Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-11

thew had reached the neighborhood
of szekeIy-TTdyarhel and east of Fo-
garas, The Hermannstadt group, TWO
or three divisions strong, mad not
moved. Weak Austrian troops, SUI
faced bv the Translylvanian cavalry
brfgede. which had been formed Lout
of three cavalry regiments especlaiiy
for this purpose. were holding thlh
line between Schassburg and Her
mannstadt,
Falkenhayn's Great Blow.
The operations were to begin with
SCATTERING blow at the Hermann
stadt group by General Won balken-
hayn, The exit from the Red rover
PASS (behind Hermannstadt) was 10
be closed and both armies We're TO
strike eastwards.
The Hermannstadt blow succeeded.
BY the 21st tn of September the Alpine
corps, in a long thanking maroh. haa
pushed forward to the Red rover
mass in the rear of the enemy, Where-
upon the main body Of the 9Th army
| attacked on both sides of Hermann
stadt. Our force was weak, and the
battle lasted until the 3oth.
The Rumanians offered an obstin-
ate resistance and also attacked the
Alpine corps from the south. How
ever. the Rumanian man FORCES
moved too late and could not prevent
the complete overthrow of part OF
| their army at Hermannstadt.
| CLudendorff gives scant space 70
the remarkable achievement OF tne
man who had Inundated MN. Iht
Red Tower victory not only mace az
/ Germany flame with the first JOY u
had had that summer but was or the
greatest importance in the RunianiaI
campaign. The march Of the Alpine
corns through rugged mountains or
which the Rumanians thought impas'
eible took the foe completely by sur
nrise. The Alpinists closed the pass
and threw the rest of the Rumanlaf
army into a panic, which made ltS
defeat easier. 1t could not retrea
through the pass and was scattered
in the mountains This defeat forced
Rumania to weaken its forces in th'
Dobrudja and paved the way fo
Mackensen's further advanced
Rumanians Driven Out
Tho Anime corps, reinforced b.
Austrian mountain formations Whlcl
! were now arriving, took over the out
of covering the right flank of TN
army at the Rotenturm pass. Genera
Won Falkenhayn himself immediatel,
, started his army on Its eastWar'
march keeping to the north OF IN
, mountain ridge. To add to the pres
sure here the seth German division
Of the 1st army was pushed forWar'
mast and to the west of Schasspure
=, to ioin the 9th army. General yol
Arr started off simultaneously. IN
opposing armies were thus conVergln
: on one another.
: At the outset the Rumanians Wer
able to record a success in the cen
; ter. They were, however. beaten D
. the 9th army south of Fogaras. an
: in a brilliant pursuit, lasting to Octo
: her 10. were thrown back through IN
,, Geister- Wald and Kronstadt to cam
! nulung. Sinaia and Buzau IN IN
9 mountains south of Kronstadt (acroS
q the Rumanian frontier).
: The pressure which the 9Th arm
a thus brought to bear was so stron
that the Rumanians further mort
also began to retreat, and the Aus
trian list army was enabled gradt
7 ally to ascend to the frontier mour
: tains of Moldavia.
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