Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-08-10
THIRD YEAR or WAR SEES SITUATION
OF THE ALLIES GREATLY IMPROVED
Germanys Position Less Favorable Than One Year Ago or Two
Years Auo-In Principal Theater Of War, the West, East
and Italian Fronts, the Entente Allies Have Shown
Decided Superiority.

the poorly outhtted and trained Rou.
mnnian peasants. When the third year
OF the war opened tho battle OF the
Somme was still going on vigorously,
with the French and British showing n
constantly growing superiority over the
foe. Bit by bit through the summer
and autumn the ground was wrenched
from the kalser's men until the coming
Of winter smothered the offensive I'm
mud and blood" and, according to the
British commander, Sir Douglas HaiR,
saved his opponents from an immedl-
ate great enforced retirement.
On September % II was announced
that the French and British had taken
$1,000 prisoners In the Somme battle
between July ! and September IS. This
total was later considerably increased.
French Win at verdun.
At Verdun, too, the Germans SUI.
fered. The French In battles OF tho
fall and winter won back most OF the
ground lost In the offensive OF the
spring Of 1919 and captured more than
$4,000 prisoners, with slight losses
themselves.
The spring campaign In the west
opened this war with the Germans
falling back from the great salient
spearpoint directed at Pnris-confess-
ing thereby either their weakness or
their aversion TO a further offensive, al
though at the time German writer's
limited darkly that Won Hlndenburp
had something up his sleeve"
The strategic retirement" began
about March II, and the Teutons trI.
umphantly declared II would prevent
an allied offensive this year. But they
spoke too o
On April o the British stormed high
Vimy Ridge, taking on this and sue
ceeding days about 1900 prisoners
The other enemy stronghold along the
British line vas Messlnes Ridge, south
OF Ypres. This the British blew up BY
mines June 7, the noise being heard II
London. They captured 5000 prison
ers the first day OF the offensive ant
many others later.
French Gain Hills.
Below the sector Of the German re
tirement the French were equally sue
cessful. On April 10 they started
great offensive which resulted In tn
dominating Ladies' road" falling int,
their hands, besides important posi-
lions In Champagne. Their prisoner
the FIRST two days totalled 1900. o.
May O., along the Aisne, they took o,10
captlves and gained points from whicI
they looked down on the foe, as tn
British did farther north.
II should be noted here, however
that the French losses were severe
resulting In the replacement Of Nlvell
as commander in chief by Petain.
The last ~twelvemonth In the Italia
campaign has witnessed n series Q
costly reverses for the Austrlans, bu
the Italians have been prevented froi
! following up their successes by III
; very difficult terrain, the beaten Tel
| tons falling back after each defeat I
NV mountain positions most dlficu
J to attnck.
italians Take Gorilla.
: On August g. 1919. the Italian
> stormed the stubbornly defended a.
rlzla b~ridgehead, ON the Isonzo rive
taking about 10000 prisoners, az
: they followed this success the ne'
a day by selzing the city OF Gorizia an
increasing the number Of their ca
D tives.
J. The Italians launched q new one
. sive the nrst days OF November ar
J. on November 8 they announced tn
their prisoners since the fall OF @
= rizla totaled 40,805.
Winter then stihed operations unit