IN THE EAST.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 6

IN THE EAST.

HEROIC'STRUGGLE OF ~~ 'RUMANIANS. , FIGHTING AGAINST BIG ODDS, ••• : -'-f, r■ - . " • • ~ . -■ k \ ( Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) -V . LONDON,' September 5. The latjest telegrams from the Rumanian front' prove the gallantry of the.defenders' resistance,, especially on the Oitoz front, where the Austro-Gcr- ■ mans, 'during the last .ton ortwelve -days. ...of August, incessantly beat against the 1 Rumanian entrenchments day and night. It is true the enemy gaiiicd'gromul slightly, Imt their losses were heavy." It ia estimated that ten Aiistro-German divisions were exhausted.,. They frequently' sent forward troops'in six-fold waves, endeavouring to seize Targu and Ocna, which cover an important railway, but the defence was courageous in the extreme, The Rumanians .even counter-attacked, forcing the enemy to yield ground. : GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED, RUMANIANS REFUSE TO BE BEATEN. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association)! Received September 7.11.25 p.m. LONDON, September 7, A Rumanian communique says: On the 4th September, between Monica and Varnitza and the sector of Var-nitza-l\[nrasesti, our artillery'dispersed: masses'of the enemy preparing for anattack.' The enemy endeavoured /'to' break through between Varnitza--Monastirara, but was repulsed after, heavy fighting, . •