The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-31
/ DAILY SUMMARY OF THE GREAT
t WAR IN EUROPE ON LAND AND Sea-
Aerial Warfare and Work
OF the Submarine Ships
and Mines-The War
at q Glance

g. Antwerp: Germans silenced three
forts at Antwerp.
T. Antwerp: Germans began lombard
ment of Antwerp.
! Galicia: Series of combats called the
battle Of the vistula, In Galicia. BE-
tween Russians and Austrians began.
g. Antwerp Falls: Capture Of Antwerp
by the Germans. King Albert and
the government escaped to Ostend.
| II. Bombs In Paris: German aviators
dropped bombs in Paris.
! l3 Galicia: The battle on the Vistula.
which began on the 7th, ragged fu-
riously.
! South Africa: Beers in South Africa re-
belled against British rule
Is. Belgium: Germans took possession OF
Ostend.
| Naval: The British cruiser Hawke was
sunk in North sea by German subma-
rine U.s. Hawke lost 4S4 men.
II. Naval Battle: British cruiser Un-
daunted. with four destroyers. sank
four German destroyers off the Dutch
coast: German loss 1893.
Naval: The Japanese cruiser Takachiho
sunk by a German submarine on the
coast OF China.
is. Galicia: The battle Of the vistua In
Galicia ended in Russian victory.
Naval British submarine E-3 sunk by
German warship in the North sea.
10. Naval: Austrian submarine sunk in
the Adriatic sea by French cruiser
20. Naval: Japanese destroyed the Ger
man torpedo boat $50 outside of Kla"-
chau bay.
p. Naval: The German cruiser Emden
sank four British steamers and cap
tured one of the coast Of British india.
Poland: German troops within ten miles
of Warsaw, Russian Poland. retrea;ed
as the result of a prolonged battle
a. Naval: British destroyer Badger ram
med and sunk German submarine
off the Dutch coast
Belgium: Germans crossed the Yser-
Ypres canal, near Newport.
26 South Africa: Second revolt OF the
Beers in South Africa. Former Boer
generals. De Wet and Beyers, appear
ed at the head of this movement.
Poland: Desperate battle in progress
near Piliza river in Russian Poland.
Russian advance forced the Austro-
Germans to withdraw.
q. Naval: British battleship Audacious
hopelessly wrecked by German sub
marine mine of the northeast coast
of Ireland
g. Naval Action: German cruiser Elnden
sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
and French destroyer at Penang.
British strait settlements
g. Turkey: Turkish warships Goeben
and Breslau sank two Russian war;
ships in the Black sea: Turkish torpe-
do boats raided harbor of Odessa and
sank Russian gunboat and Turk
ish cruiser bombarded Sebastopol.
90 Belgium: Belgian troops flooded the
German lines on the river User. COM
polling the Germans to withdraw.
Turkey: Turkish government severed
communications with Great Britain:
also declared war on Russia.
81. Naval: German submarine sunk the
British cruiser Hermes in the strait
Of Dover.
NOVEMBER.
!. Naval Battle: Battle off Chile be-
tween the German cruisers Scharn-
horst. Gneisenau. Leipzig and Dres-
den and the British Good Hope. Mon
mouth and Glasgow. Good Hope and
Monmouth destroyed.
2 Turkey: Battles on the Russian
Turkish frontier.
1 Naval: German cruiser Yorck sunk
by British mine in Jade bay. North
sea: loss 266
S. Turkey: France and Great Britain
declared war on Turkey
6 Galicia: Russians recaptured Jaro-
slaw.
frontier into Posen.
z. Losses: England's loss in army off,
GERS killed. wounded and missing had
reached total OF 1888.
Japan: Japanese captured Tsingtao.
China, after siege of 80 days; Ger
man loss. 1900 prisoners
8. Turkey: Turkish troops crossed the
frontier into Egypt.
g. Naval Battle: German cruiser Emden
destroyed at Cocos island. Indian
ocean. by British cruiser Sydney.
TO- Belgium: Germans captured Dixmude.
L. Belgium: Germans crossed the ipres
canal, defeating the allies.
Naval: German submarine sunk by q
French torpedo boat. Westende, Bel
gian coast.
10. Belgium: Germans forced back north
of User canal.
Is. Losses: German official casualty list
535. 3S7.
Russia: Continuous battle in East Prus-
sia Germans repulsed Russians
around Soldau.
II. Naval: German warships bombarded
Russian port of Libau. Baltic sea.
Poland: Germans defeated the russians
south Of Kutno.
IS. Naval: Battle in the Black sea be-
tween Russian feet and the German
Turkish cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
10 France: Germans blew up part OF
French position at Chauvoncourt.
q. Aerial Warfare: British aerial squad.
ron dropped bombs on Zeppelin FAC
tory at Friederichshaven.
q Naval: German submarine U-18 sunk
by British warship of Scotland
q. Naval: German base at Zeebrugge.
Belgium, shelled BY British warships.
26. Naval British l.000 ton battleshtp
Bulwark sunk by explosion at Sheer
ness, England: about 500 lives lost.
Poland: Germans. REINFORCED. defeated
Russians around LODI and Lowicz.
DECEMBER.
z Aerial Warfare: Allies airshp drop
ped bombs upon the famous Krupp
gunworks at Essen. Germany.
Poland: Russians captured Flock. on
the vistula. in Poland. and repulsed
the Germans at LODI.
Servia: Austrians took Belgrade, capi-
tai Of Servia. after siege of LIS days.
6 Russia: Germans occupied Lode. Po-
land. which Russians abandoned.
& Naval: In action or Falkland islands.
in the Atlantic. Sturdee's British
squadron defeated Specs German
squadron, sinking the cruisers Scharn-
horst. Gneisenau. Nurnberg and Leip-
zig
8 Aerial Warfare: French airships drop
ped sixteen bombs on German army
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