Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-31

trees Of Dubno, also Csernowits, and
were marching upon Lutsk and Kovel.
hut about tho time that I.loyd.G George
voiced his optimism the Russians found
themselves checked on the river stok.
hod aud on the DnIestcr. south.
Greatest Of Naval Battles
Lioyd.Gcorgc also had IN mind the
naval battle Of Jutinnd, which took
place on the last dny Of May. This
has been called the greatest naval nc.
ton In history. II was the greatest 10
date In this war The British claimed
q great victory. which amounts to a
confession that the German navy h
BY no means . negligible factor. The
Germans venturcd to sea seeking bat
tie. They ovecams the advance Brit.
lsh column and were not checked un.
IL tho heavy British battleships ar.
rived on the scene. .s-s
Roth sides lost heavily In battleahiris.
cruisers. destroyers and men. In q
tactical sense the action was . draw,
but II demonstrated that the German
navy IL not bottled up."
Early In the spring the italians r..
sumed activities on the line Of the
Isonxo. particularly At Gorits. In April
the Austrians suddenly began an Of.
fensivs against Italian posltlons In
Trentino. which tho latter had invad.
ed May, 1915. This move was q com.
pletc surprise and forced the Itallans
Into hurried retreat. At the end Of
May Austria reported $1,000 prisoners
and 200 cannon a. the spoils Of two
months operations. BY tho middle Of
June the Italians had turned ON their
enemy, and the great offensive was
checked.
The Austrian movement was svi.
dsntly timed to AFFECT Italy's aggressive
movements IN the south. where the Oh.
jsctivs Of the Italians b Trieste
0orits stood In the way OF progress
toward the coveted citadel lt fell
Aus. q Since the fall Of 0orits the
Italians have made slow. progress b.
ward Trieste.
Something was nesdsd IN the allied
campo At midsummer 10 pull up wan.
Ing hopes, hopes dashed BY The aban.
donmsnt Of the Gailipoli expedition
early In january, ,.ths surrender Of Uat,'
sl.Amara with 10000 Rritsh solAieu
In April. the spbjugation Of Bervia and
Aontensgro, and the menaclng sttua.
tioa IN Cfsecs. The allies infantry
from 0allipol had been trsnsferrsd 10
Saloniki With the evident purpose Of
marching northward and taxing ths
uulsar f0rcsi N eervia ana o. thsir
swn bordsm n The rsar.
n oselsvs outlsak 'Psp osvmaNy.
1 In rome rsspscts II sssmsd O. though
The allies had uploedsd q dad weight
,by. abapdopipg the direct attack upon
Ccnstantinopls. The Russians almost
from the beginning Of the war had
been coming down. Into. Asia Minor In
Z direction which would bring them
Into Junction with the Bntish column
moving up the Tigris river toward Bag.
dad. In February hussia captured Er
serum, Mesopotamia. from the Turks,
This was followed two months latsr
By the capture Of Trebizend, on The
black sea. Russia's scuthward march
from bases Ia her own homo territory.
backed up By her nset On the Black
ssa, really = strategic prolonsation Of
her line In Bukowina and Calicia, con-
stituted menace to German ambition
In tho near cast. es+4
The elimination Of gsrviA a. 4 factor,
which was made certain In tho winter
Of 1919 and the certainty that Turkey
could b. relied upon for troops and
supplies, coupled with the apparent ar.
dculty sf Ne aliiss N Aspehine q
stSsks h ths hach Of the TsstsaW