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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day, 2 p.m.) j (Ai'slra! a-Xew Zealand Cable Service) ; i T'iliC POSITION IX RUMANIA. i London, November 24. ! The Times's mii.ta'ry correspondent ; points out the Rumanians at Orsova have a we 'k wherein to retreat !H) ! miles in order to avoid being cut off [ by the Germans at Craiova. Probably the Orsova army will be success- ! l'ul ill:.11y:h the div.itfcn forming the ' rearguard mey lie caught. Hindenburg's chance of a great coup depend- i rt 7 i on forcing the passes between Buzeit and Torzburg ;'n order to de- i ploy 011 the plain southwards. This might have involved the two Human- ' ia 11 armies in the disaster, but the Rumanians he'd firm in the central i passes and the Austro-Germans now are obliged to attack from the west j cross rivers that are in flood and flow- 1 ing from north to smith and south- j east. If the Rumanians hold firm tho j enemy will attack constantly at a. dis- j advantage and fight ordinary battles I j instead of throwing for a great coup. ! I" alkenhayn, at the present moment. ! has only his western columns available tor action on the plains; the other.- ; are hung up in the hills. Though the ' loss of Western 'Rumania :'s a bad ! blow the situation may be much less black than appears. NEW ZEALAND'S CONTRIBUTION. Ihe Rt. Hon. W . F. Massey visited the Belfast shipyards. Fbe Lord I;i \ or. at tlie luncheon. proposed the health of Mr Massey and ] told him that the proportion of Now Zealandens .fighting equalled Ulster's ! quota. j Mr Massey said he believed the Doniiiron would be able to send 100,- I 000: that was a fair proposition. .Ho ! reed vecli a cord al reception when he j visited the linen mills with wounded New Zealanders. Sir .Joseph AYard has gone to Dublin to fulfil engagements. ANOTHER HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK (A.-N.Z. and Reuter Service.) The Admiralty hospital ship Braemar Castle, was homeward bound j from Salonika to Malta with wound- I ed 011 hoard, when she was mined or ! torpedoed in the Mykoni Channel in the Aegean Sea. All 011 board were saved TRENCHES RAIDED. •Sir Douglas Haig 'reports we raided j trenches south-east of Grenay. and at ! I'estubert and Boisgrenier. j