Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . BLACKSEA end of October, 1916, the army of GeneralMackensen began to cross the Danube at sev-eral points and penetrate Rumania. By thismovement the situation of the Rumanian arm- 1 Journal of Geneva, February 15, 1918. 74 THE STRUGGLE ies of the north, which were defending thepeaks of the Carpathians, became very was danger of their being caught be-tween two fires, that is to say, between the A U S T R. I >X —^H U IS G A ,CONSTANZA BLACKSEA forces of Mackensen, who was advancing fromthe south, and the forces of Falkenh
Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . BLACKSEA end of October, 1916, the army of GeneralMackensen began to cross the Danube at sev-eral points and penetrate Rumania. By thismovement the situation of the Rumanian arm- 1 Journal of Geneva, February 15, 1918. 74 THE STRUGGLE ies of the north, which were defending thepeaks of the Carpathians, became very was danger of their being caught be-tween two fires, that is to say, between the A U S T R. I >X —^H U IS G A ,CONSTANZA BLACKSEA forces of Mackensen, who was advancing fromthe south, and the forces of Falkenhayn, whowas pushing forward from the north. TheRumanian troops were therefore obhged towithdraw, to unite with the troops withdrawn 75 RUMANIAS SACRIFICE also from Dobrudja, and to try to defend thecapital. The enemy forces invaded Rumaniaby the north and by the south, and the twoarmies came together under the command ofGeneral Mackensen. The Rumanians withdrew to the left bankof the river Arjish, and there fought a greatbattle. During three days and three nightsvictory was disputed between the the most critical moment the commanderof the Rumanian Army urged three Russiandivisions, which were standing aside, to enterthe struggle. They refused intervention might have given us thevictory. Berlin was very anxious over theresult of this great battle, and when theRumanians were forced to withdraw before thegreatly superior forces of the enemy, the Em-peror o
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