The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-16
eElnil 6lIIIt's VIEW.
buRIAN TAGEnIATT PRINTS RE-
VIEW OF WAR SITUATION BY
his MAJ. MORAHT.
Clsans MsAe That Offensive Of Allies
y . Failure and mat Gcrnans are
EN- Masecrs Of thA sitaatioR-Thc
RussAaa Drive Radic~lcd a. In u.
sected and Futile. Y

1s 1.-Two 4S&AscSScO - HI O0s
sected ard Futile.
Berlin. Aus. g.-The Berlin '-rasc-
bAtt''t publishes Z long review Of the
la>sss developments OF the war by
l1ajsr nrssst Moraht. the most ia
nets osrmAh military critics. He sees
NO danger for the Central Powers In
ths present situation. although he CON-
ss4ss that the efforts OF the Allies are
mere ssrious than ever ''sfore.
a part he says: A,g
Our enemies are jubilant over their
Joint Offensive. For the first time. at
ter many failures. they have succeeded
IN reaching . certain unity OF action,
but II y an open question whether the
Dritish did not start their attempts ct
aA advance too early and tho Russians
tep IAfe. This question can only be
aaewsrsd definitely when we learn 70
WHIT extent the grouping OF the Ger
map forces has been Influenced by the
strategy Of the Allies.
"French and English military critics
ere astonishsd by the fact that 10 far
vsty few trahsfsrs % German troop
have taken p,acs. indirectly they ad J.
mlt that the Initiative stiil remains on
our eide in spite OF the offensive
usevemenss started asaiqst our lines
On an froats. We AFRO s1tackins be-
fore verdssn - We djd before, and on
tho rest Of the western front our de-
fsWee has increased In strenxth since,
the Allies ssruck their blow In Pica raw
Gesategically it matters very little n,
fiw.. nGoeo ~ ,knocked into our louis,
line nosjf y sk ~ 6Sttt IA tl's \ 81
''9n. the rznel our defense also is ~
pewerfui % ever. The Russian one
stvo - net changed the straton1o lit.
totbon and n will. In my ssttH ION
I, ~ succeed, bscause it II himl>a1i sst 1:
1--WE. are told In iispatc chen $foint
p0orogNd that Lsmberg 10 20 IS fs.,
ed60n>ssd 10 rsssta blish THE prestige
- IA Russian armies, but the eyenis
q ~ M tive months aliow plaiaIS
- so3F okyY1s(51f IL no
1> plaa whom the Generals Brusi-
oNd Kuropetkin recsivsd orders to
sefiks.- The military expert OF Buda-
psst Lloyd sised up the Russian op-
srations properly when he remarked
- =
last week: ss 81 y
The colossus mechanically starts to
move. but the Russian general STAFF
does not know which direction It will
sAks. That " left to fate. II the
steam roller seems to advance In the
direction OF koyel the Russian strate-
sSseS announce that they intend to
casture this important railroad CEN
trc. but a. soon as they md their
way barred they decide that Lembere.
the capital Of Galicia. really 10 the OBJ
jsct Of their efforts"
y rhsre is no doubt that ths Ru..,.r
o4ensive was principally undertaken
IA. bring relief to the French and Ital-
ians and to Influence Roumania. The
hope of the Allies to bring the Rou-
ruanian army to their side will again
be disappointed. however. because the
comparatively unimportant successes
OF General BrusiIoff have made but
little impression on the government in
Bucharest.
Tho Italians have NJ ,sast ..mror-
arily been saved by the Russian ~.
fsnsive against the Austro- -Hunaar,an
front In Eastern Galic,a and the
Bukowina. The Austrians were com.
pelied to withdraw troops from the
Italian front. to give up their victor
ious advances between the Ad,sre and
the Brenta and 10 fall back .vo,r..