Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

,isht ana ielt wings Oh our wlde-3ung
battlefront in France and Belgium,
have been bent back since then lbe-
cause there was no other method for
the time being of counteracting the
numerical superiority of the British,
French and Belgians) still we hold
the positions fortified during the nine
months firmly in our hands, so that al
most all of Belgium and the north
eastern departments of France have
been occupied by the troops of Ger
many.
Situation in Eastern Arena.
I'm the east the Austro- German
armies first held up the Russian mil
lions on the Galician frontiers. and
then were forced to retire before a
manifold numerical superiority, to in
trench themselves on the crest of tn
Carpathians and to beat back uEi
May l the Russian assaults with hear
losses Meanwhile Field Marshal Nen
Hindenburg in East Prussia was al
to destroy several large Russ an
armies and free East Prussia. to oc-
cupy conformity with Austrian tro 3tis
Poland almost to the Nistuia river and
in the northeast to carry the war iTt1
the Russian provinces.
w lille the positions in the war n
the west continue to surge to and fro
and three great attempts made to
break through our lines in the winter,
spring and summer were repulsed with
awful losses to our enemies, the Ger
man and Austro- Hungarian armies on
May l launched great offensive
against the Russian main armies in
Galicia.
In a series of battles and under
hunted out of 43.47O square miles OK
Galicia, their principal force was
severed at several places, and they
were driven eastward and northward.
The west bank of the Eistula in
Poland has been cleared of Russian
armies. The siege of Warsaw is about
to begin, and Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg in the northward has pressed
forward against Riga and now has
reached the vicinity of the city after
numerous victories. The successes of
the Germans have cost the Russian
army many millions in dead, wounded
and prisoners. The Russian empire
possesses only fragments of its mighty
armies. and no longer can supply these
adequately with arms and munitions.
Their fate will be decided very shortly
The Russian forces will be destroyed
or forced to flee deep into the interior
to the eastward
The battles in the west have cut SO
deeply into the French strength that
now eighteen-yearold lads must bear
arms. Great Britain's original army
has been destroyed and only enough
substitutes can be raised to hold
forty -four mile front in Belgium The
British losses. particularly those OF
officers. have been very heavy. The
army of 100000 men which Lord
Kitchener promised six months ago
has not yet appeared and our op-
ponents in the west never again will
be able to raise superior forces to ex-
pei the Germans from the country.
Losses at Dardanelles.
The action in the Darda nelles.
which has been in progress for months
against the Turks. shows results for
the British and French only in great
losses of men. ships and war supplies
of all kinds The Turkish army stead
lily is improving in numbers and quail
ity. The Turkish Notifications are
quite as strong as they were at the
outset. The prospects of the attack
ers reaching Constantinople, therefore.
have vanished. and, since none of the
Balkan states are willing to enter the
Anglo-French service and since the
Russian army, which should have par
ticipated from Odessa. has been de-
stroyed in Galicia, it is difficult to See
any chances for France and Great
Britain.
should Italy send an army to the
Dardanelles it will find "A superior
Turkish army ready to receive her.
Italy. after conducting mobilization
secretly for nine months. entered the
field against Austria Hungary at the
end of May. An Italian army 1000, goo
men strong has been attempting for
two months to sweep over the fortified
Austrian passes and to cross the
Isonzo river. behind which the lAustro-
Hungarian defensive army occupies
strong positions. All the attempts of
the Italians up to the present have
been unsuccessful. The cost of the at
hackers has been hundreds of thou
sands in dead and wounded. Austria
Hungaria grows stronger day by day.
and, although its valiant struggle is
difficult one against Italian superior
ity in numbers. it will be able to bar
the way to the coastland and to Trieste
and Tyrol.
Meanwhile Italy has lost her entire
colony at Tripoli to the Arabs and ap-
parently is about to declare war on
Turkey