Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-08-04

Twice It seemed the flower OF the
cars army would be surrounded, once
In the vicinity Of Warsaw, and again
in the great battle near wilma.
The tale Of the taking Of great towns
grew almost tedious. 1t seemed the
Germans would never stop. Whether
they did stop Of their own accord or
were finally checked by the Russians
Is not yet clear. They settled down
for the winter on a long line stretch
ing from the Baltic just west Of Riga
southeast along the Dvlna river, and
then almost due south through POLES
sic. the Plnsk marsh district, to the
Roumanlan frontier.
Reawakening Of Russia.
On September 8 Car Nicholas took
command Of all his armies In the field,
sending his cousin. the Grand Duke
Nicholas, to the less important com
mand Of the Caucasus operations.
With their little Father at their
head. the Russians forgot their long,
d~iscouraging retreat. Millions of new
young soldiers joined them, drawn
from Russia's great reservoir of hui
man beings. which produces three and
n half million men of military age ev-
cry year.
On September 10 the Russians won a
success near TarnOpOl and T~rembowla,
and two days later they drove the Teu-
tons back IA miles in Galicia. In other
parts of the front the Germans were
still Selling large slices of territory,
but their enemies were regainlng their
energy. On September 26 the Rus
slams recaptured Lutsk, but were driv-
en- out in a short time. On October 20
they recaptured C%zartorysk, but they
were not able to prevent the Germans
storming nluxt five days later. Gar
tOrysk was lost and again taken by
the ear January 8.
Meanwhile the conquest of Serbia,
the greatest tragedy of the war, ex-
cepting only the massacre of 100000
Armenians, was being enacted.
invasion Of Serbia.
The real invasion of Serbia started
in the first days of October. A great
diplomatic battle had been fought in
Sofia, and the allies had lost. On Oc-
tober Z Bulgaria in an ultimatum to
King Peter Of Serbia, peremptorily de-
manded the immediate cession Of the
Macedonian lands in dispute between
the two countries and her in the pos
session of the Serbs.
After a general bombardment the
Teutons crossed the river boundaries
of Serbia in many places on October s.
Two days later they occupied Bel
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in
vaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes of the Teutons and the
Bulgarians were almost unhroken. The
invading forces consisted of a vast
amount of heavy artillery, with small
infantry supporting forces. They
shelled the Serbians out of position
after position in an avalanche of stee
to which the Serbians could make NJ
reply.
Small forces of French and Englisl
landed at Saloniki, a Greek port t.
which Serbia had certain entry priv
leges, and did something to cover tn,
retreat of the Serbians by engaging
the Bulgarlans in the South.
At the beginning of winter, Novem
her %, the Serbian soldiers crossed
their western border and struck thu
trails of the dreary, snow-covereC
mountains of the coast. Great mum
bers persisted of cold and hunger OF
the way. On November 20 German.
proudly announced that the Serbian
campaign had ended, having met will
complete success.
Two Blows to the British.
The winter also saw the humilla
ton of the British in Mesopotamia
The Indian government recklessl!
pushed a small, poorly supplied expe
dition up the Tigrls valley and actu
ally penetrated to within seven mile
Of Bagdad. Here the Turks, with Ger
man officers directing them, admins
tered a defeat and the invaders fel
back with the enemy %harassing then
to the town of Kut-el-Amara, wher,
they were besieged December 10.
Another expedition, also insufficient
was sent to relieve the first. 1t wa
/, beaten Off with large losses a FEY
: miles below Kut. a flood of the rive
and swamps assisting the Turks, an.
on April 80 the $1,000 defenders O
Kut capitulated by order Of the Brit
ish higher command.
A further British humiliation wa
the evacuation Of Galllpoli peninsula
/ where the British held on logged
month after month, losing perhap
100000 men, until they were finall
withdrawn In confession Of failure tn
. first week of January.
These TWO British fascos were wha
was needed to arouse the sluggis
T. fighting blood of John Bull. The
finally brought England into the VIZ
3 fully and uncompromisingly, to tn
2 same extent as the other great pow
e ers.
r On August 10 Great Britain starte
e her national register, or census Of a
= men OF fighting age. The result shove
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