ROUMANIA SORELY BESET.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1916, Page 5

ROUMANIA SORELY BESET.

DEFECTIVE ENTENTE STRATEGY. ' A CRITIC'S VIEWS, Received Nov. 21, 10 p.m. London, Nov. 21. I be Daily Telegraph's military- correspondent states that Rouimiiiia h sorely beset. It is now apparent that the moment for intervention was chosen with a complete disregard of the strategic needs. The Hoiuuauiau army might have been used with decisive eil'ect if employed at the right moment, but intervention was positively perilous in August, l!)l(j, 1 when the Germanic armies were stilt intact, with their reserves, whence the German commanders were able to organise for the invasion of Roumania while holding up the British, French, and Russian armies by means of rearguard tactics on a gigantic scale. Either the Entente's General Staffs lacked a single directing brain, or there has been a want of candour between the Allied Cabinets.

FALKENHAYN'S PLAN. TO TURN ROUMANIAN DEFENCES. Received Nov. 22, 12.2.3 a.m. London, Nov. 21. Two conditions in the Carpathians' strugglo do not admit of full defensive preparations—deep ravines and dense forests, which cover the approach of attacking columns. The Germans are able to choose the points of attack. General von Falkenhayn is perpetually seeking to turn the Roumanian defences by outflanking manoeuvres. As the frontier is of immense length, he is,, able to throw weight against any of the six passes. Fortunately, General Avaresco is one of the best generals of the Entente, and continues to hold up General von laikenhayn's main attack at Predeal, which aims at the'priceless oilfields. If the Germans succeed in debouching on to the Wallacliia plain, Bucharest will be a strongly fortified centre for a fortified system of defence ox Moldavia. BULGARIAN DEBACLE. Rome, Nov. 20. The Bulgarian retreat towards Prilep has developed into a debacle. The Allies have occupied si number of villages north of Jlonastir, taking prisoners