Problem with rsync - connection unexpectedly closed

Hi 
i am running a rsync between two remote servers but it errors.
The rsync command is a follows

rsync -aWv -e rsh --stats progress --delete --ignore-errors --exclude .DS_Store --exclude .HSancillary --exclude .HSxmap --exclude .HSResource  /raid1/PRODUCTION/  5.0.2.235:/gpfs/STUDIOS/TAG_FRANCE/PRODUCTION >> /raid1/Rsync_logs/france_rsync.`date +%w`.log 2>&1   

iam getting the following error


5.0.2.235: Connection timed out
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) [sender=2.6.8]
building file list ... rsync: link_stat "/root/progress" failed: No such file or directory (2)
done
FOR_TIM/
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) [sender=2.6.8]


thanks
Treds