The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-11-27
May EXTR|CATE ARMY
mackensen and Falkenhayn f.
feet a Union Of Their \
Forces , = |
BALKAN CAPITAL SEEMS 7
WITHIN ENEMY's REACH
General Retreat Of Entente Fore.
es Before Tremendous !
~ Onslaught : /
suLeARs FIRST

Sofia, Nov. 27.-There is com. ; !,
plete cooperation between the
Bulgarian troops and those Of the
Germans. euisar 4 detxehments
with FaIkenhayn's army were the
first to cross the Danube near So.
stova. Then siminista feii into
Bulgarian hands with 4 large
store Of grain.
Petrosrad wires that the Ger.
mans are committing acts Of brut.
aIity in WaIIachia. !.
Berlin, Nov. 27.-German forces. as.
sisted by the Bulgars. are making .
fierce drive on Bucharest, capital Of
Roumania. Already the air craft OF
the enemy is playing over the paris
OF the East" Germans believe that
within few days the capital will -
reached, unless the R0umanians AZ
able to extricate themselves from Z
tight place into which the mastefly
strategy Of Mackensen and Falksr-
hayn has forced them.
The Germans have recaptured Alex.
andria in Wallachia, and netroGraa
reports that the hard pressed Rou-
ma2lans are taking advantage Of Ill
the natural features to resist enemy
advances. The Teutons hGve pushed
across the Veda river and established
observation points.
German and Austrian troops under
Lieutenant General Kraft Won Del.
mensignen are advancing down both
sides Of the Alt valley from the north.
They have thrown the enemy behind
the Topologues sector. rs @6.
The retreat OF the R0umanians
from the Alt and Topolis is In prog.
ress, but London dispatches hold out
hope that the Roumanians may b
able to extricate themselves from tho
tight place into which thy have been
forced. Germany has failed to state
whether any prisoners we're captured.
There is little activity on the
French front. Artillery action is 70.
ported in the vicinity Of Labssse. q
Italian dispatches state that 1taly's
tirper participation in the war Will
likely result from the reconvening OF
the chamber of deputies. Socialist
Leader Turati says that he will de.
mand that Italy make immediate
paece. There is every indication that
he will be attacked savagely when hO
proposes this.
Effect Union.
With the Teutonic armies advanc.
ing toward it from tho west and
southwest. Bucharest, the capital Of
Roumania. is in imminent peril. Gen.
eral Mackensen has crossed the Dan.
ube from Bulgarian territory 70 Zee-
imnitcza and has effected union
with Falkenhayn's forces ~, .AlexaQ-
dria. All along the Wallachisn front.
the ROumanians arc fleeing and ap.
plying tho torch.
The Mornings Post tLondOn) cor.
respondent, telcgraphing from Blcha'
rest, said that from ten in the morn
ing until three o'clock in the after.
noon Sunday, enemy air squadrons
flew over the Roumanian capital and
Chitila, dropping bombs Several
were killed and Roumanian aero
planes engaged the hostile craft.
Would be Uncomfortabi>.
At Hermannstadt, T.ansylvsnis,
where General Falkenhayn gave tho
neutral correspondents {; llsaauet, ho
said that Bucha' est would DO an IN.
comfortable place when the Germans
get their guns trained on it.
Sundays official statements from
German, Bulgarian Russian and Rou-
manian capitals show the following
offensive movements:
General Won Falkenhayn's fankinG
movement operating out OF CraiOva.
Orosova, Turnu-Severin and from
south of Rothenhun.
From two points along the Danube
Sofia claiming success.
A vigorous thrust northwest, across
the Danube in Dobrudja. engineered
by Field Marshal Mackensen-Bcrltn
claimed successfully launched.
In addition there is apparently NO
let up to the pressure from Hungary
on the Transylval!a Alps
Distant From Capital.
Accepting all these statems Dts as
accurate, German or Bulgarian troops
are now distant from EuCharci.. As
follows: ...
Islands in the Danube. cls:''ed BY
Sofia to have been occupied by Jul
garian forces at Giurgevo tCiursiu)s
Sc miles due south Of Bucharest.
Crossing of the Danube in Dobrud'
ia and gaining of foothold "n Rou'
manian soil-claimed - Berlin
probably not more than IS miles 1ts'
tant.