Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-07-31
GERMANS CONFIDENT
WREATH Of VICTORY
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pressed forward against Riga and
now has reached the vicinity of the
citv after numerous victories. The
successes of the Germans have cost
the Russian army many millions in
dead, wounded and prisoners, The
Russian Empire possesses only frag-
ments of its mighty armies and no
longer can supply these adequately
with arms and munitions. Their fate
will be decided very shortly. The
Russian forces will be destroyed or
forced to fee deep into the interior toI
the Eastward.
THE battles in the West have cut so
deeply into the French strength that
now 18-year-old lads must bear arms
Great Britains original army has been
destroyed and only enough substitutes
can be raised to hold 44-mile front in
Belgium. The British losses, partic-
ularly those of officers, have been very
heavy. The army of 100000 men
which Lord Kitchner promised six
months ago has not yet appeared and
our opponents in the West never again
will be able to raise superior forces to
expel the Germans from the country
THE action in the Dardanelles which
has been in progress for months
against the Turks shows results for
the British and French only in great
losses Of men, ships and war supplies
of all kinds The Turkish Army stead
lily is improving in numbers and quail
ity The Turkish Notifications are
quite as strong as they were at the
outset. The prospects of the attackers
reaching Constantinople, therefore,
have vanished and since none of the
Balkan States are willing to enter the
Anglo-French service and since the
Russian Army which should have par
ticipated from Odessa has been de-
stroyed in Galicia, it is difficult to see
any chances for France and Great
Britain.
Should Italy send an army to the
Dardanelles, it will find a superior
Turkish army ready to receive her.
Italy, AFTER conducting mobilization
secretly for nine months entered the
field against Austria-Hungary at the
end of May An italian army, 1,000,-
600 men strong, has been attempting
for two months to sweep over the for
titled Austrian passes and to cross the |
IsonoZo River behind which the Aus
tro-Hungarian defensive army occu- |
pies strong positions. All the attempts |
of the Italians up to the present have
been unsuccessful. The cost of the at
tackers has been hundreds of thou8-
ands in dead and wounded Austria
Hungaria grows stronger day by day
and although its valiant struggle is a |
difficult one against Italian superiority /
in numbers, it will be able to bar the
way to the coastland and to Trieste
and Tyrol.
Meanwhile Italy has lost her entire
colony at Tripoi to the Arabs and ap-
parently is about to declare war on
Turkey.
THE Serbian Army after great loss
es in the Winter has undertaken no
military operations, being content to !
guard the frontiers of its country on /
which there no longer is an Austro-
Hungarian army.
THE other Balkan States are about |
to decide which side they shall take in |
the war. Since Russia's forces hava
been driven back and badly beaten and
German and Austro-Hungarian army
has been arrayed near the frontier o.
Rumania Bulgaria has come to an I'M
Outstanding with Turkey and Greece
remains the opponent Of Italy, and az
increase in the number of our enemies
! under control of the entente allies NJ
longer is to be anticipated by Austria
| Hungary.