Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-07
BY GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDoRFF
Copyright 1919.
By The Press Publishing Co.
1.-THE New York Evening World.l

carrying out of our plans was to stop
the advance of the whole front on
both sides of the Carpathians, from
the left to the right wing. The front
had to be extended into Pennsylvania,
whilst we attacked the Rumanians
from Bulgaria, although we were not
| in strength there, in accordance with
the plan of the former chief of the
general staff (Falkenhayn).
MacIxensen's Force Weak.
| After the campaign against Serbia
| had been brought to an end, flelu
! Marshal Won Mackensen mad handed
over the command of the Bulsarlan-
| Macedonian front to the Bulgarian
general staff, although he himself re
NAMED in the Balkans. When rela-
| tons with Rumania became increas-
! ingly acute he had made preparations
for the opening of hostilities, and on
the 2Sth of August had taken over
the command of the German, Austro-
Hungarian, Bulgarian and Ottoman
troops on the Danube and the Dob-
rudja frontier 1.-THE portion of Ru-
/ mania to the east and south OF the
Danube, bordering on the Black sea)
The only forces he had at his dls-
posal were. West of Orsova, the Aus
trian Danube flotilla. very weak Bull
garian Landsturm of the older class,
/. employed in watching the Danube; at
Rustchuk, Colonel Bodies mixed Ger
man detachment, drawn from the
German troops in Macedonia, and a
Bulgarian infantry division. other
Z weak Bulgarian forces were posted 10
the east of the railway line from
I Bulgaria into the Dobrudja. Several
heavy German batteries and a Turk
isb division We're on their way, but
only at the rate of two to four trains
: a day, as the railways of northern
| Bulgaria could not cope with more
Bulgarias attitude to Rumania was
: most uncertain. While Germany and
e Turkey declared their solidarity with
4 their allies Immediately after Ru
c mania's declaration of war on Aus
: tria- Hungary, Bulgaria did not thint
d fit to do so until September l. A
:, that time the situation on the, Mace
!. DOMAIN front was responsible for {
e certain reserve on Bulgaria's part.
IS Bulgarians Near Salonica.
II The bulk of the Bulgarian arm,
o was on the Greek frontier They wer'
stiffened by German staffs, about on
German division. and other German
troops, particularly artillery and ma
o chine gun, telephone and flying units
is Further, Bulgaria received from us
l. and in a considerably less degree from
4. Austria Hungary, money and plent
e of war material The Bulgarian rail
lie ways were far from efficient. W
D. had to take drastic steps to improv
is their working condition.
~ The entente had conveyed to Sa
w lenica the reorGanized Serbian army
as well as forces of their own. bu
lg had remained inactive. General SaI
I'd rail had been appointed commander
ct n-chief. and marked his entry int
s. office by laying strong hand o
IN Greece and forming units of Nenizt
ne list troops. Greece was so firmly
ed the grip of the entente, and so dc
ed pendent on them for her very eXis
r ence, that no one could seriously thin
it possible to win her over to us.
e. The Bulgarian army, and Bulgar
u herself. were willing to continue tt
he war just so long as it furthered the
ne national ambition to become the chit
wv power in the Balkans. For this II
ed Bulgarian army, which had not. it
of true, yet completely recovered fro
the effects Of the two Balkan wal
he was fighting, No military action vi