The Washington herald., 1916-12-01
BUCHAREST BARS
HER Gates FOR
FIGHT To FINISH
Women and Children Report
ed Ordered to Leave City
for Places of Safety.
TOWN OF COMANA FALLS
Teutons Push Lines to Within Twelve
Miles of Rumanian Capitals
Outer Defenses.
CBy the International View. servsss.'

(By the international News servtee.)
Berlin via Ssyvine, wireless. Nov. 30.
Bucharest the Rumanian capital Is
changing into a war camp. the Over
seas News Agency learns Hall OF the
civil population. according to a dispatch
to the Berner ,Bund already has left the
capital.
The Lokal Anzeiger publishes a teIe-
gram from Stockholm that the chief OF
police Of Bucharest, and General Berthe
lot, the French strategist with the Ru-
manian armies, have ordered the major
ity Of the population. especially woman
and children, to leave the precincts Of
Bucharest fortress within i've days. All
remaining persons are engaged In mill
tary and sanitary duty. Martial law
prevails, the military authorities distri-
buting all food.
The town of Comana CTDenana). half
way between Giurgiu and Bucharest, sit
uated on the direct railway connecting ,
the two cities, at point sixteen miles
20 the south OF the capital has fallen
into Teuton hands It lies only twelve
and one-half miles south OF Bucharest's
admitted by the Russian war once yes
terday.
Plan TO Defend Capital
As the statement covers Wednesdays
operations II Is safe to assume that with
in the last twelve hours the forces OF
Field Marshal Won Mackensen advancing
on Bucharest from the south, have made
considerable further headvay and thai
the bombardment OF the fortress viii be-
gin before noon today. The Lokal An
zeiger's information that the civil popu-
lation Of Bucharest is given I'VE dayr to
leave the fortress area indicates that the
capital will be defended The numerical
strength OF the defenders IN a matter OF
guess work, but It Is probable that what
ever the Rumanians could nve IN sftfi-
lery andTtmmunttlon m their recent re-
verses on all fronts have been aecurnu-
lated in the capital for q defense TO the
finish.
Three rivers remain in the Runsnian's
hands to entrench themselves and retard
the Teuton tide-the Glavacfeg, N1asiov
and Arges, twenty-one. twelve. and eight
miles respectively, from Bucharest Be
tween the Arges and the outer forts is q
rivulet, about five miles from the capital.
The Glayacieg position already has been
outfianked. for Comana, now IN Teuton
hands, lies five miles to the northeast of
that river.
Meanwhile Gen. Won Faikenhayr, army.
sweeping down IN the direction OF Bucha-
rest from the northwest Is continuing his
headlong advance. Csmpolung, the i'm
portant railway city not far south from
the TransylvaniAn foothills, have been
captured In the last twenty-four hours
Berlin announced
Have Fought GaIIantly.
Here strong Rumanian force has
been battling for weeks against staRRer-
ing odds, eliciting repeated praise in the
German Official reports Its fail opens
the Toerzburg pass to fresh Teuton re-
endorsements and adds to the menace
facing the Rumsnian troops still fight
ing stubbornly in the Prahovo ana
Buezeu valleys.
Altogether the combined forces OF
Falkenhayn and Mackensen took in the
last twenty-four hours 5000 prisoners.
This small total strengthens the theory
that on the whole the Rumanians are
managing to make good their retreat
before the huge Teuton flanking move
ments can fulfill their chief mission.
which is to trap large defending forces.
The booty recorded in the last German
war office statement and in resume or
the operations furnished by the semt-
officiaI Overseas News Agency. of Berlin.
is considerably larger than that of the
initial German victories.
Berlin's official reports on the drive
toward Bucharest continue to be marked
by lack of details. Yesterday afternoons
statement merely said:
THE Danube army Is advancing, fight
ing as ii goes
A bulletin issued late last night read:
The situation in Rumania is un-
changed and continues favorably for u.s.