The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-16

swn attacks. They are already show
Ing signs sf exhaustion and looking
anxioSsly toward their British allies.
whQ have been plainly told by Echo de
Pnrts and other French papers that
they will have to get move on to
uss slans expression.
MANY Of tho French papers, with
the consent Of the censor. angrily
comment on the fact that the British
are tagging behind and have accom-
|piished but little along their section of
|the battle front between the Ancre
and tho Somme. To refute this re-
4roach the English mysteriously hint
lShat their main blow would be struck
"a another point. This may be true,
t we await further developments
lmly.f The result of the, battles
y Pght since the first of July has con-
y ced us that the numerically enor-
~, - british army y not able to drive
'uS A6aOk TO the Rhine. Z n :
I'm, the meantime our offensive
against verdun continues unimpaired.
We are well able to beat back all the
desperate counter attacks of the
French before tho fortress and to ad-
vance nearer our goal step by step.
THE neutral press discusses the pos
sible consequences of the fall of Ver-
dun, We cannot join this debate, but
we know that the German general
stan, trained in the spirit of Moltke,
does not make largo sacrifices to gain
a temporary success of doubtful value,
but always looks far ahead.
The Russian offensive proves more
durable than anybody expected. Az
ter pause on the southeastern front
1t has started anew and at the same
time General Kuropatkin began tre-
mendous attacks against the lines of
Field Marshal Won Hindcnburg and
Prince Leopold of Bavaria. in the
north. Bitter battles were fought be-
tween Riga and Dvinsk along the
Shtchara. on both sides of the Barano-
witchi railroad and along the Oginski
canal. but everywhere our troops VIC
toriously repelled the onslaughts of the
enemy.
further south. In Volhynia, Gen.
eral Won Linsingen has been compelled
to fall back across the Stokhod river,
west of the Lutsk the Russians have
crossed the border at Brody, the army
OF General Won Brothmer had to re-
tire from the strypa to tho Koropicc,
the Russians have advanced a little
west Of KOlemea and south of the
Pruth the Austro- Hungarian front has
been pushed back to the Carpathians.
These successes of the Russians are
OF little practical value, because our
front has nowhere been broken. In
the Bukowina General Won Pflanzer-
saltin faced Russian forces which were
numerically six times stronger than
his. For time his army was in q
dangerous position and threatened
with humiliation. but he skillfully
Withdrew toward the Carpathians, in
hicting heavy losses upon the Russians
In rearguard actions. His lines re-
mained intact and he was able to start
a counter attack as soon as he re-
ceived reinforcements.
How long the Russians will no
able to continue their offensive cam
not be estimated. Grand Duke Mich
oias again dominates the RUSSIA
general staff and has given orders that
the AustrO- German lines must he
broken regardless of the cost The
present Russian strategical methods
are exactly the same as during the
first year Of the war. The Russian
borders will continue their onslaughts
until exhaustion stops them. They
may reach the wall OF the Carpathians
hut there they will surely dash them.
selves to picccs"