Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-07-10
Conquest OF German South
west Africa by Boer Cen
eraI Is Regarded as Re-
markabIe Military Feat
TEUT0NS UNABLE TO
BEAT RUSSIANS BACK
French Gains Are Regarded
as important in VoSgeS
Where kaiSefs Forces Lose
Critical Position,

inf MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL AAANth WISH
London, july 00.50 p m) The
complete surrender of the German
forces In German Southwest Africa to
General Botha. commander OF the
forces of the Union of South Africa;
the French success IN the Nosges,
whore they made an advance of 200
Yards on "a front OF Geo yards and cap
mrod upwards OF 500 unWoundcd
Germans, and the splendid stand be-
ing made by the Russians iu southern
Poland against the Austro-Gcrman
forces, give tho British military crit
les subject for comment ON what they
term "tho turn OF the tide in the
war which Is now approaching It's
first anniversary.
BothA's Remarkable Achievement
General Botha's victory with the
Germans cut Off from the rest of the
world, was a foregone conclusion but
The fact that ho won II uftcr five
months of warfare despite the rebel-
Hon Ina his own country and under
many natural dlffeulttea. Be- yuHsiG
cred by military observers To have
been a remarkable achievement 10
gain this victory General Botha'a
forces had to march Ia tho hlisterlnK
heat through AN almost wateress
country In which the few wells had
been poisoned and whore Haudstorms
made it Gaccssary fos the snldiers 90
wear goggles,
with rapid. sweeping strokes. Gen
erul Botha worked around the Ger
mans who were forced to surrender
or suffer aunlhlatlon. and thus pre-
vented them from breaking M into
parties and wagng n guerrilla war
fare
Parts OF Country Rich.
II Is expected that this territory.
some 300. 900 square miles I'm extent.
VIII he annexed to the dominion Of
South Africa. Parts Of this country
particularly about luedcritz bay
whore there are valuable diamond
mines. are very rich General Hotha
already hns begun to send the clt-
zon army home 0ud "a commencement
viii bee made Immediately of the or
gauzation of "a contingent TO assist
the mother country in the war IN Eu-
rope
There was nttle newH from the Rus
slau front tonight but the announce
mcnt i'm the Austrian and German Of
neiH reports that thcre was no
change in the situation waa taken a.
mean that tho Germanic armies has
not yot recovered from tho defeat
Wirch the Russians inflicted upon
thcm north of knmN where the
AuMrians are operating iu coniunc-
ton Rlth General won M0ctcnsen
Grand Dukes Plans Uncertain.
II IS uncertain as vet whether
GRAND Duke Nicholas, commander-in-
chief of the Russian forces, intends to-
mako hi final stand on his present
lines or TO fan huc4 to the river Bug,
which might involve the evacuation
OF Warsaw
Military men say that this doubt
loss depends on his supplies of mu
uitlons which arc now reaching him
through Archungel and which Ger
man submarines are trying 10 cut of.
An underwater boat today sank the
llull steamer Guido, bound for a Rus
SIAN port but she was loaded win
coal only A submarine also sank
the Russian bark Anna, which was
bound from Archangel 90 HUI
British Success Reported.
severe fighting continues at sew
'ra points on the western front The
British report the rcpulsc of all the
German counter-attacks that were
made n nn effort 10 regain the lost
trenches north OF Ypres and state
hat the British gain has been extend
70 and that the German losses were
icVere
ON the other hand tho Germans
'luim repulso of tho French attacks
lt Souchez and assert that the Teu-
.onlc troops have made further pro-
grcs- in the WoCpre region, whore
hoy state they captured some trenches
ma $50 prisoners. However,, tho
French victory In the VosgcH appears
% bc the most important that has oc-
.urrod on the western front for some
months
The Turks have continued their att
acks ou tine Gallipuli peninsula and
according to German correspondents
ave rogainod some trenches from
he British They have made their
importance also in the vicinity "
sden, the British free port on the
outh coast of Arabia. where, hove
.vor. british troops and warships are
aid tu bc ready for them