The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1916-08-24

with nothing except myrindS OF ga,
giants. some OF whom resisted charge,
with shGrpcncd sticks In their hands
Russia was forced TO fall back rapidly
Twice Il seemed the flower OF tbs
cars army would be surrounded, once
In the vicinity OF Warsaw. aud again
In the great battle near wilma.
The tale Of the taking of great towns
| grew almost tedious. II 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 alon2 the Dvlna river. aud
then almost due south through POLES.
sic, the rinsk marsh district, to the
Roumanan frontier.
Reawakenlns Of Russia.
On September s Car 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 RuSSu's great reservoir OF hu.
man beings, which produces three aud
half million men of military age ey.
cry year.
On September 10 the Russians won Il
success near Tarnopol aud Trcmbuwla.
and two days later they drove the Tcu.
tons back II miles In Gallcia. In other
parts Of the front the Germans were
still SELLING large slices of territory.
but their enemies were rcgaining their
energy, On September ~ the Rus.
SLAMS recaptured Lutsk, but were driv-
en- out in IA short time. On October 20
they recupturcd Czartorysb, but they
were not able TO prevent the Germans
storming Illuxt five days later. Gear.
torySk was lost and again taken by
the ear January $.
Meanwhile the conquest OF Serbia
the greatest tragedy Of the war, cx.
ccpting only the massacre Of 10000
Armenians, was being enacted.
Invasion Of Serbia.
The real invasion of Serbia started
In the first days Of October. 4 great
diplomatic battle had been fought In
Sofia, and the allies had lost. On Oc.
tobcr ! Bulgaria in an ultimatum TO
King Peter of Serbia, pcrcmptorily de-
mandcd the Immediate CcSSiun Of the
Macedonian lands In dispute between
the two countries and then IN the pos.
session OF the Serbs.
After general bouIhardmcnt the
Teutons crossed the river boundaries
Of Serbia In many places on October $.
Two days later they occupied Bel.
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in.
vaded her ncighbor at three points.
The successes OF the TeutOns and the
Bulgarians were almost unbrokcn. The
invading forces consisted Of vast
amount OF heavy artillery. with small
Infantry supporting forces. They
shellcd The Scrbans out Of position
after position in an avalanche Of steel
to which the SerbIans could make no
reply.
Small forces OF French and English
landed at Saloniki, Greek port 10
which Serbia had certain entry prlvi.
leges, and did something To cover the
retreat OF the SerbIans by engaging
the Bulgarldns in the South.
At the beginning OF winter, Noycm-
ber %, the Serbian soldiers crossed
their western border and struck tho
trails OF the drcary snow.coycred
mountains OF the coast. Great num-
bers perIShcd Of cold and hunger on
the way. on November - Germany
proudly announced that the Serbian
campaign had ended, having met with
complete success.
Two Blows 20 the British.
The winter also saw the humlIla.
tlon OF the British In Mcsopotamla.
The Indian government rrcklessly
pushed small, poorly supplied cxpe.
ditlon up the TlgrIs valley ana uctu.
ally penetrated to within seven miles
OF Basdad. Here the Turks, with Ger.
man officers directing them, admins.
tered defeat and the Invaders fell
back with the enemy harasSius them
20 the town OF Kut.el.Amaru, where
they were besleged December 10.
Another expedition, also insufficient,
was sent 10 relieve the FIRST. II was
beaten or with large losses n few
miles below Kut, food OF the river
and swamps assisting the Turks and
oL April 30 the 1900 defenders of
Kut capituIated by order OF the Brit.
lsh higher command.
A further British humiliation wns
the evacuation Of Gallipoll peninsula,
whore the British held on doggcdly
month after month, losing perhaps
10000 men, until they were finally
withdrawn In confession OF failure the
first week OF January.
These two British fascos were what
was needed TO arouse the sluggish
ilshting blood OF John Bull. They
finally brought England into the war
fully and uncompromlsIngIy, to the