The Russian armies on the south-western front have continued their
retreat. The latest reports show that the armies north of the Dniester are fighting with something like their old vigour, possibly because they are now defending Russian soil, on the borders of Podolia. South of the Dniester, almost all Bukowina has been evacuated. Czernowitz was•abandoned on Friday week. Kimpolung, in the Carpathians, was given up the day before. Some regiments have fought well, but others have shamefully deserted their posts. The enemy is advancing into Northern Moldavia, thrusting a wedge between the main Russian armies and the Rumanians. As a result, the Rumanian offensive in the Carpathians, which began to well, has been stopped. Further south, between the Carpathians and the Danube Valley, the enemy began on Monday a vigorous attack near Focsani, pushing back the Russian army in Rumania. The Rumanian army in Moldavia is thus threatened both from the north and the south, owing to the Russian collapse, but the situation may yet be restored.
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