The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-10
TERRIBLE COMBATS


Fighting Around Ypres-Awful
Suffering In Poland Submarine
Activity
Upon the successful forcing Of the Dar-
danelles by the Allies depends some Of the
greatest issues in history. Among the
direct consequences military observers
see ''the elimination of the Turk from Eu-
rope, the end of any possibility of Russia
considering Independent peace proposals,
an outfowing of Russia's great stores Of
surplus wheat, an infOwing of war NUM-
tions, and the vanishing of Germany's
hopes Of winning new allies to her cause
The first mentioned result is perhaps by
far the greatest an event to which Bible
students of prophecy have looked forward
for ages. Whether it will come to pass
during the present war or not, cannot be
said.
For the past four months the Allies
have been engaged in desperate attempt
to take these strongholds, which has been
fearfully costly in men and ships, but
have so far just succeeded in gaining
foothold upon the lower tip Of the CALI
poll peninsula. So thoroughly protected
with trenches was every yard of this point
of land that the invaders were "moWn
down as by a scythe,'' and in different
instances half Of the landing forces were
killed or wounded Within the past few
weeks furious fighting has been in prog
ress, and the trenches have been taken one
bv one. almost to the line Of powerful for
tifcations extending across the peninsula.
These fortresses are claimed by the Turks
and Germans to be impregnable and it
would indeed seem that unless the Allies
can throw force across the land to the
north, thus cutting off their base OF sup
plies, the task is almost hopeless one.
The fighting of the past two weeks has
caused loss Of thousands Of men on both
sides. Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports the
ground in every direction covered with
the Turkish dead and the valleys and ra-
vines full Of them.
Austro- Germans Striking at Warsaw
That the Austro- German army is now
making determined drive in an attempt
TO take Warsaw, the Polish capitol, is per
fectly clear.
By looking at a map showing the I'M
mense Teuton line stretching north and
south for distance of $50 miles, one will
see that it curves sharply westward around
Al ,o41ao oplx tO h
east This portion of the line has been
drawn further and further around to the
east of Warsaw within the past few days
and it seems the object is to surround the
city and force its surrender.
A London dispatch dated July 4th says:
CAT a rate estimated at five miles day
General Won Mackensen's forces are still
swinging northward in Galicia and Po-
land in a colossal and daring endeavOr to
drive wedge into the Russian center and
dislodge the Russians from the Vlstula
River and force them back over the Bug,
thus splitting the grand duke s forces into
two sections, with thousands of acres OF
swamp and marsh between them.
eff the Austro-Germans can continue
their progress another week, even the
British press admits the Russians VIII
have to give up Warsaw, and with 1T the
whole line.
"Civilian residents Of Warsaw, accord !
ing to Petrograd dispatches, are already
leaving the city because Of the possibility
,of German occupation. Circulars dropped
from German aircraft on the Polish capl-
tol predict the fall of Warsaw by the end
of July"
A dispatch dated July 9Th stated that
the greatest battle since the lighting Oe-
fore Lemberg was raging along Sixty
mile front between the Bug and the Vls-
tula rivers
Drive Towards Calais
Terrific fighting has again taken place
this week on the old battle field around
Ynres and every indication points to a
determined attempt on the part Of the
Germans TO reach Calais at all costs. On
.Tulv ID the Germans attacked furiously
along the whole front from Arras to Upres
and about 100 prisoners were taken, The
Frylisb however. stood their ground with