New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-04
TEUTONS DRIVE.
INTO RUMANIA.
They Force Border
Patrol with Heavy
Loss.

London, Sept. 3.-Germany's counter
attack on Rumania has been launched
by an invasion of Bulgarian and Ger
man troops into the Dobrudja, Ru-
maniss sea province. The invasion,
Berlin reports, has been made some
where along the border, between the
Danube and the Black Sea. the RG-
manian frontier guards being thrown
back with heavy losses.
This invasion, military experts here
believe, is intended to prevent, or at
least to meet on Rumanisn soil. the at
tack which Russia is expected to throw
against Bulgaria from this quarter
The passage of Russian troops through
the province has been going on for
nearly a week, and il is not thought
that the invaders can go far before
running into this army.
In the meantime the Rumanian and
Allied successes are continuing along
the rest of the Balkan front. The
news comes almost entirely from Teu-
ton sources. A dispatch from Zurich
says that Orsoya, the city that guards
the famous Iron Gates of the Danube,
has been evacuated by the Austrians
after fierce fighting.
Berlin Admits Withdrawal.
Berlin had already admitted that as
a result of a five days battle the troops
had been withdrawn TO the western
bank of the Czerna River, on which
Orsova stands. If the city, too, has
been lost, the southern end of the line
which Austria had prepared and ex-
pected to hold has been cut loose, and
She faces the danger of being rolled
back out of all Transylvania.
Near Hermanstadt the Austrians are
also in full retreat, and the armies are
in contact in the mountains to the
north. the Austrian forces here also
falling back. Near Zborow Vienna
claims to have repulsed all attacks,
but the loss Of the Ploska height,
southeast Of Zielona, is admitted from
Berlin. This loss will be a severe one,
as il helps to give the Russians a clear
passage through the Carpathians and
to strengthen the junction OF their
lines with the RumaniGn.
Russians Also Claim Success.
Petrograd also reports successes
south OF Rafailov, and at other points
in the Carpathians, all aiding in this
movement.
Along the southern Balkan front
General Sarrail has again begun TO
exert pressure, and the Bulgarian at
tacks against the Serbs have been
beaten back. There was heavy artil-
lery fire and rsiding, apparently to see
whether Bulgaria had weakened her
defences, near the Struma and along
Lake Doiran. Vienna reports the re-
pulse of an Italian raid going north
from Avlona, after two days fighting
Fifty thousand Germans have arrived
in Transylvania to stiffen the Austrian
line. The fact that Germany, IN her
present straits, has spared even this
handful for this purpose shows how
desperate are the efforts she is MAX
ing and how serious the loss OF this
line will be.
The Importance of cutting off the
Balkans is being more and more en-
nhssized here. In a remarkably frank
article published to-day Ashmead Bart
lett, discussing the Balkan situation.
says:
war can hardly be reached before the
srring of 1917. 1t is all-important that
when that hour arrives Russia should
be able to throw in every available
man and gun. That is only possible If
we can keep her supplied.
Salonica the True Base.
where is our line of communication
during the winter? Only through the
ice bound port OF Archangel. The true
base for supplying the Russian armies