The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-06
DOKE Sent
TO DObRUDjA
Nicholas to Face Won MaCken-
sen, London Hears.
RuMANIANS WERE ROUTED
10000 Who Recently Invaded Bulgaria
Are Being Annihilated, Sofia De-
clare8

London, Oct. 6.-That the allies plan
! great effort to cut through Bulgaria,
thus linking up the Russo-Rumanlan
forces with the Allied army in Mace
lonia, is indicated in dispatches re-
ceived here.
Advices from Petrograd by way OF
Stockholm state that Grand Duke
Nicholas, former commandments
Of the Russian troops on the eastern
front, is being sent 10 Dobrudja TO
command the Rumanian and Russian
armies operating there.
These armies have been organized
On highly powerful scale. They have
checked the advance of the central
powers forces under Field Marshal
von Mackensen and compelled them to
retreat, winning back ground that had
been overrun in the first flush of the
Invasion of Rumanian SOL.
With his lines of communication
menaced by the Rumanian army that
invaded Bulgaria by way of the Dan
nbe, Won Mackensen struck back with
. powerful blow, compelling the Ru-
manians to retire temporarily. 1t IS
understood that the Rumanian force
which set foot on Bulgarian soil was
not large.
Severe fighting is in progress all
along the line in Dubrudja. This is
expected to become even more violent
when Grand Duke Nicholas arrives.
He Is now reported to be on his way
to Odessa. From there he will go to
Kiev for a council of war before pro
ceeding to Dobrudja.
The grand duke was in command on
the east front when Won Mackensen
launched his drive in 1915, when mas
terly tactics prevented the Germans
from cutting off and capturing big Sec
lions of the Russian army in Poland
and Galicia.
Petrograd reports officially:
'The offensive of the Russo Rumani-
IN armies continues. We have cap
tured six cannon and the Rumanians
seven cannons."
A Sofia official report states that
Bulgarian troops from the fortresses
Of Rustchuk and Turtukal attacked
and defeated the Rumanian force of
some sixteen battalions $4,000 mem I,
which recently crossed the Danube
into Bulgarian territory near Rahovo.
ION Tuesday" says the report, "the
troops from Rustchuk attacked the
snemy and speedily forced him to
seek refuge in the direction of his
pontoon bridge, which was destroyed
~ Austrian monitors. The battlefield
h covered with enemy dead.
Toward evening we occupied the
villages of Liahowo and Babow. The
enemy troops retreated in disorder
eastward, consequently meeting our
troops advancing from Turtukai. The
surrounded enemy was dispersed in
several directions. Onr troops are
completing his destruction"
Berlin reported the withdrawal of
these Rumanian forces across the
Danube as the result of an encircling
movement of 7on Mackensen).
A despatch from Bucharest by way
II Rome, as given out by the Wireless
Press, denies this statement of the
German and Bulgarian war Offices that
Austrian monitors have destroyed the
bridge across the Danube south Of
Bucharest over which the Rumanians
passed to invade Bulgaria 1t is said
the passage of troops, munitions and
stores continues. While this inferen-
hally contradicts the official German
and Bulgarian reports of the complete
defeat of the Rumanians who invaded
Bulgaria, it is possible that the des-
patch was sent from Bucharest before
the Bulgarians began their attack on
the invaders.