Roumania

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 29, 1 September 1916, Page 5

Roumania

,?■: BULGARIAN DECLARATION OF U WAR. ROUMANIANS CAPTURE KRONSTADT. Press Association —Copyright Reuter’s Service. London, August 31. Bulgaria has declared war on Rouinania. The Times reports that the Roumanhaye.qccupiqd Krojj.stp.dji (BrasBO.) Kronstadt, or Brasso, is a royal free town picturesquely situated at the foot of the Transylvanian Alps, (Hungary, 70 miles east by south of Hermqnnstadt; it is strongly fortified, and has; a Gothic Protestant dH cathedral dating from 183.5. It has j! manufactures of cloth, leather, cemout, and candles, also petroleum re- ■' fineries. In /the 16th century it bc<?arhe the centre of Protestantism. : a The population is over 60,000.

FIGHTING AT THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Bucharest, August 31. A communique shows that llouraania crossed the frontier on Sunday night. There was lively lighting in many places, including the Redtowei Pass, where they threaten Hermannstadt. (Hermannstadt is the chief town of Szebcn county on the Cibin (Szebcn) in the south of Transylvania, at the northern foot of the Carpathians. The principal features of the town are the numerous churches and the antique town house containing the Saxon archives and a collection of armour. The town also possesses the collections of the Transylvanian Carpathian Society and a law academy. Distilling, pottery, soap and candle-mak-ing. and other industries are carried on principally. Hermannstadt was in the possession of the Turks from 1Q63 to 1692. The population is over 30,000.)

TURKS ASSIST AUSTRIANS. x The Hague, August 31. The Turks are assisting the Austrians on the Roumanian front. GENERAL ROUMANIAN ADVANOE CAPTURE OF 750 PRISONERS. Press Association—Copyright. Published in “The Times.” London, August 31). A Roumanian communique stales that a general advance has been made, and prisoners have been captured?* WHOLESALE DEFEAT OF AUSTRIANS. BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Rome, August 30. A message from Bucharest stales that the Roumanians defeated tho

Austrians along the whole line. The latter retired to their second line, leaving hundreds of prisoners. The naval bombardment of Varna continues. (Varna is a fori died seaport town of Bulgaria, on tbc Black Sea, 300 miles east-north-casi of Sofia.) THE AUSTRIAN REPORT. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, August 30. An Austrian communique reports; On the heights north-east of Orsova we repulsed repeated Roumanian attacks. Otherwise fighting is confined to units on the frontiers. We have withdrawn step by stop in accordance with plans pre-alrauged in the event of war. The enemy will boast of the occupation of Protoseny, Brasso (Kronstadt) and C/.divasarhely. The most. northern part the Roumanian troops are engaged in is in the battle in the Gyergyo mountains. The Gormans have recaptured the Tukul heights in the Carpathians. Our Danube flotilla destroyed, near Turnu Magurele, Roumanian tugs, harbor warehouses, and military establishments, capturing two loaded barges and steamers. (Turnu-Magurele is a town in Roumania in Wallachia 77 miles southwest of Bucharest, and a river port .on the Danube, with trade in grain. The population is close on 10,600.)

ROUMAMSAN SUCCESSES. FIGHTING IN THE MOUNTAINS. WELL INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. HUNGARIANS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. MACKENSEN DEFENDS HERMANNSTADT. ROU MANIA'S MILITARY MACHINE. DRAMATIC INCIDENTS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received 11.40 a.m.) London, August 31. Only meagre accounts of the early Roumanian successes have been published, and London has not even received the Roumanian account of the capture of Bras so, which the Austrian communique admits. Severe lighting extended from the Tolgyo Pass to Mount Vulcan, where the Roumanians forced the mountain passes in order to attack Petrovonz, which is eight miles north of the irontier. Kesdwasarliely, north-west of Brasso, was also evacuated, eighteen miles from the frontier. The fighting occurred chielly among the hills, 1000 metres in height. Hungarian battalions fiercely attacked in the Turnstverin region, evidently with the intention of crossing the mountains and cutting the Roumanian communications, but they were repulsed with heavy losses. It is reported that several German

ill visions under General Mackem-cii have arrived n t Hermnuiist ult. ; ‘P‘ parcntly they are the first results of General Hindenburg’s determination ,to rush reinforcements eastward to counter the Russo-Roumanirn eangor. j General Mackciiscn hurriedly organised Lite defrnee ol 1 lermannstadl, whore Llu> sound or guns is plainly audible, where many buildings have boon converted into hospital:;. The Roumanians’ advance was assisted by wonderfully-complete P 1 pa ration of the'military ■machine. J he bulk of the troops have not only been I mobilised, but are in possession ol the 'railways, which are under military •’control. The rolling stock was distributed, and all was done without alarming the German and Austrian spies, who were unaware of/the crisis j until the Declaration ol War. the I casino at Sinaia, a popular resort on the Carpathians, was crowded on Sunday evening. The gambling rooms and tbeal.>-e were crowded with Roumanians, Germans, and Hungarians, w lieu suddenly the thunder of big guns and the sound of rifles stopped the gay laughter.. There was a moment of consternation and incredibility; then the Roumanians instinctively drew away from tht Germans and Hungarians, and the casino was erap- | tied, except of nurses who transformed the halls into hospital wards. Meanwhile guards were hurried to the oilfields and other danger points. Enemy spies were arrested, and all Aliens were hurried to the internment camps.

HINDENBURC3 PLANS UPSET. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Noon.) London, August 31. The Daily Telegraph’s Pctrograd correspondent says it is believed that General Hindenburg had lately been preparing for an offensive and had brought iip the available reserves, including six divisions of Turks, which were’intended for Galicia and Transylvania, but the intervention of Roumania upset the plans.

BULGARIA’S PRICE. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.55 a.m.) Rome, August 31. A wireless message states that Bulgaria asks for tbc assistance of 200,000 Turkish troops as a condition on her declaring war upon Roumania. EVACUATION OF TRANSYLVANIA PENDING. REAL CAIN FOR THE ROUREAL CAIN FOR HTE ROUMANIANS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.45 Athens, August 31. Vienna newspapers announce' that the General Staff is considering the evaluation of all south-eastern Transylvania for the purpose of shorting the lino. New York military circles estimate that if the lino is shortened, it will mean the abandonment of at least 10,000 square miles to the Roumanians.