Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-08-04


with sharpened sticks In their hands
Russia was forced to fall back rapidly
Twice it seemed the flower of the
cars army would be surrounded, once
In the vicinity of Warsaw, and again
In the great battle near Wilma.
The tale of the taking of great towns
grew almost tedious. 1t seemed the
Germans would never stop. Whether
they did stop of their own accord or
were finally checked by the Russians
is not yet clear. They settled down
for the winter on a long line stretch
ing from the Baltic just west of Riga
southeast along the Dvina river, and
then almost due south through POLES
sic, the Pinsk marsh district, II, the
Roumanian frontier.
Reswakening Of Russia.
On September s Gar Nicholas took
command of all his armies in the field,
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,
discouraging retreat. Millions of new
young soldiers Joined them, drawn
from Russia's great reservoir of hui
man beings, which produces three and
a half million men of military age ev-
cry year.
On September 10 the Russians won a
success near TarnopOl and Trembowla.
and two days later they drove the Teu-
tons back Ia miles In Galicia. In other
parts of the front the Germans were
still selling large slices of territory,
but their enemies were regaining their
energy. On September 20 the Rus
SLAMS recaptured Lutsk, but were driv-
en- out In short time. On October 20
they recaptured Czartorysk, but they
were not able to prevent the Germans
Hluxt five days later. Gar
tOrysk was lost and again taken by
the car January 8.
Meanwhile the conquest of Serbia,
the greatest tragedy of the war, ex-
cepting 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 in
Sofia. and the allies had lost. On Oc-
tOber Bulgaria in an ultimatum to
King Peter Of Serbia, peremptOrily de-
handed the immediate cessiOn Of the
lands in dispute between
the two countries and then in the pos
session of the Serbs.
After a general bOmbardment the
TeutOns crossed the river boundaries
Of Serbia in many places on October 8.
Two days later they occupied Bel
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in
Eaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes Of the TeutOns and the
We're almost unbrOken. The
invading forces consisted of vast
amount Of heavy artillery, with small
infantry supporting forces. They
;helled the Serbians out Of position
after position In an avalanche Of steel
% which the Serbians could make no
'eply.
Small forces OF French and English
anded at Saloniki, a Greek port to
which Serbia had certain entry privi-
eyes, and did something to cover the |
'etreat Of the Serbians by engaging |
he BulgaFians IN the South.
AT the beginning Of winter, hOyem- /
ler p. the Serbian soldiers crossed /
heir western border and struck the /
rails OF the dreary snOW-coyered /
FOUNTAINS Of the coast Great num-
ers persisted Of cold and hunger Oh
be way. on November ~ Germany /
r0udly announced that the Serbian
ampaign had ended, having met with
success.
Teo Slows 70 the British.
The winter also saw the humilia-
Ion Of the British in Mesopofamia.
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