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RUMANIANS-- TAKE .THE OFFENSIVE ADVANCE NORTH AND SOUTH (Aust.—X.Z. Cable Assn;- and Eeuter.) (Rcc. November. 14,'T.20 a.m.) London,- November 13. A Rumanian official 'communique- announces successes- on ■- the northern front. The Rumanian's-havo assumed the offensive on the Moldavian front, and advanced in the Dobrudja to the Eopol-Cisme-Graiia'suf.;linc. HOW THE GERMAN PLANS MISCARRIED Bucnafestr Noyeniher 13. Military critics consider that the Austro-Gsrraan efforts to force the Carpathians arc gradually "slackening. The troops are fatigued.and unlikely to make further progress unless strongly reinforced. The German failure to break the barrier ,is due, firstly, to the stubborn resistance of-the Rumanians and their capacity, for mountain warfare; also to the enemy's inability: to use his heavy artillery in the- passes/ The Rumanians, meanwhile, are rapidly improving,. and are Becoming a firstclass fighting machine. The German plans at Jiul, which so badly miscarvied..wer6 well conceived, but faultily executed.. They aimed; at cutting off the first Rumanian army, but the main body, advancing too fast for the supporting column, was itself threatened with envelopment- and compelled to back out with heavy losses.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2928, 14 November 1916, Page 7
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178LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2928, 14 November 1916, Page 7
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