The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 02, 1917, Page 40, Image 40

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.THE 0REG0II-; SUNDAY , JOURNAL. .PORTLAND, SUUD AY .HORNING. DECEMBER 2, 1317.
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VI 'miral von Spee and including the armored .cruisers Scharn-, ,
x'. horst - and, 'Gneisenau ; and - the : small ; cruisers Numberg,
Dresden and Leipsic came upon a British fleet commanded by
Jjcear Aamirai vrauocK on uie uoucan cuasi, in u,wuiu -
; cif ic; ; Cradock and his flagship, the Good Hope, were. lost, as
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October, 1 9 1 5. the Teutonfc hordes ,
,occttrid Belgrade 'and, brave as the
. Serbian resistance was, this country,
was doomed to immediate. filL ths
,: Invader pausing only at Saloniki,'
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of the German von Spec who had brought his fleet around
vthe Horn. When, von Spea hove in sight the "British" fleet, Ini ,
'battle tormauon, was reaay.xor rum. uuwuja mc renni;
- fnuht desoeratelv. they were no match for' the superior British ,
fleet.; Refusing to. sufrenderi the" Germans went .down" with V V
, their ships -and the brave. waaoc was avengea. j . .
German trenches in the Balkans.- Serbia Is an e ssentlal ptrt'of the Pan-German planand bas suf
fered in consequence At the outset of the war King. Peter succeeded In repelling the -Invader, but his
triumph was not for. long. for. after the entry. of Bulgaria, the combined forces of Germany.. Austria and
Bulgaria.' under Mackensen. overran Serbia and Montenegro. ' - '
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.,st arrive in time, ground won had to be surrendered. sand tor great sacrifices ol hie there was little to show - Jhis was. in November. 191. and
for his failure at Loos, Sir John trench' paid with his' command, while jt condemned the British army to inaction and. the British people tadepres ; -
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