New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-11
Battle Danube Marsh
Indicates MackenSen
Crossed River
FATE OF DOBRUDJA
DRIVE IN BALANCE
Allies Strike from North
and West-F alkenhayn
Makes New Gains
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fpy Gable 70 Tie Tribune
tspdon. Nov. 10.-To-day's Russian
,sasl report on the lighting in the Do
India region Of Rumania contains one
dine surprising messages Of the war
.our cavalry and infantry detach-
-,.,s." the statement reads, "have Oc-
.-,i,s the station Of Dursresv, three
,.r,,s two miles west Of Cernsvoda.
V.srs fighting for possession of Ger
,s,ods bridge
One word in this statement is paz-
sinr military men here tonight. Al
ht reAing it was assumed that the
,o,d @west" must have been substitut-
.sby mistake in translation for east
sueb a view would have indicated that
he Russo-Rumanian forces in the Do
bu5is had continued their advance
s.u,hward some twenty-five miles IN
one dsy. an amazing feat in itself.
Mackensen Across Danube
A more probable Interpretation is
lat Mackensen's troops nave succeeded
erossine the Danube at CernadoVa
sd are now battling with the Rus
,ars for possession Of that part OF 'he
r,st bridge that spans the marshes on
a, west hank Of the river. If this De
.ns tho battle between the Entente
,orc.s and Mackensen has rwehed Its
rost critical point.
There is a station of Dunareav TWO
G. three miles west of CernaVoaa'
across the Danube. The river at TINS
Yoint is less than a mile wide, out
slong the western bank are success
.iop Of swamps that necessitate carry
ing the Cernavoda- Bucharest railroad
eleven miles on the bridge, as Tar as
Fe,esti. II the Russians have occupied
Dunaresy they must have come from
Fetesti eastward along the marshlands'
Fighting between the Russians and
the enemy in this sector indicates that
Nsckensen's troops have succeeded IN
rebuilding that part of the Cernavoda
bridge destroyed by the Rumanians on
their retreat and have crossed to Ru-
msnian soil.
That the battle now taking place is
no skirmish is made clear by the Rus
sian report that more than 200 dead
bodies have been counted on the cap
tured ground, and that number OF
prisoners and guns have been seized
from the Germanic troops.
Threaten German Rear
Should the Russians succeed IN re-
taking Cernavoda from the west,
Naekensen's army would be compelled
TO retreat hurriedly in order to escape
snvelopment. Optimists here are al
ready discussing the consequences OF
the recapture by the Allied forces of
Cernayoda and the Constanza railroad.
The absence Of any reference TO the
present achievement in the Rumanian
communication goes TO show that the
Russian troops are engaged alone IN
this quarter, while the Rumsnians, with
n. assistance Of other Russians, are
sweeping down on Cernavoda from the
north along the east bank Of the
Danube.
Petrograd announced that the Russo
Rumanian army in the Dobrudjs has
continued it's advance, seizing Hirsova,
the village of Musluj and the heights
south Of Delgeruiv and Fasimdja. 1t Is
believed that these forces are now less
than ten miles north of Cernavoda.
On the Transylvanisn front to-day
the gains and losses of the Rumanians
we're almost equalized. West OF buzeu
Valley, southeast Of Kronstadt, faiken-
hsyn won a big success. hurting bsck
Ferdinand's troops nearly three miles
Both Sides Claim Victory
South Of Predeal sArp fighting took
place, with both sides claiming the VIC
tory. Peirograd reports that the Ru-
nsnians assumed the offensive and en-
'eloped the enemy's left flank. Berlin
states that Rumanian attacks on botn
sides OF the pass road were broken up
with heavy losses to the attackers
while the Germanic troops forged ahead
10 the west Of Azuga.
In furious counter attack against
Tue Russians in the region south OF
Dornayatrs, in the Carpathians, Aus
'nsn troops compelled the enemy to
aoandon some Of the heights occupied
IN the last few days. The Teutonic
allies undoubtedly attach great impor-
~nee 10 the Russian offensive move