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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
4
Reports from the war front claim British and French advances north of Thiepval and near Gueudecourt. Berlin notes Russian setbacks along the Stokhod while Italian forces gain in the Corno region and Greek parliament is postponed by royal decree.
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Russian official statement reports north of VKWorytniza Volhynia as Russian forces stormed German trenches after a stubborn battle. Two machine guns and several prisoners were captured with heavy German losses. Bayonet counterattacks by Germans were repulsed. other fronts, including Kirlibaba Dorna Watra and Dobrudja, saw no important events.
London dispatch reports entente forces shelling the Seres railway station and nearby targets. British patrols encountered Bulgarian units south of Seres in Greek Macedonia with bombardment continuing on Doiran and Seres fronts.
Serious fighting raged along the Serbian front on Saturday. Bulgars were driven from trenches on the Cerna left bank, and their counter attacks were repulsed in the Saloniki dispatch.
Paris reports German counter attacks south of the Somme repulsed by French infantry with gains consolidated. Air units aided efforts with high activity. one French machine damaged by bullets. Oberndorf bombardment cited with Sgt. Lufbery credited for fifth victory. Prisoners total 1100 with 9 officers. Front-wide updates noted.
Official dispatch from Bucharest via London details micro-fronts along Kaliman mountains and Oituz valley. It reports repulsed enemy attacks, minor engagements at Bratocea Predelus Predeal, and a capture of 64 prisoners from a single company, plus ongoing offensives in Polisterea valley.
British war office reports successful actions near the Stuff and Schwaben redoubts in the Somme region. More than 800 Germans taken prisoner with gains extending north of Stuff redoubt and at Schwaben, while enemy mines and artillery activity are noted in surrounding sectors.
Berlin reports British assaults on the Somme north of Thiepval led to close combat with Germans, with invaders briefly holding a foothold. South of the Somme River, trench troops took a position at Genermont near a sugar factory. The Army of Prince Rupprecht notes violent artillery battles on both sides and along the Ancre.
Russian troops storm German trenches in Volhynia and repulse counterattacks. British and French offensives win footholds north of Thiepval and south of the Somme with hundreds of prisoners taken. Russian Stokhod attacks fail while Smotrec is retaken in the Carpathians. Italian progress in Trentino and Romanian attacks repulsed near Szurduk pass. Submarine Tulen captures Turkish transport Rodosto. 1100 French prisoners in Somme fighting.
Reports describe heavy fighting across multiple fronts. British and French actions near Thiepval Barleux Ablaincourt yield footholds and repulses with varying losses. Russian, Carpathian, and Balkan theaters show limited gains by Austro Hungarian and German forces, with recaptured Smotrec and repelled Romanian assaults marking ongoing volatility.
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