The causes and meaning of the great war . isaster (1916).—Another old-time enemy of Bulgaria, Rumania,met with disaster, although not so ruinous as thatmeted out to Serbia. It had long been her desireto incorporate in her territory the more than twomillion Rumanians dwelling across the CarpathianMountains in Transylvania, which was a part ofAustria-Hungary. The Allies knew this and, wish-ing to gain her help, promised the aid of a Russianarmy if she would invade Transylvania. She didso, but the treacherous pro-German controllers ofRussia, having encouraged her to start, sent notroops. Her army
The causes and meaning of the great war . isaster (1916).—Another old-time enemy of Bulgaria, Rumania,met with disaster, although not so ruinous as thatmeted out to Serbia. It had long been her desireto incorporate in her territory the more than twomillion Rumanians dwelling across the CarpathianMountains in Transylvania, which was a part ofAustria-Hungary. The Allies knew this and, wish-ing to gain her help, promised the aid of a Russianarmy if she would invade Transylvania. She didso, but the treacherous pro-German controllers ofRussia, having encouraged her to start, sent notroops. Her army was overwhelmed by Germanand Austrian troops greatly outnumbering her ownand her country was entirely overrun. She experi-enced the usual suffering which accompanied Ger-man victories — pillage and massacre and beingstripped of food to supply her conquerors while herown people starved. 116. The Great Efficiency of the British Navy.—From the land operations we turn to the exploits ofthe British navy, which from the beginning of the. From a photograph, copyright by Underwood and Underwood ADMIRAL BEATTY 90 THE CAUSES AND MEANING The Englishnavysremarkableachieve-ments war, showed far greater efficiency on the sea thandid the German army on the land. It swept Ger-man commerce from the ocean; drove the Germannavy to Kiel Harbor for shelter, and established ablockade over German ports which proved disastrousto the German cause, by shutting out food andmilitary supplies. While holding off the enemys commerce the Eng-lish navy was equally effective in protecting thetransportation of food and other supplies betweenthe allied countries. It made the Channel, fortymiles in breadth, a ferry across which day andnight were conveyed troops and supplies to France,without the loss from enemy attacks of a man, avessel, or a pound of food or munitions in overfour years. In fact, perhaps it is not too much tosay that the greatest force in bringing about fail-ure of the Teutonic Powers was t
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