Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-10


Russia was forced to fall back rapidly.
Twice 1t seemed the flower Of the
czar's 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 ahnost 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 Dvlna river, and
then almost due south through POLES
sic, the Pinsk marsh district, to the
Roumanian frontier.
Reawakenine 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,
di~scouraging 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 a short time. On October 20
they r%ecaptured Czartorysk, but they
were not able to prevent the Germans
storming nluxt 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 II
Sofia, and the allies had lost. On DC
tober Z Bulgaria in an ultimatum tt
King Peter of Serbia, peremptorily de
manded the immediate cession Of thu
Macedonian lands in dispute between
the two countries and then in the pos
session of the Serbs.
After q general bombardment tn
Teutons crossed the river boundaries
of Serbia in many places on October s
Two days later they occupied Bel
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in
vaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes of the Teutons and tn
Bulgarians were almost unbroken. TIL
invading forces consisted of a vas
amount Of heavy artillery, with small
infantry supporting forces. The,
shelled the Serbians out Of position
after position in an avalanche of stee
to which the Serbians could make n
reply.
Small forces Of French and Englis
landed at Saloniki, a Greek port t
which Serbia had certain entry priv
1eges, and did something to cover til
retreat of the Serbians by engagin
the Bulgarians in the South.
At the beginning of winter, Noven
Der %, the Serbian soldiers crosse
their western border and struck tn
trails of the dreary, snow-covere
mountains of the coast. Great nun
bers persisted Of cold and hunger o
the way. On November 90 German
proudly announced that the Serbia
campaign had ended, having met wit
complete success.
Two Blows to the British.
The winter also saw the humilit
ton Of the British in Mesopotami;
The Indian government recklessl
pushed a small, poorly supplied exp'
dition up the Tigris valley and actl
ally penetrated to within seven mile
of Bagdad. Here the Turks, with Gel
man officers directing them, admins
tered a defeat and the invaders fe
back with the enemy harassing thel
to the town of Kut-el-Amara, whel
they were besieged December 10.
Another expedition, also insufficien
was sent to relieve the first. 1t we
beaten off with large losses a fe
miles below Kut, a flood of the riv,
and swamps assisting the Turks, ar
on April 80 the $4,000 defenders
|, Kut c"apitulated by order Of the Bri
!, ish higher command.
A further British humiliation WI
the evacuation of Gallipoli peninsul
where the British held on logged
month after month, losing perhal
100000 men, until they were final
withdrawn in confession of failure Il
first week Of January.
These two British fiascos were VIII
, was needed to arouse the sluggi'
: fighting blood Of John Bull. TIL,
/ finally brought England into the WI
fully and uncompromislngly, to Il
: same extent as the other great POI
. ers.
: On August 10 Great Britain start,
Q her national register, or census of ;
men of fighting age. The result show
. q vast reserve of man power. Certa
sections demanded immediate co
+ scription, but they were not success
I full. Instead the earl Of Derby W
commissioned to start q vast recru
t ing campaign. This produced a nuI
g Der of classes Of "attested men," w
bound themselves to come into t
S ranks with their age groups. B
there were still hundreds of thousan
d %unreached, and the public began
r see that 1t was discriminating in fay
Q Of the "slackers' and the towards.
On December 81 David Lloy
n George, the minister Of munitions a
greatest man the war has produced
-AN-.n H. A..