ENEMY WITHDRAW IN DISORDER.
HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG THE
DANUBE.
Received 5.5 p.m. Oct. 15
BUCHAREST, Oct. 14
A communique says: After sanguinary street fighting we recaptured the village of Po'nasarta, in the Oituz valley. We quitted Geuvala and retir,ed to Rucar. We captured Mount Sigleul and Mount Celui, in the Jiul region. The enemy suffered great losses, and withdrew in disorder. There lias been a cannonade and infantry fire along the whole' Danube front. We sank a number of vessels conveying Bulgarians who were intending to pillage. Our total number of prisoners now amounts to 15,000.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16775, 16 October 1916, Page 5
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96ENEMY WITHDRAW IN DISORDER. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16775, 16 October 1916, Page 5
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