The sun., 1916-11-19

from the Predeal, Hamburger and Roth
enthurn passes are now making them
solves felt In n~eighboring sectors, name
~. In the northern Rumanian and Wal
1Achian Carpathians.
AFTER The failure OF their offensive In
~ Predeal area the Rumanians were
compelled to conhne themselves to the
0ofensive, but the demands Of even this
form of warfare are now almost too
much to be supplied by the forces at
their command. The Rumanian lines
are being continuously drawn back In
The centre, neal Predeal and kimpoluns
and south of Rothenthurn pass.
They are endeavoring to Offset this
menace by attacks In nearby sectors or
the front. AT the beginning the attacks
for this purpose were launched to the
west OF the principal passes and In the
the Booxa Valley. to the east OF the
0ontre, and In the Jiu Valley To the west.
G~serriIla warfare Only.
EN- the former valley local conditions
Aused the fighting to be confined 10
guerrilla warfare. while In the Jiu Valley
the Germans. who at the beginning con-
nned themselves to the defensive. have
since November 10 been on the offensive,
their advance having been wne on
November ~ by the capture Of the Wiz
1aUe Of Buxesti. In the Hill region.
"Under the extension of the German
pressure the Rumanion offensive cont,n-
ued to fail away toward the TANKS. This
10 seen In the result Of the recently re-
poPted engagements near Orsova on No
vsnbsr II. l2 and Is. during which the
troops OF Archduke Charles Francis
made 1900 prisoners. as well as In the
extremely costly attacks OF the Russians
IN the Oitxu Valley on November IL and
~, which were made only In consequence
81 the pressure AGAINST the principal
passes.
Indirectly connected with this are the
e~neagemepts near lv-KrasnolesnR. on
b N~arayuvka, In 9alicia. where the
Russians attempted IN vain to keep the
Forces Of the Central Powers tied M In
- effort to relieve Rumania.
Rsssian Forces C~rippl~d.
THE armies Of Gems. Brusiioff and
1yatlevy. in c~onsequence of the exhaus-
e1on Of their human material and their
lack Of ammunition n war machinery.
which In every day becoming more APP
parent, are no longer capable Of any
action on a large scale"
As TO the western front. the notable
concentration OF British artillery prior
TO the attack along tho Ancre on No
vember IL In held In an Overseas News
Agency review OF the fighting to indi-
cate an attempt M the largest scale
- break through the German lines.
more than 200 batteries showered
the German trenches with Steel" says
the review. I'm and about Hebuterne.
further to the west and also TO the
oDuth OF that village. the British had
0~oncentrated cannon Of all calibres
which were placed in dexterously con-
structed nests. More artillery was placed
m masses east and southeast OF Colin
camps n between E~ngelbelmer and
1desnil. and likewise near Poxieres and
Courcelette.
\ Several hours OF continuous. me
Medical and destructive fire with shells
eSDm guns OF the largest calibre and
Nfh-gas %grenades failed to shake the
0lrman infantry in either the sector
sOuta Of G%randcourt or that between
Hebuterne and the road from Serre to
>Aaiiiy.
:
First Line IL Held.
at these points the German first line
pooitions were nearly everywhere main
tatned. 1t was only In the thrust at
the centre that the British succeeded
In crossing the first line Of the Germans.
because OF their extensive blasting OPP
erations which had destroyed the greater
part OF Beaumont and It's defensive in
otallations. The British. after the hard
sst sort of fighting. also succeeded in
capturing Beaucourt. but their attempts
20 advance further failed in the face
Of the tenacious German defence OF their
position.
THE most important object OF the at
~tacks-the heights OF Serre-could not
o~ taken. The village OF Serre itself was
temporarily occupied by the British. but
Was recaptured by the Germans In "a
counter attack.
1.-THE British thrusts were carried out
by three complete army corps. in the
rear OF which two additional divisions
were kept in reserve for strategic ex-
pansion Of the operation On breaking
through. In an army order oun by the
Germans the B-auregard Farm was men.
sioned as one OF the objects ~ the at
tack.
The British plan.
'"This proves that the enemy planne,
60 carry his attacks to the depth u 81,
kilometers (four miles,. while In reality
che extreme point reached. the tip Of the