The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19


sian armies invaded Galicia and Bulk
owina. capturing most OF the former
province. but lost the greater part OF
this territory as result Of Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's grea,
drive from Cracow. The Germans
invaded Russian Poland and theil
attempts to capture Warsaw led tc
some of the deadliest fighting of the
war. In time the struggle here set
tied down to trench warfare, much
as in the west. with Germany retain
ing a large part of Russian Poland
Russian invasions of East Prussia re-
suited i'm disastrous defeats. Furth-
er north the Germans swept into
the Baltic provinces of Russia, cap
turing Libau on the sea. The un-
precedented extension of battle lines
which this war has witnessed reach
ed its most remarkable eXemplifica-
ton in this campaign, in which the
front has been drawn out more than
600 miles, from the Baltic to Buko-
wilma.
Italy. after ten months Of uncer-
taintv. began war with Austria-Hun-
gary in May, and has occupied a
fringe of Austrian territory in the
mountainous region to the north
Trent and Trieste are the objectives
of the Italian campaign. Owing to
the difficult nature of the ground
neither of the antagonists has made
much headway.
On the Gallipoli peninsula, in the
Dardanelles and in the Bosphorus
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-
lowing the failure Of the naval as
sault on the Dardanelles by an Ang-
lo-French fleet. troops were landed
on the peninsula. Few details OF
this campaign are available, and lit
tie is known beyond the fact that
the fighting has been particularly Sc
we're and that the allies have occu-
pied and retained the tip of the pen
insula.
Serbia and Montenegro, the for
mer assisted by British troops, are
at war with Austria-Hungary. The
Austrian invasion of Serbia ended in
failure. On the Montenegrin front
there has been only desultory fight
ing. Both Serbia and Montenegro
have recently invaded Albania, with
the object of obtaining ports on the
sea.
On Asiatic soil Russia is at wal
with Turkey in the Black Sea region
Neither side has employed large
numbers of troops in this campaign
There has been fighting in the Cau'
casus and Persia, with no great ac'
complishments. Further south. in
Mesopotamia, there has been sporad'
&c fighting between Turkish and Brit
ish troops. Turkey sent an army tc
attack the Seuz Canal, but the main
body of troops failed to reach its OBJ
jective.
In Africa French and British
troops occupied Togoland and part
of the Kamerun, German possessions
4 British attack on German Eas,
Africa was defeated.
The insular possessions of Ger
many in the Pacific were captured
by Great Britain and Japan.
Tsing-Tau. the German fortress in
China, was captured by the japanese
aided by British contingent.
On the seas there have been nc
great battles. Great Britain's SUI
premacy, owing to the overwhelming
size for her fleet, has not been dis
puted to the ultimate issue, the main
German fleet having remained ir
home waters. Two German cruisers
which were in the Mediterranean
when war began went to the Oar
danelles and were acquired by Tur
KEY. A few German cruisers anc
converted merchantmen, including
the famous Emden and the karls
ruhe, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prini
Eitel Friedrich. raided shipping o.
the allies for a time, but were even
tuallv sunk or forced to intern II
neutral ports.
The Austro-Hungarian fleet ha:
remained in the Adriatic and the
Turkish fleet has been kept from the
Aegean. Germany's merchant ma
rine has been swept from the seas.
There have been several naval bat
ties of Importance. however. In the
first month of the war Rear Admira
Beatty's squadron dashed into Helgo
land Blight. near the great German
naval station. and sank three Ger
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