The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-11

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| On January o n bGlI inffcAnrtny "
passed its fsrA headlAg ia the hsass
Of ramdnons By large majority. The
hllI was finally signed BY EIng GeorEe
May 10
AIlles c,ss Together.
Their defeats finally taught the al.
lies that their efforts must be eo-oF-
dinaie,i, like their enemies, IL theJ
were TO be effective. A new war
council. with all the allies represented.
met In Paris December 7 and kind
VI international general staff was or
ganixed. l, Is known that General 10
serh Jotfre. French commander In
chief Ein,e the beginning Of the war.
and the hero ~ the battle Of the
Marine, was the presiding genlus. The
effects OF the council were not TO be
seen for several months. but now they
are being realized In full measure.
To cheek a simultaneous allied Of
fehslye, which they clearly Jaw com
Ing. the Teutons decided on two at.
tacks Of their own. This follows the
well-known axiom OF German milf
tary strategy that the best defense II
an energetic attack.
The first Of these offensive defen-
slyes was the attack on the French
fortress OF verdun. whese the works
were subjected to whlrlwind OF lire
beginning February 2l.--The gains OF
the Grs. week were great. and German
critics foretold the collapse OF the
French. Two Of the defending forts,
Vaux and Douaumont. fell. and impor-
tant positions were taken west OF the
Mouse river as well.
But Jotrre rallied his men In splen-
did fashion aud sold each yard OF
ground at an awful cost In German
blood, Step by step the crown princes
men pushed forward. but today they
are stll more than two miles from the
ruined fortress town and the resist
ance OF the French Is us strong as
ever,
Austrian Drive Checked.
The second Teutonlc offensive was
organized by the An.iriaus ia the
Trentlno, and they struck In the d.
rection Of vieeDEa with the. ohject
~ cutting on the northern end OF Italy
from the main portion. On May 20,
as the result OF seyera; days yio-
lent artillery fire followed by infantry
rushes they We're able to announce the
capture OF 24,0O0 Italians.
General Count Cadorna hurried
about hundred thousand men In mo-
tor cars to the scene. while many more
arrived on foot or trains. Just when
II seemed the Aus'rians must reach
the lowlauds the cuunter-attacks were
delivered.
On June go Rome announced splen.
did victory. In bloody fighting the
Austrinus, perhaps weakened by
drafts to bolster up their Russian
front, were driven from peak 70 peak
almost 10 where their lines had stood
throughout the winter.
In March the Russians delivered
vast but futile attacks on the Ger.
man front ut many points, probably 70
distract attention from ferdun. The
Gesmans seemed to have been lullcd
into security by these efforts. which
they probably considered the best the
ear could do. But the tens Of thou
sands of Muscovite bodies lining the
Germans barhcd wire were but pat
ter OF rain compared with the storm
that was brewing behind the Russian
lines.
Al the beginning II June this storm
broke With full force and. following
the principle of attacking the weakest
point. the Austrlaus holding the line
fFun the marsh district southwark
were forced TO bear the bruut Of IT,
RussIa's BIG Push.
Millions OF shells manufactured
largely In British Japanese and
American factories, blasted away wire,
trenches. dugouts and observation
points. Then the hordes Of Slbe'
RUNS, Iu>.ucSs nnd vtitvrs s"vF;
over the field. The Austrians could
not withstand the Impact and they
gave way steadily,
June q Grnrrai nrustlcff announced
me capture ~ i2.rD ArsyriAns; Junr
\, the number for the three succeed,
ing days alone was 5000, ana the
numbers kept mounting until on July
~ General Shaoyaierr Russian min
lister Of wnr, estimated the number of
| Austro- Hungarian prisoners at go
coo, The killed and wounded ARE I'M
told, but the number must be lnrec
enough 10 bring the total loss we'll
| over half a million.
German support was rushed 10 the
Ausirians, but the foe captured Lutsk
and puhno, and reached the S,ul,hod
and Lipa rivers in NolhyUa oyerran
all BukowIna 10 the CarpathIans and
sen, patrols OF CosSacks into Hungary
TO ravage the country.
That the cgar is anticipating further
great gains OF territory is seen from
| RuSslu's action In mablliElng the
males ~ the island of Sashaljen. Tur-
krsian. and one other district to build
roads, dig trenches and 10 other work
OF organizing the ground won.
AtIies, nytvs In Sornrnr Ieoiep