The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-29
sBy international News Service. }

'By international News Service,
Less than thirty miles. conserva-
lively estimated. separate Field Mar
sinai Won Mackensen's Danube afmy
from Bucharest. Rumaniaa capital At
his present rate of advance. the Teuton
commander will be in position TO
train his big guns upon the city with
In the next twenty four hours.
In the face OF the approaching steee
Ans Ferdiuand's government has not
Set tled The last RunaMian war Of
fee statement, issued shortly before
moon Yesterday, c.une from Bucharest
III maintaining itself this long IN the
capital Ire Eumanian government is
settin note worthy record dsfyine
AL prsee4r'J's ~ th.s war. furnished
by tbs br,gian. French. serbian and
Monterezr.n ministries. The effect of
this apparent caLtnness upon the peo-
\ i.e ard armies Of the erulnhitnS little
balkan Kingdom cannot be ovares,i-
mated. II is this official Rumanian
eaimn ese-aeFi3cnccd also in the Ruch-
a1tst war office reports~-which coupled
with vague unofficial dispatches give
rise 10 The theory that the Rumanian
high command plans an eleventh hour
coup Of ttantic Importance compar-
able only with General GBilienis feat
cot 1914, In turning back Won Kluck's
ffank and thereby the entire German
army from the gates of Paris TO the
Marine
On the face OF events as recorded In
yesterdays official news. however, tho
chances OF such coup seem extremely
slim
Choosing the route exclusively indi-
Gated by the International News Ser
vice yesterday Mackcnsen Is advanc-
ing on Bucharest from Giurgiu, thir-
ty-seven miles south OF the capital
Giuggiu fell TO the Teutons Monday.
Berlin announced yesterday afternoon
From Giurgiu an excellent railway
leads directly to bucharest The first
! outlying forts aimed at by Mackensen
nm this route lie only thiriy-two miles
10 the north.
Tn Rumania our movements are
progressing" WAS the sole comment OF
the German war Office in its regular
bulletin late last night.
Meanwhile mighty blows were struck
In quick succession by General yon
& Falkenhayn during the last twenty
River. while his northern >army cap
tnred Curtea peartsos an important
rail head whence a railway runs d.
rectly southeast to Bucharest The
s capture Of Curea Deargosadds to the
Aanking menace to King Ferdinands
northern forces which are still bat
Ting desperately in the TransyIvanian
foothills from the region north Of
Campoiung. campolung Is only twenty
miles northeast OF curtea Deargos.
In the monastery Of the Curtea
DeArEos lies the tomb Of King
Charles OF Rumania and his consort,
Elizabeth Carmen Sylvia).
After telling of the crossing of the
Alt and the capture Of Curtea Dear
gos the German war ONCE says that
y further operations have been initiated
beginning with engagements that re-
suited in substantial success for us.
Meanwhile the Bulgarians have crossed
4 the Danube at three more points,
namely Rahova. Lom- Palanka and
yidin. capturing two Rumanian towns.
Bespit. opposite Rahova. and Kalafatu
opposite vidin. Thus the Teutons and
the Bulgars are in possession of the
whole stretch of the north bank of
the Danube from the iron gate down
to Giurgiu. distance OF nearly eco
miles AS the crow flies and consider
ably more II the many curves and
bends of the river are counted
Gas shells were used by Falkenhayn
f1prces in three attacks on the Ru-
i manians In the Rahova. the Bucharest
war ONCE stated today. No admissions
OF further reverses are contained in
the announcement. Petrograd officially
characterised the situation in Rumania
- unchanged.
Hard Fighting In DObrudja.
In the Dobrudja spirited nghting Is
In. progress, though no attacks on
Aarge scale are reported officially. To-
DAYS Sonia war ONCE statement indi-
Gated that Mackensen's extreme right
wing holding the lire Constanxa Cer-
nayoda and positions north OF IT. have
resumed the initiative Russo Ruma-
snian forces were driven from Hill 234
IRA expelled from the village OF
II Orkenck. some seventeen miles east
i Sc Ccrnavoda. while the extreme right
& frustrated cavalry attack. between
Iake tTachaul' twelve miles north Of
4 Cons4ansa) and tho Black Sea. An In.
d faMtry assault south Of Ester village
10 was beaten back Sofia claims.
E1sA troops gained : local succsss.