The Holt County sentinel., 1917-05-04

tres ~ Dubno. also czcrnowitz. nni
wcrr marching upon Luisk nni koyel.
But about the time that I.loyd,;curgc
voiced his optimism the l,usslnns found
Themselves checked on the river Stok.
hod aud on the Dnicsicr. south.
Greatest Of Naval Battles.
Ll"yd';corgc also Ind IN mind the
naval battle ~ Jntland. which took
place on ia. last dry VI May. This
Inns lccn called the greatest naval nc.
ton IN history, u was the greatest TO
date IN this Gar The British, ,inimcd
q preat victory, which amounts TO u
confession TINT he German navy u
by no means n negligible factor. The
Germans vcniur,pl Ia sca seeking Int.
tie. They "v"rcnmc the ndynncr Hrit.
ish column aul wcr. not checked IN.
III the heavy British buiilcships ar.
rived on the scene.
Roth sides lost heavily IN battlcshlps.
cruisers. drstrnyrrs aud men. In n
tactical sense the action was n draw.
but II demonstrated that the German
navy IL not "bottlcd up."
wv wv
sumcd activities an the line OF the
isonzo. particularly NJ Goriiz. In Aprll
the Austrlans suddenly began an ~.
fcnsivc against Italian positions IN
Trcnrino. which the latter had invad.
al May, 1913. This move was COM
plcic surprise and forced the Italians
Into hurried retreat. ~ the end Of
May Austria reported 5000 prisoners
aud 200 cannon as the spolls of two
months operations. by the middle Of
June the Italians had turned IN their
enemy. and the great offensive was
checked.
The Austrian movement was eyi.
IDENTIFY timed 20 affect Italy's aggressive
movements In the south. where the oh.
jcctive Of the Italians IL Trieste.
Goritz stood IN the way IT progress
toward the coveted citadel II fell
Aug o. Since the fall Of tAritz tho
Italians have made slow progress %.
ward Trieste,
Something was needed In the allied
camps ut midsummer TO pull up wan.
ing hopes. hopes dashed by the abnn.
donment OF the Galllpoli expedition
early In January. the surrender Of Kut.
el.Amara with 10000 British soldiers
in April. the subJugatiOn OF Seryia aud
Montenegro and the menacing sltua.
ton In Greece. The allies infantry
from Gnllipoll had been transferred 10
Saloniki with the evident purpose OF
marching northward nnd taking tho
Bulgar forces In Servia and on their
own borders IN the rear.
Serious Outlook For Germany.
In some respects It seemed az though
the allies had unloaded a dead weight
by abandoning the direct attack upon
Constantinople. The Russians almost
from the beginning VI the war had
been coming down Into Asia Minor In
a direction which would bring them
Into junction with the British column
moving up the Tigrls river toward Bag.
dad. In February Russia captured Er.
zerum, Mes0potamla. from the Turks
THIS was followed two months later
by the capture Of Trebizond, on the
Black sea. Russia's southwark march
from bases In her own home territory.
backed up BY her feet on the Black
sea. really strategic prolongation Of
her line IN Bukowina and Gslicia, con.
stituted menace to German ambition
In the near east
The elimination Of servia % Q factor,
which was made certain In the winter
Of 1915. and the certainty that Turkey
could b eelied upon for troops and
supplies. coupled with the apparent dis.
aculty q ths ailiss n iaunehins .