Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-11-22

than Two months cut the enemy's lines
Of communication from Metz and
threatened the capture of all his
forces left in France.
"Whcn Russla's vast mnnpowrr
gets into action Germany will be
crushed as under n steam roller" said
everyone IN 1914, and for time this
prediction bade fair to be realized,
The Russians invaded East Prussia
0nd were making fine progress there
aud IN Poland, which was kept up,
with some reverSeS. until early In
1913, when Won IlIndcnhnrg admins.
tered to them n succession Of terrific
defeats. These We're moi due 81 much
to III" military supremacy Of the Ger.
mans MS 10 The shameful betrayal Of
the Russian armies by corrupt officials
who lett them almost destitute Of
arms and supplies. From that time
ON ItnsSn's main successes were won
against the Aus,rlnns and were tenn
pornrN, Decentralization steadily
spread through the ears dominion,
foHlcrcd by German agents and the
outcome was The deposition Of Mich
"lnS and his dynasty and the cslnb-
lIslmenl Of confused Scmblnnre of
government by the soyiels of the sol
dlrrs. workers and peasants--A coudi-
lion that remains 10 be cleared mp,
though The power OF the bolshcyiki Is
rapidly waning.
Italy. Once Defeated, TrIumphs.
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 ~ 1913,
Turkey had gone In with Germany he
fore the war was three months old.
and Bulgaria east her lot with the
Teut0ns in October, 1919. The for.
tunes of The Italians were spectacular.
They won over the Amsrlans for Il
long time and invaded The regions ~
Italia lrrldenta along the Adriallc.
threatening Trieste. Then subtle
Tcuion propag nnda, coupled with lie.
feati>l work Of home, brought disaster
on them Helped by German divisions,
the Austrlans made tremendous
drive and forced the Italians back 10
the Pave river line. There the con
lest stood for many months, until the
middle OF June. 1918. when under Gen
eral piaz. the ltalians not only stop
ped another offensive. but turned II
into Il great defeat and r0nt which
eliminated In the surrender OF Aus
tria. This was FASTENED by the fall
Ing to pieces OF the Austro-I Hungarian
empire. the states OF which We're es-
Publishing their Independence, follow
Ing the lead OF the Cz.choSlovaks.
Turkey. with the aid Of Germans,
administered to Great Britain two set
backs that were rather humllatlng.
The first was ut the DnrdanelleS,
which the British tried TO force first
with navy alone. then with land and
sea forces. Both attempts were dlsns-
trOus failures The other defeat by
the Turks was in Mesopotamla, where
General Townshend and his army
were captured ut kut.el-Amara. Both
these reyerscs We're more than com
lrnsated for by the later conquest Of
Mrsopotamia aud the Holy Land and
the consequent surrender of Turkey
As for Bulgaria, she was beaten
largely by the regenernted ScrbInn
army which had great assistance from
the French, Greeks and British. Ser
hin had been wholly 0verrun In the
first few months of the war, but her
spirit never died out and In the late
summer OF 1918 she not only regnned
her own, bu; forced Bulgaria 10 her
knees
RounIania kept out Of the conflict
for some time and then Joined the al
lies. though thgy would have prefer.
red that she remain neutral. She In
vnded Pennsylvania and ut first
threatened 10 give Austria II great
deal OF trouble. but Germany came 10
It's ally's aid, Russia collapsed and
Roumania was forced to give up.
Warfare in the Air,
The most picturesque slide OF the
great conflict has been the war In the
mir. II was quickly seen that the air.
plane would play big part in the
war, aud every belligerent nation soon
had powerful mir fleets. The machines
wee enlarged and improved beyond
NIL imagining, and from mere obser-
walton planes became fighting and
bombing machines OF vast Importance.
Except for observation purposes, the
lighter than air craft were utilized |
only by Germany. She pinned her
faith 10 the great dirigibls Zeppellns.
but these on the whole proved dis
nal failure. True to her savage pol
ley. Germany wagcd unrestricted war
from the air as on land and sea. Her
Isppelns and planes repeatedly at
tackled London. Paris and innumerabe
other unfortifcd cities and towns and
her airmeu made a practice OF bomb
ng Red Cross hospitals.
Long before The war closed the
allies had established their supreme,
n the air. and equal to the best OF
heir flyers were the gallant Ameri-
ans who entered that branch Of the
service.
Another novelty Of the war was The
ank. This machine, based on mn
American invention and first develop
u by the British, came as complete
lrpriSe to the Germans and they fed