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Show RUMANIANS TAKE VILLAGE OF BALAN IN TRANSYLVANIA PKTKOGRAD, Oct. 27, via London, 1:IU p. m. Rumanian troops operating on . the western frontier of Moldavia, have captured the Transyivaniau village vil-lage of Bala n aud the Piatra.rotkul heights, according to the official statement state-ment issued today by the Russian war department. Fierce fighting, the statement state-ment adds, is continuing on both banks of the Jiul river. . The statement follows: Transyivaniau front: On the western frontier of Moldavia the Rumanians after a short offensive captured the village of Balan, nine miles northwest of Okna, and the Piatrarotkul heights, nine miles southwest of Okna. On the western Wallachia frontier fron-tier the Rumanians have arrested ; the enemy's offensive and are consolidating con-solidating their positions. On both banks of the river Jiul. fierce fighting fight-ing continues. |