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Show Kaiser's Forces Continue Con-tinue Attacks in Rumania Ru-mania and the Defenders Defend-ers Are Obliged to : t j Make Further Withdrawals; With-drawals; Rurnans Also Forced to Give Ground. GERMANIC TROOPS GAIN IN DOBRUDJA Muscovites Hold Their Own on the Russo-Ga-lician Front ; French Repulse a Strong Surprise Sur-prise Attack East of the Chambretts Farm. BERLIN, Jan. 1, by wireless to Sayville. Tho communication issued is-sued by the war office tonight says: "Official report3 received from the Rumanian and Russian fronts say that lively fighting is in progress. prog-ress. ' ' PETROGKAD. Jan. 1, via London (British admiralty per Wireless Press). The attack of the Teutonic forces In Rumania Ru-mania continues with unabated vior and the Russian and Rumanian troops have been obliged to make further, withdrawals. with-drawals. Ili following offirlHl account of these operations was given out here today: The enemy strongly attacked the Rumanians on the front north and south of the river Kaslno, erght versts east of the Moldavian frontier. The Rumanians maintained their positions. po-sitions. An attack by the enemy pressed back the Rumanians near the source of the river Rimna and obliged them to retire to the region of Pa-troanu, Pa-troanu, twenty versts &-est of Fok-shani. Fok-shani. In the rtgion of Fokshani ana further fur-ther to the southeast, as far as the Danube, our detachment took up new positions during the night without with-out pressure from the enemy's flank. In the morning the enemy began to launch attacks on the river Bcuzu and along the Beuzu-Braila railway. The attacks were arrested. At noon the enemy attempted an advance in the region of Comanula, but was beaten back. I In Dobrudja the enemy, about ' twenty-throe battalions strong, dc-j dc-j ployed against the center of our po-j po-j sitions, assumed the offensive and i pressed back our troops, which retired re-tired on the next line of defense. On the Moldavian frontier the enemy en-emy several times attacked the heights northwest of Bekash station, on the river Bekash, a tributary of the Bystrftza. Each time he was repulsed. re-pulsed. In the region of the river Pomuk the enemy took the offensive north of the brook which flows into the river DomuU-Palak. From one of th heights the enemy sucree led in pressing press-ing ba'k our advanced post, but our position was re-e.stablished following flie arrival of reserves. In the al!ey of the . river Tatrorh the enemy launched an attack from the villa-re of Otumba. Ho was repulsed re-pulsed wilh great losses. Simultaneously wilh this, the enemy en-emy bombarded the neiphhorhood of the village of Ai;asu, southeast of Kotumha, with shells charged with asphyxiating gas. The attack of I ho enemy U beinr continued In t ht; sector sec-tor from the valley of the river Sulcha to tile river Tcha bon ischa, and also in the valleys of the river Dof-tiana Dof-tiana and Oltuz. In the valleys of t ho latter two rivers the attacks were particularly par-ticularly persistent a nd the enemy succeeded in pressing ba--k our detachments de-tachments slightly to tnc e;iit. SEVERAL HEIGHTS AND TOWNS TAKEN BY THE GERMANS BP.Rl-lN, .Ian. 1, by wireloss to Pav-vllle. Pav-vllle. On the Moldavian front yesm-df! the Austro-Oernian forces, coiuinuinc their havy at tacks, captured severa. height positions and two towns in t he Zahala valley, the war office, announces Violent Russian and Rumanian counter-attacks counter-attacks were repulsed. In Wallachla the Russians were acalr defeated, bHng driven back to posi tion; half way between Ili ?mi ik - Sara t and at Fokshani. The Panola armv has driver Ihe Russians to the Hrnlla hrldgehead. Ir Dobrudja. Hie Teutonic a Hies ch ptureri innn men. four cannon and ctht machine Runs. ' The announcement follows: (Jerman rifles In tho 'nrpathian .(Continued on Page Three.) " RUSSIANSPRESSED BACK BY TEUTONS (Continued from Page One.) forest succeeded In blowing up a hos-I hos-I tile blockhouse with the garrison. Be-' Be-' (ween the Uzul and Puma valleys Ccrman and A ust ro-Hungarian battalions bat-talions took by storm several height positions and repulse! violent Russian Rus-sian and Rumanian counter-thrusts. HorestrM u and Uns'Teni. In tiie Za-baia. Za-baia. valley, were captured. In the northern part of Creat Wal-lachia Wal-lachia the Russians were defeated once more. The ninth army pushed back the enemy into positions half way between nimnik-Sarat and Fokshani. The Danube army drove the enemy to the bridgehead of Bralla. In Dobrudja t he successes of (he i German and Bulgarian troops were increased considerably. A Russian bridgehead position east of Matchin was taken yesterday and 1 V'0 ni"n, four cannon and eight machine suns were captured. In the district at the mouth of tiie Danube the Bulgarian river guard annihilated about fifty Russians who had crossed trt. George's branch In canoes. |