More information about the anti-Romanian repression in the Romanian-inhabited areas still under Hungarian control reaches Bucharest.

Ypsilanti's army headed south, reaching Pandur-occupied Bucharest.

In the early morning, coal miners from the Jiu Valley reached Bucharest on trains, along with their leader Miron Cozma.

The train leaves Istanbul at 10pm, Stara Zagora at 7.40am and Ruse at 1.30pm, reaching Bucharest at 4.30pm.

The miners had not reached Bucharest when a secret compromise was reached between union leader Cozma and Prime Minister Radu Vasile on 22 January.

At this time of year, at this latitude, they should reach Bucharest before sunrise, with a comfortable margin.

Several other Mineriads followed - only one of them (the September 1991 Mineriad) succeeded in reaching Bucharest, being responsible for the fall of the Petre Roman government.

After the Jassy-Kishinev Offensive, Dumitrescu's plan was to reach Bucharest and avoid any engagements with the Red Army along the way.

One of our party, his passport as thick as a novel, logged No. 273 by the time we reached Bucharest.