Roumania.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 27 November 1916, Page 5

Roumania.

GERMAN REVIEW OF SITUATION

SMALL WALLACHIA DOMINATED

VALUABLE POINTS OCCUPIED.

Received November 2.6/5.5 p.m. LONDON, November 25; The German Government's wireless from Berlin states that the Austro-Germans dominate the situation in the western part of Roumania called Small Wallachia. The Roumanians endeavoured by every means to impede the irruption of this section'of the Wallachian plain, as is proved by the great efforts, they made near Orsova and their extraordinarily stubborn resistance in the Jlul Valley. ' '■* Falkenhayn's army, after conquering the Szurduk and Vulcan Passes, made a new thrust on the 12th to the southward frontier and pushed back the enemy to a strongly-fortified position near Dusteni. He .again , pushed the enemy on the 14th, defeating them decisively on the 18th near Targujui, together with all reserves. The Orsova-Craiova railroad fell into our hands on the 20th. Craiova' was entered on the 21st. This' means the conquest of 11,000 square kilometres of wheat soil. The occupation of Craiova is of high strategic importance as two Danubian railroads converge there. The communications of all the Roumanian troops westward of Craiova are cut, whilst the Central Powers reinforcements advancing from ail sides are easily transportable by a network of roads which radiate from I Craiova. ' These are most important, inasmuch as the chief strategic railroads from the Roterturm Pass to the Danube are only forty kilo- i metres distant. Finally, Craiova, being the key of Western Roumanian is an excellent base for a fresh/ operation eastward.