7 OCTOBER 1916, Page 1

The Rumanians, who have shown the utmost military discretion, while

pushing on the Transylvanian front have developed enough man-power to cross the Danube at three places, and are now threatening Mackensen's army, which for the last fortnight, indeed, has not been able to do more than look over the railings at the Rumanian line which stretches from the Danube to the sea. In a word, the enemy played a gambler's stroke—though a clever stroke—in the Dobrudja, and are soon going to meet the gambler's fate. As for the Russians, the great battle to the west of Lutek is still raging, but we see no reason to suppose that the decision when reached will be favourable to Germany.