Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-30
The PROGRESS Of the War.

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the opinion of so many at the begin
ming, was to last only from three to
six months, Is now closing its first
year, and the time Of its probable end
ing is fully as indefinite now as it was
at the beginning. and it might be
said, with equal truth that the posi-
BILE direction of victory is no less un-
certain.
Though it is difficult to determine
which is the most important scene of
activities, whether in France and
along the channel, Or Southern Aus
tria and Northern Italy, or the Darda-
nelles, or Russian Poland, around
Warsaw, it Is reasonably certain that
a positive decision at any Of these
fronts will have a far reaching effect
on the final settlement.
The operations in France and the
effort to force the Dardanelles have
probably excited the greatest interest
in this country from the beginning Of
the war up to the past few weeks; u
since then attention has been con-
centrated more intensely on the drive
of the Germans against the Russians
in Galicia and the present ~stupendous
enveloping movement by which Cen
erals Won Hinterberg, Macksen and
other leaders are trying to capture the
entire Russian army along with the
city of Warsaw.
1t is almost out Of the question to
get an adequate idea Of the extent Of
the operations in the Warsaw arena;
but roughly speaking. 1t appears that
the Germans are approaching the Rus
slams from both the north and south
| with immense forces that are possibly
capable of a big roundup that might
put an end to any immediate further
resistance on the part of the Russians.
At first, it appeared that this envelop-
ing movement was possessed Of such
irresistible momentum that 1t was
bound to succeed; but within the past
few days the dispatches have indicated
a serious check that throws doubt on
the probable outcome.
AS to what is going on along the
Dardanelles there is very little that Is
certain except that the fighting Is
fierce and the loss of life is tremend-
Gus. During the first weeks Of the
fighting the British seemed to be very
confident that the navy alone would
be able to force this world-famed
| stronghold within a day or two
more" but the operations have been
strung u for six months, and not
| withstanding the assistance of tre-
mendous land forces, the day or two
more" is still in the future.
There have been reports from time
to time thai the Turks have become
wearied and discouraged; that they
have practically exhausted their am
munition and that they are wasting
the remainder so their German COM
manders will have no other recourse
than TO allow them to surrender.
These reports sound encouraging
enough to those Of the allies who real
ize the tremendously important results
that will follow the forcing Of the
Dardanelles; but as the days go by
without naturalization of the prom
Uses, encouragement sinks into doubt.
AS to whether there is anything to
it except talk is a matter Of specula-
ton; but there are repeated stories
from time to time that the Russians
are becoming dissatisfied with the
British. Prisoners are quoted as say
ing thai the British are great on
promise; but not much on achieve
ment; that ever with a large part OF
the German forces withdrawn from
the trenches in France for use against
the Russians around Warsaw, the
British are sitting quiet and bringing
small pressure on the German lines In
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of suspicion too and frequent repeti-
tions of the jesting remark that has
become so common to the effect that
the British will fight 1t out to the
last Frenchman or the last Russian"
1t seems to be a fact that the British
have furnished a pitifully small num-
Der of men compared with either the
| Russians or French; but as to wheth-
er the Russians have made any COM
| plants on this account there is no sat-
~iSfactory way OF knowing.
AS to what the English have actual
ly done or are doing is a matter main
ly of guess work. Very few estimates
| place the total number Of men she
has put in the field at above $500, 600,
and considering the population of the
British Isles and the various colonies
| of the British empire, the whole world
knows that her armies should number
five times as many men as they nave
numbered up to this time.
1t is the common expectation that
if the Germans wind up the Russians
as they are trying to do, they will be
able to Immediately devote more at
tention to the western front, and un-
less England makes a better showing
than she has made up to this time. 1t
will not be a great while after she
has transferred her eastern army to
the west before she will be making
most serious drives at the British
coast across the English channel.
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