FALKENHAYN AND MACKENSEN JOIN FORCES.
GERMANS ADVANCING ON
•bOOiriAiIKST.
A BIG BATTLE PENDING
SEAT OF GOYHiiINMENT MOVED
I'O JAiSSI.
~■ PETROGRAD, November 29. A telegram from Buchia^est states that tne < uei'mans are steadily advancing on tho capital irom nortn-west un south-west.
SOFIA, November 29. Fatkenhayn lias joined up with Mackensen at iSaiatina. jSuigar cavalry nad& the first crossing n&ux* Ganaiiiaj. and the eiwmy are advancing on a solid front, comparable to the invasion' of Berbia.
LONDON, November 29. A German communique says:~~Fadkenh&yn is advancing victoriously on the whole Wall&ohian front. The enemy ik retiring eastward in disorder. The movements of the Danube army correspond with those ot the forces operating further north. PARIS, November 29. Marcel Hutin, in the Echo de Paris, says the Koumanians have constructed defences south and south-west of Bu--ohaifeat. The Ministers, Isegatioiis, and banks have proceeded to Jassy. (Jassy is Jie capital of Moldavtaj the northern division of Rotimania. It .stands five miles West of . the River Pruth, 205 by ...rail north-west of Odessa, arill 289 north-east of Buchai* est.)
LONDON, November 29 News of a great battle in defence oi Bucharest ia hourly awaited. Frencn' experts point out; that though Ministers hare .transferred to Jassy, the Roumanian generalissimo, Aueresco, •and the headquarters staff of the Allies have not changed their headquarters.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 1 December 1916, Page 5
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