The sun., 1916-12-07
ARMIES IN FLIGHT
FROM BUCHAREST


Continued from First Page.
King Carol. He found It q great sprawl
ing semi-Oriental town with narrow.
dirty streets and q few improvements.
He left II a city Of handsome boule-
wards. new public buildings. Western In
its aspect and IN its atmosphere. He
draine most IL the marches OF the
Dumbovita. WHICH runs through the city.
Bucharest was not only the seat OF
Government but the heart of Rumania.
1t vas the great educational centre. with
n university and schools of all kinds,
art galleries. museums and fine churches.
1t was also the grea. trade centre Of the
country. through which moved ali the
shipments of wheat and oil hat made
Rpmania rich. II was the centre OF the
whole Rumanian railroad system.
Varied Costumes In Streets
This Paris OF the East was a bright
and colorful city. with It's streets filled
by the peoples Of many nations. To the
Rumanian peasant dress. sometimes OF
white kits and bright embroideries. was
added the costumes OF Turks, Armenians
ana gypsics.
II is less than three weeks since Won
Falkeniayn burst through the mountains
into the Rumanian plain and routed tie
Rumanians at Tirgu Jiu. $50 miles froiis
Bucharest. Then began a great roncel-
trio sweep of the armies Of Won Falkcn-
hayn on the north and the army Won
Mackensen threw across the Danube
from the south. The whole advance has
been a series OF fanhng operations.
Russia sent many thousands Of rOops
first to hold a hundred miles Of the Itp-,
manfan northeastern frontier. then TO
help at other points. finally to fight be-
fore Bucharest itself, France sent Gen.
Berthelot. M experienced st%rategist. To
compensate the lack of military knowl-
edge shoN, n by Ru.nania's Generals. Rus
STA sent the veteran roff, Cen
Bialyvev and Gen. Zaiont, hkovsky.
Rumanians Outnankrd.
When Won Mackepsen crossed the
Danube on November ~ behind the line
OF the River Alt. which the Rumanians
hoped to hold. all chance that Bucharest
could be saved was lost. Continuously
outfianked south and north. first by
Mackensen. then by F~alkenhayn, the
Rumanians had to retire to the Bucha-
rest defence line. the line OF the River
Argos.
The line OF the Argos was broken In
a great battle on sunday, in which the
TlTst ISuUfhUitH .NTTnN WIS NluIl'u bdNN
northwest OF Bucharest and the Arscs
was crossed further down. The Ruma-
mans tried by a sortie and a counter o.
fensive to outfank the Danube army
south OF Bucharest and were themselves
outfanked. They fled 30 hurriedly that
they did not destroy the bridges across
the Argos. which might have held the
Teutons for a week.
Russia's Effort Vain.
Russia tried to stop the Teuton
| avalanche by launching a great offensive
in the C~arpathians to turn the Teuton
flank. The offensive failed at tremendous
cost In lives. That attack Is still going
on. in its eighth day, but with lessened
Berlin reports to-day practically alb
solute failure for the Russians, though
admitting that at one point the Teutons
were driven back to a second line posi-
ton. The Russians stormed a height
between J~ablonitza and the pass. at the
| pass entrance. on the edge Of the Hun
garlan plain. Then they were hurled
back from II.
Gen. Sakharoff made a tremendous at
tempt to help by a big attack in the
Dohrudja. After three days of furious
lighting the Russians and Rumanians
were thrown back. completely beaten,
Nowhere had they been able to break
the Bulgar-Turk!sh front.
May Stand On Srreth.
Bucharest taken. the Russians and
Rumanians can hardly make another
strong stand until they reach the lire
of the Busch. fifty miles northeast OF
the capital. 1t is more likely that they
will be unable to make n real stand until
they reach the line OF tho lower Sereth
and the fortresses of Braila. Galatz and
Focsani, more than a hundNd miles
from Bucharest.
The German official statement tc-
night was a short bulletin announcing tho
fall of Bucharest and Ploesti, The day
statement reads;
Front of Archduke Joseph The
Russians attacked In the wooded Car
pathians, north OF Tartar Pass, and
four times on the Ludova. These new
sacrifices OF men brought the enemy
no success.
The number OF prisoners taken in
the engagements on the Verchdebry,
which were favorable for us. has in
creased to 275 men and the booty TO
five machine guns and four mine
thrOwers,
In the Trotus Valley strong pressure
nv the Russians against our most adj
vanced line was parted In n prepared
second position situated near by in the
rear.
North Of Oituz Pass a Russian point
OF support was captured. Our losses
were small. Sixty prisoners remained
in the hands OF the German attacking
forces.
RumR I ms Lose Position.
In The Bazska Valley. south west OF
the basin Of kexdi Vasarhely. a raid
carried out by German apa Austro-
Hungarian troops brought &1consider-
able section Of a Rumanian position.