THE DOBRUDJA OPERATIONS.
NO satisfactory explanation has yet been given as to why the German military leaders ventured to strike a heavy blow against Roumania in the Dobrudja. Of course this is Roumania's most vulnerable front, and great results could be secured there provided the enemy were sufficiently strong, but in the present circumstances, with the Roumanians on another front almost within striking reach of his communications, and the Allied ai'my strongly pressing the Bulgarians from the South, it is 'difficult to see 'by what means Hindenburg considered he could profit by this offensive. It is true that the enemy secured a temporary advantage, but it is now clear tlfat he has been brought to a standstill, and that he' has not been able to divert Roumanian conquest of Transylvania. A few days ago it was stated' that Von Mackensen's offensive in the Dobrudja had heen definitely checked, and that
the Roumanians and Russians had vie- I toiiously resumed the offensive-. The :
Russian. Minister of War put the situation very cle.al'ly the other day when he stated that Germany is keenly alive to the tremendous political effect of a Roumanian conquest of Translvania, while she also realises the menace t-t> her communications between Berlin and Constantinople, which is so great- that she wiil be unable to resist it,
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Nelson Evening Mail, 30 September 1916, Page 4
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218THE DOBRUDJA OPERATIONS. Nelson Evening Mail, 30 September 1916, Page 4
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