The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-30
mt War Activities in Eu,
Beggar All That Have
ne Before in Struggle.

10 pGIUl . III vi uSS'S'
second year OF the world wax
with the battle of Europe, a
ted effort Of the Allies on three
to crush tho Central Powers,
has developed into n titanic
lie before which superlatiyes, al
exhausted, are completely beg
ce and Great Britain in the
Russia in the East, Italy in the
are hurting wave after wave
ed men on the Teutonic lines,
Er with an avalanche OF shells
mbs such as the world has not
up to the present time. For
It time the Teutons are, temper
t least, on the defensive on the
nds of miles OF the existing bat
nts.
Striking Change.
change in the situation which
Rr has brought is striking, al
the results so far hayo been
potential and spectacular than
A year ago the Germans, con
their great drive against the
BIS, hurled the Slavs back along
re eastern front, captured War
be great fortresses OF Kovno,
Ieorgievsk and Brest-Litovsk
tablished lines far inside Rus
rritory which they maintained
y unbroken until within the
rec months. The yseized all
a great slice Of Russia to the
( that country and expelled the
IS from Galicia and BukOwina.
iarshals Won Hindenburg and
ackensen were the heroes OF
reat successes.
be western front the changes
ion during the year were com
bly, small, but the twelve
were marked by three events
rest: The battles Of Cham
and Verdun and the opening
great Franco-British offensive
sommee took place in this per-
Battle OF Champagne
attle OF Champagne opened on
Der rs, after a weeks terrific
iment Of the German lines by
nch, British and Belgians. In
Of the bloodiest fighting that
n known up to that time the
nnounced that they had taken
miles of trenches, six towns
boo prisoners. But there they
Rlted. They could not break
the mighty Geramn wall and
b deadlock which marked tho
front for so many months was
The battle OF Champagne
the removal Of Sir John
the British commander-in-
pm the beginning Of the war
hat time. In December. 1915,
announced that he had re-
o take a home command and
glas HaIg was appointed his
IF.
Ter human interest the battle
in probably surpassed all 9th
idual events Of the war On
y % the German crown prince
is assault OF the historic
fortress, known throughout
enturies as the gateway to
For FIVE months the defend
stood the storm at the fury
the world stood aghast. Foot
almost inch by inch, the Ger
rged forward. with a reckless
b Of their lives, a tenactIy and
rage which was only eQualled
heroic determination Of the
On June 8. an unofficial estI-
the German losses at Verdun
le total at the appalling figure
b. The assailants fought their
within about three and a half
the German losses at Verdun
ks have reported no further
and the force Of their al
ms to have lessened.
Offensive on SOmme.
-anco-Briush offensive on the
opened on July l, 1916. 1t
teded by a bombardment OF
eled duration and intensity,
by the appearance Of new and
British howitzers. Under this
lrricane Of big gun fire the
first line defenses crunhled.
e British and French trooNs
they reported that they
enches in which there was
ngle survivor. only the dead
the silent rifles and machine
erman first lines were car
an extent Of twenty-five
the second positions pierced
points but up to the pres
aghting has been indecisivc,
as the forcing Of the Ger
withdraw their main lines
ned. The fighting has been
Interest possible description
reports Of press correspond
he front teen with accounts
ost amazing heroism and de-
both sides. Instances have
,rded Of the sole survivor Of
v. wounded and without hope,
he'd a machine gun and fought
last amid the bodies Of his
Of isolated detachments
i OF their foes for DAYS un-
reached them or death; oi
surgeons who bound up the
of their captors; Of heroic
Il wounded comrades under
K countless similar deeds that
he watching world,
81 move Of the great Allied
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