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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
IN THE EAST

The first twelvemonth of fighting
between the Russians on one side and
the Austrians and Germans on
the other is story of great changes
OF fortune, both combatants being re-
peatedly driven back only to show
the greatest rcsiliency in defeat and
soon to resume the offensive in a most
surprising manner.
The end of the year, however. finds
the pendulum swinging strongly
against the car He may recover
and take again the roads to Cracow,
Vienna and Berlin. but Just at pres
ent he is on the whole in worse plight
than in any hour since the war
started.
Russias losses in the first year of
the war are not approached by those
OF any nation in any war of history.
According to reliable estimates, she
has had between 2,500,00 and 4,OOO,-
900 men killed, injured and captured.
Despite these horrible gaps made in
her ranks, she still has millions In
the field. and her great reservoir Of
personnel does not show signs of ex-
haustion. 1t is not men she lacks, but
guns, shells and brains.
Slow to Mobilize.
On August 1, 1914, Germany de-
clared war on Russia. Almost imme-
diately the Germans crossed the from
tier at Thorn and the Austrians south
of Lublin. They were practically un-
opposed because of the slowness of
mobilization in Russia. The Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch was
forced to gather his main armies well
to the rear of the line of great fort
resses running through Kovno, Grod-
no. Ossowetz, Novo Georgievsk, War
saw and Ivangorod.
On account of his desire to do all
he could to relieve the French, who
were being driven from northern
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03

France by the amazing German rush
through Belgium, Nicholas attacked
sooner than he otherwise would have
done. AS result, he met two disas-
ters.
He sent General Samsonoff into
East Prussia from the south and
General Rennenkampf into East Prus-
STA from the east, the latter winning
the first large engagement Of the war
in the East at Gumbinen.
At this moment the Germans, be-
lieving that the French were we'll In
hand and about to be surrounded on
their eastern frontier, quickly with
drew 100000 men from France and
hurled them by rail into East Prus-
STA, where they fell upon Samsonoff
with crushing force in the great Ger
man victory of Tannenberg (Aug. 28).
Meanwhile, the Austrians, leaving
only a few troops in Galicia to hold
back the Russians advancing from
Tarnopol on the line of the Gnila-Lip7,
struck the Russians en- masse at Kra--
mix and routed them to Lublin.
Most Bloody Drive of War.
With two armies in difficulty, the
grand duke decided to abandon one
to it's fate and save the other. He
threw re-enforcements into Lublin
and ordered the line of the Gnila-
Lipa river be forced at any cost. In
one of the most bloody drives of the
war the Russians advanced into east
ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg.
The Russians then advanced to
Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian
armies in Poland in the rear, cutting
them up frightfully.
Meanwhile Won Hindenburg had
completed his victory over Samsonoff
by turning on Rennenkampf and clear
ing East Prussia of Muscovites. But
though Rennenkampf had been de-
feated and Samsonoff almost ami
hilated, the Germans
The Russians were now as far west
as Tarnow in Galicia, while their
Cossacks were able to make raids into
Hungary farther south. Hindenburg
concentrated a great force suddenly
in Silesia and began drive from the
west against Warsaw and Ivan
gorod The Siberian corps arrived
in the nick of time to save Warsaw
from the enemy.
High Tide of Russian Invasion.
Hindenburg then drew off the north
ern section of his army in Poland to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03

