Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-03

areas in ruin in Russia. Austria
land other lands. The cost is al
most incalculable. but admittedly
includes several million human
Hives.
Outlook Grows hopeful.
Looking back two wears. il
spite of all the sacrifices made.
every British subject finds much
ia arouse hope and enthusiasm.
Recent successes of soldiers
lighting for the allies contrast
lsironglY with earlier disasters
Nome at The nations lined up
against he Tr,ltons was prepared
for immediate war. Germany was
| i'm the field before other armies
We're mohiized and rushing men
forward With sangune cries of
ION 10 Paris. The danger to The
French capital seemed so immi-
neni that ON September 3 the
French government was with
drawn tO Bordeaux.
After the war had been raeina
for a year The armies OF ihc al
lies still were lamentahly lack
ing in men. guns and munitions.
| hut the Germans had been halted
far short nf the linrs they had
boasted they would reach before
tl" war was five months old
To he sure there have been de
frat> and disasters hlundprs of
management and other things tu
spread di~may. One of the black
est pages is The cord OF the Oar
dan"llrs campaign. Rmt after
two wears England and France
and Russia appear constantly
gaining i'm strength and pushing
i'm will, relentless persistenry
against the outer edges of the
Teutnnir center. while Italy is
keeping up "A creditahle hadgerine
at the armies of Austria Hungary
along the southern line.
The British navy has had lit
tie opportunity ia take active part
| i'm the war. hut il has figured i'm
several events i'm most dramatic
way Many ships with many men
have been victims of enemy sub
marines. while the naval battles
of .Iutland. and earlier off Chile.
are likely to be given notable
places i'm history.
Then came he tragic death OF
Lord Kitchener tO cast gloom
over far wider part of the world
than is dominated by the British
government. The warsllip Ham,
pshire with Kitchener on board.
on the way tn Russia. it will br
Remembered. was DESTROYED by
mime off the Orkney Islands early
last June.
Allies Pulling Together.
With the growing of The pres
1ent calendar year the armies of
the allies have steadily moved
forward. and although many lives
have been sacrificed greater
strength, has been cnnspicuously
shown. The allies recently have
been advancing simultaneously ly
and proofs That the Teulonir
forces have felt the terrific pres
sure is found i'm the hurryine of
HE kaiser from he western to
| the eastern tiieatrr of war and Tho
lralling upon Turkey la rush men
| from Asia Minor tO re-enIorce The
armies resisting he Russian
armies on the Galcian front.
| Moi 80 many months ago The
| at a fast pace bv lie Germans.
4 but while reIrpaiing they were
gaining strength and being ade-
lqnaelN armed for HE recent a2-
grcSS Sive campaign. The armies
of General kuropalllin and Gen-
eral Brusilof1. now driving back
upon the frutons. includes t31
IdiNisionS of calvary. Brusilotf'
army alone numbers 4 10 600
men. Recent estimates gave he
Germans 100000 and he Aus
| trians 100000 at the beginning
| of ihe Russian offensive. "!
these 800. 900 are believer to have
since been lost.
| Before the war wa a month
old Germans occupied Brns sells.
Ghnni and other cities of Belgium.
ON September they crossed The
River Marine and on September ,
took Rheims and Mauhruge. The
first real battle on the west fol-
lowed an attack on he German
intrrnchmrnts on the Aisnr ON
September -. the Germans be
| ing driven back Two days later as
| far as Amiens and The Argonne
region The allies regainrd
Rheims and on September is put
ihe Germans on the defensive
from Nnyon 10 Nerdum Almost
two wears later Nprdun is ile cen
/ tral figure i'm one of the most des-
, peraie campaigns ever waged.
Through October and November
! The Germans and The allies fought
along the User and ON November.
II the Germans We're driven back.
| December rs German airshipS
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