In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 73, 24 October 1916, Page 5

In the Balkans

tlv : IfiOflW’tU^U \ i !-' JO *)iii ■. * ROU MANIA’S POSITION. BULGARIAN SUCCESS. CAPTURE OF CONBTANZA. Press Associatipn—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.5 a.m.) New York, October 23. The Bulgarians have captured Constanza. (Constanza, Constantsa, or Kustenji, is a seaport in the Roumanian j Dobrudja on the Black Sett It is tho 1 principal port ofßqumauia, and has a large'liarhqur wi|h Ij'miks of guayage i Jp3 i ’ 'aw ; es. Large quantities of grain, ( petroleum, and live stock are exported. In April, 1854, Constanta was the scene of an engagement between the Russians and Turks. Tho population is about 13,000). THE EBB AND FLOW. SUCCESS on 6ne front. HARD PRESSED*ON OTHERS. I Press Association—Copyright, Austinlian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, October 23. A Russian communique states: The Roumanians forced the enemy to retire in the trots, Outuz, and Slanio valleys. 'Hie Roumanian successes continue. On the west front in Moldavia, the Russo-Roumanians retire. They arc stubbornly resisting in the Dobrudja. v , 4 MACEDONIAN OPERATIONS VENIZELOS’ ULTIMATUM TO BULGARIA. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Rome, October 23. It is stated that M. Venizelos has sent an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding immediate evacuation of eastern Macedonia. FRANCO-BRITIBH TRENCH RAIDS Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, October 23. The War Office reports: Oh 1 Franco-British raided the trenches o’i the Beilihmah-Struma front, takin; prisoners. We also raided near the Dautti-Doiran front. PROGRESS OF THE ENEMY. CLAIMS TO SUCCESS. Press Association—Copyright, A us* lian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 11.25 a.m.) London, October 23. A German communique states: Ve captured 560 Roumanians at Predc d Pass. We crossed far beyond the railway in Dobrudja east of Nurfatlar. The loft wing is approaching Cernavoda.

... ■ '!■! I > \ 74 ENE MY : TIC HTE N INC GRIP. CONTROL OF | PASSES. 80 MILES FROM BUCHAREST. (Received 11.55 a.m.) 'll ;'; London, October 23. Tljej New ' York World despatch from their correspondent, Karl von Weigand, who is with the Germans on the Roumanian frontier, says: General von Falkenhayn’s army on a front of 200 miles in tho Transylvania is striving to get a tighter grip on the mountain passes into Roumania. They are advancing in three columns through the Toergburger, Tomoes, and Predeal Passes towards Bucharest, which is eighty miles distant ; also through the Artschau Pass. . Tho German left wing 65 miles north of Kronstadt is . endeavouring to cut off the Russian support' from the Roumanians at Palaiikk ! " ! Pass. General Falkeithaym is ; ; forcing • the troops who are trying to reach the eastern and southern slopes or tho mountains Indore the snow makes operations impossible. The contrast to the methods on the , ’West front is striking. Whereas the arillery is screened on the West front, scores of batteries in Predeal \ alley are in full sight of the Roumanians, and the Roumanian lines are also plainly visible to tho Germans. GENERAL ITEMS. Exports state that the Italians have sent 200,000 men to the Balkans, and tho Russians eight or ten divisions to the Dobrudja. Fresh Russian and Italian troops have landed at Salonika. The British fleet bombarded the defences d tho lower Struma. i Hungarian newspapers report that there are further Russian reinforcements on tho Transylvania frontier. A British official message from Salonika says: Owing to had weather there have boon only patrol encounters. An official French report from Salonika states: Despite had weather wo j progressed on the right hank of the ■ Vardar. j The anti-Austrian revolt in Monte- j negro has spread to Herzegovina, where the garrison has boon reduced owing to the needs on other irouts. The insurgents killed three of the garrison in Montenegro. Numerous bands aVo scouring Montenegro, Herzegovina and north Albania. Troops from Dalmatia and Poffi are engaged in quelling the insinuation.