Flanders Whether these should be
accounted successes for the allies Is
doubtful The British suffered enor-
nous losses and at Neuve Chapelle
bungled affairs to the extent of she'll
ing their own men who had taken Ger
man trenches. In other cases they
left gallant little parties lodged in
enemy's trenches without supports to
be annihilated.
The next development was the I'M
expected use of poisonous gas fumes
by the Germans in attacks just north
of Ypres. With this novel weapon
they succeeded in taking several small
villages and more than compensating
for the British gains south Of Ypres.
The losses of the French, Canadians
and British were severe, but they sue
ceeded in stemming the German on
slaught effectively a few miles back
from their former position
Begin Series of Attacks.
The German line makes a salient at
scissors, though not such a pro-
nounced one as at ST. Mihiel The
HOW U0Sdu series OF al
tacks on the upper side of this salient,
to the north Of Arras. Expending hun
dreds of thousands Of shells, they time
and again blasted away the barbed
wire entanglements and concrete
trenches, held by Crown Prince Rup-
precht Of Bavaria's men, and then
charged across the desolate ground for
slight gains.
The fighting conferred about the SUI
gar refinery Of Souchez and the great
German work called the Labyrinth
Fighting went on in cellars and tun-
nels below the earth and the casual
ties were heavy. The French bent the
German line and captured the LADY
rinth, but whether the gains justified
their sacrifice in human life is ques-
tionable
In July, Crown Prince Frederick
Williams army attacked in the Ar
gonne forest, west of Verdun, and
succeeded in gaining several hundred
yards Of shattered woodland and cap.
turing several thousand Frenchmen.
There were rumors that the Ger
mans were reinforcing for another
great drive toward Calais or Paris,
but the Teutonic campaign In the
West continued to wait upon the
crushing of the much weaker enemy
| in Poland.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03

the north, thinking to take the pursu-
ing Russians in flank with the south
ern section. But the Austrians we're
too slow to carry out the field mar
shaIs plans and the Russians, slip
ping into a gap in the lines between
the Germans and their allies, slaugh-
tered the latter. The result was the
high tide of Russian invasion. The
Austrians withdrew over the Carpa-
thians again, leaving Przemysl to be
besieged second time The Ger
mans withdrew to Silesia and the Rus
slams, following closely, were able
for brief moment to raid this rich
province at Pleschen. At the same
time they entered East Prussia
again.
But again the German strategic
railways proved their undoing. Hin
denburg concentrated at Thorn and
drove into the right flank of the Rus
sian main forces, throwing them back
on Lodz.
He advanced too far, however, and
when he had the Russian forces near
ly surrounded, he suddenly found Rus.
slams in hiss own rear. In this ex-
tremity, the Russians say, he tele-
graphed for re-enforcements.
But before the re-enforcements
sent from Flanders arrived the Ger
mans had managed at frightful cost
to hack their way to safety. This was
the bloody battle of Lodz.
Wins Second Victory.
With stronger German forces oppos-
ing them the Russians withdrew to
the line Of Bzura, Rawa and Nida
rivers. At the same time the Aus
TRANS, attempting to debouch from
the Carpathian passes, were driven
back everywhere, leaving $4,000 pris-
oners
With January Hindenburg made a
third desperate attack on Warsaw
For ten days, both night and day, the
Germans came on. Then, having lost
probably $4,000 men and the Russians
nearly as many, they gave it up.
Unable to reach Warsaw, Hindenburg
concentrated twice Siever's force In
East Prussia, and won his second
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03

