The sun., 1916-12-05

material, had to be abandoned. The des.
patch rays nothing OF the later develop.
ments told In the oficial statements.
To-night's offcial German Statement
lays that fighting west and south o.
Ducha rest Is progressing favorably FOL
he Teutons. The day statement reads
Front Of Archduke Joseph In the
forest OF the Carpathians yesterday
Russian attacking activity was in
creased. At some places only were the
Russians able to make feeble advances
and there they were easily repulsed.
mean that the Russian attacks were
o~lackening.
Russians Make Progress.
Strong Russian pressure was still
maintained on the T~ransiyvania east
front. In the Trotus Valley h enemy
German and Austro-Hungarian
troops further south r%ecaptured their
position on a height which recently
they had lost.
Army group Of Field Marshal von
Mackensen December 3 brought the
battle In the Argos River tn a de-
otsion. The battle has been won.
The operations Of the army OF Gen.
oral OF Infantry q F~alkenhayn.
which in the middle OF November be-
ran with a victorious battle at Targu
Jiu, and those Of the German-Bul-
"a rian-Turkish forces. which gained
the north bank Of the Danube, were
crowned with success.
The Danube army. lighting under
Of General OF Infantry
4osch. from Svistov. and the army
9roup Of Lieut. Gen. kuehre. advan-
cling through western Wallachia be-
yond Crsiova. the group OF Lieut.-0en.
Kraft Won Delmensingen, coming after
hard engagements along the ArEes
from the mountains, and the German
and Austro-H Hungarian forces break
ing ahead under command OF Lieut.
Gan. Won worgen by way Of Kimpo-
lung have now Joined hands between
he Danube and the mountains.
Tersovistea Captured.
The left wing yesterday captured
Troops OF Lleut.-Gen.
nfafft Won Delmensingen continued
heir victorious march from Pitesti
and completely defeated the First
army. They drove the rem
nants beyond the THU junction Of rail-
roads from Bucharest to kimpolung
and Pites,i into the arms of the often
tested Forty-hrst Infantry Division
led by Lieut.. Gen. Schmidt Won ku-
oelsdorf.
On the west bank II me Argos and
and west OF Bucharest night
NJ continues and we are successfully
Progressing.
, Southwest Of the fortress the Ru-
Danians were repulsed across the
River Niaslov toward the Argos. Ac-
oording to an order which has been
found they intended to defeat sep
arately the Danube army while the
north ~wing-the hrst army
. South OF Bucharest strong human
Ian and Russian attacks had to be
fepulsed. Here also a heavy defeat
Was inflicted or the enemy. Our cav
airy succeeded In i~nterrupting the
railroad behind the Rumanian army.
Provisions Part of Booty.
The conduct Of our troops In the
n gements was beyond
Draise. They showed wonderful march,
ing capacity. The rich country n
the captured provision carts which
we're filled facilitated the victuallins
81 our troops.
The Ruman'an army suffered the
saneuinary losses. To the
OF prisoners taken on pre-
days more than 5000 men were
added Yesterday. The booty seized. in.
war material OF all kinds. was
The Danube army cap
eured t~hirty-hve cannon and near THU
locomotives with much rolling
stock fell into u hands. The opera
Hons continue as planned. New hght-
NJ Is TO he expected.
In the Dobrudjs there were no i'm
engagements.
The Russian statement regarding the
ghting in the Rumanian theatre saw
An attempt by German scouts to
approach our wire entanglements in
the region OF Shelvov was arrested
~ our ire.
Russians Take Heisht.
In the wooded Carpathians battles
FOR individual! heights continue. One
u our attachments after artillery
captured a height three
versts south OF Jablonica ION the
Enlightenment River, thirty-hve
south OF Kolomea).
Rumanian Front-North Of the
the enemy persistently attacked
bur detachments on freshly occupied
heights. Two OF these attacks were
by us.
South of the Trotus obstinate fght-
Ing continues. the enemy stubbornly
resisting.
In the Oituz Valley the Rumanians
enemy attacks.
In h Pitescl-Tergovistea region the
Rumanians under uninterrupted enemy
are retiring.
In the region between Alexandria
IND Bucharest md to the south thereof
fighting Is still proceeding.
The enemy. who here had been forced
10 adopt the defensive and retire, re-
ceived requirements and launched
IN attack. He succeeded In occupying
village Of Gradichtea, south OF
Rumanian troops which
attempted to attack the enemy in the
were themselves attacked and
to retire.
On the Danube front rife firing Ia
preceding.
In the Dobrudja attempts OF the
enemy to attack were arrested by our
artillery and rife firing,