The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-27
ESCAPE Of ARMY
IS HOPED FOR!
Rumanians May Have Been
Able to Get Out Of Moose
Settling Over Their
Heads.
PRECARIOUS POSITION
II Russian Reinforcements Arrive,
Germans May Not be,
Able to Win
Object

| United Press Leased Wire Service.
! LONDON, Nov. 27.-News from Ger
man sources caused q renewal of hope
here today that Rumania may, after
|all, extricate herself rom the precar
ious position in which her Wallachian
forces have been placed by Won
Falkenhayn's strategic campaign.
OF prime basis for this hope, was
the utter lack in all the German re,
ports of any claims of any large cap.
! lures Of prisoners or war munitions
II the Rumanian army had actually
been trapped by the encircling move
ment around Orsova and Turnu-Sever-
in, reaching over to Craiova, it was re.
garded as certain the Berlin official re.
ports would have chronicled big cap.
lures of men and supplies Further
more. it Is known here that the Ru.
manians succeeded in removing all OF
their artillery from Craiova before
that city fell into the hands of the en-.
emy.
One other source Of hope was the re
port from German correspondents at
Won Faikenhayn's Headquarters that
further progress beyond the Alt was
delayed because OF the condition oi
the roads. Botb OF these bits Of news
led military experts here to recon.
struct a story of an orderly retreat OF
the Rumanian forces from the angle
on which two arms OF the Teutonic
forces are now exerting exceeding
pressure. There was no disposition.
however, to disguise the fact that Ru-
mania is still zpeTiiousiy placed. II II
were summer weather and IL the ter
rain were not rain-s6aked or muddy
from half frozen slush, the crossing of
the Danube by the Teutonic forces in
an effort to turn the flank OF the Ru-
manians, might prove successful. AS
it is their presence on Rumanian soil
constitutes an ever present menace.
Reports here say that a number of
allied aviators have reached Bucha-
rest. 1t is believed also that Russia
has by this time poured heavy rein
forcements into Rumania. probably in
Guiding large number of cannon. The
|greatest handicap which the Ruman-
ians have had was their lack Of aerial
scouts to seek out and report the sort
Of encircling movements which have
formed the basis for Won Falkenhayn's
success. Their artillery also, has been
|outranged by the Germans.
AS ucdT Sdh bC coIAHldtSu uSIS,
from official statements on both sides,
the battle line in Rumania now runs
approximately from the Transylvanian
Alps north to Campo.ung southeast
ward to a point little north Of Cur
tea De Arges and thence to the Alt
river. probably somewhere about
Romuca. Following southwark down
the Alt, the Rumanians apparently
hold it to point slightly east Of Sla-
tina. Eastward again this line runs
to point little north of Alexandria.
Here the Rumanians are at grips with
the forces which crossed the Danube
in an effort to turn their flank. Still
farther east along this southern front
is Giurgia, where attempt has been
made to force a crossing Of the DAN
ube by the Bulgarian-German forces.
This point is a bare forty miles due
south Of Bucharest.
euIsars Are Aiding.
SOFIA, Nov. 27.-Complete cooper