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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
9
German and Bulgarian forces captured Turtukai fortress on the Romanian border with 20 000 prisoners. The advance was part of a broader push across Romania and the Carpathians as Russian, Romanian and Allied units counter pushed on multiple fronts with heavy artillery and aerial activity reported by Paris and Petrograd.
Major W. K. Campbell of the British Royal Flying Corps died from injuries endured in a Buffalo crash the previous day. The aviator was hospitalized after the incident and succumbed tonight, with details of the crash under investigation.
The plane fell from a height of 500 feet. Theodore Krutjss, a Harvard University student from Freeport New York, a passenger with Campbell, was injured internally but is expected to recover.
In a late night dispatch the British official report says artillery repelled German actions east and southeast of Ginchy while bombarding Souchez La Bassee and Hollebeke. It notes raids near Leuze wood, continued fighting at Ginchy, and aerial success with damaged enemy machines.
Paris reports a Belgian front dispatch detailing French success north of the Somme as German assault on Hospital Farm fails, with heavy losses. Four hundred prisoners are cited south of the Somme and new trench positions captured near Vaux-Chapitre wood. Air units claim bombardments and two enemy planes shot down.
German official statement says the Somme fighting continues along the line with vain British attacks near Ginchy and renewed French charges repulsed. It notes German counter advances near Chaulnes and Vermandovillers, Romanian front reports Turtukai captured with over 20 000 prisoners, and a Russian assault on Dobrich repulsed.
The dispatch notes intermittent shelling on the front while Poros and Dodzeli sectors near Lake Doiran endure heavy bombardment. A British cruiser shelled Bulgarian batteries in the lower Struma region, as four German machines were damaged and forced to descend.
The Moscow statement describes enemy aircraft downed near Riga with a German catch, Russian posts near Dvinsk crossing the Dvina, bombing of Baranovichi rail station, and successful operations north of Brzezany and Haliz as General Tcherbatcheff advances westward pursuing retreating forces toward the Na.
An advertising notice touts Parisian Sage as a hair product that combats dandruff stops hair loss and itching. It promises younger looking hair and ease of grooming and notes availability from druggists with a large bottle over 60 cents.
Official Austro-Hungarian report says Romanian front near Olah Toplitza troops withdrawn to heights west of the town to avoid envelopment. Russian front notes troops moved to prepared positions between Zlota Lipa and the Dniester in connection with yesterday’s fighting.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor Wilhelm congratulates the King of Bulgaria on the Allied conquest of Fortress Tutrakan. He hails the feat as proof German bravery and asserts resolve to defend and strike back in his own country.
Mrs. Annie H Bowles of 20 Muzzey street Lexington is named matron of the Home for Aged Men and Women to open next month at 591 Massachusetts avenue Ellen E Harrington is chairman of the committee in charge of equipping the home
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