A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

The French advance at Verdun and make further progress south of the Somme.

The Russians advance rapidly on Halicz.

The Bulgarians capture Tutrakan (Dobrudja).

Sept. 7 (Thur.)

The Roumanians occupy Orsova (in Hungarian territory on the Danube: see Nov. 23).

Sept. 9 (Sat.)

The Somme Front:—The British complete the capture of Ginchy.

Silistria, the Roumanian fortress on the Danube, is captured by the Bulgarians.

Sept. 10 (Sun.)