Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-01
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 The German plan is generally as- sumed to have been to deal first with France, in the early weeks of the war before the Russian army, slower to mobilize, was able to present seri- ous menace; and then to turn to Rus sia. The fierce resistance of Belgium and the unexpectedly quick mobiiza- ton of both the French and Rus sian armies prevented the full frution of this plan Nevertheless Germany has been able to hold her own on both the eastern and western fronts.
 In reality the struggle of the eleven nations is divided into a number of separate wars, related to each other in a general way The whole field of military operations may be summer ized as follows:
 In France and Belgium Germany is battling with Great Britain, France and Belgium In August Germany in vaded Belgium and France, pushing southward almost to the gates of Paris Following the battle of the Marne. perhaps the most important contest of the war thus far, the Germans were compelled to retreat and have since held an entrenched line from the Bel gian coast Go Alsace, retaining pos session of northeastern France and most of Belgium In this theatre the war has been so even that the capture of a group of houses or a few yards of trenches has been considered a vic tory worthy of mention in the official reports The German attempts to break through to the English channel; the British victory at Neuye Chapel le, the German triumph at Soissons, while calling forth supreme efforts, did not materially change the relative positions of the antagonists along the front of nearly 300 miles.
 On the eastern front Russia faces Germany and Austria-Hungary. Rus sian armies invaded Galicia and Buko- wina, capturing most of the former province. but lost the greater part of this territory as a result of Field Mar shal von Machensen's great drive from CraCoW. The Germans invaded Rus sian Poland, and their attempts Co capture Warsaw led to some of the deadliest fighting of the war. In time the struggle here settled down to trench warfare, much as in the west. with Germany retaining a large part of Russian Poland Russian invasions of East Prussia resulted in disastrous defeats. Further north the Germans swept into the Baltic province of Rus sia, capturing Libau. on the sea The unprecedented extension of battle lines which this war has witnessed reached it's most remarkable exempli- fcation in this campaign. in which the front has been drawn out more than 600 miles, from the Baltic to Buko- wina.
 Italy. after ten months of uncertain ty, began war with Austria-Hungary, in May, and has occupied a fringe of Austrian territory in the mountainous region to the north Trent and Trlest are the objectives Of the Italian cam paign Owing to the difficult nature of the ground neither of the antagon- ists has made much headway.
 On the Gallipoli peninsula. in the Dardanelles and in the Bosphorus Turkey, aided by her Teutonic allies, is at war with France, Great Britain and Russia, with possession of Con stantinople as the great stake. Follow ing the failure of the naval assault on the Dardanelles by an Anglo-French fleet troops were landed on the pen insula Few details of this campaign are available, and little is known be- yond the fact that the fighting has been particularly severe. and that the Allies have occupied and retained the tip of the peninsula.
 Serbia and Montenigro, the former assisted by British troops, are at war with Austria-H Hungary. The Austrian invasion of Serbia ended in failure. On the Montenigrn front there has been only resultory fighting. Both Serbia and Montenegro have recently invaded Albania, with the object of obtaining ports on the sea.
 On Asiatic soil Russia is at war with Turkey in the Black Sea region. Neither side has employed large mum bers of troops in this campaign. There has been fighting in the Caucasus and Persia, with no great accomplish ments Further south. in Nesopota- mia, there has been sporadic fighting between Turkish and British troops. Turkey sent an army to attack the