The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-08
Twenty Thousand Men Taken
Prisoners BY BuIgars and Ger
mans, When Heavy Guns Block
Way To Retreat Across River
ALLIES ELSEWHERE ARE
UNIFORMLY SUCCESSFUL
SlaVs Report Gains In Galicia,
Both Vienna and Berlin Admit;
French and British Contin-
ue Their Advances On Somme
AssOciatsd Press by Federal wireless,

(AsSOciatsd Press by Federal wirsies,.)
~ ARIS, September S--The Ruman.
ian armies on the southern bor-
der Of Rumania have suffered
heavy defeat, with the loss Of 10000
men and large quantities Of munitions
OF war, in the fall of Turtukai. one
of the border cities, and an important
railroad junction about sixty miles
southeast of Bucharest. . @'t.fE r..
The news of this reverse is tempered
somewhat by the reports from the
other fronts. Everywhere else the Al
lies have been successful. In the Cali.
elan fields and the Carpathians the
Russians are still forging ahead rapid
ly, in TransylvaHia the Rumanians
have advanced, according to the formal
admissions Of the Vienna and Berlin
general stats, while in Armenia and
South Africa the Teutonic allies have
been the target for repeated and We,
t0ripis blowg ~ s-,i..s Z. 81 s, s.sfsf
Rnmanian Defeat Severe
Accounts Of the fighting betwcea
the Germans and Bulgars and the Ru-
manians in the vicinity Of Turtukai
told OF the sensational defeat Of the
latter. The Rumanian garrison,
hemmed in in front by the oyerpower-
ing numbers Of their foes, and ia the
rear by the Danube, faced annihilation
or surrender. Their commander chose
surrender. .t 5 .aT.#s
The city of Turtukai Is situated ON
the south bank of the Danube, and
when the Bulgars and German forces
attacked it they succeeded in thanking
the city on both sides. AT the same
time their 4guns commanded al the
agrossings of the Danube, making IL
impossible for the Rumanian garrison
to cross the river under the curtain
fire Of the heavy guns. Confronted
with this situation the Rumanian COM
mander yielded.
But the same dispatches that told Of
the capitulation of Turtukai also re-
ported the Rumanian victories ON the
northern, or Transylvanian battlefelds.
There Vienna comedies that the Aus
TRANS are in full flight before the at
tacks Of the Rumanian king, Ferdi-
nand, who is in personal command OF
the Rumanians in that sector.
Austrians Defeated .,'a.
At Olas Toplitza the Rumanians
have struck heavily and the Austrians
were unable to Withstand their as
saplts, and were compelled to fan back
preeipitately, according to the des-
patches from Bucharest, which are sub.
stantiated by the reports from the Aus.
trian general staff. The Rumanians
also captured the Gyergyo Ditro Pass,
southeast Of Orosova, where the fiRht.
ing has been severe for several days.
Farther north on the East front the
Russians are still hammering hard at
the Austrians and the Germans. Both
Berlin and Vienna continued last night
TO report reVerses for the armies Of the
two kaisers, especially in the vicinity
| OF Haliez, one of the key positions
defending Lemberg, toward which the
Russians are pressing steadily.
| Near ByzeZany, the Russians launch
ed heavy offensive which broke
through the lines Of the Teutons, driy-
ing them back, and resulting in the
capture Of large pumber Of men
and much war material. This fighting
on the Zlota Lipa river was successful
elsewhere as well. In the direction of
Hahcz. which the Russians bonibartied
yesterday with great effect, the slavs
are advancing swiftly, and both Ber-
lin and Vienna admit defeats and re-
treats. The city Of Halicz is burning
hercely, and although the ,Austrians
are stubbornly defending every inch
of ground, the Russians yesterday re.
ported the capture of - additional
3645 unwounded prisoners in that see.
tor.
Berlin Admits Defeat
In the angle between the Zlota Lipa
and the Dneister river, which the Rus.
slams have cut across at the base, thcy
are moving ahead rapidly, according TO
the reports from Berlin, Vienna and
from Petrograd. Berlin reports that
the SlaVs are losing heavily in making
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