The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-10-05
5000 ROUNAN|ANs
TAKEN BY TEUT0NS
Vast Amount of War Material
Captured at Hermannstadt.
ARMY ROUTED BY GERMANS
British Forces Seize Bulgarian
Trenches on Struma Section of
the Macedonian Front, Accord
ING to London War Office.

beFiRu, OCI. -.-lne victory OF len
eral Won Falkenhayn over the Rou-
InanianS around HermannStadt, in
Transatlantic, grows with every new
dispatch from the front.
The Roumanian first army has been
shattered and the second army rushed
to it's assistance, has been badly bat
tered, being now solely on the de-
fensiye.
Those RoumananS of the first army
nor killed, wounded or captured, are
scattered widely in the pathleSS noun
rains and trackleSS wilderness, their
supplies cut off. Hundreds are ex-
pccted 10 be gathered in by the forces
thrown out by Won Falkenhayn TO
sc0ur the country.
The victory has caused the great
est excitement and jubilarion seen
here in months. The press divides
credit between Field Marshal won Hin
denbprg and General Won Falllenhayn
for the successful strategy. and he
tween the field commander and his
subordinate, General Kraft won Del
mensingen, for the execution of The
plans.
London, Oct. 2.-YaSt amounts of
war supplies We're captured by the
Germans in the HermannStadt (Tran-
sylyania) battle, which resulted in the
rout Of the First Ruumanian army, nc
eordiing TO advices from Berlin.
The same dispatches state that more
than 1900 prisoners were captured.
Capture by the Serbians of KaSi- |
nakcalan heights on the Serb frontier |
OF tile Macedonian front is admitted |
by the German war office. The Bull
garians and Serbs have been fighting |
for the ridge FOR some time and il has
previously been reported in the hands !
of the Serbs. But this is the first adj
mission of its loss by Berlin.
Force Back Bulgars.
British troops on the Sruma sec
lion Of the Macedonian front. it is
officially stated, have seized por- |
ton Of the Bulgarian line below the !
Orljak.
Following is the Berlin official ac-
count of operations in the Transyl- |
yanian theater:
'0n the eastern front Roumanian
attacks in the Maros valley were re-
pulsed. In the Gocrgeny valley and /
farther south our vanguardS partly |
evaded the enemys thrust.
''The booty taken 10y The German
troops in the fighting south Of Hem
dorf has been increased by eight can
non. Northwest Of FogaraS, the enc
my has CEASED to attack
Booty in Detail.
AS a result Of the battle of Her
mannstadt more than 5000 prisoners |
and 13 guns we're brought in. One
hangar, two aerOplaneS, ten IOcomO-
tives, 300 railroad cars laden with mu-
nitions, more than POO munitions wug-
ons, more than 200 loaded baggage
wagons, 20 transport wagons and one
hospital train also have been taken.
Further material is being brought in
gradually from the woods. The Roth
entliurm pass is filled with vehicles
blown TO pieces by our fire.
A'ohth VI LbC pass SlIDllS lIOullld-
nian attacks directed against the
heights west of Caineni were rr-
pulsed. In the Hatzeger mountains
the foe made a fruitless attack west
of Strell Sztrigy valley.
"An Austro-Hungarian Danube fo-
tiIla forced an entry into the harbor
of Corabia, destroyed nine vessels and
captured seven partly loaded ships.
Bucharest has been bOmbarfIed by
our aeroplanes with visibIy good re-
suits"
Gets Merit Decoration.
According 10 report from Amster-
dam, quoting the Yossiche Zeitung.
the German emperor has conferred the
order Pour lie Merite on Lieut. Gen.
Kraft Won Dellmenfingen.
General Kraft was mentioned in
Saturdays official German headquar-
tiers statement as being in command |
of ghe Bayarian troops that seized the
Rofhenturm pass. behind the Rouma-
mans, south Of Hermannstadt.
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