Evening star., 1916-12-26
Thousands Captured.

"Front of Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen-During engagements on the great
wallachian plain on the edge OF the
mountain south of Rimnik Sarat during
the last few days $500 Russians were
taken prisoner
Yesterday frequently tested German
divisions, with auxiliary battalohs VI
Austro- -Hungarians. stormea nan;ou.Iv
point of the bayonet the tenaciousis
defended village of Filipechtl on the
railroad from Buzeu to Brailia, toeether
with strongly intrenched Russian posi-
tions adjoining on both sioes.
Rumanians Retake Height.
PETRoGRAD, December 26.-British
admiralty per wireless press, via Lon
don. 2:45 p.m.-Recapture by Rumanlan
forces of one of the heights they re-
Gently lost In the lighting along the
Moldavian frontier is announced py Gne
war office today. The statement reads:
.'The enemy is bombardtng with an
intense artillery fire the regions OF tne
villages of Planiaks, Maniuf and Huh-
aloyse forest. South of BrzeZahy the
enemy is directing his fire along the
heights occupied by us east of the vii
lagos of Lipnica polna and Svlstiinlki. l.
"On the Moldavian frontier. IN the
valley of the River Kasino. Rumanlah
troops by a daring attack regalned one
=
"On the Rumanian front the enemy
made fierce attacks at the source OF
the River Srishtza, in the region OF
Dragoslatzoff. They were repeiied oy
Rumanian counter attacks, which at
the same time secured three machine
guns. At the source Of the River Rim
mix the enemy pressed back our ad-
vanced posts, which withdrew to the
main positions.
"In the valley Of the River kilnau.
sttacks MIA. IS we're % repelied by our fire.
Throughout the day the enemy. Win
considerable forces, made number OF
attacks on the Filipechti-Lichkotia
front, which were repulsed with great
losses to him. The fighting was espe-
cially fierce in the village of Filipechu,
which, on being set afire by the enemy
artillery, we evacuated
I'm Dobrudja there was an exchange
Of fire by patrols"
Rumanians Yield Ground.
Renewed heavy fighting is in progress
in eastern Wallachia. yesterdays war
office statement announces. The Ru-
manians were forced to yield ground
at some points and the Russians lost
a height north of the Buzeu- -Rimnik
road. but repulsed all other attacks
The evacuation of Tultcha and
Isaktcha, in Dobrudja. is announced.
Attempts by Austro-German troops to
recapture heights occupied by the Rus
SLAMS north of the UZul valley were re-
pulsed sanguinarily. the Russians cap
turing two guns and more than geo
prisoners. The statement OF yesterday
reads:
western tront-On the River By
stritza our scouts made some successful
reconnoissances. in the region of Starry
Ltsic, capturing number of prisoners,
rifles and hand grenades.
Enemy Suffers Heavily.
In the wooded Carpathians and on
the Moldavian frontier. in the region
north Of the Uzul valley, the enemy by
several repeated attacks following ar
tillery preparation attempted to re-
capture the heights occupied by us
Yesterday. Our troops allowed the en-
envy to approach trenches and then
fired at almost point blank range and
also threw hand grenades upon them
All counter attacks were repulSed, and
the enemy suffered heavy losses. The
slopes of the heights are covered with
dead. In the course of the day we took
eight officers and 21S men prisoner and
captured two guns and one trench
mortar.
..Rurnanian front-In the region of
the Kasino river and in the Nranchea
the enemy continued his at
tacks and pushed back the Rumanian
troops in some places
Height Changes Hands.
From IL AIN. the enemy violently