Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-06
REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR RAND OTHER
NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1915
European Conflict Develops Into Struggle to the DEATH With Dead
lock on Eastern and Western FrOnts-Serba 0verrm by
TeutOns and MISUNDERSTANDING Period for the
United States-GeneraI Carranza Rec
ognzed as President Of Mexico.

September. Russia had suffered the
greatest disaster in the war. A new
Germany military hero had been re-
vealed in the person Of Mackensen,
who was now held with Hindenburg
in popular esteem.
In the last days Of the month, Italy
Joined forces with the allies against
Austria-Hungary.
Fall Of Warsaw.
The campaign in the West was
strangely quiescent. The allies kept
to their trenches and the outside world
wondered. Up to June Is there was no
claim Of progress by the allies. The
Teutonic claim that it's side was still
engaged in successful warfare on all
fronts was not disputed. The splendid
resistance interposed by the discred-
tied Turks came as q surprise to the
world. Russia was unable to rally her
badly demoralized forces to make
winning defense of Lemberg. Once
that point had fallen, Warsaw became
the main objective. It was not until
August 6 that German troops made
their triumphal entry into Warsaw,
capital of Russian Poland.
September marked decided change
in the Teutonic campaign in the East.
Wilma fell on September 9, but imme-
diately afterward the Russians won a
series of successes over the Austrians,
capturing 10000 prisoners The escape
of the Russian armies from the net
planned by the German strategists
was complete. The great Teutonic
drive was brought to halt, and in De-
cember the Germans withdrew slight
ly and intrenched for the winter.
The month of October marked de-
cided revival of military activity on
all fronts. After long period Of COM
parative quiet in the West, a desper-
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies. The French drive in Cham
pagne was one Of the bloodiest at
tempts yet made to pierce the German
lines. After three weeks of incessant
gunfire, the French troops left their
trenches, September 25, and rushed
the whole of the first German line.
Nearly 10000 German prisoners were
captured, and upward of a hundred
field guns, thus far the greatest single
capture by the French during the war.
But the Germans were not compelled
to reIinquish any great amount of ter
ritory. In Artois the allies did not sue
ceed in breaking through the German
lines, but secured some coveted posi-
tions at an appalling cost.
This brief period Of allied success
was followed by an unexpected turn
of political affairs in the Balkans. For
a second time the Greek king showed
his lack of sympathy with the allies.
In the spring he had prevented Veni-
zelos, his premier, an avowed sup
porter of the allies, from sending
troops to the Dardanelles. Now, when
the allies were depending upon the
Greeks to hold the Bulgarians in check,
Constantine declined again to act.
Serbia Is overrun.
Bulgaria announced her intention to
cast her lot with the central powers
and the latter opened campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for it's apparent OBJ
jective. On October 10 the Germans
crossed the Danube and proceeded to
advance southwark, every step contest
ed furiously by the outnumbered
Serbs. France, England and Italy de
clared war on Bulgaria. All at once
the center of military activity was
transferred to the Balkans.
In November both the long-expected
allied offensive in the West and the
Teutonic drive in the East came prac
tically to an end. The allies failed tC
break the stubborn German lines and
only achieved a possible moderate
success in Champagne and Artois al
tremendous cost. BY the middle of the
month military operations in Russia
were practically at a standstill, the
Germans having failed to accomplish
the object OF their campaign. At thai
time the big German drive to the Gold
en- Horn began to monopolize the at
tention Of the public. The preliminary
invasion Of Serbia by the Teutonic al
lies-now including Bulgaria-was be
gun with notable promptness. In fact
/ h6 early ab OClgUSh Alg NnG AhNH4iAAt
armies met in the northeastern part O
the kingdom, by November / Kragu
yevatz. the chief Serbian arsenal, hat
fallen, and by November 6 the Bulga
rians were in Nish, Serbia's provi
sional capital and railroad center. B,
s November 10 It was announced tha
the invading armies held fourtifths o
Serbia, and toward the close Of tht
month Germany declared semiofhcialll
that the campaign was over. BY th'
middle Of December the Franeo-Britisl
forces had been driven out OF Serbia
They fell back to Saioniki, which, with
the consent Of Greece. they prepares
TO defend.
Since May "a, when the Italian arm
crossed the Austrian frontier, the fight
Ing has been continuous, especialll
along the Isonzo front The strongl,
fortified and stubbornly defended tow
OF Goritz was the Italian objective 70
weeks. In October the Austrian aero
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