RUSSIAN-RUMANIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 7

RUSSIAN-RUMANIAN FRONT

ENEMY CAPTURES RIMNICU SARAT Tho High Commissioner reports:— London, December 28, 4.50 p.m. German Official: To-day General Falkenhayrii in a battle near Rimnicu Sarat, was completely victorious over the Russians sent for • the defence of Rumania. The total number of Russians taken prisoner near Rimnicu was 10,220. London, December 28. A Berlin official message states that Rimnicu Sarat, in Wallachia, has been captured.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reu-ter. ' ENEMY ATTACKS . GENERALLY REPULSED Petrograd, December 28. A Russian communique reports that the Germans delivered attacks on nearly tho whole of the Rumanian front. The enemy succeeded .in driving back the Russians and Rumanians on the Upper Rimnicu. Everywhere else they \\c»v repulsed. The fighting continues.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. IN WALLACHIA FIGHTING IN ENEMY'S FAVOUR Vienna, December 28. Official.—The fighting in Wallachia continues favourable, despite the arrival of strong Russian ■ reinforcements. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. GERMAN OFFENSIVE REPULSED BY THE RUSSIANS petrograd,' December 28. A Russian communique states:—A German offensive in the Kovel region was bloodily repulsed:—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. i , ATTACKS BEATEN BACK ENEMY IN FULL FLIGHT • (Roc. December 29, 5.5 p.m.) ■ ' London, December 28. A Petrograd. communique says :— Scouts crossed Naraiovka (near Halicz, in Galicia), and drove off the enemy's patrol guard. Tho enemy pressed back our detachiments, and occupied a series of heights oh the Moldavian frontier. Tho enemy's attempt to cross the Dniester was checked. The enemy's attacks south of the Danube were heavily repulsed. English armoured motor-cars participated in beating back the attacks. Tho enemy is in full flight.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. VIOLENT FIGHTING IN WOODED CARPATHIANS (Rec. December 29, 5.50 p.m.) London, December 28. A Berlin communique records violent fighting in the,wooded Carpathians, but does not state the result, , and adds: "Strong Russian counter-attacks to regain ground at Rimnicu Sarat failed. "We further progressed. Over ton thousand were taken prisoner in Rimnicu Sarat .fighting.'!—Aus-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter. - ( OILFIELDS DESTROYED ESTIMATED VALUE £30,0.00,000 (Rec. December 29, 5.30 p.m.) ■ . . London, December 28. Presiding at a meeting of shareholders of the Rumanian Consolidated Oilfields, Mr. W. W. Rutherford, M.P., estimated the value of fhij oilfields destroyed by the British Military Mission at thirty millions sterling.—Reuter>