MACKENSEN'S PLIGHT
RETREATCONTINUES IN DISASTROUS CONDITION
ARMY DEMORALISED BY * - DISEASE. I RUSSIAN" FLEET AGAIN T3OMBARDINC! CONSTANZA. (Australian and N.Z. .Cable Association.) (Rec. Nov. 14, 11.25 a.m.) liONDCXN, Nov. 13. A Petrograd wireless message states that INlackensen cintinues to retreat in a disastrous condition. The army is demoralised 'by disease and failures. Tho reinforcements sought were not' provided. Mackensen's army lost one-t'hird of its effectives. The Russians passed the Danube at two points south of Cernavoda. ' The fleet renewed the bombardment of Constanza.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 14 November 1916, Page 5
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