Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-12-29
OF THE GREAT
ON LAND AND SEA
Aerial Warfare and Work
Of the Submarine Ships
and Mines-The War
at q Glance

the Adriatic sea by French cruiser.
%. 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 of the coast Of British India.
Poland: German troops within ten miles
Of Warsaw, Russian Poland. retreated
as the result Of prolonged battle.
u. Naval: British destroyer Badger ram
med and sunk a German submarine
OF the Dutch coast
Belgium: Germans crossed the fser-
Ypres canal. near Nieuport.
g. South Africa: Second revolt Of the
Beers in South Africa. Former Boer
generals. De Wet and Beyers, appear
cd 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 battleshp Audacious
hopelessly wrecked by German SUBJ
marine mine OF the northeast coast
OF ireland
q. Naval Action: German cruiser Emden
sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
and Il 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.
30. Belgium: Belgian troops flooded the
German lines on the river User. COM
peling 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.
L Naval Battle: Battle OF 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.
Z Turkey: Battles on the Russian
Turkish frontier.
l. Naval: German cruiser forck 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.
Russia: Cossacks crossed the German
frontier into Posen.
Z. Losses: England's loss In army ofh-
GERS killed. wounded and missing had
reached total OF l,5ss.
Japan: Japanese captured Tsingtao
China. after siege Of 3s days; Ger
man loss. 900 prisoners
8. Turkey: Turkid, troops crossed the
frontier into Egypt
g. Naval Battle: German cruiser Emden
destroyed at Cocos island. Indian
ocean. by British cruiser Sydney.
10. Belgium: Germans captured Dixmude.
Il. Belgium: Germans crossed the Ypres
canal. defeating the allies.
Naval: German submarine sunk by
French torpedo boat, Westende. Bel
gian coast
Is. Belgium: Germans forced back north
OF User canal.
Is. Losses: German Official casualty list
6Ss.2S7
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.
E Naval Battle In the Black sea be-
Turkish cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
49, France: Germans blew UP part OF
French position at Chauvoncourt.
z. Aerial Warfare: British aerial squad
ron dropped bombs on q Zeppelin fac
tory at Friederichshaven.
% Naval: German submarine U-ls sunk
by British warship OF Scotland.
g Naval: German base at Zeebrugge,
Belgium. shelled by British warshps.
~. Naval: British 1900 ton battleship
Bulwark sunk by explosion at Sheer
ness, England: about 500 lives lost.
Poland: Germans. re-enforced, defeated
Russians around Lodz and Lowicz.
DECEMBER.
2 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 Lodz.
servia: Austrians took Belgrade. capi-
tai OF Servia after siege Of l6 days.
6. Russia: Germans occupied LodZ. Po-
land. which Russians abandoned.
T. Naval: In action of Falkland Islands.
in the Atlantic. Sturdee's British
squadron defeated Specs German
squadron, sinking tho cruisers Scharn-
horst, Gneisenau. Nurnberg and Leip-
zig.
.. Aerial Warfare: French airships drop
ped sixteen bombs on German army
aviation camp at Freiberg.
A Naval: Turkish battleship Nessudish
torpedoed by British submarine Bill
In the Dardanelles.
Servla: Belgrade recaptured from Aus
trians by Servian troops.
Is Naval: German ships shelled Scarbor-
ough and Hartiepool. England.