The sun., 1916-12-02

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, could almost see the whites Of their eyes.
they were sent Keeling back to their W
I, trenches.
A little to the south. but In the same
region. the Turkish troops. who were
!. hurried to Galicia last ummer when the
4 Russians seemed ON the point OF taking
4 Lemberg, counter attacked the RUSSIANS.
According to the German statement they
Oursued the Muscovites. killing hundreds
end taking MAN. prisoners.
Ready fer Fierce Fight.
In wallachia. the Rumanians. helped
7 ~ the Russians. are showing signs that.
4 With their backs to the wall. they are
' about to begin a stubborn defence OF
Bucharest. For the frst time In a week
ehe Bucharest War OFFICE announces the
capture Of prisoners from the invaders.
y Several hundred were taken In various
engagements and with them ten ma
shine guns.
Referring to the region southeast Of
Buchares;. where the troops OF Won
Mackensen are closest to the capital. the
Russians report to-day that "allO enemy
9 attacks nave been beaten back They
announce the occupation Of Roman. or
Tsomana. sixteen miles from Bucharest.
y md Of Gostinari.
' Won Mackensen MAY intend TO sur
!, round Bucharest. though II Is hardly be-
, 1Ieved he could do that. Russia an
aounces tonight that patrols OF his
troops have appeared near Lake Gretshi.
o. Gretza, In the Danube marshes thirty
|, miles southeast OF Bucharest and only
;, 0fteen miles from Oltenitsa.
|, Move Toward OH Fields.
!, Northwest Of Bucharest the Ruma-
Ao.r. An,.~ .s.,cr ,n tha nArthArn nQrt
Of. the valley OF the Dunbovita. east Of
Ximpoiung. where they had been at
tacked holly by Won Delmensingen's
, troops. which took Kinpolung. This II
another step backward toward the
precious Rumanian oil fields.
= Again to-day Berlin announces the
/, eaking OF great numbers OF Rumanian
guns. supplies and a considerable num-
Der OF prisoners. Among the guns taken
were two . nch guns and twenty-one
other guns. among them three heavy
:. 0ortars. Thu German official statement
!, also says that the booty was particu-
hrly rich In baggage.
The Rumanian army that was cut on
at OrsOva and Is now isolated is still
trying to escape from the tolls OF the
German commanders by following a
variable course" the German statement
Gays. Yesterday their pursuers took 900
Of them prisoners. probably the force
left to cover the retreat. The various
statements on the great battle brought
n by the Rumanian situation follow.
The German statement reads:
Front OF Archduke Joseph: The
Russians. ard on the south wing the
Rumanians. continue in the Car
pathians their offensive attempts. Be-
tween Jablonica Pass and the heights
east OF the basin of Kedzi Vasarhely.
. distance of 400 kilometers tlss
: miles) on an air line. the enemy
s'-~N made violent attacks.
Rumanian Loss Heavy.
Yesterday. az before. his waste OF
blood and ammunition gained him vir-
tually no advantage at any place on
the extended front. our troops made
numerous counter attacks and cap
tured from the enemy ground which
he had taken on the preceding day.
The Marburg Rifles distinguished
themselves, especially on the Smot-
rec. attacking and ringing in more
h forty prisoners and two machine
guns from "a hostile position.
Front OF Field Marshal Won Mack
snsen: In western Rumania the Ru-
nanian troops cut of from their army
are trying to escape their inevitable
fate by following a variable course.
Yesterday the pursuing Germans and
Austro-Hungarians took more than
500 prisoners from them.
Columns advancing by way Of Kim
polung and Pitesci. along the river
valleys in wallachia. took rich booty
In prisoners. cannon and carts. and
especially In baggage. The enemy
offered resistance In numerous river
sectors 10 our forces that are advance
lng from the Ait. Here also they
we're repulsed. An offensive move
ment by a Rumanian division. to
which our cavalry gave way. was un.
able to halt our progress.
New Move Against Capital.
The Danube army has forced it's
way by fighting across the Niaslov
lowlands and Is approaching the
course OF the Argeshu in the direction
OF Bucharest.
The Rumanians. besides suffering
enormous casualties. lost yesterday
more than $500 men in prisoners and
81 cannon, among which were three
mortars, The captures reported yes.
terday are not included in these figures.
In the DobrudJa the enemy attacked
the Bulgarian left wing. The massed
attack broke down under the defensive
dre. British armored cars were unable
To avert a failure, Two Of them were
destroyed In front OF our barricades.
The Austrian statement says:
Between the uzel Valley and Tarta.
Pass the Russians continued their at
tacks for the relief OF the much
harassed Rumanians. using great
masses Of men. The armies OF Gems.
ARE and Koecess. on almost their
whole front, were day and night strug-
Cling stubbornly against constant
enemy attacks. At several points
there was hand to hand fighting. The
Russian onslaught failed with slight
local successes. which cannot alter the
fact that the enemy's great sacrifices
were again yesterday in vain. The
battle continues.
BuIgnrs Continue Advance.
The Bulgarian statement says:
Rumaniau front-ln Wallachia our
odvance continued on the road from,
Giurgevo 10 Bucharest, Our troops in
hayonet fighting inflicted a bloody de-
feat on the enemy, who suffered heavy
losses, We captured two 'wenty.one
c"ntimetor guns. Dn the Danube be-
tween Turtukai aud Cernavoda there
was Infantry IRE, with artillery &C.