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Show Principal Passes of Carpathians I Captured by Russo-Rumanians I ROMANIANS MARCH FOR TWELVE I HOURS INTO HUNGARIAN TERRITORY I Part of Transylvania Is Abandoned to the Rumanians Cen- iV ' tral Powers Make No Attempt to Hold Terrain Danube If I Towns Are Being Bombarded King Ferdinand Is fc? on Way to Front Russians Have Captured ''--M Parker Mountain on Hungarian Border.. I London, Aug. 30 (4 30 p. m ) A despatch de-spatch received from Bucharest by way of Rome, says the Rumanians, operating in conjunction with Rus sians, have captured the principal passes of the Carpathians. For twelve hours, the despatch says, the Rumanians Ruma-nians have marched uninterruptedly on Hungarian territory', meeting only w eak resistance. Berlin Admits Abandonment. Berlin, Aug. 30 (via London. 2 15 P. m I The abandonment of part of Transylvania to the Rumanians is forecasted in depatches from news paper correspondents at the Austrian army headquarters. The correspondents indicate that I the central powers will not attempt ; to defend the entire border, owing to its crookedness, and the large number num-ber of troops required for the protection pro-tection of a front half as long as the Russian battle line It will be advls able, the despatches say, to shorten the front by abandonment of certain parts of Transylvania. Bucharest Is Bombarded. Bucharest, Rumania, Aug. 30 (via London, 4:14 p. m.) Bucharest was bombarded Monday night by a Zeppelin Zeppe-lin and an aeroplane. The text of the official statement says: "During Monday night a Zeppelin Zeppe-lin and a hostile aeroplane threw several sev-eral bombs on Bucharest without causing the least damage. Artillery drove them off. "Enemj aeroplanes threw bombs on Niamata, Piatchia and Krachnvo without damage." Petrograd. Aug. 30 (via London. 2:30 p m ) The Russians have captured cap-tured Ranker mountain in the Carpathians Carpa-thians on the Hungarian border, the war office announced today. Bombarding Danube Towns. London. Aug. 30 (5:26 p. m.) Hungarian var correspondents, as quoted in a Central News depatch from Amsterdam, report that the Rumanians Ru-manians have begun a bombardment of the Danube towns of Rustchuk. Bulgaria, and Orzova, Hungary. King Goes to Front. Rome. Aug. 30 (via wireless toLon don, 2:49 p. m.) King Ferdinand of Rumania today left Bucharest for the front to take command of the army, according to information received here today from the Rumanian capital. Rumania to Issue Ultimatum. London, Aug. 30 (3:31 p. m.)' An Exchange Telegraph despatch filed In Athens on Monday gives a report from Saloniki that Rumania has decided to present an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding the evacuation of Serbian territory. According to this delayed despatch, Rumania was to have presented the ultimatum on Tuesday. Abandonment Abandon-ment of Serbian territory held by the Bulgarians is demanded, the despatch says, so that the status quo may be restored, according to the treaty of Bucharest. Under the treaty of Bucharest, signed In August. 1913, Macedonia was divided among Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece The Serbian portion Is now held by the Bulgarians. Saloniki, Aug. 30 (via London, 4:30 a. m.) An Albanian contingent is ready to join the combatants of the five allied countries in Macedonia.! The Albanians already have been disembarked dis-embarked here. They will be commanded com-manded by Bssad Pasha, chief of the Albanian government, who arrived at Saloniki yesterday. Turkish Troops Advancing. Berlin, Aug. 30 (by wireless to Say-ville). Say-ville). Turkish troops are advancing step by step in the Caucasus and have broken the resistance of the Russians, who occupied dominating heights, it was announced today by the Turkish war department. One attacking at-tacking Turkish detachment, it is said, found a thousand Russian dead on the battlefield. London, Aug. 30 (1:22 p. m.) "It is persistently rumored here," wires the ("oniral News correspondent at urich. Switzerland, that Rumanian) cavalry has crossed RothenthurmJ pass and is approaching Hermann- f i.i stadt. Hungary." f Rumanians in Transylvania. H Paris, Aug. 30 (5:10 a. m.) The ' , Petit Parisian published a report that j H I the Rumanians, hav ing forced their I I way into Transylvania, have occupied I I two important cities beyond the nioun- tains. I H Bulgarian Batteries Silenced. London, Aug. 30 (2:30 p. m.) Bui- ! garian batteries were silenced by the ij British after an artillery engagement H Monday and Tuesday, the war office J announced today. "On the Struma." the announcement says, "hostile artillery artil-lery shelled the Kropiva bridge Mon- j day night and the following morning. jl Our artillery retaliated and succeed- ed in silencing the enemy batteries. "Yesterday our aeroplanes bom- L barded Drama station and troops and f transports at Porta, apparently with some results. "On the Dolran front near Dold- j zelli our batteries disposed an enemy working party." Paris, Aug. 30 12 noon. Severe fighting is in progress on the Macedonian Mace-donian front. The war office report j of today says the French gained ground west of the Vardar river. Bui- j garian attacks west of Lake Ostrovo f were repulsed by the Serbians. The French bombarded Bulgarian positions on the Struma front and near Lake Dolran. Violent artillery fighting containued in the region of Ostrovo and Veterlniek. The announcement says: I "On the Struma front and In the j f iWo f )il T-1 n ratrlnn V.K-JJ I enemy organizations. East of the Var- j dar we made some progress. Violent artillery fighting continues. "A Bulgarian attack west of Os- 3 rovo lako came under the fire of Ser- f bian batteries. The Bulgarians fell back, having sustained serious losses." I |
