ROUMANIA
TEB DOBRUDJA CAMPAIGN ROUMANIANS 7AJU BACK BUSSIAN SUPPOBT HASTENING CP (By Telegraph—l-ress Assn.—Copyright) (United Service.) LONDON, September 5. Received September 5, 10.55 p.m. Rome reports that the Roumanians in the Dobrudja are falling back on the Russians before tile general BulgarGerman offensive towards Constanza. The Daily Mail’s Bucharest correspondent states that the Russians in Dobrudja arc rapidly advancing. IMPOST AH CE OP THIS THEATRE. MAT DECIDE BALKAN ISSUE. (The Times.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5. Received Sept. 5, 10.25 p.m. The German press gives prominence to the Dobrudja campaign, which Mackensen commands, because it may decide the Balkan issue. UNITY OP THE ROUMANIANS. GRATITUDE TO BRITAIN. LONDON, Sept. 5. M. Bratiana (Roumanian Premier) has telegraphed Mr Asquith : Your message profoundly stirred the nation. All Roumanians are closely united around their beloved sovereign, and are lighting for a Just object whose attainment has been awaited for generations. They are happy and proud to find themselves comrades in arms with the great nation which first gave modern States an example of political liberty, and is now fighting for the freedom of nations. AUSTRIAN REPORT. LONDON, Sept. 5. Received Sepl. 5, 8.5 p.m. Austrian communique ; The situation on the Roumanian front is unchanged. Small local successes attending the Russian fighting in the Moldavia and Tartar Pass region have been mostly disputed by means of counter-attacks, the enemy suffering heavy loss. GERMAN REPORT. LONDON, Sept. A. Received Sept. 5, 0.45 p.m. German communique ; The Germans and Bulgarians advanced between the Danube and the Black Sea. The Bulgarian cavalry and yeomanry drove back (lie Roumanian infantry in disorder.
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Southland Times, Issue 17830, 6 September 1916, Page 5
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