Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-01-06
REVIEW Of THE GREAT WAR AND OTHER
!, NOTABLE EVENTS Of THE YEAR 1915
European Conflict Develops Into Struggle to the Death With Dead
lock on Eastern and Western Fronts-Serba 0yerrn by
Tettons and Bulgarans-Tying Period for the
United States-GeneraI carranza Rec
oqnized as President Of Mexico.

paign in Galicia wAs shattered and
the cars armies were soon back
where they started out In the previous
September. Russia had suffered the
greatest disaster In the war. A new
Germany military hero had been re-
vealed In the person of Mackensen,
who was now held with Hindenburg
In popular esteem.
In the last days OF the month. Italy
joined forces with the allies against
Austria. Hungary.
Fall Of Warsaw.
The campaign In the West was
strangely quiescent. The allies kept
to their trenches ard the outside world
wondered. Up to June Is there was no
claim OF progress by the allies. The
Teutonic claim that It's side was still
engaged In successful warfare on all
fronts was not disputed. The splendid
resistance interposed by the discred-
tied Turks came al surprise TO the
world. Russia was unable to rally her
badly demoraiized forces to make q
winning defense OF Lemberg. Once
that point had fallen, Warsaw became
the main objective. II was not until
August that German troops made
their triumphal entry into Warsaw.
capital Of Russian Poland.
September marked q decided change
In the Teutonic campaign In the East.
wilma fell on September ., but imme-
diately afterward the Russians won
series Of successes over tho Austrians.
capturing 4e.0e0 prisoners. The escape
Of the Russian armies from the net
planned by the German strategists
was complete. The great Teutonic
drive was brought to halt, and In De-
cember the Germans withdrew slight
" and intrenched for the winter.
The month Of October marked q de-
cided revival Of military activity On
all fronts, After a long period OF CON-
parative quiet In the West, desper-
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies. The French drive In Cham
payne was one of the bloodiest at.
tempts yet made to pierce the German
lines. After three weeks OF incessant
gunflrc. the French troops left their
trenches, September Is, and rushed
the whole OF the first German line.
Nearly 10000 German prisoners were
captured. and upward OF q hundred
field guns. thus far the greatest single
capture by the French during the war,
Hut the Germans were Lct compelled
to relinquish any great amount Of ter
ritory. In Artois the allies did not sue
coed in breaking through the German
lines. but secured some coveted posi-.
tions at an appalling cost
This brief period Of allied success
was followed by an unexpected turn
of political affairs In the Balkans. Fur
a second time the Greek king showed
his lack Of sympathy with the allies.
In the spring he had prevented Vent
zelos, his premier. an avowed sup
porter of the allies, from sending
troops TO the Dardanelles. Now, when
the allies were depending upon the
Greeks to hold the Bulgarians In check,
Constantine declined again to act.
Serbia 10 overrun.
Bulgaria announced her intention to
cast her lot with the central powers
and the litter opened campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for It's apparent OBJ
jective. On October 10 the Germans
crossed tho Danube and proceeded to
advance southwark, every step contest
cd furiously by the outnumhered
Serbs. France. England and Italy de-
clared war on Bulgaria. All ut once
the center OF military activity was
transferred TO the Balkans.
In Nevember both the iong-expected
allied offensive in tho West and the
Teutonic drive in the East came prac-
ticaiiy to an end. The allies failed to
break the stubborn German lines and
only achieved possible moderate
success in Champagne and Artois at
tremendous cost. by the middle Of the
month military operations in Russia
were practically at standstsll, the
Germans having failed to accomplish
the object OF their campaign. At that
time the big German drive TO the Gold
en- Hern began to monepolixe the at
tention OF the public. Tho preliminary
invasion Of Serbia by the Teutcnic al
lies--now including Buigaria---was be-
gun with notable pronatness. In fact,
as early as October 81. the invading
armies meet in the northeastern part OF
the kingdom. by November kragu-
yevatz. the chief Serbian arsenal. had
fallen, and by November the Bolga-
rians were In Nish. Sarbia's provi-
sional capital ana railroad center. BY
November 10 II was announced that
the invading armies held foursfifths OF
Serbia. and toward the close Of the
month Germany declared semicflcialiy
that the campaign was over. BY the
middle Of December the Franco. British
forces had been driven out of Serbia
They fell back to Saloniki. which. with
the consent Of Greece. they prepared
to defend.
Since May "a. when the Italian army
| crossed the Austrian frontier. the fight.
| ing has been continuous. especially
along the Isonzo front. The strongly
fortified and stuhhornly defended town
Of Goritx was the Italian objective for
weeks In October the Austrian aero