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The object of the German thrust through the various valleys

in Southern Moldavia is to force the Gyimes Pass by indirect means. The direct attack on the pass did not succeed, but it is most im- portant for the Germans to obtain communication through it. They would then have a railway serving them from Hungary. The chief hope of the Germans is to get on to the railway on the Moldavian side by way of the Casin and Troths Valleys. But a glance at the map will show that there is much difficult country to make good before railway communication with Hungary through the Gyimes Pass can be secured. We can quite believe that the Germans will soon advance again, but they are plainly up against much greater difficulties than they have encountered hitherto.

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