operation OF aircraft, carried a strong
position at Moghdaba, twenty miles
distant from El Arish, which was cap.
tured on Thursday Incomplete re-
ports, says tho statement from Lon.
don, show that 1,130 prisoners were
captured and large quantity ar arms
and war material taken. Heavy cas-.
ualties were suffered by the Turks.
The Russians claim to have inflicted
heavy losses on the Austro-Germans
when the latter attempted to recap.
ture heights occupied by the Russians
on Sunday in the wooded Carpathians.
Macedonia. except for an artillery
struggle, Is void Of momentous activ.
ity. The same Is true generally OF
the Austro-Italian theatre. except for
the Julian front, where even such
operations have been prevented by
mist.