Roumania

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 5

Roumania

FIERCE FIGHTING. enemy attacks repulsed. press Abdociauon —Copyright, Ausua lian and N.Z. Cable Association London, November 15. A Roumanian ■ •omm'nnque .states !>('.. ween tlu> Lzul ami Calm \ a ley:on rlie Moldavian frontier. there Inna lipca incessant enemy attacks sine; October, wliich were sanguinarily repulsed. An enemy attack in the Dragoslavele region, supported by heavy . artillery, compelled the Roumanian left wing to retire. There was: fierce lighting on the left bank, all tlte positions constantly changing hands. Finally, the enemy progressed with new and superior forces. The Roumanians, as the result of desperate fighting, compelled the enemy to retreat south of Bumbesti.

ROUMANIANS FIGHT HARD. PRESSED BACK BY THE GERMANS. Press Association- -Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.10 a.in.) London, November 15. A Russian communique states: — The Roumanians repulsed the enemy north and south of Oitoz Valley, but tbe enemy, who had been considerably reinforced by Germans, pressed back the Roumanians in the Blades, Tiroului, Alt, and Jiul Valleys. SATISFACTORY FOR ROUMANIA. GOOD PROGRESS IN THE DOBRUDJA. press Association— Copyright, Austra lian and N.Z. Cable Association. ' (Received 12.55 p.m.) London, November 15. A Roumanian communique states: We are pursuing the enemy beyond the frontier In the Slanic and Oitoz Valleys. Enemy attacks., at Dragoslavoile were repulsed. The enemy were reinforced and forced us back slightly in the Alt and Jiul \ alleys. We progressed on the whole front of the Dobrudja, and occupied the village of Boasie on the Danube.