The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-07-22
ONE YEAR OF WAR.
Twelve Months of Fighting Has Cost
Millions OF Men.

which ultimately resulted in ten ma
tions going to war. These nations
are, on one hand, Great Britain
France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Bel
gium, Italy and Montenegro. and, on
the other, Germany, Austria and
Turkey. The war to date, according
to conservative estimates compiled
from the best available reports, has
caused a loss to the various belllger'
ents of more than six million men,
dead, wounded and prisoners, and
more than 500 ships. OF these about
120 were war vessels.
The outstanding results on land
are these:
The greater portion of Belgium is
under the control of Germany.
Germany has been driven from the
Far East.
A part of the Dardanelles is in the
possession of the allied troops.
Portions of France and Russia are
in the possession of German troops.
A strip Of Alsace has been taken
from Germany.
On the continent of Africa parts OF
territorial possessions have been lost
by both sides.
Various island possessions of Ger
many have been taken by the forces
of the allies.
Italian troops are in possession OF
a strip of Austrian territory.
The outstanding results at sea are
these:
German and Austrian mercantile
shipping has been driven from all the
open seas.
War vessels of the allied nations
having a total displacement of ap-
proximately $4,000 tons have been
sent to the bottom.
The greater portion Of the German
and allied fleets in the North sea re-
main intact.
Except for communication through
Holland and the Scandinavian ma
tions, Germany is cut off from the
rest of the world.
Efforts on the part Of the Germans
to Mace the British Isles in similar
nredicament has resulted in the sink
ing by submarines Of hundreds OF
vessels flying the flags of the allied
and neutral nations.
The sinking in this manner OF the
Cunard liner Lusitania with the loss
of more than one hundred American
lives, precipitated request that such
practices in so far as they might men
ace Americans, be stopped.
Prinzip's crime was committed on
June %. An investigation disclosed
what was alleged to be proof that the
assassin was the tool Of a group OF
Serbians. On July %, after consider
able correspondence and negotiations
an ultimatum was sent to. Serbia by
the Austro-Hungarian government.
which Serbia declined to meet. A
week later a general mobilization of
Russian troops along the German
border was ordered, and the follow
ing day Germany declared war on
Russia. The news of that event was
followed in a few hours by the an
nouncement that general mobiliza-
ton had been ordered by the French
cabinet.
On August German troops enter
ed Luxembourg and Germany demand
ed free passage through Belgium to
the French frontier. This was refus-
ed, and two days later Great Britain
dispatched to Germany an ultimatum
demanding that the neutrality of Bel
GUM be maintained. The ultimatum
rejected, German forces attacked
Liege. On the same day President
Wilson issued a proclamation of neu-
trality.
The following day saw the declara-
ton by Great Britain of state OF
war with Germany, and two days la
ter the Germans entered Liege, as
the French invaded southern Alsace.
These events were quickly follow
ed by an affirmation on the part OF
Italy of her neutrality, by an Aus
trian invasion of Serbia, and by the
sending by Japan OF an ultimatum to
Germany. This had to do with the
German possession of Kiao-Chow of
which Tsingtau was the port.
By August II the first British expe-
dictionary force had completed its
landing in France and on that day
there began also fierce battle on
the Jadar between the Austrian and
Serbian troops. Victory was with
the Serbian arms after five days of
fighting and the Austrians were rout-