The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-27
Hemmed In North South and
West, Armies Of King Ferdi-
nand Battle Furiously To Hold
Their Ground Against Teutons
FATE OF LONG BRIDGE
OVER DANUBE UNCERTAIN
Gives Only Entrance Into Ruma-
mia Proper Across the River
Which Forms Nations Chief
Bulwark On Southern Border
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~ ARTS, october 26-Hemmed in by
the German and Austrian armies
on the north and west, and by the
Bulgarian and German armies, rein
forced by the several divisions of
Turks in the east and south, Rumania
is in danger of being completely over
run by its foes.
Generals Won Mackensen and Won
Falkenhayn are evidently operating as
component parts Of great Teutonie
plan for crushing Rumania, and there
10y once more reading lesson to their
foes. The blows that they are strik.
ing against King Ferdinand's men in
different parts of the great war thea
tiers are timed, apparently, to fan sim
ultaneously and in effect to divide the
armies Of the Rumanian generals and
force them to fight so divided. =
In the Dobrudja district the Rumani-
ans have suffered the heaviest defeat.
running from the Black Sea to the
control, and the cities Of Constanza
and Tchernavoda, the first on the sea
and the second on the river ends of the
railway; have been taken by the adj
venclng Teutopic forces, and according
20 the reports from the war Offices Of
Sofia, Berlin and Vienna last night, the
Rumanians have been driven back fully
twelve miles, and are now struggling
desperately to hold their new position
against the increasingly heavy attacks
of the troops under the command Of
Won Mackensen. -.
Defeated In Pennsylvania ~.
In the Transylvanian district the arm
les commanded by Won Falkenhayn
have won succession of unbroken vic
tories according TO the reports from
Berlin last night. He has taken the
Vulcan Pass, one of the chief entrances
into Rumania through the bulwark Of
the Transylvanian Alps, and has driv-
\ en- the enemy back with repeated fierce
blows driven home by all the power
back of his host of war seasoned vet
Grams. ..,,
Bucharest reports that "on the
Kimpolung- Predeal pass front the Ru.
manians have been forced to yield
some ground" '..
r. The results of the recent fighting
therefore in this theater are that Ru,
mania has lost practically all of the
land she acquired as her share Of the
spoil of defeated Bulgaria after the
last Balkan war, and il retreating be-
fore the enemy on the Transylvania,
oil of the ground she gained by her
initial attacks following her declara-
ton of war, snatehed again by the
Teutons.
One thing only remains apparently
in their hands. This is the great rail-
road bridge over the Danube River at
Tcbnernav oda. 1t has not been stated
whether the Rumanians in retreating
from that city blew up the fourteen.
mile long bridge, but it is supposed
that they have dynamited the strue,
ture.
Fridge Key To Fighting
. The key of all the fighting in
Dobrudia, and the only way by (which
an invasion of Rumania from the east
can be made, Is the great bridge at
TchneravOda. This Is what all the
fighting means. This is the one and
oHil -ODJcCt VI inc loutuHlC campaign
in this section. From Belgrade east
ward there is not a single railroad or
highway bridge across the Danube I'M
til this bridge town in Dobrudja IL
reached. Once this bridge Is taken,
the way to Bucharest is open. The con
struetion of another bridge would be a
matter Of long time.f The banks of
the Danube are very marshyJ the river
itself very deep. To construct bridge
across IL would necessitate heavy arti.
feial embankments, strong abutments
going down to great depth, and
heavy piers of stone or concrete In the
bed Of the stream itself. All this would
involve a great amount Of time. Pom.
toon bridges may be thrown across, but
these are at best fragile affairs, easily
destroyed and insufficient in carrying
capacity. Modern, armies must have
az their disposal railroad bridges which
are constantly open in order that the
trafnc incident to the supply system
may be maintained.
fhe Tchnernavado bridge alone, car
give II! Therefore the Teutonie army
has been lighting, as only they can
fight, to reach the railroad. 49,. d.
The Russians have been making q
tremendous effort to retrieve the lost
ground Ind regain possession Of the
eastern end Of the line. Yesterday
they sent heroic charges against the
sdvsheing Germaa lines from their pc.
kitions on the heights south Of Dorm