Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . other points and should thus putthe capital itself in danger. While the troops of Dobrudja were sacrific-ing themselves so heroically, the armies ofTransylvania were also in very great Germans had withdrawn from the Westfront (Franco-English) and from the Russianfront forty-two divisions (about 800,000men) composed of the very best troops, andhad sent them under the command of GeneralFalkenhayn to reinforce the Austro-Hunga-rian troops that were facing the RumanianArmy. This formidable force of over a million anda half men, compos
Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . other points and should thus putthe capital itself in danger. While the troops of Dobrudja were sacrific-ing themselves so heroically, the armies ofTransylvania were also in very great Germans had withdrawn from the Westfront (Franco-English) and from the Russianfront forty-two divisions (about 800,000men) composed of the very best troops, andhad sent them under the command of GeneralFalkenhayn to reinforce the Austro-Hunga-rian troops that were facing the RumanianArmy. This formidable force of over a million anda half men, composed of Germans, Aus-trians, and Hungarians, under the commandof a general provided with heavy artillery,ample ammunition, and asphyxiating bombs,began to drive back the Rumanian army, whichthen had no more than from 400,000 to 450,000 70 THE STRUGGLE fighters,—for of a total of 800,000 men wemust deduct the sanitary service, the adminis-trative service, the wounded, the dead, and thedivisions sent into Dobrudja,—and was with- AUSTRIA-H UN G>. out cannons, without sufficient munitions, infact, without any of the modern instrumentsof war that the other armies had in such pro-fusion. The Rumanians were obliged to withdraw,71 RUMANIAS SACRIFICE yielding ground step by step, hoping to findshelter in the mountains in order to better re-sist, and to await the Russian reinforcementsand the promised material of war. Having reached the passes of the Car-pathians, they showed extraordinary resist-ance; sanguinary struggles occurred all alongthe Carpathians, but specially in the valleyof Zin, where memorable battles took place. Falkenhayn had decided to cross by the Vul-can Pass, which was defended by GeneralDragalina. After rigorous and repeated at-tacks, in which many of their best divisionswere sacrificed, the Germans penetrated intoRumanian territory. The Rumanians resisteddesperately, but the German cannons drovethem back. General Dragalina died as a hero. His son,a young office
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