Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — TEUTONS ARE NEAR GUAL IN ROUMANIA [ARTICLE]

TEUTONS ARE NEAR GUAL IN ROUMANIA

Invaders Take. Tzomana and Campulung. 1,217 PRISONERS CAPTURED Kaiser’s Forces Within 16 Miles of Bucharest—Capital Declared to Be War Canjp—Half of the Population Has Fled. Petrograd, via London, Dec. 1. — The Roumanian town of Tzomana, 16 miles south of Bucharest, has been captured by Teutonic forces, the war office announces. Campulung Captured. Berlin, Dec. 1, hj2wireless.—AtlstroGerinan forces have captured the RoUmanian city of Campulung. opening tiie road through tile Torzburg pass, from which it is less than 20 miles. .More than 1.200 Roumanians were captured. The official statement reads: "In west Koumania we pushed back hostile Vanguards. In addition to the capture of Piteehti we also yesterday took Canipuluiig and thereby opened the road running through the Torzburg pass. 1,217 Made Prisoner. “In the lighting there 17 officers and 1.200 men w ere taken prisoner and seven cannon and much baggage fell into the bauds of one regiment of Bavarian cuirassiers.

"Army group of Field Marshal von Maekeiisen : Tim Danube army is advancing, fighting as it goes. This army, since crossing the Danube, has captured 4.4 officers and 2,421 rank and tile and lias taken two heavy guns, 36 field guns, seven small guns, seven machine ■ guns and 32 ammunition carts,” : King’s Monument Falls. The Roiimirtiian defensive positions in the mountain district, east of the Alt river now are more and more under the increasing pressure of General von Falkenhayn’s advancing army, says the Overseas News agency. After tlie victory near Tigveni on November ?(!. the fate of the long-de-fended position at Curten de Argos was doomed, and there the monument of the late King Carol of Koumania fell into the possession of General von Falkenhayn. , In southern Wallnchia Field Marshal von Mackensen’s armies are advancing irresistibly, continues the Overseas agency, while in Dobrudja the Bulgarians, togehor with Turkish artillery, repulsed Russian attacks. Bucharest is declared to be changinglnto a war camp. Half the population already has left the Roumanian capital, according to reports published by the Swiss newspaper, the Berne Build,‘and accommodation in the trolley ears is already limited. Orde. ed to Leave. General* Berthelot,* the French military strategist With the Roumanian army, and the chief of police of Bucharest are reported by the Lokal Anzelger to have issued an order directing the majority of the population of tlie capital, especially women and children, to leave the precincts of the fortress of Bucharest within five days. Heavy fighting continues on the Macedonian front, where the entente allies are making strong attacks. The official Bulgarian statement of November 29 records the failure of six attacksnear Grunishte, east of the Cerna river 1 ’ bend. Fight All Along Line. * Bucharest, via London, Dec, 1. —The Roumanian troops have taken a stand along the Olavatziotzu river, southwest of Bucharest. The war office reports flolent fighting on this front and also sell along the line in the north.