The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-21
Won Falkenhayn Pressing Ruma-
mans and Russians Eteadily
Back Toward campuIung, Call
ed the Gateway To Capital"
SLAvS LOSE MORE THAN
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS
Serbs and French and British Al
lies Continue To Move North
ward In Fighting In Greek Ma
.cedoRia Despite Resistance
tAssOcia,sd Pres. BY Federal wireless,

DANS' november 10 - Inc
i Austfo-Hungarian and Ger
man armies under General Won Fal-
kenhayn, which have been strug-
Cling for weeks to break through
the passes of the Transylvanian
mountains and link hands with Won
Maekensen in the Dobrudja dis
trict, are steadily forging ahead,
pushing back the Rumanians and
nearing Campulung, "the Gate to
bucharest" and but eighty miles
westerly of the capital city of Ru=
mania.
Won Falkenhayn last night an
nounced that his troops have cap
tured the town of Liersht, FIVE miles
northwest of Campulung, and that
the Rumanians have repulsed Al
bechti in the Predeal Pass, after
fierce fighting in which the defend
ers were assisted by their Russian
allies.
Russian Losses Heavy
The Russians have been bearing
the brunt Of much of the fighting in
this district according to the reports
that have been coming from the
German sources. and last night
General Won Falkenhayn reported
that 200 men had been taken
prisoner, while. the German general
staff claims that the Rumanian-
Russ line west of Predeal has been
smashed again, the enemy driven
back in full flight.
Rungul Height, one of the more
important positions commanding
the entrance to the pass was car
ried. by storm by the Barvarian
troops, who are reported to have
lost heavily in the attack
The aim of the German general
staff directing the fighting in the
Runlanian sectors is becoming more
and more obvious. Won Macken-
sen is cooped in the Dobrudja dis
trict He can not move north even
il the Rumanian and Russian for.
ces in his front would let him. for
the Danube river cuts him off from
Besarabia and Little Russia in that
direction.
Blocked BY River
To the west. since the Ruma-
mans in their retreat. cut the bridge
over the Danube at Tchcrnavoda,
the river also blocks his way into
Runania, and he can not afford to
retreat to Bulgaria for the COM
rnencement of such a move would
be equivalent to the confession of a
defeat. To the east the Black Sea
hens him i'll, so that to all in
tents and purposes he is helpless
where he is even if left alone.
That is he is helpless unless Won
Falkenhayn can cut through the
Transylvanian mountains and join
hands with him through Rumania,
This would not mean alone that
Rumania was crushed although it
would include that-but it would
throw the enormous Teutonic
armies upon the flank and rear Of
the Russians operating in GaIicia
against Lemberg. and compel a re-
treat Of General Brussiloff to the
positions from which he advanced
last spring.
Won Falkenhayn's Problem
This then is the vastly important
problem which Won Falkeuhayn is
attempting to solve. and so far is
solving most successfully.
ON the other Balkan front, in
Greek Macedonia the stupendous
struggle that is being waged by the
Bulgars and Germans against the
encroaehihg hordes Of the Allies,
continues without ceasing. The
British have been hitting hard
against the left center Of the Bull
garian- German line ON the Struma