ROUMANIA AT WAR. A GREAT SURPRISE.
LONDON, October G. Mr Hilairo Belloc, writing in "Land and Water." points out that the Roumanians surprised . General to» Mackensen by unexpectedly ■ crossing ■ the Danube marshes. Thoy utilised the belt of sandbanks amid the meres and sandbanks of tnc river, to form a. nsitunil causeway, uniting the villages., ol' Tomigic and Florand. The maga?,ijH's o) Hudiarest are oiuy :tn hour's railway journey away, so that the Roumanians were able .to secretly pile np munitions and stores,. , It was a.
hazardous.' experiment, but the approach to the Danube, was masked by a belt of marshy woodland. Thus General yon Mackensen was ignorant of the concentration until tlio Roumanians were across the, Danube, by means of the islands. 1 Thqy now hold the bridge-head near Rahoyp. The Bulgarians, realising the effect of tho news that General yon Mackensen was in danger would have upon Greece and other neutrals, published a. lying communique claiming that they had "dispersed 15 Roumanian battalions at Rahovo. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 5
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