The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
apital Falls Into Hands of Central Powers, Two Months After Invasion of Rumania Begins Important Oil Centers Are Also in Teuton Hands-Army in the North in Danger of Be- ing Completely Surrounded by Enemy-Teu- tons Take Many Prisoners in Campaign.

ments of wheat and oil that made Rumania rich. It was the centre of the whole Rumanian railroad system.
 Varied Costumes In Streets.
 This Paris of the East was bright and colorful city, with it's streets filled by the peoples of many nations. To the Rumantan peasant dress, sometimes of white kits and bright embroideries, was added the costumes of Turks Armenians and gypsies.
 It is less than three weeks since Won Falkenhayn burst through the mountains into the Rumanian plain and routed the Rumanians at Tirgu Jiu, 150 miles from Bucharest. Then began a great concentric sweep of the armies of Won Falkenhayn on the north and the army Won Mackensen threw across the Danube from the south. The whole advance has been a series of f1anking operations
 Russia sent many thousands of troops, first to hold a hundred miles of the Rumania.n northeastern from tier. then to help at other points, finally to fight before Bucharest itself. France sent Gen. Berthelot, an ex- perienced strategist, to compensate the lack of military knowledge sia sent the veteran Sakharoff, Gen. Blalyvev and Gen. zalontchkovsky.
 Rumanians Outflanked.
 When Won Mackensen crossed the Danube on Nov. "A behind the line of the River Alt, which the Ruman- ians hoped to hold, all chance that Bucharest could be saved was lost. Continuously outf1anked south and north. first by Mackensen, then by Falkenhayn, the Rumanians had to retire to the Bucharest defence line, the line of the River Arges.
 The line of the Arges was broken in a great battle on Sunday, in which the First Rumanian army was hurled back northwest of Bucharest and the Arges was crossed further down. The Rumanians tried by a sortie and a counter offensive to outfiank the Dan ube army south of Bucharest and were themselves outf7anked. They fled so hurriedly that they did not de- stroV the bridges across the Arges, which might have held the Teutons for a week.
 Russia tried to stop the Teuton av- a1anche by launching great offen- sive in the Carpathians to turn the Teuton flank. The offensive failed at tremendous cost in lives That attack is still going on, in its eighth day, but with lessened intensity.
 Berlin reports practically absolute failure for the Russians, though ad- hitting that at one point the Teutons were driven ~ack to a second line po- sition. The Russians stor1ned a height between Jablonitza and the pass, at the pass entrance, on the edge of the Hungarian plain. Then they were hurled back from it.
 Gen. Sakharoff made a tremendous attempt to help by 8 big attack in the Dobrudja. After three days of furious fighting the Russians and Rumanians were thrown back, completely beaten. Nowhere had they been able to break the Bulgar-Turlkish front.
 Bucharest taken, the Russians and Rumanfans can hardly make another strong stand until they reach the line of the Buseu, 50 miles northeast of the capital. It is more likely that they will be unable to make a real stand until they reach the line of the lower Sereth and the fortresses of BlaiIa Galatz and Focsani, more than 100 miles from Bucharest.