WHAT MILITARY CRITICS THINK
AUSTRO-GERMAN EFFORT SLACKENING. ROUMANIANS IMPROVING. ( Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BUCHAREST, Nov. 13. .Military critics consider that the Aus-■tro-Germani efforts to force the Car.pathians are gradually slackening. The troops are fatigued,' and are not likely to progress further -unless they are strongly fortified. The German; failure to break- the harrier, was due firstly to the \ stubborn Roumanian resistance and capacity for imiountain warfare, and also to the enemy's inability to use heavy artillery in ■the passes. The Roumanians meanwhile are rapidly improving, and are,becoming a firstclass fighting machine. The German' plans in Jiul Valley, which so badly miscarried, were well conceived, ,-lyut faultily executed. They aimed at cutting off the First Roumanian! Army, >but the main body advancing over fast for the supporting column, was itself "threatened with envelaptment and compelled to 'back out, suffering heavy losses.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 14 November 1916, Page 5
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