RUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 858, 9 November 1916, Page 9

RUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

TRANSYLVANIAN BATTLE. ■ RUSSIANS SUCCESSFUL. A. and X.Z. Cable Association <,„<! Renter. LONDON, November 7. A Russian official message says:— We are successfully continuing our operations south of Dorna Watra. The Bulgarians are systematically destroying Rumanian villages. AUSTRIAN REPORT. A RETREAT ADMITTED. A. and X.Z. Cable Association and Renter. LONDON, November 7. An Austrian official message says:—Near the Tolgyes Pass, after several days' stubborn fighting, the Russians pressed back our front on the frontier mountains for some kilometres. We evacuated the mountain of Bedul, east of the Kirlibaba Pass. We drove the enemy from heights and spurs in the Rothenthurm Pass section, taking prisoner 1000 men.