Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-25
Tchernavoda on the Danube
and Vulcan Pass on Tran
sylvania Border Taken by
Germans Who Are Closing
in From Two Sides
LAST RAILROAD
LINE CAPTURED
French Succeed in Holding
Gains Made in Sweep
North of Verdun; Have
Possession of Fort Douau-
mont Which Is in Flames

The process of closing in on Ru-
mania from both sides is being con-
tinued by the armies of the Central
Powers. Tchernavoda on the Danube
and Vulcan Pass on the Transylvanian
border have been captured. The loss
of Tchernavoda by the Russ Ru-
manian forces TO Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's victorious armies is con-
ceded by Petrograd which announced
the evacuation of this important town.
from which stretches the only bridge
across the Danube from Dobrudja,
carrying the railway line running
into interior Rumania.
Important entente forces evidently
remain on the Dobrudja side of the
Danube as Petrograd mentions the
continued retreat of Russ Rumanian
troops northward along the Black sea
coast. Berlin comments that the loss
of Tchernavoda depriJes them OF
their last railroad communication.
Opens Another Route
The Austro-German success on the
north likewise is important as OPEN
ing another route into Rumania from
TransylVania for General Won Falken-
hayn's forces. This pass penetrates
the Pennsylvania Alps half way be-
tween the iron gate of the Danube
and Rothenberg Pass below Herr
manstadt.
Petrograd announces a success for
the Russians near Dorna Watra, CLOSE
to the junction of the frontiers of
Bukowina, Hungary and Rumauia.
where the Austro-G erman forces have
been driven from a series of heights.
Reporting on the French advance
at Nerdun, Berlin says the attack
gained ground as far as Fort Douau-
mont, which was in flames ana that
the Nshting was continuing.
German submarine attacks on Nor
wegian shipping continue. To-day five
additional Norwegian vessels are re-
ported sunk.
The French have maintained the
important ground they won yesterday
in their coup north of Nerdun, the
War Office announced to-day
Last night parts of the regained ter
ritory which includes Fort Douaumont
and stretches along a front of more
than four miles at points nearly two
miles inside the former German lines,
were subjected to a German counter
attack.
The French held their ground. how
ever, according TO Paris. repulsing
the German assaults, which were de-
livered in efforts to recapture the
Haudromont quarries, west Of Douau-
mont, and the Damloup battery
southeast of Naux. The commander
at Fort Douaumont is among the pris-
oners taken by the French which a
preliminary report placed at $500 men.
For Naux is still in German hands
but the French lines run beyond it on
both sides.
Rain is interfering with operations
on the Somme front, Only artillery
actions are reported in that area.
To-day's French official report an
nounces an important military move
in the Balkans where Italian cav
airy from Southern Albania has
formed junction with cavalry and
artillery from the entente front in
Macedonia. This gives the entente an
unbroken front of $50 miles across the
southern Balkan peninsula from
Avlona, Albania. on the Adriatic to
the mouth of the Struma river. east
OF Saloniki, on the Aegean coast.
Ready to Move on Trenches
Berlin military critics point to the
capture of Predeal. reported yester-
day as marking the loss by the
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