The Arvada enterprise., 1916-08-03

on January G bill introducing it
passed It's first reading in the house
of commons by large ina jOrity. The
bill was finally signed by King George
May 90.
Allies Get Together.
Their defeats finally taught the al
lies that their efforts must be co-Or-
dinated, like their enemies, If they
We're to be effective. A new war
council, with all the allies represented.
met in Paris December and kind
Of international general staff was or
ganized. 1t is known that General Jo-
seph Joffre. French commander in
chief since the beginning of the war,
and the hero OF the battle Of the
Marine. was the presiding genius. The
effects of the council We're not to be
seen for several months, but now they
are being realized in full measure.
To check n simultaneous allied of
fensive, which they clearly saw com
Ing, the Teutons decided on two at
tacks Of their own. This follows the
wcll-knOwn axiom OF German mill
tary strategy that the best defense is
nm energetic attack.
The first OF these offensive defen-
s!ves was the attack on the French
fortress Of Nerdun. where the works
We're subjected to II whirlwnd of fire
beginning February 2l.-The gains Of
the first week We're great and German
critics forctold the collapse OF the
French. Two of the defending forts
NauX and DouaumOnt. fell. and impor-
tant positions We're taken west of the
Mcuse river as well.
But Joffre rallied his men in Splen-
did fashion and sold each yard of
ground At an awful cost in German
blood Step by step the crown princes
men pushed forward. but today they
are still more than two miles from the
ruined fortress town and the resist
uHCc Of the French Is rs strong aS
ever
Austrian Drive Checked.
The second Tcutonic Offensive was
organized by the AuStrians in Tia"
Tr"ntiuo. and they struck In the di-
reCtion of Niccnzu with the object
Of cutting Off the northern end of Italy
from the main portion. On May 20
as the result of several days vio-
lent artillery fire followed by infantry
rushcS. they were able to announce the
| capture of 24OO0 Italians.
General Count Cadorna hurried
about Il hundred thousand men in mo-
tor cars to the scene, while many more
arrived on foot or trains. Just when
| it seemed the Austrians must reach
the lowlands the counter-attacks were
| delivered.
On June 80 Rome announced splen-
did victory. In bloody fighting the
| Austrians. perhaps weakened by
drafts to bolster up their Russian
front. We're driven from peak to 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 nj many points, probably Ia
distract attention from Nerdun. The
| Germans seemed to have been lullcd
into security by these efforts, which
they probably considered the best the
ear could do. But the tens of thou
sands of MuScovitc bodies lining the
Germans harb"d wlr. were but II pat.
ter of rain compared with the storm
that was brewing behind the Russian
lines.
At the beginning of June this storm
brok. with fun force and. following
the principle Of attacking the weakest
point. the Austrinns holding the line
from the marsh district southward
were forced To bear the brunt of It.
Russia's Big Push.
| Millions OF shells. manufactured
largely in British, Japanese and
| American factories, blasted away wire
trenches, dugours and observation
| points. Then the hordcs of Sibc
rinnS, CoSSacks and others swept
over the field. Th. AuStrianS could
not Withstand the impact and they
gave way steadily.
| June L. General Brusllor announced
the capture of 1900 AuStrianS; June
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ing days alone was 1900. and th.
numbers kept mounting until un July
20 General ShooNuI"n, Russian min
lStrr Of war. estimated th" number oi
Austro Hungarian prisoners ut 30,
900. The killed and wounded nr" un
told. but the number must be- larg,
enough 10 bring the total loss wei
over half n million.
German support was rushed To III,
Austrians, but the 10" captured LutSb
aud pubuo. aud reached TIA" Stokhn,
and iipu rivers In Nnlhyulu; "ycrrnr
all HuLowinn to the carputhinns ant
sent patrols Of IusSachs into Hungary
to rnyugr the country.
That the cznr Is anticipating further
great gains Of territory * seen iron
Rus-m's action IN mobiliaing th'
male, of the Island of Snghnli"n, Tur
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