French were Obliged to fall back rap
idly to the line of the River Marine.
On the left the French had with
drawn to below Paris and the western
most German army. under Won Kluck,
followed
The garrison of Paris was put in
thousands of motor cars and hurled on
Won Kluck's flank. The latter was not
taken entirely unawares and met the
attack strongly. but at the same time
the army of General Foch attacked the
German army on Won Kluck's left and
drove 1t back.
Driven Back From Paris.
The Germans had ,oegun the battle
with five armies in line. The with
drawA of the two farthest west now
caused the retreat of the third, fourth
and fifth in that order, each in turn
finding it's flank exposed by the with
drawal of the troops on it's right. At
the same time the movement on the
east end of the German line was &C.
CELEBRATED by strong attack from the
French fortified zone of Verdun.
The German retreat was as orderly
as that of the French and English had
been. The invaders took up an adj
mirable defensive position. 1t ran
just north of the Aisne river, on a
series of bluffs, then just north of
Chalons and through the wooded,
rough regions of the Argonne and the
Woevre, joining hands here with the
troops besieging Verdun. The allies
have tried this line in vain ever since.
Both combatants now tried to turn
the west flank. Enormous bodies of
cavalry. On the part of the French
Flanders. On the part of the French
there was largely the desire to link up
with the Belgians, now being attacked
In Antwerp. The mighty siege guns
of the Germans made short work of
the Belgian seaport, however, and it
fell on October 8. The remnants of
the Belgian army retreated along the
sea coast and the Germans in a final
rush reached Ostend October 15).
Line Extended to the Sea.
The battle line of the Aisne was now
extended to the sea, the Germans hold
ing the important French city OF Lille,
while the allies kept Ypres in Belgium
and partly by flooding the lowlands,
held the position of the User river and
canal.
From October 16 to November 10
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was fought the desperate first battle
of Ypres, when the Germans suffered
enormous losses in attempts to break
through the line in Flanders and reach
Calais. They succeeded in pushing
back the allies only little and the
invasion of Silesia by the Cossacks
finally induced them to desist and
send re-enforcements to Russia.
The Germans in September had per-
formed the feat of pushing salient
into the French line south of Verdun,
which terminated on the west bank of
the Meuse river at st. Mihiel; while
the French had taken the offensive
with some success In Champagne at
about the same time.
For the most part throughout the
winter the fighting consisted of regu-
lar siege warfare. with heavy artillery.
combats and mine and counter-mine.
The flooding of the River Aisne
chance to entrap the French troops
on the north side Of that river il the
vicinity OF scissors for a considerable
distance and kill or capture most of
them January 14.
Take Offensive in Spring.
With the spring, the French and
English attempted to take the offensive
at several points. Always preparing
the way with tens or hundreds Of thou
Stands of shells, they tried joint after
Joint Of the German armor.
In the Vosges the dominating height
Of Hartmannsweilerkop was taken
and retaken several times In sanguin-
airy charges and finally remained In the
hands of the French.
The salient of st. Mihiel was also
subjected to tremendous French pres
sure on both legs" The French sue
ceeded in gaining a little ground, but
the Germans, despite the apparent
weakness of the sharp wedge they had
driven into the French line, could not
be dislodged and later succeeded in re-
gaining some of the territory they had
lost
The British also reported victories"
at Neuye Chapelle and Hill No. 60, in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
IN The WEST

The first month and a half of the
western campaign was made up of
startling, swift moves. On September
IL, after the defeat on the Marne, the
Germans took up defensive positions
along the Aisne river. The ten and a
half months since then have seen
long deadlock.
The battle line Of the Aisne and the
Disc quickly extended northeast TO the
rea. Fighting has been continuous,
with tremendous losses. The general
situation has remained unchanged,
gains of few miles for one side at
enc point offset by minor gains for
the enemy in other sectors.
At the beginning of August the
kaiser took possession of the little
state of Luxembourg and demanded
passage through Belgium to the Fran
eo-Belgian frontier.
Permission to pass denied, Won
Einem attacked Liege august A.,
while other German armies passed
around the city and swept over the
level Belgian roads at a terrific rate.
The little Belgian army yielded Brus-
sells and fell back to Antwerp and
Client.
First Big Engagement.
Not until the Germans had almost
reached the French border did the
first important engagement take place
This is generally known as the battle
of Mons-Charleroi (about August 20
28), but at the same time there was
severe fighting along the whole line
through Thionville in Lorraine and
along the Vosges in upper Alsace,
which the French had invaded with
temporary success.
This battle resulted in defeat for the
French and English.
While obtaining some successes in
counter-attacks on the advancing Ger
mans at Peronne and at Guise, the
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May Sherman submarine sinks the
Lusftania, more than 1,1SO lost. Rus
slams In full retreat from Carpa-
thians.
May s@Germans capture Libau Baltic
May 1-French capture Ceremony,
north of Arras, at great cost.
May 14-Amerfcan first submarine note
made public.
May A-Italy declares war ON Aus
tria.
May 26-ItaIians invade Austria.
May 29-ItaHans take GrodnO. Russians
check Germans at Sienawa.
May 31-Ffrst German note on subma-
rine reaches Washington. Zeppeiins
drop bombs In London.
June 3-PrzemysI falls to Austro-Ger-
June 1o-Germans capture stanisIau.
June 11-SecOnd u. s. submarine note
to Germany made public. Italians
take MOnfalcone.
June 12-ItaIians take Gradisca.
June 19-Austro-Germans occupy Tor
nOgrOd.
June 22-French take MetzeraI,
June 23-French announce occupation
of the "Labyrfnth," north of Arras.
june acknowledgements capture Lem
June 2s-Austrians cross the Dniester
at Halicz.
June 29-HaHcz falls.
July 2-Russians defeat German at
tempt DC land at Windau.
July 3@Russo-German naval battle of
Cortland.
July Italians take ToImfno.
July 5-BerIfn announces gains I'm the
ArgOnne forest.
July 16-Germans take Przasnysz, so
miles north of Warsaw.
July 19-Germans advance at many
points In Russia, taking Windau, Tu-
KUN. Blonde and Grobec.
July 2O-Russfans report sinking of SO
turkish sailing vessels. German
guns reach outer forts of Warsaw
and damage the LubIin-Cholm rail-
way.
July 21-Thfrd U. s. submarine note
goes to Germany.
July 2@Turkish- expedition
landed In TripoIi.
July 24-German take two forts near
Warsaw.
July 26-Russians repulse Austrfans I'm
Galicia.
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FIGHTING IN SCORE OF
OTHER REGIONS

