THE RUSSIAN BLOW

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9

THE RUSSIAN BLOW

- The comparative lull on the Western, frout has.diverted attention to tho, immense issues which are being contended on the Russian Southern line, tho Dobruja, and in Serbia. Thero is stated to bo no . diminution in the intensity of the fighting ; on the Russo-Rumanian front in the Dobruja, but 1 there appears to be. some obscurity, as to . the actuai position of affairs, particularly with:, -regard, to- tho. Ru-i • mahian.crossing of the Danube. Correspondents igree -that the success y y with wliich- the Russo-Rumanian forces have beenmanoouyre'd in the Dobruja lias placed'von Mackeusen in an extremely difficult position, hnd that the trap is about to be sprung. Tho Germans, fearful of the possibility of the Berlin-Constantinople railway line being severed, are turning their attention to the tilling and cultivation on modem methods.of the Bulgarian farming lands, in case, their supplies from elsewhere are cut" off. The Allies are rapidly developing -their advance into Serbia, .and have already recovered seven "Serbian villages. In Transylvania the Rumanians' are reported to have initiated a new offensive. Brusiloff's new thrust at Lemberg, via the Galician ■ and Vladimir-Volynski lines, is being 'closely pressed, and the Germans are reinforcing at the danger points.