The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07
RUMANIA STRIKES Al TEUT0N FOES, NOW RETRIEVING
Army I'm Dobrudja Turns on Mackensen and Invaders
 Fall Back.

London, Nov. 7-Rumania's situa-
 tion looks blacker than at any time
 since her armies began to make their | stubborn resistance to the Teutonic in- vaders. Along the whole 400 mile northern front not a success has been gained by the Rumanians, and at inn 1 portant points the Teutons have won | signal victories.
 | Pitesti, a highly important railroad | Junction fully forty-five miles south of the northern Rumanian border, and only seventy miles northwest of Bucharest, is seriously threatened by l the German and Austrian columns that have advanced from the Red Tower pass. They are now near this city of 10000 inhabitants, and vio- 1 lent battle for it's possession is going l on.
 l La Omu, the 1oftiest peak on the 1 edge of the Bucsesc group of the l Transylvanian Alps, has been ,stormed | was an important and strong bastion by the Teutons. This 5000 foot height l of the Rumanian defence of the Prahova Valley. It is a mile south | west of the Clabucetul position, which | the Teutons stormed yesterday. Bayarians Turn on Foe. The retreat of Won Falkenhayns S Vavarian troops in the Jiu valley has ! stopped and the Teutons, reinforced, | have turned upon the Rumanians and ! beaten back their every attempt to | penetrate the Szurduk Pass and cross again into Pennsylvania. Thus the left wings .f1anking movement seems doomed to failure, for the Szurduk Pass is easily defended. The Russian and Rumanian flank ing movement in the Carpathians south of Dorna Watra has been stopped also. After driving back the Austrians a mile and more yesterday, the attacking troops are unable to progress.
 Nearer the centre the Rumanian attempt to turn the flank of the main Teuton advance down the Prahova valley by pushing ahead in the Brat ocea Pass and the Buzeu valley, to the east of the Prahova vcalley, met with no more success than yesterday
 In the Dobrudja, however, Gen. sakharoff has begun operations with success, though not in force. His Rus sian and Rumanian outposts have driven advanced attachments of Won Mackensen's troops from four villages, which the Rumanians announce the Teutons set on fire as they left them.
 Ten Miles from Hirsova.
 The news definitely fixes the posi- ton of the Russo -Rumanian army that seemed recently in peril of de- struction They have pushed back to a. position thirty-five miles south Of the Danube loop and the same dis tance north of the Constanza-Cerna- voda railroad. They are now about ten miles north of Hirsova, on the Danube, the last place Won Macken- sen announced his victorious troops had entered The village of Daeni, one of those set on fire, is ten miles north of Hirsova.
 A success in the Dobrudja, unless it drew large bodies of Teuton troops from Pennsylvania, would hardly help the French and Russian generals who are trying to save Rumania in finding a way out of the critical situation caused by the menace to Pitesti.
 If Pitesti were taken the Rumanian armies would be thrown into confu- sion and only a mighty counter stroke could save western Rumania. Controll- ing this railroad junction. the Teutons could cut off the retreat by rail of the Rumanian army in the Jiu Valley and of the only army Rumania still has on any extent of Transylvanian soil, that at Orsova. Moreover. the direct rail communications of the Ruman- ians defending Kimpolung would be severed.
 The Rumanian Statement.
 Yesterdays Rumanian official state ment follows:
 On the frontier of west Moldavis the situation is unchanged.
 Tn the Buzeu Valley a Table Butz1 and Bratocea artillery duels are pro- ceeding.
 Tn the Prahova Valley we repulsed enemy attacks from ridges toward our centre and our left wing.
 Fighting is proceeding to the north of the Cerbului Valley.
 In the region of Dragoslavele there has been an artillery bonn bardment.
 On the right bank of the Alt violent fighting continues in the region of Racovitza- Pitesti Give miles north of Pitesti)
 Tn the Jiu Valley the enemy received endorsements, and we discontinued our pursuit.
 At Orsova the situation is un- changed.
 Southern Front-AI along the Dan tube there has been artillery activity. Villages Set on Fire.
 Dobrudja advance detachments forced the enemy to retire. During his retreat he set fire to the villages of Daeni, Garlloi, Rosnan and Gui- dar
 Yesterdays German statement says:
 Front of Archduke Charles Francis Engagements in the Tulghes sector and between Altschanz and the Bodza Pass road proceeded without change in the situation.
 Southwest of Predeal we captured La Omu height and made further progress southeast of Rothenthurm Pass.
 On both sides of the Szurduk Pass road Fsumanian attacks were repulsed.
 On the southern front we took more than 450 men prisoners
 yesterday in their first success in launching a diversion in the Carpa- thians to relieve pressure on the Ru manian centre was considera ble. The Russian statement follows:
 In the region south of Mount La muntalu our troops as the result of an engagement occupied a series of J,nic Djr-I,f nAH