Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-31
REVIEW Of THE GREAT WAR AND OTHER
NOTABLE EVENTS Of THE YEAR 1916
European Conflict Develops Into asgge to the DEATH With Dead
lock on Eastern and Western Fonts-Serba 0verrun by
1eutons and MISUNDERSTANDING Period for the
United States General Carranza Rec
ognized as President of Mexico.
Fa,i Of Warsaw.

Faii Of Warsaw.
The campaign In the West was
strangely quiescent. The allies kept
&c .he.htrenches and the outside world
wondered. Up to June IL there was no
claim of progress by the allies. The
Teutonic claim that It's side was still
engaged in successful warfare on all
fronts was not disputed. The splendid
resistance interposed by the discred'
tied Turks came % . surprise to the
world. Russia was unable to rally her
badly demoralized forces to make q
winning defense of Lemberg. Once
that point had fallen, Warsaw became
the main objective. It was not until
August 6 that German troops made
their triumphal entry into Warsaw
capital of Russian Poland.
September marked q decided change
in the Teutonic campaign in the East
wilma fell on September 8. but imme'
diately afterward the Russians won a
series Of successes over the Austrians,
capturing 10000 prisoners. The escape
of the Russian armies from the net
planned by the German strategists
was complete. The great Teutonic
drive was brought to halt. and In De-
cember the Germans withdrew slight
ly and intrenched for the winter.
The month Of October marked de-
cided revival Of military activity on
all fronts. After long period Of COM
parative quiet in the West, desper.
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies. Tho French drive in Cham.
payne was one Of the bloodiest at
tempts yet made to pierce the German
lines. After three weeks of incessant
gunfire, the French troops left their
trenches, September rs, and rushed
the whcle Of tho first German line.
Nearly 10000 German prisoners were
captured, and upward Of . hundred
field guns, thus far the greatest single
capture by the French during the war.
But the Germans were not compelled
to .relinQuish any great amount of ter
ritory. In Artois the allies did not sue
coed in breaking through the German
lines, but secured some coveted posi-
lions at an appalling cost.
This brief period Of allied success
WIS followed BY, An unexpected turn
of political affairs In the Balkans. For
u second time the Greek king showed
his lack of sympathy with the allies.
In the spring he had prevented Vent
'zelos. his premier. an avowed sup
porter of the allies, from sending
troops to the Dardanelles. Now, when
the allies were depending upon the
Greeks to hold the Bulgarians in check.
Constantine declined again to act.
Serbia 70 overrun.
Bulgaria announced her intention to
cast her lot with the central powers
and the latter opened q campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for its apparent OBJ
jective. On October 10 the Germans
crossed the Danube and proceeded to
advance southwark, every step contest
ed furiouslN BY tho outnumbered
Serbs. France, England and Italy de-
clared war ON Bulgaria. All ut once
the center Of military activity was
transferred to the Balkans.
In November both tho longexpected
allied offensive in the West and the
Teutonic drive in the East came prac-
.tically to an end. The allies failed to
break the stubborn German lines and
only achieved . possible moderate
success in Champagne and Artois at
tremendous cost. Blythe middle Of the
month military operations In Russia
were practically at q standstill, the
Germans having failed to accomplish
the object Of their campaign. At that
time the big German drive to the Gold
en- Horn began 70 monopolize the at
tention Of the public. Tho preliminary
invasion Of Serbia by the Teutonic a.
lies-now Including Bulgaria-was be.
gun with notable promptness. In fact,
as early az October 81, the invading
armies met IN, tho northeastern part OF
the kingdom, by November Kragu.
yevatz, the chief Serbian arsenal. had
fallen, and by November the Bulga-
rians were In Nish, Serbia's provi-
sional capital and railroad center. BY
November 10 It was announced that
the invading armies held four-afths OF
Serbia, and toward the close Of the
month Germany declared semioficially
that the campaign was over. BY the
middle Of December tho Franco British
forces had been driven out Of Serbia.
They fell back to Saloniki, which. with
the consent Of Greece. they prepared
to defend.
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