Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
OF THE GREAT
ON LAND AND SEA
Aerial Warfare and Work
of the Submarine Ships
and Mines 49, The War
at a Glance
at a Glance


Z. Antwerp: Germans began lombard
ment of Antwerp.
Galicia: Series of combats called the
battle of the Vistula, in Gaicia, 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 Vistua.
which began on the 7th ragged fu-
riousy
South Africa: Beers in South Africa re-
belled against British rule
lb. Belgium: Germans took possession OF
Ostend.
Naval The British cruiser Hawke was
sunk in North sea by German subma-
rine U-9 Hawke lost 4sI men.
II. Naval Battle: British cruiser IN
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. Gaicia: The battle of the Vistula in
Gallcia ended in Russian victory
Naval British submarine Ed sunk by
German warship In the North sea
10. Naval Austrian submarine sunk in
the Adratic sea by French cruiser.
20. Naval Japanese destroyed the Ger
man torpedo boat $50 outside OF Kiau-
chau bay.
q Naval The German cruiser Emden
sank four British steamers and cap
tured one off the coast of British India.
Poland: German troops within ten miles
of Warsaw. Russian Poland retreated
as the result of prolonged battle.
"a. Naval: British destroyer Badger RAM
med and sunk German submarine
off the Dutch coast
Belgium: Germans crossed the User
Ypres canal. near Nleuport
% 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 Piiza river in Russian Poland.
Russian advance forced the Austro-
Germans to withdraw.
n. Naval: British battleship Audacious
hopeessly wrecked by a German SUBJ
marine mine of the northeast coast
OF Ireland
%. Naval Action: German cruiser Emden
sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
and a French destroyer at Penang.
British strait settlements.
% Turkey Turkish warships. Goeben
and Breslau sank two Russian war;
ships in the Black sea; Turkish torpe-
do boats raided harbor of Odessa and
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fish cruiser bombarded Sebastopol.
90. Belgium: Belgian troops flooded the
German lines on the river User. COM
pelling the Germans to withdraw.
Turkey: Turkish government severed
communications with Great Britain;
also declared war on Russia
u Naval: German submarine sunk the
British cruiser Hermes IN the strait
of Dover.
NOVEMBER.
L 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 ana
Monmouth destroyed
Turkey: Battles on the Russian
Turkish frontier
l. Naval: German cruiser Yorck sunk
by a British mine in Jade bay. North
sea: loss 266
s. Turkey: France and Great Britain
declared war on Turkey.
g. Galicia: Russians recaptured Jaro-
slaw
Russia: Cossacks crossed the German
frontier into Posen.
q Losses: England's loss in army off,
GERS killed. wounded and missing had
reached a total OF 1888
Japan: Japanese captured Tsingtao.
China, after a siege of 80 days; Ger
man loss. 1900 prisoners.
T. Turkey: Turkish troops crossed the
frontier into Egypt
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 Ypres
canal defeating the allies.
Naval. German submarine sunk by a
French torpedo boat Westende. Bel
gian coast
L. Belgium: Germans forced back north
of User canal
To- Losses: German official casualty list
535. 1887.
Russia: Continuous battle in East Prus-
STA Germans repulsed Russians
around Sodau.
H. Naval: German warships bombarded
Russian port OF Libau. Baltic sea
Poland: Germans defeated the Russians
south of Kutno.
49, Naval: Battle in the Black sea be-
tween Russian fleet and the German
Turkish cruisers Goeben and Bresau.
19 France: Germans blew up part OF
French position at Chauvoncourt.
a. Aerial Warfare: British aerial squad
ron dropped bombs on Zeppelin fac
tory at Friederichshaven
p Naval: German submarine U-lS sunk
by British warship off Scotland
e. Naval; German base at Zeebrugge.
Belgium, shelled by British warships.
26 Naval: British 1900 ton battleshIp
Bulwark sunk by explosion at Sheer
ness. England: about 800 lives lost
Poland; Germans, REINFORCED, defeated
Russians around LODI and Lowicz.
DECEMBER.
Aerial Warfare: Allies airship drop
ped bombs upon the famous Krupp
gunworks at Essen. Germany
Poland Russians captured Plock on
the Vistula. IN Poland. and repulsed
the Germans at LODI
SerVia; Austrians took Belgrade, capt.
tai OF Servia. after siege OF l26 days.
Russia; Germans occupied Lodz Po-
land. which Russians abandoned
Naval; In action off Falkland Islands,
In the Atlantic. Sturdees British
squadron defeated Specs German
squadron. sinking the cruisers Scharn-
horst. Gneisenau. Nurnberg and Leip-
zig
Aerial Warfare: French airships drop
ped sixteen bombs on German army