The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-23

cars army would he surrounded nnea
In the vicinity Of Warsaw. and aEan
IN the great battle near Wilma
The tale OF the taking ol great touns
grew almost tedious II seeued he
Germans would never s,up Mhmarr
they dld stop Of their own accord or
we're finally checked hy the Husdaas
is not yct clear They settled down
for The winter on long line streich'
INK from the Baltic j0-t west of ksa
southeast along the n,na river and
then almost due south through PolIes7
sic, the Pinsk marsh district 20 tho
Roumanlan frontier
Reswakening Of Russia
on September S Car Nicholas took
command Of all his armies In the neld,
sending his cousin. the Grand Duke
Nicholas, to the less Important com
mand Of the Caucasus operations.
With their Little Father at their
head, the Russians forgot their long
dlscouragng retreat Millions of new
young soldiers joined them drawn
from Russio's great reservoir of hu
man beings, which produces three and
d half million men of military age ey-
cry year.
On September 10 the Russians won
success near Tarnopol and rrcmhowla
and two days later they drove i'ie Ten
tons back II miles In Galica. IN other
parts Of the front the Germans were
sull sclzng large slices Of territory
but their enemies were regalnins their
energy. On September 20 the Rus.
slams recaptured Lutsk, but were driy-
en- out in short time On october -
they rccaptured Czaftorysk but they
were not able 70 prevent the Gcrmans
storming llluxt five days later. Gar
torysk was lost aud again taken by
the ear January s.
Meanwhile the conquest Of Serbia,
the greatest tragedy Of the war, eH-
ccpung only the massacre of 100000
Armenians. was being enacted.
Invasion Of Serbia.
The real invasion Of Serbia started
in the first days Of October A great
diplomatic battle had been fought ia
Sohn, and the allies had lost. On Oc-
tober Z Bulgaria in an ultimatum TO
King Peter Of Serbia, peremptorily de-
manded the immediate cession of The
Macedonian lands IN dispute between
the two countries and then IN the pos
session of the Serbs.
After a general bomhardmcnt the
Tcutons crossed the river boundaries
Of Serbia in many places on October s.
Two days later they occupied Bel
grade. ON the thirteenth Bulgaria I'M
yaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes Of the Teut0ns and the
Bugnrians were almost unbrokcn The
invading forces consisted Of vast
amount of heavy artillery, with small
infantry supporting forces. They
shelIed the Serblans out Of position
after position IN au avalanche of steel
TO which the Scrbians could make no
reply
Small forces OF French and English
landed at SaloniM. Greek port to
which Serbin had certain entry priyI-
leges, and did something to cover the
retreat Of the Serblans by engaging
the Bulgariaus IN ihe South.
AT the beginning of winter Noyen-
ber -. the Serbian soldiers crossed
their western border and struck the
trails of the dreary snow-cOyered
mountains Of the coast. Great num-
bers persisted Of cold and hunger on
the way. On November % Germany
proudly announced that the Serban
campaign had ended, having met with
complete success.
Two Blows to the British.
The winter also saw the humlla.
ton Of the British Ia Mesopotamla.
The Indian government recklessy
pushed a small, poorly supplied expe-
dtion up the Tigris valley and aclu.
ally penetrated to within seven miles
Of Bagdad. Here the Turks, with Ger.
man officers directing them. adminis-
tered defeat and the invaders fell
back with the enemy harassng them
10 the town of KntelAmara whore
they were hesieged December lG
Another expedition, also insufficient
was sent to relieve the first. II was
, beaten of with large losses few
miles below kut, a flood Of the river
and swamps assisting the Turks aud
ON April 30 the 1900 defenders "
, Kut capfuated by order Of the Brit
, lsh higher command.
A further British humiliation was
the evacuation Of Gallipoli peninsula,
where the British held on dossediy
, month after month. losing perhaps
, 100000 men, until they We're finally
withdrawn in confession Of failure the
> first week Of January.
I These Two British fiascos were what
, was needed to arouse the sluggish
fighting blood Of John Bun They
finally brought England into the war
: fully and uncompromlsngly to the
, same extent as the other great pow
J. ers.
on August 10 Great Britain started
> her national register, or census Of al
= men Of fighting age. The result showec
. "A vast reserve OF man power. Ceriait
sections demanded immediate con
scripton, but they were not success
. fnl Insinnd the enrl nf Derhy Ma.