Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

precious reserves had brought the
storming Brusiloff to halt the tickle
goddess swept her wand and--presto!
imperial Russia was no more.
Petrogrod fell into the hands OF
Brusiloff. tlouted by his renegade
troops, took refuge in his Moscow
home.
Germans and Austrlans, who few
short months before were battling to
soil, went forward unopposed, took
back without a shot towns from which
the irresistible onslaushts OF Brusi.
loft had dislodged them with great
slaughter. And their political chiefs
at Berlin, Selling with diabolical zest
upon all this ruin. largely brought
about through hired treachery. laid
the plots which delivered Russia FOR
a time into German hands and brought
upon her that night of chaos from
which she has not yet emerged.
The next instance of dramatic ups
and downs in the world conflict Is
the short and inglorious war history
of Bulgaria and her GEAR" Fer
dinand, the man who guessed wrong
=: i:
Another year passed. Bulgarian
troops still occupied the conquered
territories. Then Fortune. tired of
smiling upon Ferdinand's hawk-like
beak, packed up and left Bulgaria for
good.
Number seven is Turkey. Her
military career in this war began
with the successful defense of the
Dardanelles against the sea and land
forces of the entente. lasting from
April to December. 1915. She also
won at Kut-el-Amara. capturing Gen.
Townshend and the rest of the brave
defenders of the place.
Fortune must have been mapping
when the Turk achieved those sue
cesses, for at other junctures in this
war she has been CONSPICUOUS for her
aversion to him. First. the Grand
Duke Nicholas wrested Erzerum.
Trebizond and other Armenian cities
from their Turkish masters by mas
terly fighting early in 1916. Then Sir
Stanley Maude wiped out the memory
of Kut-el-Amara by capturing Bag
dad and pushing his lines far beyond
that city. In vain the German sought
Ottoman ally by graciously handing
over Erivan, Kars, Batum and Baku
to her
Turkish occupation of those places
if the Turks are still in any OF
them-is doomed to be short-lived
And, lest there should be any mistake
about the reversal of Turkish for.
tunes, Gen. Allenby, having first Sc
cured Jerusalem, completely de
stroyed the Turkish armies in Pales
tine last September. occupied Aleppt
and forced the Ottoman empire t.
abject surrender.
Startling. also, have been thu
fluctuations of fortune on the italian
front.
Italy declared war upon Austria.
Hungary in May, 1915. Advancing
methodically. the Italians first plug,
l. 80 1s~r 60 -<,tA
their left flank from Austrian irrup'
tions from the mountains, and ther
opened series OF tremendous at
tacks on the great stronghold Of Gori.
Zia. For over Il year 1t withstoot
their efforts. but Count Cadorna. thu
Italian chief. was not to be turned
back from his purpose. Gorilla fel
at last. in August. 1916. From thu
beginning to the end Of this phas'
of the Italian fighting. fortune wa
with the Italians.
They continued to press their sue
cess in the campaign of 1917. B.
magnificent work they captured thu
peak of Monte Santo. Trieste, thu
goal of their hopes, seemed within
their grasp. But the Austrians pulled
themsalv together and hung OF
to the last lines before the city. Th
attacks of the Italians died down.
Then fortune turned against Ital,
with staggering abruptness
Through a gap pinched in the Italia,
left flank around Caporetto and Tol
mino n force of Germans and Aus
TRANS poured in October, 1917
= plunring forward thew opened tn,