The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-14
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune

The past week has witnessed a
series of unbroken successes for the
Teutonic armies operating on the
eastern battle front. The Russians
have fought valiantly and sacrificed
the lives of thousands of men. They
have also inflicted tremendous losses
upon the enemy, but they have been
compelled to give up one position
after another. the climax coming
when the Bavarians, under Prince
Leopold, marched into Warsaw. All
the progress on this front was made
by the Austro-G Germans.
On the Italian front the operations
of the week have resulted f~avorably
for King Victor Emmanuel, whose
soldiers have outfought the Austrians
at every turn, but the battles fought
are not so important as to induce the
belief that the Italian army will ad-
van very far into Austria before
Winter puts a stop to fighting in the
mountains. Gorilla has not been
taken and there are no indications
that it will be given up by the Aus
trians at any time in the near future.
Still, the Italians should be given
credit for besting the enemy at all
points of contact during the week.
On the French and Belgian fronts
there have been attacks and counter
attacks and some artillery duels. but
no great battles. There has been no
change in the general situation
worthy of note. and the taking of a
trench here and there is scarcely
worthy of mention. Nothing has
occurred to give either side marked
advantage over the other and the
deadlock is apparently complete. Al
though it is limited that the Germans
will attempt another drive, they
have not begun massing their forces.
The Australians and New Zealand
ers wrested a commanding position
from the Turks on the Gallipoli PEN
insula during the week, but other
wise there has been little doing in
the Dardanelles. The Serbians and
Montenegrins have been quiescent.
The German submarines were active
during the fore part of the week and
bagged a number of British and neu-
trail vessels, most of them trawlers.
Just at present there is intense in
terest in the probable course to be
pursued by the Balkan States. Ne
gotiations are now being carried on
at the capitals of all the little States
and offers of territory for help dur
ing the war are, without doubt, be-
ing freely made. If the Rumanians,
Bulgarians and Greeks could be in
duced to cast their fortune with the
entente Allies the recent victory OF
the Austro-G Germans over the Rus
slams would go for naught. Should
they go with the central empires the
Germans and Austrians would be
able to relieve Constantinople and
prevent the French and British from
passing the Dardanelles. 1t would
be impossible for Greece to aid the
Germans in conjunction with the Bull
garians, for it is Greek as well as
Serbian territory that the Bulgars
demand as the price for their sup
port. Moreover the sympathies of a
great majority of the Greeks is with
Great Britain and her Allies, and
should the rulers of the country de-
eide to support Germany a revolution
would undoubtedly result and the
king be hurled from his throne.
Summing up. the events of the
week have been decidedly favorable
to the Germans. The end of the wal
is, nevertheless. as far away as ever.
Russia is too vast to be entirely con-
quered and there is no prospect that
the Car will ever consent to a sep
arate a no matter how disastrous
ly the present campaign may end.
The British and French are manufac-
turing a vast quantity of shells and
more are being purchased in the
United States. Lord Kitchener will
have his new army ready for the
field in a very short time, fully armed
and equipped and well drilled.
Weighing these preparations against
the Teutonic success in Pollard the
conclusion is inevitable that the war
is going to last at least as long as Lord
Kitchener said it would. and 1t may
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