THE EUROPEAN WAR.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5361, 19 February 1916, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN WAR.

SECOND EDITION.

MASTERLY STRATEGY. BRILLIANT FIGHTING POWERS* GERMAN SCHEMES COLLAPSE. Electric lefegraph—Pre-s Association. , Copyright.. ! (Received this day at 12.2 p.m.) London. This Day. Though the tidings of the fall of Erzeroum were received without tiagwaving in Entente countries, there was a strong undercurrent of elation over the victory. It is regarded as the greatest triumph the Allies have secured tor twelve mouths. The newspapers of t ranee, Russia and Italy consider the victory means the colla,pse of the grandiose Gertmanolurkish schemes eastward, especially regarding the Euphrates and the Suez.

Ihe latest messages from Petrograd attribute the victory to Grand Duke masterly strategy, and General Yuddenitch’s brilliant fighting powers, which crown Yuddemteli s earlier defeat, of the Turk® at Ardahan, where lie frustrated En-

Aitter the Turkish centre had been broken on January 17th, the Busmans, by a dashing pur-nit along the Hassankala road, threatened to Tush the inpenetrable Deveboyun position, whereof the forts were six thousand feet above the sea level. The lurks desperately attempted to check the onset by a sally into Pastuptam, bur. were defeated and driven back to the forts. The failure of the sajlv convinced the Turks that the Rus sians were pushing masses of men aiKl guns from As a matter of fact Nicholas’ prime attack was elsewhere. An independent Russian column, operating south ’wards in the direction of Metezghert, cut off the Turkish rerinforceanent-s anil headed them towards Bitlis lilts operation was also a blind. Nicholas real attack was revealed When a special column of Siberians seized the Duirjunagh ridges at the rear of the Karagubek and Tefa ton.® which are north-eastwards of hrzuroum.