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Show BUCHAREST NOW ! INGREATDANGER Teutonic Forces Are Moving' in the Rumanian Capital From Three Points. I i Paris, Nov. 24.-t-Forces of the cen-j tral powers are driving on Bucharest from three directions. To the west ; the troops of General von Falkenhayn ' have reached the Alt river, to the j north the Germans and Austro-Hun-i garlan forces are pressing southward ' and somewhere along the Danube the j forces of Field Marshal von Macken-sen Macken-sen are crsosing the river. Western Wallachia apparently is In the hands of the Teutonic allies. Some Rumaniaus remain in the rear around OrsovaT but that town, as well as Tur-nu-Severln, has been occupied by the Teutonic troops. Violent fighting has been renewed In Dobrudja. Bucharest says that an '. attempt by the Germans to cross the '. Danube at Zimnitza, 70 miles south- ' west of Bucharest, failed. Fighting : has been reported in the region of Si- ! listria and It may be that the German I crossings of the river were made be- ; tween the Chernovoda and Gulrgevo. ' The Russians and Rumanians have ; taken the offensive in Dobrudja north ; of the Tchernavoda-Constanza railway, , ; Bucharest and Petrograd assert. The J I Rumanians advanced on the whole front and occupied five towns 15 miles I : north of the railway line. The Rus-'l sians progressed to 12 miles north of ! the railway. Berlin declares the Rus-,! sian offensive In Dobrudja was thrown ! back. I ; Serbian troops have occupied Ra- pesh, east of Monastir. North of So- . hudol the Serbians put a German force i to flight. ! There has been no important in-fantry in-fantry activity in France. Artillery bombardments by both sides north ' and south of the Somme have in- 1 creased, In eastern and Austro-Italian theatres thea-tres there has been little activity. In Armenia, Constantinople says the Turkish troops have advanced their right wing 20 miles against the Russians. |