Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-28
AT END OF TWO YEARS
GERMANY Is WEAKER
Holds More of Europe Than on August l. 1915, but in This
Respect Only Is It's Situation More Favorable-Cen-
trail Powers Both Feeling Pinch Of Hunger

trails OF the drcary snow covered
mountains for the coast Great num-
! hers persisted Of cold and hunger on
I Inc way. ON November 81. Germany
! proudly announced that tho Serbian
campaign had ended, having met with
! complete success
When IL was seen that their land
/ must be abandoned, the Scrbians sent
drummers through all the villages and
gathered 10000 boys who wouid be Of
hiiitary age in year or two. To
/ prevent these being impressed hy the
invaders. they were marched to the
border or Albania and left to find their
I way through the almost trackiess
wastes alone. without even 4 single
army officer 10 guide them.
twenty-five thousand OF them died
IN the mountains. and of tho 1000 who
reached the coast. four-Hfths succumb-
ed TO the effect of their previous hard
SHIPS after reaching the shelter OF Il
haimv Greek island seized hy the allies
| to harbor them
J Tho winter also saw tho humiliation
Iof the British in Mesopotamia. Tho
| indian government recklcSSlv pushed
small. poorly supplied expedition up
the Tisrls Valley and actually pcne-
tfatcd TO within seven miles OF Bag
dad. Here the Turks. with German
officers directing them. administered n
| defeat. and the invaders fell back
town or Kut- cl-Amara. where, they
were hcs!cScd December 10.
Another expedition. also Insufficient
was scat to relieve the hrSt. 1t was
beaten off with large losses a few
miles below l>ut. Hood OF the river
aud swamps assisting tho Turks and
on April % The 1000 defenders of
Kat capitulatcd by order Of the Brit
!Sh higher command
\ further British humiliation was
I tho evacuation uf C;aliipoli Peninsula
/ wher" the RrtiSh held on dogEcdly
! month after month. losing perhaps
/ 100000 men, until they were finally
& Withdrawn in confc sSion Of failure the
/ first week OF January.
/ THE: FIGHTING BLOOD
/ or JOHN null
These two British hascos were what
was needed 10 arouse the sluggish
fighting blood OF John Bull They
finally brought England into tho war
fully and uncompromsiugly. to tho
same extent rs tho other great powers
involved.
ON August 10. Great Britain started
her national register, or census. of all
men OF lighting age. The result show
ed 4 vast reserve OF man power Ger
tain sections demanded Immediate
CONSUMPTION, hut they were NOT sue
ccSsful Instead. tho Earl or Derby
WIS commissioned To start a vast
cruitng campaign This produced a.
number of classes of 'nttestcd men,"
who bound themselves 10 come into
the ranks With their age groups. But
there were still hundreds OF thousands
unrcached. and the public began 10
see That II was discriminating In IA.
Ncr OF the "slackers' and the towards
on December 81. David Lloyd George.
tn" Minister OF Munitions. and great
i,,
Great Britain. declared the country
laced defeat unless greater efforts
wcr" made. y week later he threat
cn"d TO resign from the Cabinet un-
less conscrip,ion We're adopted
Z Cunsciiptiou was fercely fought
rhUt on January {. a bin Introducing
i passed It's frst reading In the House
Of Commons by u large majority. The
hi! was finally signed hy King George
on May %.
Their defeats finally taught tho al
lies that their efforts must he CO.
oraiuaied, like their enemies if they
w"r" TO be effective, y new war
council. with Al! the allies represented.
met !m Paris or Deceinbr :, ANA II kind
Of International general STAFF was or
rapiZ"d II is known that General TO-
"cph Joffree. French commander-,n-
chief since the beginning Of the war,
auG the hero OF the Battle OF the
effects r this council were not 10 he
seen for several months. but now they
arc being realized in full measure
To check simultaneous allied Of
f"us.ve. which they clearly saw CON-
ing, the Tcutons decided on two at
lacks II their own. This follows the
wcii-nnown axiom of German military
strategy that the best defense is an
energetic attack.
I,IpoItTtST POSITIONS
ARE CAPTURED
The hrst Of these offensive dcfcn-
siy"s were subjected to whirlwind
~ hr" beginning on February 81. The
gains ~ the nrst week were great,
and German critics foretold tho col
laps" of the French. Two of the de-
Tending forts, Vaux and Douaumont.
fell and important positions wcro
taken west OF the Mouse River as
wei!
Fat Ionre rallied his men in splendid
fashion and sold each yard OF ground
Il. an awful cost in German blood
step by step the crown princes men
pushed forward. but to-day they are
~till moro than two miles from the
ruined fortress town, and the rcsis-
tn"ce Of the French is az strong az
ever
'fna second Teuton offensive was
"rcanized by the Austrans IN the
Hon ~ V!nccnza, with the object %
Hoo.