This made a total of seventeen nations arrayed against the central powers.

The Russian revolution was in some respects a blow to the central powers.

The British and French whipped up Poles and Czechs against the central powers.

Replying to this the central powers would always point to Russia.

Italy was an important model for the radical nationalists of the former central powers.

Talk of a separate peace between Russia and the central powers grew stronger and stronger.

For the time being, then, the central powers were free to give their whole attention to Roumania.

Just as Italy was politically tied by alliance to the central powers, so England was with the Franco-Russian Alliance.

Finally the Bolshevik government agreed to a peace with the central powers which gave Germany and Austria everything that they wanted.

However, the presence of this Italian garrison prevented the forces of the central powers from advancing southward along the Adriatic coast.

Thus, the very trick that the French wished Roumania to work upon Bulgaria was now worked upon her by the central powers.

Late in July Siam entered the war against the central powers, and on August 14 China formally declared war against Germany and Austria.

The real fighting strength of the navies of the three central powers still remained in their own fortified bases, well guarded by mines.

Taking account of the strength of the central powers at that time, the immensity of the problem which confronted us could hardly be overestimated.

On October 1, 1915, it was evident that Bulgarian forces would shortly be employed on the side of the central powers.

General Brusiloff's offensive against the Austrians upset conditions throughout the Central Powers.