The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
GERMAN ARMIES
FORM JUNCTION
ACROSS DANUBE
Knockout Blow Dealt Ruma-
MIA by Cooperation Of Falk-
enhayn and Mackensen.
CLOSE In ON BUCHAREST
Handful of Defenders Sacrifice Them
selves Vainly to Stay Relent-
less Advance.

dBy the international News ServIes.y
London, Nov. 26.-"we are In touch
with the forces that crossed the Dan.
ube"
In this brief. concise form. the Berlin
war office this afternoon announced that
the Knockout blow TO Runania has been
dealt. The junction between Gen Won
Falkenhayn, sweeping down upon Bucha-
rest from the north and west, and Field
Marshal Won Mackensen, forming the
southern arm Of the giant Teuton nut
cracker" has come to pass
Losing no time after his crossing Of
the river Mackensen in a swift dash
pushed forth to the gates OF Alexandria,
thence he sent cavalry detachments
northwestward TO meet the scouts" DEL
egated by Won Falkenhayn. There was
no ceremonial greeting. no enthusiasts
handclasping and cheers OF will kom-
men,"
force OF Rumanians was there To
spoil the merrymalling. Half way be-
tween Alexandra and Rosiori, a point
some nineteen miles northwestwsrd.
these troops after weeks OF continual
retreat, isolated from the bulk of King
Ferdinand's army. threw themselves into
the relentless wheels Of q hIstory-mak-
ing dual steam roller
Bar Through Nation.
The contact thus established between
the two TeUton commanders places a bar
OF iron and steel through Runania from
The Transylvania Alps down 10 the Dam
ube.
The nut crackers" after standing for
a brief period almost vertically west OF
Bucharest, q line of 153 miles, is now
contracting for its final haul Both
arms" are swinging swiftly toward the
humania capital The latest word from
Berlin. contained in tonights ofacIaI re-
port, says:
In Wallachia our advance proErssssa
as planned"
The earlier statement told OF important
headway made by the Teuton left ana
center. Sweeping down from the Tram
sylvania foothills along the Alt River.
FalkenhAyn's northern army captured
the important railway city OF Ramnicu-
Valcca, about forty-seven miles north Of
Slatina. the Teuton pivotal point in the
drive on Bucharest Further to the north
east, IN the heights north OF Curtea-de-
Arges, where Falkenhayn Is trying to
outnank the Rumanian CsmpoIung ar
tillery, the Teutons met bitter resistance
Cruel Battle Raging.
One Of the most cruel see-saw battles
OF the war Is raging here. Slowly but
steadily the Rumanians are giving way
on this front yielding to the irresistible
VIII Of strategy and numbers.
Indicative OF the Rumsnian bravery
and heroism is the statement in todsy's
German war offlce report that n Ruman-
ian cavalry division Offered battle east
Of the Lower Ait II was repulsed. the
report adds, and the Teuton cavalry
continued its advance.
The region due west OF Bucharest
where any further resistance by the
Rumanians is impossible in the face OF
the staggering odds In numbers OF men
and guns. the road is occupied by fee
ing columns" in the words of the Berlin
statement. Their advance" It is added,
lis marked by burning towns"
In telling OF the crossing OF the Dam
ube the German statement says the river
has risen high because OF thaw.
Large re-enforcements have been re-
ceived by the Russo-Rumanian army in
the Dobrudia. Berlin reports a repulse
OF an attack by infantry aided by Rus
sian naval forces I'm the Black Sea upon
Mackensen's right wing.