The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
Will Take Place in History as De.
voted Almost Exclusively to Pros.
ecution of the Great War

'''h ANb cA CtDttUIUeT ", but tminG-
diate'y afterward the Russians won a
series of successes over the Austrians.
capturing 10000 prisoners. The es-
cape OF the Russian armies from the
not damned by the German s~trategists
a complete. The great Teutonic
drive a brought to a halt.
The month of October married. n
decided revival OF military activity on
all fronts. After a long period ~
comparative quiet in the weat N des-
l"rale offensive movement was made
ny the Miles. The French drive MT
Champagne was one of the b,oodiest
ten yet made to pierce the Ger
man lines. After three weeks of in.
c"ssant gun fire tho French troons
i'it their trenches. September rs. and
rushed Ii whole of the first German
me- Nearly 10000 German pris-
oners We're captured and Upward of n
hundred Held guns thus far the groot-
est single capture by the French dur
ms the war. But the Germans vora
not compelled 10 relinuuish any crea.
amount of territory. In Artois the
Niles did not succeed in breo,,Inr
through the German lines. but sec,irea
som" coveted positions at an appal-
ling cost.
This brief period Of allied success
was Followed by an unexpected turn
or political affairs In the Balkans. For
n second time the Greek King showed
ms lack OF Syinpathy with the Allies
In the spring he had prevented Vcn-
izelos. his Premier. an avowed sun
porter Of h Allies, from sending
troops TO the Dardanelles. Now.
when the Allies were depending upon
the G1ceks to hold the Bulgarians in
check, Constantine declined again TO
act.
! Bulgaria announced her intention TO
! cast her lot with the Central Powers
ana IN" latter opened a campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for its apparent
objective. ON October 10 the Ger
mans crossed the Danube and pro-
c".sicd to advance southwark. every
step contested furiously by the ont
numbered Serbs. France, England
and Italy declared war on Bulgaria.
All at once the centre Of military ac-
tivity wa transferred to the Balkans.
In November both the long expected
allied Offensive in the west and the
i'b'pilN ultN' ~ Nil' t5tN tbIlt pItt-
, tlcally to an nd. The Allies failed 70
break tine stubborn German lines and
only achieved a possible moderate sue
cess in Champagne aud Artuis at tre-
mendous cost. BY the middle of the
month military operations in Russia
were practically ut n stHnds;ill, the
Germans having failed to accomplish
the object of their campaign. Al that
time the big German drive to the
Golden Horn began to monopolize the
attention of the public. The prelimi-
nary invasion Of Serbia by the Teu-
tonic allies-now including Bulgaria.
was begun with notable promptness.
In fact as early as October - the in
vdd!ng armies met In the northeast
crn part of the Kingdom, by November
! kraguyeyatz. the chief Serbian ar
senal, had fallen by November b
, the Rulgarians were in Nish. Serhia'a
provisional capital and railroad centre.
BY November - IL vas announced that
the invading armies hold four-iifths of
Serbia and toward the close of the
month Germany declared semi-ofti-
cially tina the campaign was over.
Since May "a. when the italian army
crossed the Austrian frontier. the
lighting has been continuous. espe-
cially along the lsonzo font. The
strongly fortified and ~stubbornly de-
Tended town Of Gorilla was the Italian
objective for weeks. In October the
Austrian aeroplanes dropped BOMBS
upon Venice. destroying art specimens
and damaging n church. The Italian
liner AncoGa, bound for New York.
was sunk by j submarine flying the
Austrian flag on November 2. More
than o hundred passengers were killed.
including several Americans.
Or November IL the United states
called upon .Austria-Hungary for an
Austro-Hur garian answer was unsai-
~lsfactory and on December Is a second
/ note. practically amounting TO an ul1i-
matum, was cabiel, Tension was
marked and a diplomatic hreak seemed
possible. On December II the retreat
Of the Allies over the C;recian bound
AIRY Was made successfully.
At the approach OF the new year the
solution Of the war problem seems to
bo as remote rs ever. Nothing de-
cisive has been accomplished and none
OF the belligerents seems ready to
Yield. There has already among all
The participants in the struggle been
manifested an mistaken purpose to
utilize thu brief respite which the win
ter months may bring in an exhaustive
preparation for renewed military ac-