In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 71, 20 October 1916, Page 5

In the Balkans

BETTER NEWS, : ■*/ ,)• ■.■, ■•i.; t RUSSO-ROUMANIAN OFFENSIVE IN DOBRUDJA. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, Rome, October 18. ( The Husso-Roumanian offensive lias j commenced in Dobrudja. General' Mackensen’s army is composed entire- 1 ly of Turks, the German divisions having been withdrawn. ROUMANIAN OFFENSIVE. 1 :i:,r DESPERATE RESISTANCE. jSSBStea -mhENEMY GENERALS THINKING. CLIMAX APPROACHING. , i London, October 18. ' The latest Bucharest telegrams. contain better news. ’ The Roumanians are resuming the, offensive at the Predeal pass, and are; pursuing the enemy over the Hun-; garian slopes. Even the German messages, via Switzerland, admit the desperate nature of the Roumanian resistance in the passes south of Brasso. i A Vienna telegram states that great Russo-Roumanian forces have arrived on all the Balkan fronts. Generals von Falkenhayn and von, Mackensen have suspended opera-) tions awaiting reinforcements from other fronts and Turkey. For the moment the German commanders are, placed on the defensive. : The Daily Telegraph’s Petrogradi correspondent states that a never-j ceasing battle continues on the Pri- ( pet to the Roumanian frontier, and I that, apparently, it is reaching its; climax. > The official organ of the General Staff says that along the whole of General Brusiloff’s front the shook of millions of men continues, the results whereof promise to be important. ! A communique states: Wo repulsed attacks westward of Tulgos and Hugaz, taking prisoners. Fighting in the Trotus valley continues. All the, enemy’s attacks in the Uzul valley ( wore sanguinarily repulsed beyond the frontier. Violent attacks and counter-attacks continue in the Osu/.a valley, with heavy enemy losses.: There have been minor engagements in the Vrancea region, on the west frontier. The enemy was repulsed in the Buzev valley and compelled to withdraw his lines a kilometre. There was an intense artillery duel at Predeal, and violent engagements at "vlateias. We repulsed an attack at Alt. Robul, in the Alt valley, taking prisoners and machine-guns. DRIVING BACK THE ENEMY. | 900 PRISONERS TAKEN. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.45 p.m.) London, October 19. The Roumanians are driving hack the enemy. They made prisoners of 900.