The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-27

villages had been lost the Kaiser's
troops we're checked.
In June the French made 4 success
fuI attack north of Arras. capturing
the Labyrinth June %; but the iron
men Of Crown Prince Rupprecht Of
Bavaria held their lines, which were
only denied
1t was September before the Allies
were ready to try another great Of
fensive. Then Joffre directed at least
million shells upon the German lines
in the Champagne in a tremendous
three-day bombardment. The German
first and second line trenches were
leveled. When the charge came the
French were able to capture $4,000
Germans and take about 16 square
miles of territory, but the third Ger
man line held firm
simultaneously the French attacked
in Artois and the British in Flanders.
The British bungled, as usual, and
| after breaking the German lines at
Loos, they left their gallant storming
parties unsupported and the Germans
| in a counter attack were able to re-
gain most Of the lost trenches. Both
the French and the British boosted
of victory in this September battle,
one of the greatest of all time, making
Gettysburg look small; but the Ger
mans asserted their enemies loss was
greater than their own and pointed to
the practically unchanged siege line
What the higher British authorities
thought about it was shown in the Sec
| ond week of December when Sir John
| French was recalled and Sir Douglas
Haig given his post as commander-in-
chief in France.
| On January 6, Italy called 100000
men to the colors and on May 81 war
for the conquest of italia irredenta''
was declared on Austria. The Italians
occupied Montfalcone June ana
Gradisca June 10. Then they assailec
the immensely strong Teuton posi-
tions in many places with great gal
lantry and doggedness. Losses were
heavy on both sides. So far the in
vaders have not shown much prog
ress, although Goertz seems about to
fall into their hands.
On February 81 and succeeding
days great Franco British fleet tried
in vain to force the Dardanelles and
open path of supplies to Russia On
March 5 the Allies landed 100000 men
at the Dardanelles in the face of a
frightful fire which made this one OF
the most gallant exploits of the war
Once ashore the Turks checked them
on the steep hills. Later the Allies
landed at points on the west short OF
Gallipoi, but here, too, they were un
able to penetrate more than few
miles from the shore
A strong expedition from British In
dia drove up the Tigris river into Mes
opotamia, won a victory at Kut-el-Am
ara and pressed on to about dozel
lhihAOo VI puesooo. iiCiC tIC iCiAIoISS,
Turks fell upon them, inflicted a grea
! slaughter and forced a disastrous re
treat.
, In the colonies the Germans at tn,
end of the year still hold east Afric'
and part of their Kamerun colony
, Premier Botha, of South Africa, afte
putting down Boer Instruction, ha,
q reduced the last German stronghold il
: southwest Africa.
On the sea, the outstanding featur
, of the year was the German attempt
: beginning February is, to blockad
! Great Britain by submarine. Witt
r trawlers, aeroplanes, swift motto
\ boats, nets and ingenious scientifi
q contrivances to locate the position o
9 the undersea craft, the British wer
. able to hold the Germans to mino
!. successes, compared to the enormou
9 tonnage attacked. The Won Tirpit
p submarine campaign may be declare
definitely a failure, and seems to hav
. been abandoned
!; In other quarters submarines wer
= more successful. At the Dardanelle
: battleship after battleship of the A
i lies fell victim to the unseen foe, III
!, til the great fleet was forced to will
draw to a well-guarded harbor, lea
ing only swift craft to roam the il
: tested Mediterranean.
> From the American point of vie
9. the chief event of the year in the wa
was the sinking of several passenge
ships by Teuton submarines and tn
- consequent loss of about $50 Amer
= can lives. This brought us perilousl
= near to break with Germany and hs
!, had still more serious consequence
;, with Austria
In German newspapers the place
; prominence has been taken from &c
: man victory by the German dinner t