Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-11

aside from Foch, whose names stand
out most prominently are Marshal
Joffre, who saved France in her
darkest days OF the summer OF
1914; Field Marshal Ha!g, the Brit
ish commander; General Petain, Rt
the head OF the French forces. Cen
cral Diaz, who on the Italian from
boHft back last summers great Aust
rIun offensive, and later tore the
Austrian armies to pieces in a few
w,cks, and General Prrshing.
on the German side are Field
Marshal Won lIludcnburg. a com
puratively obscure officer who leap
cd into the world wide fame by his
defeat of the Russians In 1914, and
subsequently became the idol Of
Germany. and General Ludendorf,
who, although frequently credited
with being the abler Of the two,
u"yor touched popular Imagination
~ did his colleague. when Won
Hindcnburg was at the height OF his
fame great wooden image OF the
German hero was set up, "A monu-
m"nt to the power which now Is
broken. II stands today in Berlin,
unless the new masters OF Germany
have torn II down.
II was late in June, 1914, that the
world was stirred by the murder in
Surajevo, Bosnia. Of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. the Austrian
heir apparent, and his wife. Austria,
backed by Germany accused Serbia
uf instlgating the crime and made
demands which Serbia accepted in
pari Austria would not agree to
arbi,ratc the demands not accepted
uy Serbia and the foreign Offices in
London, Paris and Petrogrud failed
TO swcrve Austria from her course.
Austria Hungary began hostilities
on July 2T, 1914, by attacking Ser
hil and within week Germany had
iomcd her. while France, Great
britain and Russia had thrown their
forces against Germany and Austria.
As the war went on the number Of
nations involved increased until the
conflict became the greatest in the
history of the world.
Declaring war on France. Ger
many on August |, 1914, threw her
armies toward France by way OF
Belgium. Fighting for the main
tcnanCe Of their neutrality. the Rel
gains checkned the oncoming horde
the Prussian armies were within a
few miles OF Paris, from which the
French government had fled.
one OF the vital moments Of the
war had arrived. In a battle Of
dramatic changes the enemy hordes
were hurled back to north of the
Marine.
Turkey soon entered the war on
the side OF Germany and Italy
Joined the allies. Bulgaria came in
with Germany and Serbia and
Montenegro were overrun.
on April 6, 1917. the United
States. unable to force Germany by
peaceful means to conduct her ruth
less submarine warfare in keeping
with international law. threw her
forces into the struggle.
At that time the imperial govern
ment OF Russia had been ovcrthrown
and provisional democratic gov
ernmcnt instituted. In Italy the
armies OF Victor Emanuel were
driving back the Austrians in the
Trentino and on the IsOnZo. France,
the French and British were ham
mcring at the German lines with
little apparent results.
The autumn Of 1917 witnessed the
defeat Of the Italian armies and their
retreat to the Paive line. Almost
sim ultaneously American troops ap-
pearcd on the western front for the
first time, while the French and
British armies were holding positions
OF strategic importance from the