The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11

French border, found the Germans eY-
erywhere on the aggressive. May
combined German and Austrian force
drove the Russians from the Dunajec
line eastward, making heavy captures.
Fighting continued up to the 18th, the
Teutons reaching the gates OF Pre-
mysl and recapturing Jaroslaw, a rail-
way center in the central Galician war
zone. These strokes compelled the Rus
SLAMS to fall back from the Carpathian
passes. Failing to stay the enemy's
pursuit, the Russians moved east and
northeast, abandoning Przemysl on the
Sd OF June.
From Przemysl the Ausro-GermaD
pursuit led toward Lemberg. the CAPT
tai of Galicia. held by Russia since
Sept. 4. South of Lemberg the Aus
TRANS captured Stanislau and drove the
Russians east across the DnieSter.. On
June IL the Austrians captured Gro
dek, sixteen miles from Lemberg, ana
on the 21st the Germans captured Ra-
wa Ruska, railroad center northwest
Of the coveted fortress. which the Aus
claimed that she held over 200, 900
prisoners. Lord Kitchener asked for
100000 more men.
The French won a small success
around Steinbach, in Alsace. on Jan.
4, but this was Offset on the 18th by a
brilliant stroke of the Germans at Soils
sons, their nearest reach to Paris. The
French were forced back south OF the
Aisne river from positions held since
September. The end of January found
the French at a standstill.
Cars Armies Active.
Late in January the Russians invad-
ed East Prussia, aiming to strike KOe-
nigsberg, a strong German post on the
Baltic. Early in February the Ger
mans forced the fighting In front OF
Warsaw and at the same time drove
the invading Russians from East Prus-
STA. making heavy captures. Mean
while the Germans recaptured PlOck,
on the Vistula. in northern Poland. and
pushed northeast toward the Niemen
river, across the Russian border. Ger
man soil was now free OF foes, for the
Austrians defeated the Russians at
Dukla pass, in the Carpathians. and
were gradually forcing them out OF
Bukovina. an Austrian crown province
east OF Galicia, which the cars forces
had occupied since September.
The Russian advance toward Hun.
gary was met by Austrians marching
north. and by the middle Of February
the Russians had been driven from the
four great passes of the Carpathians
and were held as In a wise In southern
Galicia. between the mountains on the
south and the Austrian front in Buko
wilma and the Austro-German front
based on Cracow.
A Blow at Constantinople.
On the 18th OF February the large
feet of allied ships made a desperate
attempt to force entrance through Oar
danelles strait toward Constantinople
Bombardment was kept up two days
and resumed on the 25th without i'm
portant results. This was intended FOL
week, when the Germans captured lie
Eparges, on the Mouse. and recapture,
from the French Hartmannsweiler
kopf, in the VOsges mountains. Fur
thermore, the Germans repulsed a des
perate attack by the allies on the Ypre.
canal and crossed that barrier to tn
west side. In this engagement the al
lies were overcome by asphyxiatin,
gas let loose upon them by their foes
For two days the battle ragged at Ypres
everywhere to the advantage of tn,
Germans, who broke up the allies sa
lent, Selling and holding three mile.
depth on a FIVE mile front.
The month of May, which had beer
fixed upon by the western allies as tn,
real beginning OF the war" on tn,
fenced, the feet was well inside of tn
strait, and the prospect was so favor
able by the middle of March that tn,
British admiral promised to be in tn,
Turkish capital on Easter day, April
But the ships Of the allies were rough
ly handled when they faced the fort!
at the Narrows.
Here on the 18th of March the Brit
ish battleships Irresistible and Oceal
and the French battleship Bouvet wer
sunk by Turkish mines or shells iron
the forts. Two British battleships wer
put out Of action. This disaster acte
as a stop to naval operations at tn
Dardanelles. When the Easter mont
passed the allies had merely secures
landing of troops on the Gallipoli pen
insula.
Among the striking naval events o
the year, aside from the submarine wal
fare and attack on the Dardanelle
forts, three are especially worth re
counting. In November. 1914. BIRTHS
squadron was defeated of Chile b.
Won Specs German cruisers and Vic
Admiral Cradock with LOO men lost
A week later the raider German cruis
er Emden was sunk In the Indian oceal
by the Australian cruiser Sydney. Il
December Sturdee's British squadro
destroyed Won Specs feet of the Falk
land islands, sinking four out OF fv
cruisers.
While the blow at Constantinople hel,
the attention of the world by reason o
its holiness the allies in northern
France resumed the attacks which ha'
been suspended all winter. March II
the British broke the German line a
Neuve ChapeIle. capturing the village
and for three days the battle raget
back and forth, the Germans, Eng
lish and French all losing heavily
The allies were defeated In their at
tempt to take La Bassee and push cas-
to Lille. The capture OF Hartmanns
weilerkopf mountain, southern Alsace
by the French was the only other even
OF Importance on the whole western
front
Russians Strike at Hungary.
On the east front the winter weathe
interfered with movements on a gran'