The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-01-07

Germany military hero had been re-
vealed in the person of Mackensen,
who was now held with Hlndenburg
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 and 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 as surprise to the
world. Russia was unable to rally her
badly demoralized forces to make a
winning defense Of Lemberg. Once
that point had fallen, Warsaw became
the main objective. 1t was not until
August that German troops made
their triumphal entry into Warsaw,
capital of Russian Poland.
September marked a decided change
in the Teutonic campaign in the East.
Wilma fell ON September 9, but imme-
diately afterward the Russians won a
series Of successes over the Austrians
capturing 10000 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
ly ard intrenched for the winter.
The month CT October marked a de-
cided revival of military activity on
all fronts. After long period Of COM
parative quiet in the West, a desper-
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies. The FreLch drive in Cham
payne was one of the bl0odiest at
tempts yet made 80 pierce the German
lines. After three weeks of incessant
gunfre, the French troops left their
trenches, September rs, and rushed
the whole Of the first German line
Nearly 10000 German prisoners were
captured, and upward of hundred
field guns, thus far the greatest single
capture by the French during the war.
But the Germans were not compelled
to relinquish any great amount of ter
ritory. In Artois the allies did not sue
coed in breaking through she German
lines, but secured some coveted posi-
lions at an appalling cost.
This brief period Of allied success
was followed by an unexpected turn
of political affairs in the Balkans For
a second time the Greek king showed
his lack of sympathy with the allies.
In the spring he had prevented Vent
Selos, 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 Is overrun.
Bulgaria announced her intention to
cast her lot with the central powers
and the latter opened q campaign hav-
ing Turkish relief for its apparent OBJ
jective. On October 10 the Germans
crossed the Danube and proceeded to
advance southwark, every step contest
ed furiously by the outnumbered
Serbs. France, England and Italy de-
clared war on Bulgaria. All at once
The center of military activity was
to the Balkans.
In November both the long-expected
allied offensive I'm the West and the |
reutonic drive in the East came prac-
.ically to an end. The allies failed to |
break the stubborn German lines and
only achieved a possible moderate
success in Champagne and Artois at
cost. BY the middle of the
month military operations In Russia
we're practically at a standstill, the
Germans having failed to accomplish
he object of their campaign. At that
lime the big German drive to the Cold
N Horn began to monopolize the at
ention cf the public. The preliminary
INVASION of Serbia by the Teutonic al
les-now including Bulgaria. be-
un with notable Dromptness. In fact,
IS early as October 81, the invading
rmies met in the northeastern part of
be kingdom, by November ] Kragu-
evatz, the chief Serbian arsenal, had
allen, and by November the Bulga-
ians were in Nish, Serbia's provi-
lonal capital and railroad center. BY
November 10 1t was announced that
he invading armies held four-fifths Of
erbia, and toward the close Of the
lonth Germany declared semiofficially
hat the campaign was over. BY the
fiddle of December the Franco British
,rces had been driven out OF Serbia.
hey fell back to Saloniki, which, with
he consent of Greece, they prepared
, defend.
Since May "a, when the Italian army
rossed the Austrian frontier, the fight
ig has been continuous, especially [
long the lsonzo front. The strongly | !
,rtifled and stubbornly defended town |
| Goritz was the Italian objective for