The sun., 1916-10-19
RUSSIAN FORCES GO
TO AID OF RUMANIA
Reinforced, Gen. Iliescu's
Army Is Holding Passes and
Throwing Back Teutons.
BUCHAREST IS HOPEFUL
All Military News Is Reassur-
ing: Austrians Repulsed,
Says Official Report.

LONDON. Oct. 1s-with Russian help
the Rumanians now bid fair not only to
hold their mountain frontier against the
Teuton armies trying to force It's passes.
but to regain the offensive and throw
back their late conuuerors.
All the military news Is r~eassuring."
ends an official statement from Bucha-
rest that tells OF the repulse of a strong
Austrian offensive In the Carpathians.
The Rumanians announce the capture Of
36l prisoners and six machine guns. The
German II Austrian statements re-
ceiyed here say simply that the sltua-
ton IL unchanged"
Correspondents with Won Falken-
hayn's army In Pennsylvania are au-
thority for the statement that strong
Russian forces are aiding the Ru-
manians. n that evidently the aid that
King Ferdinand asked from his great
allies" has arrived. Wireless messages
from Berne say that the Budapest news
papers Hiridp and A. Est report that
the Austro-IIungarian intelligence SER
vice has detected the presence Of
formidable Russian forces nj various
points on the Rumano-Hungarian
frontier.
Rumanians on Offensive.
Early To-day the buCHdTest wa VI
fee issued "A bulletin saying that in the
Predeal region. the critical point south
Of Kronstadt. where 1t seemed the Ru-
manian line might break, the Rumanians
rave assumed the offensive. They are
pursuing the enemy on the Transyl-
vania slope" said the bulletin. "On the
whole northern front tthe Carpathians)
the enemy Is attacking violently. but 50
far without success"
When the full official announcement
came II did not quite bear out the state
ment that the Teutons were pursued
near Predeal, but II did say that four
Machine guns and some prisoners had
been taken ana that an intense artillery
duel anA violent engagement had oc-
CURED at Mateias. near by. Further
west on the southern front. the Ru-
manians beat back IA Teuton attack on
Mont Robul. in the Alt Valley, south OF
Hermannstadt.
stubborn Defence Made.
II was on the C~arpathian front. agains,
which IL had been announced that the
Austrians. evidently In cooperation with
troops attacking the Russians further
north. were attacking violently. hut so
far without success that the most stub
born Rumanian defence was made.
west OF luIEUcs anu blCdLs NV '"
south of the BukoNina border. the AUS
TRANS swarmed to attack the entrance to
the Bekas Pass. TIE Ruman!dns took
1877 prisoners. OF whom sixty-tive men
and two officers were taken on Mont
Bolovis.
NJ the entrance to the Gyimes Pass,
which Is the Trotus Valley. the hghting
is still going on. but the liumanians thus
far have repulsed every attack. When
Gen. lliescu made his report one officer
and loo men had been taken prisoners. \
little further south, whore the tzula
tributary OF the Trotus flows through the
mountains. "all enemy attacks have been
sansuinarily driven back beyond the
frontier the Rumanian commander re-
ported.
Fight Hard for nss
In the Oi,oz Valley. the entrance to the
Oitoz Pass. attacks and cuunter alta ks
continue with the same violence says
tie report. which adds I'VE nave in
iiic,ed heavy losses on the enemy. cap
turing three officers and 100 men" In
the Bezeu Valley. entrance to the i'm
portant Bodza Pass. northeast OF kron-
stadt. the Teutons have been repulsed
and their advanced lines forced back
more than a half mile,
A Bulgar!an statement OF yesterday
received here to-day says that in TIE
Dobrudja a Rumauian detachment. COM
posed OF two batteries and three bat
talions OF infantry. was dispersed near
Enigea. In his flight the enemy left
behind him his guns and ammunition
cases says the statement. II adds that
on the Danube there is quiet. To-day's
Russian statement says "A Teu,on sea-
plane was brought down between the
lines in the Dobrudja.