Roumania

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 27 December 1916, Page 2

Roumania

BESSARABIA THREATENED. MACKENSEN'S NEXT MOVE? RUSSO-ROUMANIANS NOT YET DEFEATED. Press Association—Copyright. Router's Telegrams. (Received 10.30 a.m.) Paris, December 26. Experts agree that while Bessaraoia is now somewhat seriously threatened, the situation is uncertain. There is u disposition to believe that General Mackensen will endeavor to defeat the army opposed to him before seriously venturing on such difficult operation* as the invasion of Bessarabia. - ROUMANIANS STUBBORNLY RESIST. BOOTY FOR THE ENEMY. USUAL HUN FRICHTFULNESS. Press Association—Copyright, Austra lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.30 a.m.) Petrograd, December 2b. Despite the reverses to the Roumanian Army, the people are calm. Stubborn rearguard actions resulted in the capture of fourteen thousand German prisoners. . The extent of the booty captureu disappointed the enemy. The biggest haul consisted of 1500 waggons of grain at Crajova. The invaders showed no mercy to

the villagers. They seized the winter stores of wood and petrol, and sent .able-bodied men to work in the trenches. Before the arrival of the troops, the aviators swooped down and turned their machine-guns on the peasants at point-blank range. ENEMY INCREASE IN DOBRUDJA. MOVE ALONG LOWER DANUBE. (Received 1.40 p.m.) Petrograd, December 26. | The considerable increase of the enemy in the Dobrudja suggests that the German commands intend to push along the lower Danube with the idea of turning the flank of the Busso-Boumanians defending the , Sereth front. j