THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE. ROUMANIANS BURNING THEIR VILLAGES, Received Nov. 20, 8.45 p.m^ Copenhagen, Nov. 2fl, German telegrams state that the Roumanians luivc destroyed the CernavodaBueharest railway, in order to hold up the enemy ,ul\aiiee towards the capital. Tiic Roumanians are burning villages an) stores of food during their retreat. ROUMANIANS FIGHTING STUBBORNLY. GERMANS WANT MORE TROOPS , Received Nov. 20, 5.3."> p.m. Rome, Nov. 2S. The Roumanians in western Wallaehia cortiinue to fight stubbornly. The German staff is asking for the support of Bulgarian troops in order to enable them to capture the Roumanian army, but. the Danube floods, which are breaking the bridges, preventing action. Generals vou Falkenhayn and von Mao kensen are asking for large reinforcements in order to continue their advance.

ROUMANIAN CONFIDENCE. :,IL"XITIOXS SUPPLY IMPROVING. London. Xiovemher 28. Router's correspondent learns that the Roumanians have unabated confidence, despite the German advance. They are convinced that the effects of Russian cooperation, which have already shown themselves in the Dobrudja, will manifest themselves north of the Danube, while the munitions supply ib daily improving, owing to the unstinted efforts of the Allies. A ttussian communique says: —There is no change in Transylvania, and nothing important on the DanubQ front.

THE QUESTION OF BLAM& United Service. ■ Heceived Nov. 20, 5.40 p.m. Bucharest, Nov. 2S. Dr. Hamilton Fyfe states that Roumanian plight is chiefly due to M. Bratiano'a sudden and surprising declaration of preventing the making of arrangements which might have saved the country from its present suffering. It is noi right to blame Allied diplomats for pushing him into the war, as he had already resisted them for two years, but the Allies are blameworthy for allowing Roumanian intervention without any concentrated plan of action. A SERBIAN ADVANCE. Received Nov. 20, 5.3.) p.m. London, Nov. 28. A Serbian communique states: We advanced hundreds of metres in the course of widespread local actions. NEW BRIDGES OVER DANUBE. Amsterdam, November 28. General von Ma-fkensen has hastily constructed four bridges over the Danube, which were completed by the 24th. FIGHTING ON THE DOBRUDJA. London, November 28. A Bulgarian communique indicates that there is renewed fighting on the whole of the Dobrudja front and also that the Bulgarians have made further crossings of the Danube. A Roumanian communique merely mentions hostile artillery fire, especially in the 'Ptahova Valley.

A GERMAN REPORT. London, November 2S. A German communique says:—We have captured Curteadearges, the ancient capital of Wallachia, and Guirgovo, forty miles south of Bucharest. ENEMY TRENCHES RAIDED. London, November 28. Tile British Salonika force bombarded and successfully raided the enemy trenches north-east of Mucukova. Many were killed, and a number taken prisoner. ROUMANIAN POSITION IMPROVING. London, November 28. A wireless message from Bucharest states that the situation is improving. General von Mackensen is not materially progressing, and the Roumanian retreat is proceeding in perfect order upon a settled front.