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Show Russo-Rumanian Armies Retreating Northward From Tchernavoda, With Von Mackensen in Close Pursuit; Central Cen-tral Allies Reach Hir-sova. Hir-sova. REPORT ADMITS REAR MOVEMENT Statement Says, How- . ever, That Stubborn Resistance Is Being Offered; Of-fered; Rumanians Take Town in Transylvania; Transyl-vania; Muscovites Are Beaten on West Front. Campuiimg lies about thirty-three thirty-three miles southeast of Predeal pass, which recently was forced by German troops under the command of General von Falkenhayn. The ' city lies eighty miles northwest of Bucharest, the Rumanian capital, It is a summer resort in a valley of the Transylvauian Alps and has a population of about 13,000. LONDON, Oct. 28, 5:02 a. m. The German troops on the Transylvania Transyl-vania front have reached Campuiimg, Campu-iimg, twenty miles within the Rumanian Ru-manian border, says a Petrograd dispatch to the Chronicle. BERLIN, Oct. 27, by wiroless to Say ville. Field Marshal vou Mackensen 's forces pursuing the retreating Russo-Rumanian Russo-Rumanian armies in Dobrudja have reached the district of Hirsova, approximately ap-proximately forty mils north of Teher-navoda, Teher-navoda, the war oflice announced today. to-day. The etatenK-nt reads: Transylvaman front; Hostile advances ad-vances on the eastern frontier of Transylvania were repulsed. South of Predeal and in the direction di-rection cf Campulung our attack has matte progress. Balkan theater: Army group of lield Marshal von Mackensen: Pursuit of the defeated Dobrudja army continues. Central allied troops have reached the district of Hirosova. Macedonian front: There is nothing noth-ing of importauce to report. On the eastern frontier of Transylvania Tran-sylvania the AustTo-German troops have repulsed Rumanian attacks, while south of Predeal and towards Campulung, in Rumania southwest south-west of the Kronstadt region, tho Teutonic attack is making progress. RUSSO-RUMANIAN TROOPS GAINING IN TROTUS VALLEY BUCHAREST, Oct. 27, via London, 4:30 p. m. Husso-Rumanian troops are engaged in successful fighting along the Rumanian Trans vlvanian frontier, according ac-cording to today's war office announcement. announce-ment. Austro-German attacks in the Tul-ghes Tul-ghes and Kicaz regions and in the Trotus valley were repulsed, while in the Uzul valley the Rumanian advance is eon tinning. Heavy losses were sustained by the Teutonic troops, which vainly attacked in the region of Dragoslavele, adds the official statement, which also chronicles the continuation of the fighting fight-ing in the Predeal region and announces an-nounces a withdrawal of the defensive forces toward the south Transylvanian frontier in the Jiul valley. The statement follows: Northern and northwestern fronts: At Hugijis an enemy aeroplane aero-plane was brought down by our artillery. In the Trotus valley tho enemv "attacked violently, but was repulsed. In the Uzul valley our advance continues. We have cap-1 cap-1 tured one ofiu-er and eighty-two men and taken one machine mn. in the Oit.n valley calm prevails. pre-vails. On the Kraueea frontier, in the Buzeu valley, at Table Butzi, Bratcinea and Predelus the situation situa-tion is unchanged. The enemy at- I (Continued on Page Two.) TEUTONS CONTINUE DOBRUDJA ADVANCE (Continued from Page On.) tacked with violence at Mount rhcet. At Azugei, southwest? of Predeal, lighting is in progress. In the region of Dragoslavele yp have repulsed a violent enemy attack in the valley of Pravatz. TIip valley is covered with enemy dead. West of the A It enemy a ttacks have been repulsed. In the. .1 iul valley we have withdrawn towards the southern exit of the pass. |