The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-31
MOVEMENTS IN
THE NAVAL ZONES
Italy and Bulgaria In the
COnfiict...Submarine War
fare and Allied Campaign
Against COnstantinOple.

sinking of the famous submarine U-.9.
Capt. Weddigen, by u British mer-
chairman flying the swedi:h flag.
4 Galicia: LembCrg. Gaiicla, recapturei
by Austrians after ten months Occu-
patton by Russians.
IS. Galicia: Germans captured HallcZ on
DniesteT river In Galicia, virtually
controlling all eastern Galicla.
~. Submarine: British admiralty steam
or Armenian, with Americans in her
crew. torpedoed Off the British coast ::
p Americans lost.
JULY.
20. Poland: Austr!ans captured Radon.
81 miles south of Warsaw.
Submarine: Italian cruiser Giuseppe
Garibaldi sunk By an Austrian sub
marine In the Adriatic.
AUGUST.
3 Italy: Italy sent an ultimatum to
Turkey.
s. Fall of Warsaw: The German army
captured Warsaw. the capital Of Po-
land. after n vigorous campaign which
lasted over eight months
s. Baltic Sea: \ fleet Of German bat
tleships and cruisers attacked the en-
trance to the gulf of Riga. In the Eal-
tic sea.
Submarine: A British submarine SANK
the Turkish battleship Darbarossa In
the sea Of Marmo:a
"A. Subma rines: The British transport
Royal Edward was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine in the
Aegean sea, with a loss Of nearly los
soldiers and sailors
10. Submarine: 4 German submarine tor
pedocd the White Star liner Arabic
of Cape Clear. Ireland: 80 Americans
were among the passengers
Russian Fortress Captured: Novo Geor-
gicvsk. the second greatest Russian
fortress in Poland. with it's garrison,
was captured by Gen. Won Bese,er' S
German army.
3. Aerial Warfare: Russian aeroplane
squadron bombarded Constantinople.
killing or wounding IL persons.
=. Aerial Warfare: CO allied airships few
100 miles In German territory. drop
ping bombs upon 4 big munition fac
tory and at several railway functions
in Rhenish Prussia.
Servia: Austrian troops crossed the
Fall OF Brest-Litovsk: The fortress Of
Brest- Litovsk fell before the assaults
OF the German armies.
SEPTEMBER.
!. Neutral Rights: German ambassador
notified the United States that ocean
liners would not be sunk by subma-
rines without warning unless they re-
sisted or attempted 70 escape.
s. Russia: Grand Duke Nicholas. COM
mander of the Russian army In Po-
land, transferred to the Caucasus.
Gar Nicholas assumed the command.
Aerial Warfare: German airships raid
cd London. injuring 81 persons and
killing 20: second raid within "a hours
10. Aerial Warfare: French air men raid
ell I'm Baden. Rhenish Prussia and
Lorraine. Zeppelins raided eastern
const OF England
IS. Poland: Germans flanked Russians At
Wilma and captured the fortress
- Balkans: Bulgaria mobiiized her army
IS. France: Great drive Of the allies from
the French seacoast to Verdun. Heavy
capture OF guns reported and 2).01
unwounded prisoners. German front
broken miles I'm length ut La Bassee
and Souchez, France. and . miles I'm
Champagne.
20. Balkans: British and French troops
landed on neutral soil OF Greece TO
support Servia against Austria.
OCTOBER.
3. Bulgaria: Russia sent an ultimatum
to Bulgaria demanding dismissal Of
German officers, etc. Allies prepared
to land troops In Greece and the Aus
tro-Germans to invade Servia.
Greece: Greece formally protested
French troops at Saloniii TO defend
Servia. Venizelos, Greek premier. ia
voriny the allies. resigned. King Con-
stantine appointed Alexander Zaimis.
former premier. to head new cabinet
and assumed personal control.
7. Servia: ustro-German forces under
, Gen. Won Mackensen invaded Servia.
Bulgaria sent q hour ultimatum TO
Servia.
II. Bulgaria: Bulgaria declared war on
Servia.
l3. France: Deicasse. foreign minister of
France. resigned his post.
Servia: Bulgars invaded Scrvia at 3
points south from Nish and attacked
toward the railway from Belgrade to
Saloniki
Aerial Warfare: IS killed and III inJur-
ed in London by Zeppelin attack.
10. Bulgaria: Great Britain declared war
on Bulgaria.
II. Bulgaria: France declared war on
Bulgaria.
49, Bulgaria: Italy declared war on Bull
garia.
q. Submarine: German cruiser Prinz
Adalbert sunk by British submarine:
crew of 557 nearly all lost.
"a. Aerial Warfare: Italian airship bonn.
barded Trieste. and the Austrian MI
men bombarded Venice.
90 France: A new French war cabinet
was completed. Aristide BRAND. pre-.
mier.
81 servIa: German troops captured ar
senal town OF Kragujevatz, Servia.
NOVEMBER.
G. Bulgaria: Great railway junction a,
Nish, Servia, captured by Buigarians
7. Submarine: italian liner Ancona SUM
by an Austrian submarine In the Med
iterranean: 2Os lives lost. including
some Americans.
g. Russian Frontier: Germans abandoned
some of the ground In front of Riga.
II. Aerial Warfare: Austrian airships
bombarded Verona: CO victims. Of
whom 80 died.
a. Teutons captured Mitrovitza and
Pristina. with control OF the vale OF
Kossovo, IN Servia.
&C. Italy: Attacks by italian troops along
the whole front, especially violent
around Goritz, were repulsed.
q. Servia: Prisrend captured by Bulga-
rians. with 17.0oc prisoners.
DECEMBER.
I. Turkey: British were defeated by
Turks near Bagdad. Mesopotamia.
.. Servia: Germans aud Austrian forces
captured Monastir. Seryla.
10. Allied troops In Greece marching to
relieve Servia forced TO retreat to sa-
ioniki
n. Last day OF volunteering I'm England;
recruiting stations In London crowded
with applicants, A ~.
10, Political: Election OF deputies In
Greece.