The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-01-13
REVIEW Of The GREAT WAR AND OTHER
NOTABLE EVENTS Of THE YEAR 1915
European Conflict Develops Into Struggle to the DEATH With Dead
lock on Eastern and Western Frons-Serbia 0verrun by
Teutons and BuIgarians-Tying Period for the
United Sates-Genera Carranza Rec
ognized as President of Mexico

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September. Russia had suffered the
greatest disaster in the war. A new
Germany military hero had been re-
vealed in the person of Mackensen,
who was now held with Hindenburg
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 quioscent. 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 its side was still
engaged in successful warfare on all
fronts was not disputed. The splendid
resistance interposed by the discred-
tied Turks came as n surprise to tho
world Russia was unable TO rally her
badly demoralized forces &c make a
winning defense of Lerlberg. Once
that point had fallen, Warsaw became
the main objective. II was net until
August that German troops made
their triunphal entry into Warsaw,
capital of Russian Poland.
September marked a decided change
in the Teutonic campaign In the East.
wilma fell or September 9, but imme-
diately afterward the Russians won
series Ct successes over the Austrians,
capturing 1000 prisoners. The escape
of the Russian armies from the net
planned by the German strategists
was complete. The great Teutonic
drive was brought 10 halt, and in De
cember the Germans withdrew slight
ly and intrenchei for the winter.
The month CT October marked a de-
cidet revival CT military activity ON
all fronts. After lcrg period Of com
parativo quiet in the West, a desper-
ate offensive movement was made by
the allies. The French drive in Cham
payne was one of the hloodiest at
tenpts yet made to pierce the German
lines. After three weeks CT incessant
J gunfire, the French troops left their
trenches, September 25. and rushed
the whole of the first German line.
Nearly 10000 German prisoners were
J captured, and upward Of a hundred
} field guns, thus far the greatest single
capture by TIE French during the war.
But the Germans were net compelled
to relinquish any great amount of ter
! ritcry. In Artois the allies did rot sue
cee1 in breaking through the German
lines, but secured some coveted posi-
, tions at an appalling cost.
: This brief period CT allied success
was followed by an unexpected turn
OF political affairs in the Balkans. For
! a second tine the Greek king showed
, his lack CT sympathy with the allies.
In the spring he had prevented Veni-
= zelos, his premier, an avowed suC-
porter of the allies, from sending
troops to the Dardanelles. Now, when
the allies we're 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 campaign hav-
.ns Turkish relief for its apparent OBJ
: jective. On October 10 the Germans
I crossed the Danube and proceeded to
t advance southwark, every step contest
3 ed furiously by the outnunbe-ed
l Serbs. France, England and Italy de
{ clared war on Bulgaria. All at once
: the center OF military activity was
, transferred to the Balkans.
! In November both the long-expected
. allied offensive in the West and the
Teutonic drive in the East came prac
tically to an end. The allies failed to
[ break the stubborn German lines and
: only achieved possible moderate
A success in Champagne and Artois al
D tremendous cost By the middle of the
: month military operations in Russia
= were practically at standstill, the
: Germans having failed to accomplish
: the object CT their campaign. At that
. time the big German drive to the Gold
e en- Horn began to monopolize the at
tention Of the public. The preliminary
1 invasion OF Serbia by the Teutcnic al
a lies-now including Bulgaria-was be
Q gun with notable promptness. In fact
o as early as October 27, the invading
3 armies net in the northeastern part oi
+ the kingdom, by November Kragu
0 yevatz, the chief Serbian arsenal, hat
: fallen. ard by November the Bulga
4 rians were in Nish. Serbia's provi
t sional capital and railroad center. BY
s November 10 II was announced thai
h the invading armies held four-fifths o
I Serbia, and toward the close OF the
+ month Germany declared ser1ioficially
s that the campaign was over BY th'
Q middle of December the Franco-Britisl
d forces had been driven out Of Serbia
8 They fell back to Saloniki. which, will
c the consent Of Greece, they prepared
s to defend.
k Since May "a, when the Italian arm,
n crossed the Austrian frontier the fight
ing has. been continuous, especial!
t alcng the Isonzo front. The strongly
l. fortified and stubbornly defended tow
4 Of Goritz was the Italian objective TO
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