Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21


forces left In Fraace.
when Russia3 vast man-powsr
sets into action Germany will he
crushed a under q steam roller" said
everyone In 1s1A. and for a time this
prediction bade fair to be realized,
The Russians Invaded East Prussia
and were making Ane progress there
and In Poland, which was kept up,
with some revsrses, until early In
1915. when Won Hlndenl urg admins
tered 10 them 3 succession Of terrific
defeats. These were not due 80 much
to the military supremacy Of the Ger
mans az to the shameful betrayal Of
the Russian armies By corrupt oficials
who LETT them almost destitute Of
arms and supplies. From that time
on Russia's main successes were won
against the Austrians and were tenn
porary. Decentralization steadily
spread through the cars dominion,
fostered by German agents, and the
outcome was the deposition Of Mich
olss and his dynasty and the estab-
iishment Of q confused semblance Of
government by the aoviets of the sol
disrs, workers and p~easants-a condi-
ton that remains 10 be cleared up,
though the power Of the bolsheviki is
rapidly waning.
Italy, Once Defeated, TrIumpha
Italy, declaring that the terms of
the Triple Alliance had been violated
BY Austria, entered the war on the
side Of the allies on May %, 1915.
Turkey had gone In with Germany be-
fore the war was three months old,
and Bulgaria cast her lot with the
Teut0ns In October, 1918. The for
tunes of the Italians were spectacular.
They won over the Austrians for a
long time and invaded the regions Of
Italia lrridenta along the Adriatic,
threatening Trieste. Then subtle
Teuton propaganda, coupled with de
featlst work at home, brought disaster
on them. Helped by German divisions,
the Austrians made tremendous
drive and forced the Italians back to
the Piave river line. There the con-
tsst stood for many months, until the
middle OF June, 1918, when under Gen.
eral Diaz, the Italians not only stop.
ped another offensive, but turned II
into a great defeat and rout which
eliminated In the surrender of Aus
tria. This was fastened by the fab.
Ing to pieces Of the AustrO-H Hungarian
empire, the states Of which were es-
tsbllshing their independence, follow
Ing the lead of the Czecho-Slovaks.
Turkey, with the aid of Germans,
administered to Great Britain two set;
backs that were rather humiliating.
The first was at the Dardanelles,
which the British tried to force, first
with navy alone, then with land and
sea forces. Both attempts were disas-
trouS failures. The other defeat by
the Turks was in Mssopotamia, where
Townshend and his army
were captured ut Kut-el-Amara. Both
these reversss were more than COM
penSated for by the later conquest Of
Mes0potamia and the Holy Land and
the consequent surrender Of Turkey.
As for Bulgaria, she was beaten
by the regsnerated Serbian
army, which had great assistancef from
the French, Greeks and British. Ser.
bia had been wholly overrun In the
irst few months Of the war, but her
spirit never died out and In the late
summer OF 1918 she not only regainsd
her own, bu; forced Bulgaria 10 her
knees.
Roumania kept out Of the conflict
Tor some time and then Joined the al.
Hes, though they would have prefer
red that she remain neutral. She In
raded Transylyania and at first
to give Austria a great
Zeal Of trouble, but Germany came TO-
It's ally's aid. Russia collapsed and
was forced to give up.
Warfare In the Air.
The most picturesque side Of the
rreat conflict has been the war In the
II was quickly seen that the air
plane would play a big part In the
var. and svsry belkgerent nation soon
lad powerful air fleets. The machines
we're enlarged and improved beyond
III imagining, and from mere ohser-
ration planes became fighting and
machines Of vast Importance.
Except for observation purposes, the
lighter than air craft were utilized
,nly By Germany. She pinned her
'aith to the great dirigible Zeppsiins.
,ut these on the whole proved q dis
nal failure. True to her savage pol
CT, Germany wagsd unrestricted war
rom the air az on land and sea. Her
.eppelins and planes repeatedly at.
acked London. Paris and innumerable
,thss unfortined dtiss and towns, and
lsr airmen made Q practice of bomb
M Red Cross hospitals.
Long before the war closed the
lilies had established their supremacy
n the air, and equal to the best Of
heir flyers were the gallant Ameri-
ans who entered that branch Of the
Another novelty Of the war was the
ank. This machine. based on an
american invention and FIRST develop