ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1917, Page 3

ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. ARMY REORGANISED. fTH* "TIMES” CABLR.I Received tins dav at 12-35 p.mLONDON, March 11. 'A correspondent at Roumanian (quarters pays: The severed winter ever experienced in the nort hot Roumania suspended the campaign- There were thirty-five degrees of frost in the mountains, where the troops were entrenchedThere were frequent deaths from cold, the enemy suffering the most. General Averescu, taking advantage of the inaction, reorganised ins armyganised his army- The discipline was the strictest- He tried and shot a young cavalry officer for retiring from a position without permissionGeneral A.varesell and General Roi'/ai put new spirit info (he men- They removed the majority of the generals in flic autumn campaign, replacing them with young men. They have done everything to prepare for a successful spring campaign. The food question is difficult'The majority of the civilians are now living in Moldavia. The authorities have ordered abundant sowings and plantings and are doing their utmost: to prevent a shortage. ». i. mm.