The sun., 1916-12-10
FLEEING RUMANIAN
ARMY GETS NO REST
Teutons Close on Heels Of Fer.
dinand's Troops, Taking
Many Prisoners.
LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
Berlin Says Killed and Wound
cd Are in Proportion to
the Captives.

LONDON. Dec. 9.-Since December
N. Rumanians. who are In precipita ate
flight before the Teuton invaders. have
los, in prisoners 10000 men besides 1s&
cannon and 100 machine guns. More
aver. their losses In dead and wounded
have been tremendous. Berlin announces.
In the effort to help the Rumanians
and Russians In Wallachia the Russians
IN the Carpathians are still launching at
tscks Just south Of Kirlibsba, near the
Rodna pass. the Russians have captured
two heights. 500 prisoners and soms
svns. Elsewhere they have been thrown
out Of captured positions
Several thousand more Rumanians
Rave been caught In the Teuton trap In
the Prahova Valley. Bottled up In the
Rratocea and Tetarului passes, east OF
the Prahova Valley, they were unable to
seeape. The German statement making
this announcement is 30 worded that It
nav cover the capture Of the Buseu pass
ALSO. which would prevent tho Ru-
manians from making a stand along tho
Buseu River. as II has been hoped they
could do.
Vow In Full Flight.
According to German and Austrian
statements, the retreat Of the main army
o. Russians and Rumanians 10 becoming
a panicstricken rout. The Austrian
statement says the enemy II 'in full
npht" None OF the statements tells
now far from Bucharest Russians and
Rumanians have retired.
Field Marshal Won Meckensn and bis
aaT have taken up their quarters In the
Royrl Palace In Bucharest. according, to
fla despatch to the Koelnische Volks-
s,r ,no. l.ieut.-Gen. Won Heinrich mas
bee appointed Governor OF Bucharest.
sc ding to the Rhenische Wcsffdehschd
y.ii.rp. The population OF 'Bucharest
nm,ins quiet. dispatches say.
T,.n,shts German announcement says
,ir,ly that the pursuit Of the Russians
and Rumanisns continues "as, planned.
fh, day statement reads:
Front Of Archduke Joseph Between
,lo Kirlibaba and Bistritza valleys
-, Russians yesterday launched
,,.Irr attacks. The majority OF them
I'd with heavy losses under our
Russian Losses Heavy.
"o-th OF Dorna watra ground that
a. lost was dearly paid for by the
sg:ressor. Likewise In attacks south
Of the Trotus Valley. which virtually
"a led. the Russians obtained only
minor local success. while wasting
considerable forces.
Army Group Of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen-The left wing OF the
Ninth Army routed Rumanian divi-
,lons which tried to make their way
toward the southeast from the passes
northeast of Sinaia. Several thousand
( men were made prisoners and many
cannon captured. The enemy is In re-
treat all along the line before the right
wing Of this army and before the rap
Idly advancing Danube army.
Since December I. as far as appears
st present from a superficial, clearing
up Of the battlehelds around Buchar-
est. the Rumanians have lost to these
two armies more than 10000 men. lsA
cannon and 100 machine guns. The
szs Of these figures permits OF
plain copclusion being drawn as to the
Importance OF the success obtained by
the allied tTeutonic) troops and shows
10 what a degree the Rumanian army
4. demoralized. The losses In dead
and wounded are in proportion to the
number OF prisoners. The booty. war
material and held material taken Is
tncalculable.
Russians. Too, RetirinG.
The Russian statement received her'
To-day follows:
In Wallachia the Rumsnian troops
under unceasing hostile pressure con.
tinue to retire to the eastward. In
consequence Of this our troops who are
on the left fiank of the Rumanians
also are retiring.
To the west and south Of Putna
Valley. where the enemy was dis
lodged from two heights. We captured
500 prisoners. including ten officers.
and six machine guns. one cannon and
two bomb mortars.
Five versts southwest Of the village
o. Sultaeniy. the enemy Obliged us by
repeated attacks to abandon the
height which We occupied yesterday.
on both banks of the River Tchede-
nich our advance continues.
In the wooded Carpathians the
struggle for the height Ave versts to
the south Of Javornika has died down.
Our troops retired to their own
trenches
South Of Ponorjan. In the region OF
ths village Of Koniukhi. our scouts
broke through the enemy's barbed
w,re entangiements and captured the
snsmy's ambuscade. Some Of the
enemy were bayoneted and several
men were taken prisoners.