28 JULY 1917, Page 1

To help Russia in her hour of peril, the Rumanian

Army, reorgan- ized by French officers since the disasters of last autumn, has assumed the offensive. Striking hard on Tuesday in the Susita Valley, in the Southern Carpathians, the Rumanians under Generals Rafoza and Averescu broke the enemy's line along a wide front. They took several hundred prisoners and no fewer than nineteen guns. The German report admits the Rumanian success, which is an excellent beginning for our Ally's new campaign. There are many reasons for thinking that the Rumanian Army did not have a fair chance of showing its real quality last year.