In a score Of regions there has
been fighting which would have held
worldwide attention were it not for
the mighty battle lines in France and
Poland.
Sery1a's own war was greater trial
to her than either Of the two preced-
Ing Balkan struggles. Assisted by
Montenegro, the little Slavic nation
twice threw the hosts Of Franz Josef
beyond her borders and inflicted
losses of about 100000 men, but she
suffered severely herself.
The Anstrians invaded Serbia in
great force about August Is and pene-
trated to the Jadar river, where a
great f1ve-day battle ended in the
rout of the Teutons.
The Austrians returned soon in
stronger force than ever They
reached Valjevo, where on November
II the Serbians met a defeat.
With their supply of artillery am
munition exhausted, the Serbians now
had to retreat. The Austrians, be-
1ev1ng them crushed, withdrew six
army corps for re-enforcements
against the victorious Russians in Ca
licia.
Shells and English tars with naval
guns reached the Serbians, and on
December they turned on the Aus
TRANS and cut them to pieces
The entry Of Turkey into the war
was marked by brave, but foolhardy
attempt to invade Egypt. Great Brit
aims Indian and colonial troops threw
the invaders back with heavy losses
British and Japanese troops invest
ed the fortified German port of Using
tau, China, and after a siege of a few
weeks the defenders gave up the hope
less struggle
A section of the Boer population of
South Africa revolted. The revolt
was put down by Boer, Premier
Botha. He then invaded German
Southwest Africa, and after a long
campaign in the waterless deserts
captured the greatly outnumbered
Germans July 81.
After taking three-quarters of year
to arm herself to the teeth, Italy at
tackled Austria this spring. The effect
of the entry OF Italy upon the arena
has not yet been marked
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Informed. They have sent out squad
rons OF aeroplanes, as many as 20 at
a time, against various points in
side the German lines, and assert that
great damage was done.
The Zeppelin raids have been few.
and the destruction wrought far less
than that done by the aeroplane.
Their first exploit was the lombard
ment of Antwerp, October 8, when
two or three dropped many bombs and
fired guns at various buildings. This
was probably the most destructive of
their raids, for it was then learned
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From the Memories of a Critic.

Good morning, Mr.. Scribblepen."
said l, as l entered the sanctum sane
forum of the famous author of Moth
ing Worth While" would you mind
telling the American people through
my paper, the Daily Blister how you
account for the rather notifying con.
dition into which the literature of the
day seems to have fallen?"
why, It is perfectly simple, my
dear fellow" replied Mr.. Scribblepen
affably, correcting the proofs OF his
new novel, "The Worst Yet" with his
feet. Literature has been dead for
so long a time that modification has
set in as natural sequence to it's de-
cease. John Kendrick Bangs.