The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-03-24
Progress Of the War.

1 Minister Of war Gallieni has retired
/ In Paris because of III health, MAJOR
General Long, head Of the munitions
department OF the English army, has
/ resigned, and Admiral Won Tirpith
Is no longer at tie head Of the Ger.
man rayV. Stil other changes are
/ apt to occur in the near future. AS
/ the tide Of battle turns one way or
/ THE other, Each side IL determined
I tn have only the hest men az the top
I IL the ease OF Ga,lieni the excuse of
/ III health is probably more veracious
/ than In most retirements Of nigh
military and naval officials In the
/ present war, although this Is sug
! gestion that he iniled To appreciate
/ the progress the Germans were max
Ing In military aviation aud permit.
ted France 10 fall behind temporarily.
Major General Longs retirement is
somewhat OF mystery as he was
generally held To lie the real brains
in the munitions supply department,
The report that Admit al Won Tir-
PIN has been removed from com
mand Of the German navy because be
insisted that submarine commanders
should sink neutral a. well rs bellig.
erent ships without warning must he
accepted with reserve. There is no
doubt that he hus been replaced In
command of the navy, hut the rea.
sons apparently are known only to the
emperor Wilhelmstrasse.
In tile last week the Germans have
made little permanent advance Mt
Verdun, They captured some
trenches at Elk, southeast of VauX
fort. aud they seized some points OF
advantage west OF the Mousse, he
tween Bethincout and Cumieres.
The most u1tahle gain was at bead
Man hill The conflicting claims Of
Berlin and Paris regarding Dead Man
hill can he explained II, We consider
| the irregular nature of the hill,
which resembles \ dead man laid in
his shroud. The French still hold
the southern eminenoe of tile hill,
which, we are informed, IN the head
OF the dead man, whereas the Ger.
mans have taken the height CORES.
pnnding L. the feet aud have advanc-
ed through the woods toward the
south,
Almost month has gone by since
tie Germans began their grand as.
sault on Nerdun, and they have
scarcely penetrated the chief forrlhca.
tlonS. Up 10 date, considering the
heavy losses, the offensive is fail.
uEe
Italy las resumed tile offensive IN
the tSonI0 region, aud appears Ia
have made some slight gains Ia fierce
handto.hand encounters Tile pur.
pose oi the offensive is not so much
10 capture positions a. to keep the
AustrlauS FROM seniiug soldiers TO
help the Germans at NeTduu.
Tie English have been unable TO
braes through the Turkish lines near
kut, In spite OF the fact that the
rear al the Moslem army operating
from Bagdad Is nuH msnacsd by the
Russians pouring into Turkey from
Persia by way II KermanShah and
Kermit, hfty miles vest OF herman.
shah, The Russians are represented
as being only Us miles from Rlsdad
General Aylmer has kept the Turks
bus, 10y lively AttacEs, which took
him almost /" the gates OF Kut,
where Geue,al Aylmer was defeated
and retired southwark along the ii
girls. Nevertheless, his pressure
against the Turkish lines has enabled
the Russians IA push westward from
I Persia, and tile time seems near At
hand when the Turks will he forced
To retire from Kut. AMI even from /,
/ Bagdad.
! In Egypt the English have dscis.