RUMANIAN GROSSING OF THE DANUBE.
THREATENS MACKENSEN'S ARMY WITH ENVELOPMENT.
T FROM SIUSTRIA AND TURTUKAI ORDERED.
•■-■• ; -• ■-■ • ■ ■-, (Received "' PETROGRAD, October 3. A wireless message reports that following -the Rumanian crossing, of. the Danube near Rustchuk, threatening with envelopment the German and Bui gar forces, General yon Mackensen has ordered the evacuation of Silistria and Turtukai, the two strongly fortified posts in the-Dobrudja which he captured in the first days of the campaign, i
. ■ A Bulgarian communique says: "Between the Kustchuk and Turtnkai the enemy boats conveyed several battalions to our bank of the Danube. Measures have been taken to drive them off."
SOLIDLY ENTRENCHED IN NEW POSITIONS.
GREAT TACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE ADVANCE.
(Received 2.20 pan.) PARIS, October 3. Trench, experts state that the Rumanians under General Zetton crossed the Danube 30 miles south of Bucharest, and. are now solidly entrenched in their new positions. The operations are of great tactical importance, and the strategic arTtngenients were elaborated in perfect agreement by the Headquarters Staff of the Allies.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 5
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