Show i I T TI GERMANS IN FIGHTING FOR L I CERNA VODA BRIDGE KEY EY TO BUCHAREST ST T Gh nov Este a rte Ll Lla a N e cE ar 1 J ode Ca ras p b Olt yra c tsa man k A U 0 pO 7 eib unon Carto I ra ICV t IY do ar e ly s id hour reThe The region where General von Mackensen seeks to wrest great I bridge arrow from Rumanians and Russians T ONDON Ool erL Os The The I key c to all tho L LO-DONI LO JJ fighting In and the tho only way tray by br which an nn Invasion In of Rumania from Crom the east cast can be bo made is the great bridge at This is what all tho the fighting means This Is the time one ono and only onh object of ot the Teutonic campaign campaign cam cam- In this section Prom From Belgrade Eels eastward there thore Is not a single railroad or highway bridge across the Danube until this bridge town In ja Is reached Once this bridge I is taken tho the wo way to Bucharest is open The Tho construction of another would be bo a matter of a long time The banks s of the tho Danube aro are very marshy marsh the river itself very fir deep To construct a bridge ge across it Jt would necessitate heavy artificial artificial ar ar- ar- ar embankments strong abutments abutments abut abut- ments going oln down do to o a great g depth and heavy pieces of ot stono stone or concrete In the be bed of ot the stream Itself All this would involve e a great rent amount of ot time much more time than the Germans Germans Ger Gur- mans have e at their disposal Pontoon bridges cs ma may ho bo thrown across 1 hut but mt these at best are aro fragile affairs easily destroyed d a and insufficient in carrying capacity Modern armies must have at their disposal railroad bridges which are arc constantly open in order that tho traffic incident to the supply may be bo maintained oda and a alone can give Ive it Therefore the Teutonic army is stretched out some little distance from on an and parallel to the time railroad from to Bucharest fighting as only onh they can fight to reach the tho railroad rail rail- road Their Theil efforts have havo so w far been unavailing The They have hao announced vie vie- tortes but the victories have o failed foiled to materialize On the contrary the they havo have been forced backward rather than shown any ability to mono forward orwan Tho wa way for RUs Russia la Is wide open It ItIs Itis Itis is not another case of ot Serbia standing alone separated from her allies forced alone alone to stand tho the shock of or the combined combined combined com com- strength of ot Germ Germany n Austria and Bulgaria Russia can pour troops and without end Russia Russin has haN in fact been awaiting this opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- for man many months Now that into Rumania b by way of ot it U has come it will not be bo neglected |