THE RUMANIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2955, 19 December 1916, Page 5

THE RUMANIAN FRONT

ENEMY IN THE BUZEU SECTOR London, December 17; A German communique states :-H3eneral von Maokensen crossed the Buzeu sector on a broad front, and captured considerable rolling-stock. We pursued the enemy in the Dobrudja to a wooded district northward, where resistance is expected.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.r-Reuter. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS. ' IN COMMAND IN RUMANIA". Petrograd, December 17. The Rumanian retirement was conducted under the advice of Grand Duko Nicholas. Grand Duke Nicholas has taken over command of the operations in Rumania.r-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIANS SECURE A HEICHT. ENEMY CAVALRY REFUSE BATTLE. (Rec. December 18, 7.20 p.m.) London, December 17. 'A Russian communique ; says:—A strong enemy attack in the region of Wallerutna was repelled at the point of the bayonet. We pursued the enemy and seoured the height. On the Rumanian front our cavalry twice rushed to attack the enemy cavalry which was attempting to attack our retiring troops in the region of. Buzeu, but the enemy would not accept battle, and retired behind the in-fantry.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CERMAN REPORT. OPERATIONS IN DOBRUDJA. (Rec. December 18, 9.40 p.m.) London, December 18. A German evening official message states: "There is moderate fighting in the west and east. The army in the Dobrudja gained ground northwards. German seaplanes bombed Russian warships at Suhna, on the Rumanian coast. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu-Reuter. GRAIN CAPTURED. HUGE QUANTITY OF WHEAT. (Rec. December 18, 5.6 p.m.) Copenhagen, December 17. Herr Batocki, the German Food Dictator, while attending the AustroHungarian Food Conference at Budapest, stated that twenty-five million .hectolitres (70,000,000 bushels) of grain, including twenty-one million hectolitres (58,800,000 bushels) of wheat wero captured in Rumania. The supplies in Germany and Austria were assured till the harvest.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.