On 20 September, the Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse read: As far as one can say at present the Rumanians generally fight very well. Reports have reached us from the Hatszeg sector about Romanian units which, having lost half their effectives, still continued the battle. Similar facts have been observed in other sectors. That same day, the Romanian forces evacuated Petrozsény. An Austro-Hungarian communique of the 20th announced the reoccupation of Petrozsény. On 21 September, a Berlin dispatch announced that the Vulcan Pass was taken by German forces. However, on the following day, the Romanian units were still fighting at this point. On 22 September, two German battalions stormed the Vulcan Pass.:113 In taking the Vulcan Pass, the Germans also captured 526 Romanian prisoners.