The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Year 1915 Saw Disasters
for The Entente Powers
Serbia Crushed, Her Allies Being Too Late-Russia's
Victories Followed by Defeat and Invasion
Britain Failed at the Dardanelles.
SUBMARINE ISSUE INVOLVED PEACE OF u. s


sunk by u German submarine In tho
Channel.
Dec. 81. isi5-H. NJ. 6. Natal sunk
In port by an explosion
Between those two dates, marked thus
by vital blows at the most formidable
sea power the world has ever seen. there
has been recorded a series OF wen
whose por,entous effects will scarcely
be realized for decades to come. Two
more nations have been brought into the
gigantic uphcaval OF the Old World
Great Britain a been forced to admit
failure of two great enterprises: hun
dreds OF thousands Of lives have been
los; aud untold treasur spent: war has
invaded the depths OF Africa and pro-
I yoked sympathetic reactions" in far OF
yunan: the United states has beer
drawn into almost open conflict with two
great European nations.
Standing out prominently as land
marks for the future historian OF this,
the second calendar year of the great
war. are Germany's drive through Poland
and into Russia mp to the last formidable
lire OF Muscovite defcnces: Englands
withdrawal from hard won positions
at the Daydsnelles and her confession OF
failure 10 prevent Serbia meeting the fate
Of Belgium the swing Of the war centre
TO the Balkans and the menace to Egypt,
the Suez Canal and all the outposis on
the way to Britain's Oriental empire /;
the loss to OF her African col
onies The stubborn trench warfare in
France, where after a year Of effort
neither side has effected any great
change in III 800 mile line from the
Belgian dunes to the Swiss frontier. the
opening OF Germany's new method OF
war by the sinking OF the Lusitnnia ;
the awakening OF England to O realiza-
ton OF the fact that her empire 10 at
stake.
Russia's Successes.
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captured Lupkow Pas. and BEGAN a
gigantic series Of operations against the
other Carpathian passes. the object being
TO throw a great army into Hungary.
The Carpa thians proved, however,
too much for the Muscoyite forces
and the Aus:rians. rally!ng after re
celying enormous. reenforcements from
the Germans. began the task ~ driving
back the Cars armies. The Russians
began their retreat from tho ponaiec
River and a. other po,n,s in ~c;aiicia on
NAV :. Nv Nav IS all the masses o..
cur,ed hy the invaders were again in
the hands Of the Teutons on Inn. q
peremysl wa. retaken by the Austrian
and German forces.
Meanwhile another German onensiv.
in the north was making headway. TT,
Kaiser shifted several hundred thousand
mon from the French front and launched
a mighty army against the Russian lines
i'm POLAND and as far north as tho Ral,ic
coas, After monen.arv checks m.
Germans drove the Russians steadily
hack forcing them ~ ahandon ,h, 1.-Two
of The Dniest.r uhi,e ,he Aus,rIans 70.
capt,red Lembcrs IN lime %. and tho
Germans ocrunied UaIicz hrr,in, III,
Russ,ans eastward ,o nv. Cpi,a Ijra ,ir.
Teutou. Throw R~us.iar, Rack.
victory aitcr victor! fo'Iowed Tor inc
Teutons and the Russian armies were
forced TO abondon the Gnila lhpa. and
ny July Il were hghting ~ the ltawka,
Przasnysz was reoccupicd 10y the Ger
mans on July ~ ana n new German
offensive In the region or Riga was
begun. ON july - Won hlndenburg
forced the itusslaiss nacK toward the line
Of for'resses on the Narew. while Won
Mackensen broke through the Lublin-
Cholm line AZ k~rasnos'aw. IN July
is tho Russians before warsaw fell
back from the Bzurao Rawka front TO
the Blonie line and the German guns
began to hammer the fortress OF Novo
Georgiersk, on July ~ the Germans
began the crossins or the Nlstula he
tween warsaw and Ivangoroo ana the
Russians made preparations TO eVacuate
the old Polish capital
Disaster after disaster 10 the Rus
SLAMS followed in quick succession. On
August 4 warsaw fell, ON August d
.lvangorod shared its Fate. BY August
Is the were sixty miles east
Of Warsaw kovno fell on August II.
Noro Georgievsk on August ~, Osso-
vice on August 20, brest Lttovsk. the
key TO Russia's second line OF defence
the bug, on August 20. Grodno on