The sun., 1916-12-22
RUSSIANS MAKING
STAND ON DANUBE
Desperate Fighting at Gate
way to the Rich Province
of Bcssarabia.
TEITONS MAKING GAINS
Cars Troops Yield More
Ground in Wallachia. but
Attack in Carpathiams.
TEITONS MAKING GAINS

ioxrn<. pec. .i.--With their backs
A. the loon OF ;he Danube. Gen. SAX
hs,ons = Russians are making a des-
c.r,t, st.i.d to hold the gateway to the
Russaa province OF Bessarao,a. In
Ne,,c battle. heights OF the wooded
nor,hcrr pobrudia changed hands to-
DAY
The German. Turks and Bulgars took
,be orensivc IN the front from the
paurbc 10 Bachkoi. At first they man
aged TO throw the Russians from heights
near Rachkoi and Balahanica. Then
tho russ,lns launched a strong counter
.,,,,k AMI threw the Teutons from the
i, ants. The battle for possession Of
,he remainder still ragged when Gen.
sakharon made his report.
I'm Wh,Icnia across the Danube, the
reu,ons made sht progress. ousting
the I,li. ma from some OF their ad-
ysnccl Yos.t oas. which are outposts OF
the -,r.n. line OF defence they hold
there Artillery firing is general all
along th!s front.
New Attacks In Carpathians.
Asiin the Russians are attacking In
me car" thans. the scene Of their great
est effort before the fall Of Bucharest.
The Russian official statement says the
troops OF the Czar fought their way up
the snow clad slopes OF some Of the
heights in the Dorna Watra region. Ac.
ccrdng to Berlin, however. four Rus
sian attacks on the important Mount
Meste .Canesci In this same region were
thrown back by Austrian troops. On the
remainder OF the Russian front only
isolated n,hting is reported. The Ger
man statement on the whole Russian
iron, follows:
Front OF Archduke Joseph---Four
Russian atttcks near Meste-Canesci.
on the eastern bank CT the Golden
Bysi,itza. broke down before the
su ag resistance OF Austro- hungarian
bat;llions. Further south the enemy
was driven back from some sentry
positions.
Front Of Field Marshal Won Macken-
sem Great Waliachia the enemy
was elected flor some rearsuard posi-
tons
Front Of Prince Leopold-Between
Dvinsk and Lake Naro,z the artillery
duel increased considerably in violence
at times. Attacks by Russian detach-
ments northeast Of Goduzishki and
north of Lake Drisviaty failed with
heavy losses, On the Stockhod. north
OF Helenan. the Russians tried in vain
a. capture from German Territorial
troops ground which few days ago
had been Incorporated into our position.
Statement Of Russians.
The Russian statement dealing with
The Rumanan operations and the front
In Russia IL as follows
IN bn faft h.n ~ 81, he
north Of Buzcu. engagements took
plsce with our advanced dctachments.
Between the Buzeu- Rimnk and the
lnsu-Itacovitzcri highroads firing be-
tween advanced. infantry detachments
and artillery ducs are proceeding.
The enemy, about a regiment strong
in infantry and cavalry. is advancing
on both sides OF the Insu- -Racovitxeri
hshrosd, but is being held by our fire.
On the Pirlita-S.ankuca front the
'ntmy has pressed back our advanced
guard.
In the Dobrudja the enemy assumed
the offensive or the front from the
Danube to BachkoL In the neighbor-
hood OF Balabanica and Bachkoi he
succeeded in occupying a series Of
heights The enemy was dislodged
from several heights by our counter
attack. and for the domination OF the
Pest the battle is continuing.
On the Black Sea one Of our sub
marines sank, near the Bosporus. q
steamer and twelve sailing vessels.
In The direction OF Zlochoff the
enemy bombarded our positions In the
region of the town Of Garbuzov and
th" village OF Gukalovce. Our aftil-
lery dispersed several groups Of In
fan;rN aud cavalry which were moving
north from the village of Prisnova.
Enemy attempts to cross the River
EonUvka. the left tributary Of the
Zlo,a Lipa, in the region Of the village
OF Chioalin. were checked by our FIRE.
In the wooded Carpathians our de-
tachlnents gained possession OF a por-
ton of the heights in the region south
east II the kimpolung -Jacobein Rail-