ROUMANIAN HOLIDAY.
STALEMATE ON THE SERETH LINE.
WEATHER IMPOSES TWO MONTHS* HALT.
OUR ALLIES REFITTING. The Times. (Received Jan. 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan.. 29. The Times’ correspondent at Roumanian Headquarters, wireitig on the 24th says a stalemate .has. been reached. Enemy efforts for a fortnight have been cheeked • with losses and the line of the Trotus and Sereth lias proved impregnable. Many German divisions have been withdrawn and only four or five remain. The others have been replaced by Turks and Austrians. The roughest of weather prevents operations on a large scale. German prison rs state that the enemy are not prepared for a winter campaign and i any are freezing. Leading Roumanian Generals state that the re-org u:\sation is already advanced and th-fc several divisions are ready for the •: Id,'while the army will be re-equipped and seasoned during the coming two months’ enforced rest.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4460, 30 January 1917, Page 5
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146ROUMANIAN HOLIDAY. Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4460, 30 January 1917, Page 5
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