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Show BRAILA IS TAKEN BY THE tEUTONS All of Danube But a Few Miles Is in the Hands of Germans. Paris. Ian. 5 The Rumaian pr.ni ince of Dobrudja now is In the hands of the central powers, whose armies continue to advance through Great Wallachia into Moldavia, Braila, an impotfant commercial City in Great Wallachia and on Che west bank of the Danube below vJa-latz, vJa-latz, has been captured b German and Bulgarian troops Several r laKes on the outskirts of Braila also have been occupied and Field Mar shal von Mackensen's troops have taken tak-en 1,400 prisoners in their latest ouc cess. Virtually all of the river Danube from its source to its mouth, now t in the hands of the Teutonic fori ea, who control all the eastern bank and all but a few miles of the westc.n bank Galatz, 12 miles north of Braila, is in the only important Rumanian town on the Danube yet in Rumanian hands The rloarinp; of the Dobrudja by the combined Bulgarian, Turk-Gei man forces, as semi-offlclally reported from Berlin, leaves a larger part ot thn?;, forces ready for other employ mom and closes to Russia the Dob rudja pathway to Constantinople. Advancing through the mount una in western Moldavia, the Austro-Ger-man troops te gained additional ground and have captured several hundred hun-dred prisoners Between Rimnik Sarat and Fokshani, Von Mackensen's men continue to progress and have occupied the towns of Slobozia and Rotestl. The Russians and Rumanians, Petrograd announces, repulsed attaka at some points on the Moldavian front and near Toposchik and N'prucha tho Austro-Germans gained ground. Austro-German troops have taken an lfiianu in in uina river norm oi Dvinsk. from the Russians Attacks by the Russians, Berlin states, in attempts at-tempts to regain the island, were repulsed re-pulsed with heavy losses. Elsewhere on the eastern front there have b'-n patrol engagements. Small raids and isolated attacltfl have taken place at various points on the western front Near Ijoos, Berlin announces, the Germans carried out a raid successfully. London states the raiders were driven out after heavy fighting. A German attack against a small French post near hill 304, east of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, was repulsed. Elsewhere there has been artillery activity and trench bom. bardments Both Paris and London report considerable aerial activity on the front in France. |