White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-15
RUMAN|AN ARMIES
ROUTED BY TEUTONS
OVER 10000 REPORTED AS TAKEN
PRISONERS SINCE DE.
GENDER FIRST.
GERMANS GET RICH BOOTY
Russians Again Make Strong Attacks
German Armored Autos Do
Deadly Work; rs Feet Long,
Crew of Ten Men.

London, Dec. 10.-The Importance
Of the successes of the Teutonic ar
mics near Bucharest is emphasized
by the announcement that since De-
cember / the Rumanians have lost
in prisoners more than 10000 men,
1874 cannon and 120 machine guns,
and the losses in dead and wounded
are declared to be in proportion to
the number of prisoners The booty
taken by the Teutons is reported as
"incalculable."
The fate of the Rumanian armies
is in doubt, but they continue to re-
treat before the Teutonic allies. The
Russians again have launched strong
attacks on the upper Moldavian and
Transylvanian frontiers, but the ma
jority of them are reported to have
failed with heavy losses. Some ground
was gained, however, north of Dorns
Watra, the Russian troops dislodging
hostile forces also from two heights
in the Putna valley and taking pris-
oners and machine guns. The battle
south Of Javornitza in the wooded
Carpathians has ceased and the Rus.
SLAMS have retired to their entrench-
ments. In consequence of the retreat
eastward of the Rumanian troops,
Russian troops on their left flank
also have been compelled to retire.
A most interesting feature of the
Rumanian campaign from a German
standpoint has been the spectacular
work Of the new armored automobiles
evolved soon after the advent of the
British tanks on the Somme front,
but which the developments in Ru-
mania have shown to be vast i'm
provement in efficiency over the
British machines.
The cars are Is feet in length, with
wheels foot wide and encased in
solid rubber. They carry crew of
10 men, including the machine gun
operators, the chauffeur and one
substitute and one officer. The ma
chine guns can be operated in almost
any direction through narrow Sits.
Munitions Factory Destroyed.
A new explosion took place in an
ammunition factory at La Salania,
Russian, Saturday The cause is un,
known. At the moment of the catas-
trophe 1000 persons were working in
the factory, all of whom evidently
persisted The factory was destroyed.
Greece Under Blockade.
American Ambassador Sharp at
Paris says that the allied blockade
Of Greece began Friday.
The Rumanians, on December 6, in
addition to the fortress of Bucharest
and the most important commercial
towns, lost one division by surrender
ing.
Germans Push On.
In Rumania the Teutonic allies,
according to Berlin, are still max
ing progress against the Rumanians
in eastern Wallachia.
Petrograd asserts, however, that
the Rumanians northeast of Buch-
Arrest, along the road running from
'loechti to BuZeu, have turned on
the offensive and driven the Austro-
Germans back westward
To the north along the Transylva-
nia-Rumanian frontier Petrograd re-
ports progress for the Russian troops
and Berlin admits the capture by
the Russians of height south of the
Trotus valley.
New Bulgarian Menace.
A move by the Bulgarians which
may prove menace to the Ruman-
ians retreating eastward from the
Bucharest region is reported by Ber-
lin. This is the crossing of the Dan
ube between Silistria and Tcherna-
voda, southeast, and east Of Buch-
Arrest. If it was made in large force
seemingly an impeachment will be
placed in the way of the retirement
of the Rumanians and possibly some
of them may be caught between the
Austro-Germans moving east and the
Bulgarians driving north across their