New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Battles in West Now
Gain of Few Yards

Following the battle of the Marine,
perhaps the most important contest Of
the war thus far, the Germans were
compelled to retreat. and have since
held al intrenched line from the Bel
gian coast to Alsace, retaining posses
sion Of Northeastern France and most
Of Belgium. In this theatre the war
has been so even that the capture Of
a group of houses or a few yards vf
trenches has ; -en considered viC.ory
worthy Of moL,ion in the official r.
ports The German attempt TO break
through TO the English Channel, the
British victory at Ncuye Chapcilc, 'he
German triumph at SCISSORS. while call
ing forth supreme efforts. did not ma
terially change the relative positions OF
the antagonists along the font OF near
~ SEQ miles
ON the eastern front l. , faces
Germany and Austrla-lluuEa. Rus
siar armies invaded GaIcIa and Buho-
wilma. capturing most Of the former
province. but lost the greater part o.
this territory as result OF Field Mar
shall Won MackenSen's great drive from
CracOw The Germans invaded Russian
Poland, and their attempts 70 capture
Warsaw led TO some of the dcadhest
fighting Of the war. In time the strdg-
gle here settled down TO trench war
fare. much as in the west, with Ger
many retaining a large part OF Rus
sian Poland. Russian invasions of East
Prussia resulted in disastrous de-
fcats Further north the Germans swept
into the Baltic provinces OF Russia,
capturing Libau, on the sea. The un-
precedentcd extension Of battle lines
which this war has witnessed reached
It's most remarkable eXempllncaton IN
this campaign, in which the front has
been drawn out more than 600 miles,
from the Baltic to Bukowlna.
Italy, after ten months OF uncertain
~. began war with Austria Hungary in
Nav, and has occupied a fringe OF Aus
trian territory in tn mountainous re-
gion to the north. Trent and trieste
are the detectives Of the Italian cam
paign. Owing to the difficult nature
of the ground neither OF the antag-
onists has made much Roadway.
On the Gallipoli peninsula. IN the
Dardanelles and in the Bosporus
Turkey. aided by her Teutonic allies,
is at war with France, Great Britain
and Russia. with possession OF Con
stantinople as the great stake. Fol
loving the failure of the naval assault
on tie Dardanelles hy an Anglo
French feet. troops were landed on
the peninsula. Few details of this
campaign are available, and little is
known beyond the fact that the fight
ing has been particularly severe. and
that the Allies have occupied md re-
tanned the tip OF the peninsula.
Servia and Montenegro. the former
assisted by British troops. are at war
with Austria-H Hungary. The Austrian
invasion of Servia ended in failure.
On the Montenegrin front there has
been only deSu!tory fighting. Both
Servia and Montenegro have recently
invaded Albani.. with the object OF
obtaining ports on the sea.
On Asiatic soil Russia is at war with
Turkey in the Black Sea region.
Neither side has employed large num-
bers Of troops in this campaign. There
has been fighting in the Caucasus and
Persia. with no great accomplish
ments. Further south. in Mesopo-
anna, there has been sporadic fighting
between Turkish and British troops
Turkey sent an army to attack the
Suez Canal. but the main BODY Of
roops failed to reach its objective.