Paris Peace Conf. 181.9202/116: Telegram
General Bandholtz to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received September 16.]
72. The Roumanians are beginning to evacuate portions of Hungary and as they are leaving on their eastward line of march are taking everything they can lay their hands on without offering payment in even the almost worthless white money. They are taking women’s rings, children’s earrings, the only pair of oxen in a family and each battalion and battery all the livestock and fodder that it is possible to transport.
The Hungarian rolling stock evacuated across the Theiss River to date is as follows:
684 locomotives, 231 saloon and private cars, 946 passenger coaches, 2,900 empty box and flat cars, 1,300 mixed carloads of munitions, 298 [Page 681] cannon, 43 autos, 56 aeroplanes, 1,400 oil tanks, 2,000 carloads railway material and agricultural machinery, 1,435 war material, 4,350 contents not visible; also many miscellaneous making total of 17,319 locomotives and cars. It is reported that another Mackensen depot has been located and committee is being sent to investigate.
Reference my telegram number 70 of yesterday43 Perenyi stated that his government met with the approval of the Roumanian and Italian Governments. This has not been confirmed but there are other rumors to that effect.
Please repeat foregoing to British Commission.
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