RUSSIAN-RUMANIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 3 January 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN-RUMANIAN FRONT

ENEMY PARTLY SUCCESSFUL (Rcc. January 2, 5.50 p.m.) London, January 1. A wireless Russian official messago stales: "We repulsed a German oil'eusivo southward o£ l'insa. "The enemy strongly attacked tho Ruruajiians on both banks of tho Kaziiio, eastward of the Moldavian frontier. Tho Rumanians maintained their positions. "The Rumanians wero obliged lo ietiro in the region of Pattcunu, westward of Focsani. "Wo took, up new positions from Ifocsani to the Danube without enemy pressure. "Tho enemy attempted to advance on Roumanula, westward of Braila, but was compelled to retire in disorder and entrench. ■ ' "Twenty-three enemy battalions; attacked us in the centre in the Dobrudja, and compelled us to retire to the next lino. "—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter. HILL POSITIONS STORMED CLAIMS MADE BY THE ENEMY London, January 1. A German wireless official message states:—"Wβ stormed several RussoBumanian hill positions between the Uz Valley and the Putna Valley, and repulsed fierce counter-attacks. We again defeated the Russians in Northern Wallachia and drove bank th» nnemy halfway between Rimmcu and _ Focsani. The Bulgare and Germans took 1000 prisoners eastward of •MatHun, in the Dobrudja."—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn.-Bcuter. STUBBORN DEFENCE AN AUSTRIAN MESSAGE (Bee. January 2, 8.23 p.m.) . • . London, Januarv 1. A wireless Austrian official message ! states: "The Austro-Genuans av'e fight- j in« their way forward in the upper i valleys of the Zabala, Naruja, and Putna. (m South-western Moldavia), and stormed several positions in the Naruja region. Tie enemy is defending every foot of ground.". LAST WEEK'S FIGHTING ON THE RUMANIAN FRONTIER Lo.ndon, January I. . Official news slews' that the. only important military operations last week were in Wallachia, where the enemy has advanced towards Braila. m despite of vigorous Russian ami .Rumanian resistance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROUBLE IN BULGARIA \ THE GOVERNMENT HECKLED (Rec. January 2, 8.15 p.m.)' mm. nv London, January 1. The Times " correspondent at Amsterdam reports that the Bulgarian Opposition attacked M. Radoslavoff (the Premier) because the Government sent Bulgarian troops beyond the Danube. M. Radoslaroff replied that the Bulgarian high command regarded the destruction of the Rumanian armies as essential. He claimed that the AustroGerman officers in Bulgaria were under Bulgarian control, and added, significantly: "The Bulgarian Army's work is finished."—"The Times."