The Arvada enterprise., 1915-08-05

OF Ypres. when the Germans suffered
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-enforcementg to Russia.
The Germans In September had per
formed the feat Of pushing a 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 counterm mine.
The flooding Of the River Aisne
from winter SHOWS gave the Germans
= chance to entrap the French troops
on the north side OF that river in the
vicinity Of soissons for n considerable
distance and kill or capture most Of
them tJanuary ~.
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.
shands 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-
ary 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 r little ground. but
the Germans. despite the apparent
weakness Of the sharp wedge they had
driven into the French line. could not
be dislodEed and later succeeded in re.
gaining some Of the territory they had
lost.
The British also reported victories"
At Neuve Chapelle and HIN No. 60. In
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 shell.
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 un.
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 compensatinR
for the British gains south OF Ypres.
The losses OF the French. Canadians
and British were severe, but they sue.
cecded in stemminE the German on
slaught effectively few miles back
from their former position.
Begin Series Of Attacks.
The German line makes n salient at
Soissons. though not such a pro.
nounced one as at St Mih!el. The
French now began a series OF at
! tacks on the upper side OF this salient.
to the north OF Arras Expending hun.
| drcds OF Thousands OF shells. they time
and again blasted away the barbed
wire cntanglemcnts and concrete
trenches. held by Crown Prince Rup.
precht OF Bayaria's men and then
charged across the dcsolatc ground for
| slight gains.
The fighting ccntcred about the su.
gar refinery OF Souches and the great
German work called the Labyrinth.
| Fighting went on IN cellars and tun.
neis below the earth and the casual.
ties were heavy, Th. French bent the
German line and captured tn. LADY.
rinth. but whether the gains justified
their sacrifice In human li'c In qucs.
tionablc.
In July. Crown Prince Frederick
Williams army attacked In the Ar.
Ionnc forest. west OF Nerdun. and
succeeded In gaining several hundred
yards OF shattered woodland and cap
turing several thousand Frcnchmcn.
There were rumors that the Ter.
mans were reinforcing for another
great drive toward Calais or Paris
but the Teutonic campaign In the
West continued 10 wait upon the
crushing OF the much weaker enemy
In Poland.