The sun., 1916-11-20
RUMANIAN ARMY AT
ORSOVA IN DANGER
TeutOns Cut Railroad Behind
Invaders Of Hungary Near
Iron Gates.

LONDON. Nov. 1S.--Althoush the Ru.
manians are still counter attacking sue
cessfully at one point in the Transyl-
vanian Alps. to-day's news from other
points In ominous
Berlin announces that the Teuton In
vading armies at two points have set
foot upon the Rumanian plain. having
passed through the mountains and their
foothills. despite a desperate resistance.
According TO the Austrian official
statement the strokes of the armies Of
Won Falkenhayn have been so rapid and
crushing that the southwestern corner OF
Rumania Is practically cut OF and $500
square miles at least of Rumanian soil
are controlled TO all purposes by the
invaders
The railroad from Verciorova. opposite
OF sova on the Danube. to Craiova has
been cut by force In cooperation with
the army that took Tirgu Jiu from the
Russians and Rumanians. This railroad
was the only rail line by which the Ru.
manian army at Orsova could retreat
and Join the troops in the Jiu region.
The cooperating army. OF which this
II the hrst news. came down the Matruh
or Motru Valley. between the Jiu and
Orsova. The railroad crosses the Ma.
| truh Valley AT a point nifty miles south
OF Rumanias northern frontier and
fifty miles east OF her western frontier.
The newspapers here are greatly con-
| cerned at the news. which they consider
| very serious. The Daily Chronicie
thinks the Rumanian army at Orsova
will be lucky II It extricates itself
| without q catastrophe" The Daily Mai
| says the flank OF the Rumanian posi-
tlon along the mountains is In jeopardy.
IN
In the Alt Valley. south OF Red Tower
Pass. the Teutons have crossed the Cali
manesti -Suici road and are still progress
| ing. In the Jiu Valley the Russians an
nounce that the Runa mans have counter
attacked and taken a series Of heights.
| The Rumafiian statement does not men,
| ton this achievement
From November TO November IS the
Teutons have taken prisoner ls9 officers
and 1888 men, &c cannon, II ammuni-
tion cars and 72 machine guns. Berlin
announces. largely In the Ait and Jtu
valleys and in the passes south OF
kronstadt.
To Judge from to-day's Official state
ment from Berlin. Russian or Ruma nian
troops may have crossed the Danube
behind Won Mackensen's left wing south
OF Cernavoda. II that Is the case. and
the crossing force In In strength. Won
Mackensen faces a crisis. Unofficial des-
patches said some days ago that Rus
SLAMS had made the crossing.
To-day's German statement says that
"on the Dobrudja front there were pa
trol engagements near Silistria and also
more lively Infantry and artillery fire. v
Silistria Is on the right bank Of the
Danube Atty miles south Of Cernavoda
The Teutons captured II and pushed far
beyond It In September. A Bulgarian
statement mentioned heavy artillery fre
near Silistria some days ago.
The Russian and Rumanian state
ments to-day contain no mention Of q
crossing OF the Danube at Won Macken'
sens rear. The Rumanian statement
says that ION the Danube and In Do
brudja the artillery and infantry hrt
slackened" The Russian statement say'
there is nothing to report.
The Rumsn nian Statement.
| TO-day's Rumanian statement on thu
Ruma nian campaign follows:
Northern and Northwestern Fronts
There In nothing fresh to report on
the western Moldavian frontier. On
the northern frontier from la Mum
telu to the Valley OF Prshova we re-
pulsed an enemy attack.
In the region of Dragoslavele We
|
officers and eighty soldiers and taking
two machine guns. two cannon and
five munition wagons
In the Valley OF the Ait lighting
continues In the region west OF Suici-
Brezoi.
In the Jiu and Gilort valleys there
were violent combats.
The German statement says
Front of Archduke Charles-East Of
the Putna Valley, In the GyergyO
Mountains. Bavarian regiments re-
pulsed advances OF strong Russian
forces south OF Hegyes.
Pssh On lnto the Plais.
I The exit from the mountain narrows
y into the Wallachian plain In spite OF
: tenacious Rumanian resistance was
forced by the German and Austro-
y Hungarian troops.
Strong Rumanisn forces between the
? Jiu River and Gilort were broken In
q the battle OF TirKu Jiu. They were
defeated under exceptionally severe
y and sanguinary losses Attempts
, made by the enemy to outhank us from
= the east with fresh forces failed.
4 Our troops pushing behind the
e enemy have reached the railroad of
4 Orsova -GraiOva.
b.. South OF Rothenthurn Pass the
Calimenesti-Sulci road has been
crossed.
The total booty of the Ninth Army
d, from November l to November lS ID
= 1888 officers and 1883 men. 26 cannon
:. II ammunition cars and 70 machine
guns.
LACKING Nv GINS