Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-03

era offensive along thirteen
nln ! ont.
The crown princes army has
kept up the effort to reduce the
eighteen forts With ills rpdnuhts
and batteries that eirdlcd rsery
height of the city of Nerdun ON the
banks of the Mouse. The stub
born defense long since caused
terrible sacrifice Of lives. When
he allies assume dthe offensive
he Npertations of the Germans
apparently We're upset.
On the Eastern Front.
During 1919 the eastern front
was constantly The scene of furi-
Gus fighting. Frequent battles
We're described as among the
greatest i'm history. Germans
and Anstrians engaged the Rus
slams that for time swept down
upon Tentonic lands.
May % Italy declared war
against Austria and struck a blow
at the southern border. Early i'm
June he Russians We're driven
back from Galiria. I'm one of the
battles fought i'm Poland 5000.
600 men We're said tn he engaged.
I'm the tremendous onward drive
of the Tent"nic armies Warsaw
was taken ON August D. KnNnn
fortress two weeks later and
RreSt-l.itov>k on August 26. Afiar
months of reireaiin.. said To he
largely due tn lack of guns and
munitions. the Russians finally
resumed the offensive and re
gained much lost ground. Mean
time they have been fighting The
Turks i'm the Ca,irasuS and have
sent troops to France tn assist
i'm the campaign ON he west.
I'm cost of human lives. i'm di-
rect destruction in cost of per
>isient effort to- kill hr enemy
and i'm the pilns up nf obligations
for future settlement he figures
have assumed proportions That
are beyond ordinary cnnlprellrn-
sion. When Premier Asquth
asked for war credit of G i10.-
600. GOO this week he admitted
that he expenditures for war
We're e o.0OO.000 daily. Other
governments have been less free
in Publishing their figures hut
reliable authorities estimate the
Russian and German expenditures
10 nycerd he British 40 per cent.
while the French government has
kept not far below he British
tota,.
Recent estimates place The to-
tai of German casualties al about
$50. 900. and the Austrian at
2yrr 100000 The French loss
has been nearly 2.nOO.noo and
that of the British dangerously
near O0O. 900.
OF the loss of lives OH lhe Rus
sian side definite figures max
never be told. l, is estimated
that hey lost , 500. 600 men dur
ing last year.
Thirteen Nations Engaged.
Thirteen nations have been
drawn into the war One ona side
are Germany. Austria Hungary
Turkey and Bulgaria. ON iha
other side are Russia Great Brit
ain aided by Canada Iniia and
Australia France Belgium. s:nr-
bla. Montenegro. Japan. Italy
and Portugal.
Iialy at first proclaimed neu-
trality. hut declared war again>
Austria on Nav 22 1913. and
against Bulgaria on October 10.
1915 She had been member. oi
the triple alliance and has con-
tinued technically neutral ia Ger
many. Japan on the side of he
allies and Turkey on llr sid"
the central powers plunged into
, tIlt NOi al lew MttAk> dlltT u Ut
gan. Japan : most ronSpirllou
part was ia drive Germans ont
of China and take German islands
i'm The Pacific. Serbia and Mon
'enegro have been almost ami
hilated and Belgium is under Ger
man domination. hll their FORMER
n lx-
full Of regaining their countries
when The war is ended
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Washington Hooks Witnessed
! nistol fight at fhn Rye Straw s,ore
| Saturday evening Not having his
pistol with him he announced al
the beginning of the trouble that
he would remain neutral through