Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-01

operations may be summarized AZ fol-
lows:
In France ind Belgium Germany Is b It.
Ting with Great Britain. France -,
Belgium. In August Germany invaded
bcisium and Franco. pushing southward
almost TO the gates Of Paris Following
the battle Of the Marne, perhaps the
most important contest OF the war thus
far the Germans we're compelled 10 ~
treat and have since held an entrenched
line from the Belgian coast 10 AlSace
retaining possession of northeastern
fref7Ns and most OF Belgium In this
theater the war has been so even that
the capture Of 2 group OF houses or a
row yards Of trenches has been con-
ndered victory worthy of mention I'm
the official reports. The German attempt
TO break through 10 the English channel;
the British victory at Neuve Chappelle;
the German triumph at Scissors whilo
calling forth supreme efforts, did not
materially change the relative positions
or the ante gonists along the front of
nearly 80 miles.
On the Eastern Front.
On the eastern front Ruasia faces Ger
many and Austria Hungary Russian
armies invaded Galicla and Bukowina.
capturing most OF the former province,
but lost the greater part Of this territory
o. result Of Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen's great drive from cracow. Tho
Germans invaded Russian Poland, and
their attempts 20 capture Warsaw led to
some Of the deadliest fighting Of The war.
In time the struggle here settled down TO
trench warfare, much as in the west,
with Germany retaining large part OF
Russian Poland. Russian lnvasions OF
East Prussia resulted In disastrous do
feats. Further north. the Germans swept
into the Baltic provinces OF Russia, cap
turing idbau, on the sea. The unpre-
cedcnted extension OF battle tines which
this war has witnessed reached It's most
remarkable exemplification in this cam
paign, in which the front has been drawn
out more than COO miles, from thu Baltic
to Eukowina
italy Makes Little Progress.
Italy, after ten months Of uncertainty,
began war with Austria Hungary. IN
May. and has occupied fringe OF Aus
trian territory in the mountainous region
10 the north. Trent and rriest are the
detectives OF the Italian campaign. ow-
ing to the difficult nature OF the ground
nedtner Of the antagonists has made
much headwry.
On the Gallipon peninsula, In the Oar
danolles and In the Bosphorus Turkey.
aided by It's Teutonio allies, IA at war
with France Great Britain ana Russia,
with possosHion Of Constantinople az the
great stake. Following the failure Of the
naval assault on the Dardanelles by an
Angio-F French fleet. troops were landed
at the peninsula. Few details OF this
campaign are available. ana little IL
known beyond the fact that the fighting
has been particularly severe, ana that
tho allies have occupied and retained the
tip of the peninsula
Serbia and MONTENEGRO. the former as
sisted by British troops, are at war with
AustriE-Hungary The Austrian invasion
OF Serbia ended In failure On the Mon.
tenegrtn front there has been only
desultory fighting Both Serbia and
Montenegro have recently invaded AL
hania, with the object Of obtaining porte
on the SEQ.
In Asia and Africa
On AsiRtio soil Russia is at war with
Turkey in the Black poa region. Neither
ads has employed large numbers OF
troops In this campaign There has been
I fighting In the Caucasus and Persia with
no great accomplishments. Further south.
In Mesopotanlia, there has been sporadic
fighting between Turkish and British
troops Turkey sent an army TO attack
the suez canal. but the main body OF
troops failed TO reach its objective.
In Africa French and British troops
occupied rogoland and part OF the Kane
run, German poAsessionA A British at
tack on German East Africa was de-
feated
Tho insular Possessions OF Germany In
the Pacific were captured by Great Brit
ain and Japan.
Tsins-tau, the German fortress IN
China. was captured by the japanese
aided by british contingent
Little FtEhtinG az Sec.
On the seas there have been no great
battles. Great BT1taih's supremacy, ow-
ing 70 tho overwhelming size Of its fSet
has not been disputed to the ultimate L.
sue. the main German fleet having re-
manned In homo watsrs. Two German
/ cruisers which were In the Medttteranean
when war began went to the Dardanelies
and were acquired By Turkey. A few
German cruisers and converted merchant
men. including the famous Enden and the
Karlsruhe. Kronpr1nE Wilhelm and PrlnH
Eitel Frederick ralded shipping OF the
allies for q time. but were eventually
sunk or forced TO intern in neutral ports.
The Austro-HunEarian fleet has re-
manned In the Adriatie and the Turkish
fleet has been kept from the Aegean.
Germanys merchant marine has been
swept from the seaA.
There have been several naval battles
OF importance. however In the first
month OF the war Rear Admiral Bsatty's
squadron dashed into Helgoland blight.
near the great German naval station. and
sank three German cruisers ana two tor
pedo boat destroyers. In January 90
CURED q battle in the North Sea between
British warships and = German squadron
which presumably was attempting q raid
on the English coast In this battle the
German cruiser Bluecher was sunk.
Battles In the sOnfh Sea.
Tho German Tar east squadron defeated
Vice Admiral crsdook's British squadron
Off the chusAn coast on November 1.
sinking the Good Hope and Monmouth.
The British obtained their revenge In
December when. off the Falkland is
lands. q powerful British squadron do