Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-08-04

in the vicinity OF warsaw, ana again
in the great battle near Wilma.
The tale of the taking of great towns
grew almost tedious. 1t seemed the
Germans would never stop. Whether
they did stop of their own accord or
were finally checked by the Russians
is not yet clear. They settled down
for the winter on long line stretch
ing from the Baltic just west of Riga
southeast along the Dvina river, and
then almost due south through POLES
sic, the Pinsk marsh district, to the
Roumanian frontier.
Reawakening of Russia.
On September s Czar Nicholas took
command of all his armies in the field,
sending his cousin, the Grand Duke
Nicholas, to the less important COM
mand Of the Caucasus operations.
With their Little Father" at their
head, the Russians forgot their long,
discouraging retreat. Millions of new
young soldiers Joined them, drawn
from Russias great reservoir of hu-
man beings, which produces three and
q half million men of military age ev-
cry year.
On September 10 the Russians won a
success near TarnopOl and Trembowla
and two days later they drove the Teu-
tons back IA miles in Galicia. In other
parts of the front the Germans were
still seizing large slices of territory
but their enemies were regaining their
energy. On September 26 the Rus.
slams recaptured Lutsk, but were driv.
en- out in a short time. On October &c
they recaptured Czartorysk, but they
were not able to prevent the Germans
storming nluxt five days later. Gar.
torysk was lost and again taken by
the czar January 8.
Meanwhile the conquest of Serbia
the greatest tragedy of the war, ex.
cepting only the massacre of 100000
Armenians, was being enacted.
Invasion of Serbia.
The real invasion of Serbia started
in the first days of October. A great
diplomatic battle had been fought ir
Sofia, and the allies had lost. On Oc
tober Z Bulgaria in an ultimatum tC
King Peter of Serbia, peremptorily de
manded the immediate cession of the
Macedonian lands in dispute between
the two countries and then in the pos
session of the Serbs.
After a general bombardment the
Teutons crossed the river boundarie!
of Corhia in MANY pIaoo on nntohor g
Two days later they occupied Bel
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in
vaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes of the Teutons and tn,
Bulgarians were almost unbroken. TIL,
invading forces consisted of a vas
amount of heavy artillery, with small
infantry supporting forces. The.
shelled the Serbians out of position
after position in an avalanche of stee
to which the Serbians could make N
reply.
Small forces of French and Englisl
landed at Saloniki, a Greek port t
which Serbia had certain entry priv
leges, and did something to cover tn
retreat of the Serbians by engagin
the Bulgarians in the South.
At the beginning of winter, Novem
Der %, the Serbian soldiers crosse,
their western border and struck th
trails of the dreary, snow-covere,
mountains of the coast. Great mum
bers perished of cold and hunger Of
4 the way. On November % German
proudly announced that the Serbian
campaign had ended, having met wit
complete success.
Two Blows to the British.
The winter also saw the humilia
tion of the British in Mesopotamia
The Indian government recklessl,
pushed small, poorly supplied expe
dition up the Tigris valley and actu
ally penetrated to within seven mile
of Bagdad. Here the Turks, with Ger
man officers directing them, admins
tered a defeat and the invaders fel
back with the enemy harassing ther
to the town. of Kut-el-Amara, wher
they were besieged December 10.
Another expedition, also insufficient
was sent to relieve the first. 1t wa
beaten off with large losses a fey
miles below Kut, a flood of the rive
and swamps assisting the Turks, an
on April 30 the 1900 defenders Q
Kut capitulated by order of the Bri
ish higher command.
A further British humiliation wa
the evacuation of Galllpoli peninsul;
where the British held on doggedl
month after month, losing perhar
100000 men, until they were fnall
withdrawn in confession of failure tn
first week of January.
These two British fiascos were whs
} was needed to arouse the sluggis
fighting blood of John Bull. The
finally brought England into the ws
! fully and uncompromisingly to IL
; same extent as the other great poy
J ers.
On August 10 Great Britain starte
: her national register, or census of q
: men Of fighting age. The result shove
a vast reserve of man power. Certa
!, sections demanded immediate co
: scription, but they were not success
full. Instead the earl of Derby WI
l commissioned to start vast recru
t ing campaign. This produced a nul
2 ber of classes of "attested men," WI
: bound themselves to come into t
s ranks with their age groups. B
}. there were still hundreds of thousan
d unreached, and the public began
r see that it was discriminating in fav
e of the "slackers" and the towards.
7. On December 81 David Lloy
n George, the minister of munitions a
greatest man the war. has produced
l. Great Britain, declared the count
e faced defeat unless greater effol
1t were made. A week later he thre
st ened to resign from the cabinet l
less conscriptiOn was adopted.
n, Conscription was fiercely fought, |
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kept from rusting if some unslackeI
N lime, which absorbs moisture from