The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
officia-, Military Experts and
Press Are Very Grave
FALL OF CRAIOVA A BLOW
Warehouses There Filled With
Large Supplies of Grain;
Great Capture
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

lOnlteQ freSS DlSpdtCnJ
London, Eng, November 22.-No
secret is made in England by mill
tary experts, government officials of
the press of the grave situation in
Rumania. The speed with which
General Falkenhayn has pushed for.
ward against the Rumanians has
been prodigious. The fall of the
town of Craiova into the hands of
the Teutons is believed to be a seri-
Gus blow to Rumania. This is
largely due to the fact that here are
the warehouses, where immense
stocks of wheat and other grains
have been in store. The Germans
have been in desperate need of these
stores. London still hopes that the
Rumanians, anticipating the fall of
Craiova, and knowing that the pos
session of the grain was matter of
vital Importance, managed to re-
move the grain before the Teutons
took the town. AS yet no word of
admission that the town of Craiova
has fallen has been received from
Bucharest. The possession of Graf
ova will be of great advantage to
the Germans in the Wallachian cam
paign.
Berlin, November 22-The British
trenches south of La Bassee canal
were raided last night by the Ger
mans, it was officially announced It
was also announced that the Austro-
German invasion of Rumania was
proceeding unchecked. Rumanian at
tacks were defeated and the ground
gained on the Rothnthurm pass road
and in Alt valley.
Germans Drive British Trenches.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Berlin, Germany, November 22-
The war office today published re-
port, telling how two German regi-
ments entered British trenches on
the Somme front, broke down the
British defense and captured con-
siderable number of prisoners.
Representatives Left Athens.
Rome, Italy, November 22.-Amid
joyful demonstrations of the popu-
lace, the diplomatic representatives
of the central powers today left Ath-
ems The demand that they leave
was presented to the Greek govern
ment by Admiral Fournet, COM
manding the allied fleets in Greek
waters. His charge was that the
German, Austrian, Turkish and Bull
garian diplomats were really acting
as spies, and were transmitting in
formation to German and Austrian
submarine captains
Rumanian City to Teutons.
London, Nov. 22.-The Austro-Ger.
man forces, pushing eastward through
Southwest Roumania, have captured
the town of Craiova, and the Rouman.
ians, who are retreating down the jul
valley and at other points from the
Transylvanian Alps region, apparently
are in danger of being cut off.
Troops of King Ferdinand in the
jul valley have reached Filliash, but
here they are outianked by the leu.
tonic allies at Craiova, and, without
the aid of railroad to convey them
eastward, seemingly must be caught
on the plains of Wallachia in the wise
of the Austro-Germans.
Foe Advances in Ait.
Added peril to the Roumanians In
this region is noted in the continued
advance of the Teutonic allies in the
Alt valley, south of the Rothenthurm
pass, where Petrograd admits the ROu.
manians are retiring slowly south.
ward.
An advance eastward along the rail.
way twenty-five miles to Slatina
would give the Austro-Germans this
important railroad town and compel
the retreating Roumanians in the Alt
valley also to take the highroads In
an endeavor to escape in the direction
of Bucharest.
In the Somme region of France a
heavy fog hung over the entire battle.
| field and nothing but artillery duels
took place.
In Macedonia, according to Paris,
! the Entente troops to the north OF
Monastir are still pressing the Ger.
mans and Bulgars. West of Monastir
the Italians have repulsed counter-at.
lacks delivered by the Teutonic allies.
An unofficial dispatch from Saloniki
says the Serbians have captured seven
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