The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-30

tress OF Dubno, also Czernowitz, and
were marching upon Lutsk and Kovel.
But about the time that Lloyd-George
voiced his optimism the Russians found
themselves checked on tue river Stok-
hod and on the Dniester, south.
Greatest of Naval Battles.
Lloyd-GeorGe also had in mind the
naval battle Of Jutland. which took
place on the last day of May. This
has been called the greatest naval ac-
ton in history. 1t was the greatest to
date in this war. The British claimed
great victory, which amounts to 4
confession that the German navy is
by no means a negligible factor. The
Germans yentured 10 sea seeking bat
tie. They oyercame the advance Brit
ish column and Were not checked I'M
til the heavy British battleships ar
rived on the scene.
Both sides lost heavily in battleships,
cruisers. deStroyers and men. In Il
tactical sense the action was a draw,
but it demonstrated that the German
navy is not bottled up
Early in the spring the Italians re-
sumed activities on the line Of the
| IsOnzo. particularly at Goritz. In April
the Austrians suddenly began an Of
/ fensive against Italian positions in
! Treutino. which the latter had invad-
/ cd May. 1915. This move was n com
| pIctc surprise and forced the Italians
/ into hurried retreat. At the end OF
/ May Austria reported 10000 prisoners
and goo cannon as the spoils of TIVE
months operations. BY the middle OF
June the Italians had turned on theil
] enemy, and the great offensive was
/ checked,
The Austrian movement was Cvi
IDENTIFY timCG to affect ItaIy's aggressiv,
movements in the south. where the oh
jective Of the Italians is Trieste
Gorftz stood in the way of progress,
toward the coveted citadel. 1t fel
Aug. 8. Since the fall Of Goritz til,
Italians have made slow progress to
ward Trieste.
Something was needed in the alice
camps at midsummer to pun Up wan
ing hopes, hopes dashed by the aban
donment of the Gallipoli expedition
early in January. the surrender of Kut
el-Amara with 10000 British soldier
= in April, the subjugation of Seryia an
Montenegro and the menacing situa
, ton in Greece. The allies infantr
, from GallipOI had been transferred t
i. Saloniki with the evident purpose Q
| marching nOrthward and taking tn
e. Bulgar forces in Servia and on thei
own borders in the rear.
= Serious Outlook For Germany.
r In some respects it seemed as thong
the allies had unloaded a dead weigl
by abandoning the direct attack upc
, Constantinople. The Russians almo
: from the beginning of the war ha
been coming down into Asia Minor
n direction which would bring the
q into junction with the British colum
:. moving up the Tigris river toward Ba
y dad. In February Russia captured Z
II Zcrum, Mesopotamia. from the Turk
! This was followed two months lat
~ by the capture of Trcbizond, on Il
y Black sea. RuSsia's southwark mar,
- from bases in her own home territor
J. backed up by her feet on the Bla,
ie sea. really a strategic prolongation
h her line in Bukowina and Galicia, co
a stituted a menace to German ambitic
If in the near east.
II The elimination Of Seryia as a factt
IL which was made certain in the whit
)r Of 1916, and the certainty that Turk
$ could be relied upon for troops al
O. supplies, coupled with the apparent d
n fculty Of The allies in launching
+. stroke in the back Of the Teutor
..n e Thn naEn.~nn4a