The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-10-26
TAKEN
By MACKENSEN n
|DOBRUDJA ATTACK
|pmanians and Russians Lose
Fort and Eastern Termi-
nus of important Rail-
4 road System.
ADMIT DEFEATS
vrench Bore In on Western
Front-Heavy Fighting Is
In Progress In Mace
" DOMAIN Campaign.
ADMIT DEFEATS

Berlin. Oct. "a, (via London).-The
4zumanian fort of Constanza has been
'captured by the Germans, the war Of
ice announced today.
Constanza was one of the principal
obdectiyes OF Field Marshal Won Mack
tusen In his campaign in DobrudJa. IL
n important by reason of the fact that
Il Is the eastern terminus Of the oely
.Aaroad between the Black sea and the
Danube. which 1t crosses at Tcherna-
Voda. Thence h railroad runs west
ward into old Rumania- -.
The entente resistance in Dobrud1a Is
d4ciared to have been definitely broken.
on the north shore the Teutonic
p~ressure IL also being applied in the
nttempt to crush Rumania etwee the
two Jaws OF the Teutonic military ma
s1ine. the success of the operation
soems less pronounced.
The Rumanians with Russian help,
a0parently are making successIul
lands In the various passes leading
flom T~ranslyvania to Rumanian TER
rftory. In some of the hilly regions, not
ehly in the Trotus, Oituz and Slanic
v~elieys, Rumanian forces are reported
- Pefrograd to have driven General
FSlkenhayn's troops slightly back
TROOPS Of the central powers have
or0ssed the railway line running Pc
IUXecH tie btdCh Std Rott W
and the river Danube at q point 10 the
at Of Murfattar, the official an
n0tancement says. The fortress OF Con-
nfanza was taken by German n u
on the left of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's army, the statement aods'
The Germans and their allies are p
orSpachine the Danube town Of Tcher-
navoda.
vfard.
His Second Attempt.
Won M~ackensen's new campaign In
u6brudja was begun only last week., on
October 10, when an offensive along
fhe entire line from The Black sea TO
10 Danube was opened. The earlier
e<forf of the field marshal was started
soon after Rumania's entrance into the
var. 1t was notably successful In It's
sweep down the Danube, resulting In
tl1e capture OF the fortress of Turtukai
"a September 8, and Of Silistria a Few
days later. but came to a halt on sep
tesnber 2S. when the Rumanians an n
nounced a defeat of the forces or
central powers well to the south OF the
Constanza-T chernavodo lines
The opposing armies stood dead
lacked for several weeks, while the
1~'eutonic offensive under General Won
Falkenhayn in Pennsylvania was
opened and the Rumanians were driven
XXnLh IL LIClL IloIN ilSib hDAANA P
The pressure from the south was re-
newed and apparently without a check
az any account Won Mackensen's armies
have forced their way northward
inward the railroad line, finally reach
Ing It on its easterly end at Constanza-
@ OF Aid to Russia.
C~onstanza has been notably useful In
offering a seaport and railway
trance for Russian troops M ammu-
niticu sent to the aid Sof Rumania. Its
rapture cuts off the most convenient
water route for re~plenishment, and es-
recially in munitions, of which the Ru-
manians have been reported badly IN
need. @... ~
Possession Of the entire line would
eive the Teutonic allies the easiest
road to interior Rumania from the
5outheast. over the Tchernavoda
bridge.
Co~nstanza is Rumania's greatest
maritime port and it's harbor works
have been extensively developed. The
city was partially rebuilt when DO,
brudja was coded to Rumania in 1878.
~ has been the base of the Rumanian
Hack sea squadron. The city before
me war had a population Of almost
Petrograd. (via London), Oct. "a
h Russian and Rumanian troops In
Dobrudja are continuing to retreat, the
war office announced today. They are
offering stubborn resistance to Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's army.
ron the Transylvanian front the Ru-
manians mads attacks yesterday, COM
pelling the ustro-German forces to
retire slightly in the Trotus, Oituz and
Manic valleys. On the western from
tier or Moldavia, the Rumanians are
ftghting stubbornly and with success.
Sofia, Oct. 22.-(via London, Oct. 23.)
The Rumanians have been driven
back to within six miles OF Constanza,
on the Dobrudja front, according to an
official statement issued by the war
Mice. Eight guns, 20 machine guns and
much war material have fallen into the
hands OF the Bulgars. .n,
The text OF the statement follows:
Macedonian front: The situation is
unchanged. Our counter attack In the
Cerna Bend is developing successfully
We repulsed q weak attack against the
Village Of Tarnova, in the Molgenica
valley, and on both sides of the Vardar.
On the. Aegean coast, the enemy's fleet
bombarded the heights near Orsano
and Laftera. .A
g"Rumanian front: Near Kiodvo and
Silistria, there was a bombardment on
both sides of the river. In the Dobrudja
We definitely broke the enemy's resist
ance. Our right wing occupied Tekrg-
Mol and arrived within six miles south
sof Constanza. Eight guns 20 machine
enns and much war material were cap
tured In addition to 200 more prison.
ers."
RAID GERMAN WORKS.
Paris, Oct. 23.-Four tons OF pro-
BEETLES have been dropped by a French
4uf,r an.,adrcp, nf "a machines on blast