Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-13
British War Writer Sees
Turn of Tide In FAVOR of
the Allies in All Fields

region. His movements make fas-
einating study in combination.
The attack first fol- on the Turks.
where they expected It to come sooner
or later. along the main and central
road from Kars, but the blow came
sooner than they expected, and was
staggering enough to drive them back
behind The forts, rivettine II line Of
precipltous cliffs and terraces of
naked granite. There the Turks must
still have thought themselves secured,
by an uncomfortable rampant. ugainet
frontal assault nut now almost sim
UNANIMOUSLY n Russian column moving
by the Olti road swept the Turks
back from the Russian frontier,
broke through the onemys disposi-
lions, isolated his forces ON the Black
sea coast. and pressed on to attack
Erzerum from the north. Before the
Turks could recover from this they
wcrc struck at from third direction
at Khiniskale and driven southwark
over the mountains,
The Russians were now not only So
cure on both flanks, hut IN a position
to assault in the rear the main line OF
forts-relatively open on that side,
where no such lightning advance had
over been dreamed of--and Erzerum
was stormed and captured in five
| days of winter in high Armenia. An
army of over 100000 Turks had been
smashed up. left. right and center,
ana had been driven in three direc-
tons. The Russians, including the
regiments of Siberian ironsides and
Cossacks from the Don, had pushed
on to this historic achievement
! through passes whore the tempera-
/ ture sometimes marked 80 degrees be-
| low freezing point where the snow
/ lay seven feet deep. where the winds
/ are bli2zards that seem to cut through
bone and marrow Not even the
enemy can deny that both for plan
and execution this is one Of the mem
orahle achievements in the history OF
war.
Massacre and Nemesis.
well might the grand duke an
+ nounce that he had indispensable
! Joy" in sending this news TO tho car
When the former Generalissimo Went
TO tho Caucasus we vcnturcd TO say
in these columns that he would be
heard of again ANA Ia no uncertain
fashion After ten months of un'
/ shakeahlo steadfastness in adversely
this is the first broad CLEAN of vic
tory to reward the endurance of oul
allies. to prove that their inexhaust
/ ible vitality is more than ever for
I midable and that the intellectual
neenness of their military Leadership
is equal to the physical vigour of thu
troops.
We have now to keep our sense o
measure in estimating the consc
4 quences. The possibilities are great
but they will not be fully realized un
less Britain above all does her part
The main body of the defeated Turk
has been driven back towards Er
zingian and Sivas. Their right ant
left wings may find it more Difficult
ito escape. They are driven partl
southwark towards the incomplete
line of the Bagdad railway and partl
towards the coast. where the Russian
hold the command of the sea. Tn
. Turks will strain every nerve to hurr
reinforcements toward Armenia, bu
these must march for some hundred
, of miles by road, while the Russian
are relatively near to railroad at Kar'
Our allies think that they will kee
the upper hand in all this region
must he remembered that they ar
also advancing along Lave Nan-for n
least six weeks or two months. The
hope in that time to do much and I
prepare more. If they can push vel
Iahead on both flanks as well as in tn
lcenter. they will be hard indeed t
dislodge, though a desperate Turkis
return to the attack Is certain. Th
+ lessons of East Prussia and the Car
pathans have been learned by our al
lies, and we need not now fear n to
hazardous advance ending in an Asi
, latte Tannenbcrg. without runnin
that risk in the direction Of Siva'
= there are preparatory means of enter
prise and consolidation. 1t would b
iOI OIltc lllt tlNlHlAl VI just NNuEtdiia
after the fearful climax of massaer
, in the last twelve months if Armeni
i proved to be the real Achilles het
of the Turkish empire
The Allies Power I'm the East.
; There could not be better all
than Russia, who always strike
, straight and hard when there IS
| chance of helping her friends in emel
: gency. She has now given invaluabl
| aid to our purposes in Mesopotami
and on the Egyptian frontier. Ell
= phatically II is our turn to respond q
: soon as we can in q way to assist he
objects and to forward decisively th
, common cause. A heavy price mus
' have been paid for Erzerum, and "
7 hope to see evidences in the next tw
e months. before the Turks can organ
D ize in full force q counter
towards Armenia. that British ski
S and resolution are we'll worthy of OF
e allies generalship and prowess. "
c must not only praise Russian success
Z but seek to emulate it ana support
c by reciprocal action. When the gran
duke Yields The smiths hammer let t
see If we cannot strike while the iro
: is hot.
We come to the question of til
side-shows and TO the vexed contrt
lversy on concentration. II is a pla
itude the most obvious to say "concer
: trate." No one disputes the wisdom
y the word, though many are blind
!, the real difficulties which must /