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Show Teuton Troops Clear All of Dobrudja of Muscovite and Rumanian Ruma-nian Forces Except Narrow Strip of Land Projecting in River Marshes. MOLDAVIA SCENE OF GREAT BATTLE Petrograd Reports Capture Cap-ture of Advanced Ger-man Ger-man Position in the Wooded Carpathians With 600 Prisoners and Three Cannon. Except for a narrow strip of land projecting pro-jecting into the Danu.be marshes toward the Moldavian town of Galatz, all of . Dobrudja has been cleared by the Teutonic Teu-tonic allies of Russian and Rumanian troops. After the fall of Matchin and Jijila the defenders began a retreat across the Danube toward Braila, and, according to Berlin, a force of Russian rear guards on the peninsula projecting toward Galatz comprises the only entente en-tente troops now in Rumania between the Danube river and the Black sea. In Moldavia the Teutonic allies are continuing their invasion of the country coun-try from the west, while in the south they are meeting with strong resistance at various points from the Russian and Rumanian troops. In the wooded Carpathians the Russians Rus-sians in an attack captured from the Germans an advanced position north of Meste-Cauosci. Petrograd reports that in this fighting the Russians took 600 men prisoner and capfuied three cannon, bixteen machine guns- and other war materials. Uu the other fronts the operations are still confined to reciprocal bombardments bombard-ments and engagements between small reconnoitering parties. In Galicia the Austro-Germans delivered several attacks at-tacks against the Russians, but they' proved unsuccessful. Raids of German trenches northeast of Arras and in the! neighborhood of "Wytschaete are reported report-ed by the London war office, which asserts as-serts also that a German attempt against British trenches cast of Armeutieres was put down with losses to the attackers. TEUTONS REPORT THEIR VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS RrCRI.TN, Jan. 4, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. Dobrudja has been cleared of Russian Rus-sian and Rumanian defenders with the exception of the Russian rear guard, which occupies a narrow strip of land leading toward Galatz, says the war office of-fice announcement today. About 1000 prisoners and ten machine puns were captured in the taking of Matchin and Jijila. The official statement says: Western war theater: F'srhMn: activity ac-tivity has been limited, owing to rain and foz. Eastern w:ir theater Front of Prince Leopold: Northwest of Dvinsk companies of the Old en burs reserve infantry regiment No. 29 pushed across the Dvinsk river on the ire and captured an island from the Russians, Rus-sians, taking more than forty pris- oners and bringing back several machine ma-chine suns. Kmnt of Archduke Joseph: Tn the wooded Carpathians Russian detachments detach-ments succeeded. In saininp a roct-V roct-V . ins in a most advanced position r north of Meste-Canesci. German and Austro-Hunsrarian troops captured (Continued on Page Three.) RUSSIANS RETREAT I ACROSS THE DANUBE (Continued from Page One.) I the north Oitnz road and both sides i of Soveia in the Suchltza valley, tak- in several heights by hand-to-hand i fightin? and maintaining them against strong hostile attacks. Army group of Field Marshal von. Mackensen: Above Odobechti, northwest north-west of Fokshani, our troops were victorious in the Mileov river sector. A Btronff force of Russian cavalry attempted to advance west of the mouth of the Buzeu river, but was repulsed. German and Bulgarian regiments, fighting shoulder to shoulder, shoul-der, stormed and captured in hand-to-hand fighting the tenaciously defended de-fended towns of Matchin and Jijila. About 1000 prisoners and ten machine yuns were brought in. Dohrudja was thus cleared of the enemy except for a narrow strip of land leading toward Galatz, which is still held by Russian rear guards. Macedonian front: There was no event of importance. |