Roumania

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 28, 29 December 1916, Page 5

Roumania

'CoS' vj'c.uc'n-e arts .u BRAS LA -CALATZ OFFENSIVE. FALL OF RIMNIKU-SARAT* HUN PROGRESS IN WALLACHIA, Press Assn.—Copyright.—Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn., and Reuter. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Berlin, December 28. Official The town of RimnikuSarat in Wallachia has been captured.

Rimniku-Sarat is a town of some strategic importance 45 miles west, north-west of Braila, with a population of over 14,000. It is on the railway from the Capital (100 miles,to the south) to Fokchani. (30 miles; distant) and northward through Moldayia. The objective pf ~the,,,l G ermans is Galatz, which is 12 miles north-east of Braila, preparatory to the invasion of Bessarabia, and the cutting off of the Allies in Dohrudja. Braila has a population of over 60,000, on the State railway lino, Galatz to Buzeu, and exports wheat and other cereals, cement, petroleum etc. to the annual value of over three millions. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Braila belonged to the Turks. Galatz, which claims over 65,000 inhabitants, is a port of the Danube on the left bank of the river, ten miles above its junction with the Pruth. The town is built in the iorxu of an amphitheatre, and is the centre of a very big trade, much of whicn, of late years, however, has been passing to the sister town of Braila. At Galatz in 1789, the Turks defeated the Russians, and in 1828 the Russians defeated the Turks. )

EXTENDED GERMAN ATTACKS. SIMULTANEOUS ON WHOLE FRONT. FIGHTING IN PROGRESS. Press Assn. —Copyright.—Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn., and Router. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Petrograd, December 28. , A communique states: The Germans delivered attacks along nearly i the whole Roumanian front. Thej enemy succeeded in driving back the llusso-Roumanians on the upper Rim- j nik, but were everywhere else re- 1 pulsed. The lighting is being con-j tinned. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS. | AUSTRIANS CHRONICLE THEiR arrival. Press Assn. —Copyright.—Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn., and Reuter. | (Received 9.30 a.m.) , Vienna, December 28. Official. —The fighting in Wallachia continues favourable, despite the arrival of strong Russian reinforcements.