Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13

on January 6 bill introducing 1t passed it's first reading in the house of commons by a large majority. The bin was finally signed by King George May 26.
 Allies Get Together.
 Their defeats finally taught the al- lies that their efforts must be co-or- dinated, like their enemies. If they were to be effective. A new war council. with all the allies represented, met in Paris December and kind of international general staff was or ganiZed. It is known that General JO- Seph Jofrre, French commander in chief since the beginning of the war, and the hero of the battle of the Marne, was the presiding genius. The effects of the council were not to be seen for several months, but now they are being realized in full measure.
 To check simultaneous allied of fenSive. which they clearly saw com ing, the Teutons decided on two at tacks of their own. This follows the well-known axiom of German mili- tary strategy that the best defense is an energetic attack.
 The first of these offensive defen- Siyes was the attack on the French fortress of Nerdun, where the works were subjected to whirlwind of fire beginning February 2l.-The gains of the first week were great. and German critics foretold the collapse of the French. Two of the defending forts, VauI and Douaumont, fell, and impor- tant positions were taken west c: :sc Mouse river as well.
 But Joffre rallied his men In splen- did fashion and sold each yard of ground at an awful cost in German blood. Step by step the crown princes men pushed forward, but today they are still more than two miles from the ruined fortress town and the resist aSce of the French Is as strong as ever.
 Austrian Drive Checked.
 The second Teutonic offensive was organized by the Austrians in the Trentino. and they struck in the di- rection of vicenza with the object of cutting of the northern end of Italy from the main portion. On May 26, as the result of several days vio- lent artillery fire followed by infantry rushes, they were able to announce the capture of 2i.Oc0 Italians.
 General Count Cadorna hurried about hundred thousand men in mo- arrived on foot or trains. Just when it seemed the Austrians must reach the lowlands the counter-attacks were delivered.
 On June 30 Rome announced q splen- did victory. In bloody fighting the Austrians, perhaps weakened by drafts to bolster up their Russian front. were driven from peak to peak almost to where their lines had stood throughout the winter.
 In March the Russians delivered vast but futile attacks on the Ger man front at many points, probably tO distract attention from Nerdun. The Germans seemed to have been lulled into security by these efforts. which they probably considered the best the czar could do. But the tens of thou. sands of Muscoyite bodies lining the Germans barbed wire were but a pat. ter of rain compared with the storm that was brewing behind the Russian lines.
 At the beginning of June this storm broke with full force and. following the principle of attacking the weakest point, the Austrians holding the line from the marsh district sOuthward were forced to bear the brunt of H.
 Russia's Big Push.
 Millions of shells, manufactured largely in British, Japanese and American factories, blasted away wire trenches, dugOuts and observation points. Then the hOrdes of Sibe, rians, CoSsacks and others swept over the field. The Austrians could not withstand the impact and they gave way steadily.
 June 6. General Brusiloff announced the capture of l3.OOO Austrians June 8, the number for the three succeed ing days alone was 43OOO, and the numbers kept mounting until on July 70 General ShOovaieff. Russian min. ister of war, estimated the number of Austro-Huugarian prisoners at 2TO.' 900. The killed and wounded are un. told, but the number must be large enough to bring the total loss well over half a million.
 German support was rushed to the Austrians, but the foe captured LutsB and Dubno, and reached the Stokhod Ina. i,nr, ira NnIhr.rln .n,-nrrn .