The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1916-08-24

passed It's nrst reading in the house
of commons ny n large majority. The
bill was finally signed by King George
May 20
Allies Get Together.
Their defeats finally taught the nj.
lies that their efforts must be co-or-
dlnated. like their enemies, II they
were to be effective. A new war
council, with all the allies represented,
met In Paris December Z aud II kind
of international general stan was or
ganizcd. II is known that General Jo.
scph Jofrrc. French commander In
chief since the beginning of the war
and the hero uf the battle of the
Mnrne, was the presiding genius. The
effects of the council were not to be
seen for several months, but now they
are being realized IN fun measure.
To check simultaneous allied of.
fcnsiyr, which they clearly saw com.
Ing, the Tcutons decided on two at.
tackS Of their own. This follows the
w 'Ai'NAl'Nll ~ NNl'lll W f'lllul Dllll"
tary strategy that the best defense Is
un energetic attack.
The first of these offensive dccen.
slvcs was the attack on the French
fortress ~ Ncrdun, where the works
were subjected to II whirlwind OF fire
beginning February 2l-Thc gains of
The first week were great, and German
critics furc,uld the collapse of the
French. Two of the defending forts
NuuN and Douaumuut, fell. and impor.
tunt positions were taken west OF the
MeuSc river as well.
But Jofrrc rallied his mon In splcn.
did fashion and sold each yard of
ground NJ nm awful cost In German
blood. Step by step the crown princes
men pushed forward but today they
nre still more than two miles from the
rulhcd fortress town and the resist.
ance OF the French is as strong as
ever.
Austrian Drive Checked.
The second TcutOnic offensive was
organized by the AuStriuns In the
TrcutIno, and they struck In the I'll.
rcction OF Niccuzu with the object
uf cutting OF the northern end of Italy
from the main portion. GA May 20,
aS the result of several days ylo.
lent artillery fire followed 10y infantry
ru>hrS, they were abb" 20 announce the |
capture Of $4,000 Italians.
General Count Cadorna hurried !
about II hundred thousand men In mo-
tor cars Ia the scene. while many more |
arrived on foot or trains Just when |
IL seemed the Austrans must reach |
the lowlands the Countcr.atiuchs were |
delivered
On June 30 Rome announced Splen- |
did victory. In bloody fighting the |
AuStrians, perhaps weakened by |
drafts TO bolster up their Russian
front were driven from peak 10 peak |
almost to 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 to |
distract attention from Vcrlun. The /
Germans seemed TO have been lullcd .
into security by these efforts, which |
they probably considered the best the !
car could do. But the tens of thou
sands of MuScOvlte bodies lining the |
Germans barbcd wire were but pat.
ter Of rain compared with the storm |
that was brewing behind the Russian
lines.
At the beginning Of June this storm |
broke with full force and, following |
the principle OF attacking the weakest |
point, the AuStrIuns holding III, line
from the marsh dis ct southward |
were forced to beI: the brunt OF It. |
Russla's Big Push.
Millions OF shells, manufactured |
largely in British, Japanese aud |
American factories, blasted away wire. |
trenches, dugouts and observation |
points. Then the hordcs Of S,bc- |
runs, CoSSacks and others swept |
over the field. The AuStrans could |
not withstand the impact and they |
gave way steadily.
June q, General BruSllofr announced |
the capture Ui 1900 Austrlans; juno |
>, NIlc HuIlucT LOT lle lnTte succeed |
Ing days alone was 1900, and the |
numbers kept mounting until on July |
20 General ShOovaicfT, Russian min. |
lister Of war, estimated the number OF |
Austro-lIungnrIun prisoners NJ go. |
600. The killed and wounded are un. |
told, but the number must be large |
enough 10 bring the total loss well |
over half Il million.
German support was rushed 10 the |
AustrIans, but the foe captured Lutsk |
and Dubno, and reached the Stokhod |
and Lipa rivers in Nolhynia; oycrrun
all BukOwInn 10 the CarpathIans ana
sent patrols of Cossacks into Hungary
TO ravagc the country.
That the ear Is anticipating further
great gains OF territory IL seen from
RusSiu's action In mobillzing the
males OF the island OF Saghulcn, Tur.
kcstan, and one other district 10 build
roads, dig trenches ana do other work
OF OrgnnlZing the ground won