Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-28
H|RSOVA OCCUPIED
BYVONMACKENSEN
Who IS DRIVING ON
Meets But Little Resistance in
Sweeping Offensive Through
the Dobrudja.
GERMANS ARE INVADING
RUMANiA FROM NORTH
Won Falkenhayn Said to Have
Reached Campulung, Eighty
Miles From Bucharest.
By the Associated Press,


LONDON. October 2s.-The Teutonic
drive against Rumania continues with
little diminished velocity. new sue
cesses for both Field Marshal Won
Mackensen and Gen. Won Falkenhayn
being announced. Hirsova, on the Dan
ube, has been occupied by the Bulgar-
fans.
According to unofficial reports from
Petrograd. a notable advance has been
made by the>Austro-German forces in
vading Rumania from the north. Gen.
Won Falkenhayn's forces are now said
to have reached Campulung. twenty
miles south Of the Rumanian frontier.
From Campulung tho plain stretches
distant
... Height Also Captured.
Today's German official statement
does, not confirm the capture of Cam
pulung. announcing the situation on
this front virtually unchanged. except
that the Austro-German forces have
taken a height south Of Kronstadt from
the Rumanians and advanced thence to
thesPartzuga valley.
On the Moldavian frontier Of Rumania,
where a more successful stand had
been made against the Teutonic allies,
the Russo-Rumanian defense appears
to be weakening. Petrograd reports a
strong offensive by Austro-German
forces in the Dorna-Watra region near
the Bukowina line. where violent at
tacks have compelled the Russian ad-
vanced posts to fall back, abandoning
two heights. Berlin reports the cap
ture of several heights in this sector
by the Austrian troops Of Archduke
Charles Francis.
i Russians to Lend Aid.
Supposedly in an effort to aid the
hard-pressed Rumanians the Russians
are reported to be on the eve Of q
great offensive IN GaIIcia and Poland.
This report comes to Rome from Ger
mxn sources. says q wireless dispatch
from the Italian capital
.HumAnian military oficials state that
the losses Of the Austro-Germans in
Transylvania have reached a total of
$4,000. ,
Austro-German attacks in the Tulghes
and Bicaz regions and In the Trotus
valley were repulsed, while in the Uzal
valley the Rumanian advance is con-
tinuing. according to Bucharest.
Heavy losses were sustained by the
Teutonic troops, which vainly attacked
in the region Of Dragoslavele. says
Bucharest, which also chronicles the
continuation of the fighting in the Pre-
deal region and announces a Withdraw
al of the defensive forces toward the
southern Transylvanian frontier in the
jul valley.
Allied Aeros to Assist.
one hundred and twenty-eight French
aeroplanes have arrived in Rumanfa
for reconnaissance work on the Tran
sylvania and Dobrud5a fronts. says .
dispatch from Bucharest to the Wire-
less Press. Four English aeroplanes
arrived at the Rumanian capital yes
terday from Imbros. an island OF the
Grecian archipelago.
Flying from the Island OF lmbros
across central Bulgaria to Bucharest in
a straight line. the English machines
Travelled a distance Of about 800 miles.
Find Little Resistance.
The Berlin statement regarding Ru-
manian operations says:
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's front
In northern Dobrud5a our pursuing
detachments 20 Tar have found but lit
tie resistance. Everything indicates
that the enemy IL retreating in haste.
Five hundred isolated soldiers were
taken prisoner and several munition
columns and baggage were captured
Macedonian front-Serbian attacks
against the German and Bulgarian
positions in the Cerna bend failed. as
did partial advances of the enemy on
the east slopes Of the Moglenica noun
tains and southwest of Doiran lake.
-On the Struma river there were
skirmishes of patrols near Orfano. and
a lively artillery bombardment.
Capture Several Heights.
Front of Archduke Charles Francis
On both sides of Dorna Watra, Aus
trian-Hungarian troops entered Rus
sian positions. captured several heights
at the point OF the bayonet and
brought in eight officers and more than
500 men as prisoners.
'~Transylvania eastern front
Fighting in tho frontier valleys con-
tinues. South of Kronstadt our allied
troops took Rumanian position on a
height By a surprise attack. and ex-
tended their success by sharp pres
sure to the valley of Partzuga. Other