The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-11-06
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune

IL II Is true tnat the RuSSidlS have
sent a great expedition from Odessa
and Sevastopol to effect a landing on
the Black sea coast of Bulgaria,
another theater of war has been
added to the European struggle.
Just as the Teutons and Bulgarians
are drawing a ring of flame and steel
around Serbia, so the Allies are at
tempting to envelope Bulgaria. On
the west Bulgaria is confronted by
the French, English and Serbians;
on the south the combined fleets are
s~corching the Aegean shores with
shell and now Russia. on the east.
is to attempt an invasion of the Bal
kan peninsula. This will include an
invasion of Turkey as well as Bull
garia.
To meet the threat from the east
the Bulgarians have united with
their old foes, the Turks, who are
said to have dispatched armies to
the Bulgarian Black sea littoral.
When the fighting begins Rumania.
like Switzerland. will be an island of
peace in an ocean of war. but it will
be a modified peace which at any
moment may be transformed into
hostilities. Russia has been conduct
ing negotiations at Bucharest to in
duce the Rumanian government to
permit the passage of the Cars
armies for an attack on Bulgaria,
but the Hohenzollern king of Ru-
mania has remained obdurately hos
tile. If the Russian expedition has
started from Odessa and Sevastopol
it may be assumed that the Russian
negotiations at Bucharest have failed,
at all events for the time being.
For more than three weeks the in
vasion of Serbia has been in progress
and excellent progress has been
made by the Teutons and Bulgarians.
and yet it is doubtful whether they
are as far along as they had expected
when they began their operations.
The delay which Germany expert
enced in Belgium prevented her
from gaining a decision in the west
a year ago. and the delay'which she
and her Allies are meeting with in
Serbia may prevent the decision
which she hopes for now in the near
east.
On the other hand. the position of
the Allies is perilous. Every mill
tary operation attempted by the Al
lies in the Balkan theater of war is
in a precarious condition. The Ser
bian army is almost e~nveloped, al
though it still has liberal space in
which to within the iron
ring. The Anglo-French expedition
which landed at Saloniki is confront
ed by obvious difficulties and dangers.
The Russian expedition is taking big
risks. The Russians are not certain
that they control the Black sea. for
the condition of the Turkish fleet is
unknown. 1t still may be in fight
ing trim. despite numerous reports.
But even if the battleships and cruis-
ers are in a bad way. there are a
number of German submarines in
the Black sea which may be able to
sink numerous transports. This diff
Guilty the French and English
were called upon to face at the Darda-
nelles. but the Russians are not 10
we'll equipped to overcome it.
A few weeks ago the Allies were
reported to have landed troops at
Enos. near Dedeagatch. on the Ae-
gean coast of Bulgaria. but the re-
port has not been confirmed. II may
have been merely a small force sent
ashore to destroy enemy property;
it may have been q ruse or it may
have been a myth. A few days
after the landing was supposed. to
have taken place the combined fleets
bombarded the coast. and doubtless
wrought much damage. The sneer-
ing report sent out from Sofia inn
mediately after the bombardment
that no damage was done has since
been rectifed. One dispatch from
Sofia says that a fourth Of the city