THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 October 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

[elscthu telkckai a —'CorriiiQßT.j (Awtralia-New Zetland Cable Service.,) 111 - '.MANIA'S J'OS H i UN. London, October 10. A Rumanian eouimun.que states: — In tho Calonnm Mountain area we retired towards the frontier. Ther« aro violent encounters in th.' Usui Valley. We repulsed the enemy ill the Vitux Valley and in all frontier attacks. Wo drove the eii.in.v i'rom l'olistonean Val'loy and captured the summit o£ Montncgra Zoucaza in the Jiul Valley area. There is artillery and infantry activity along the Danube. Mr Stanley Washburn. writing from Bucharest says :— The Runian'ans haw been obliged, to shorten their front in the lace <1 mi r increasing enemy nmnbeis. The retreat was carried out in an order.'y manner without the .slightest demobilisation or panic. The troops w >1 of Brasso eonmoneed to withdraw o:i October Bth. The nature of the positions wlii.-h have been taken up are roughly twelve miles from the summit to Erzhnrg l'ass and are such that the Rumanians should be able to hold them. While the .situation does not present acute aspects Mr Wa«bl>iim emphas : ses tho potential menace of the massing German strength. (United Service). London. Oct. 1(5. Mr Hamilton Fyfe states that military experts are of the opinion that If the Rumanians can hold the crests of the Carpathians the situation need not be considered serious. Genera! .Fnlkcnhayn has only three genuine German divisions, one AustroGerman audi six Austro-Hungarian. His plan Appears to be that after corking up other passes he will send his main forces through Citnz Pass forty-five miles north-east of Brasso and attempt to capture the railway junction at Foseani.

AFFAIRS IX GREECE. Athens, October IG. In defiance of Admiral Fonrnet's demands an attempt was made to send a train load of artillery, munitions and supplies from Athens to Larissa. Tt was prevented by the French controllers. Another attempt nt Schinmteni stntfon succeeded. Admiral Fournet now controls the station. THiE WEST FRONT.

Paris, October l(i. A ,commu|iii(|UP states There is groat aerial activity on the >Sonuno. The unwou.nded prisoners captured yesterday in the Ablaincourt-Belloy sector numbered 1100. London. October 10. Sir Douglas Hnifi reports: — Our line slightly advanced north-east of fluedccourt. There was enemy artillery activity everywhere. IX MACEDONIA. Paris, October 10. A communique states: — There is moderate artillery activity on the whole Macedonian front. The Serbians are progressing on tho left bank of the Cernn. A French squndron cut the railway south of (Seres. Amsterdam. October Hi. A JJulgarian coinniuni(|iie states: The Serbians attacked in considerable strength north of Slovitza. We repulsed patrol encounters on the Struma.