Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-01-01

Russians reoccupied Lods and Radon.
Germans retreating.
oct. 2s.-Prinzip was sentenced TO 20
years Imprisonment; four Of his accom-
plices sentenced 20 death and others to
various terms OF Imprisonment
Botha reported the rout of the rebel
Beers
German cruiser Emden torpedoed Rus
sian cruiser and French destroyer In Pc
nRng harbor
Oct. 29.-Turkey began war on Russia.
the cruiser Breslau bombarding Odessa.
Theodosia and other plar : on the Black
sea.
Nov. 1.-British cruiser Hermes sunk by
German submarine In Dover straits.
Five German warships engaged four
British warships OF the coast of Chile
and sank two and disabled a third; the
fourth escaped.
Nov. s-British and French feet bonn
vessels destroyed the barracks OF Akabah.
Arabia.
Germans abandoned left bank Of the
User below Dixmude.
Nov. 5.-France. Great Britain and Rus
STA declared war on Turkey. Great Brit
ain annexed Cyprus.
Nov. 6-The sheik-ul-Islam ordered a
holy war against Russia, France and Eng
land
Nov. 7-German fortress OF Using Tao
China. stormed by japanese and British
and captured.
Nov. s.-Belgian troops penetrated TO
Ostend.
Ypres set fire by German shells and de-
stroyed.
German cruiser Emden driven ashore
on Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus
tralian cruiser Sydney
Nov. 10.-Russian feet I'm Black sea sank
four Turkish transports.
Nov. 1i.-British gunboat Niger sunk by
a torpedo of Deal.
Russians occupied johannesburg. East
Prussia.
Germans captured Dixmude.
Nov. l5.-Germans forced from all POSI-
tions on left bank OF the Yser
British destroyed Turkish fort at en-
trance to Red sea.
Nov. ls.-Floods In West Flanders cut
on a large number OF Germans.
Pope issued encyclical urging cessation
OF warfare.
Nov. 1s.-Russians checked by Germans
at Soldau after four days OF bloody hight
ing
Nov 2s-Ypres bombarded by Germans.
town hall and market place being de-
stroyed.
Nov. 23-Russians won great victory
over Germans who were advancing on
Nov. A-Germans opened n terrific at
tack on the allies from Ypres to La
Bassee.
Naval base Of Germans at Zeebruggs de-
mollshed by shells from British fleet
Nov. 26.-British battleship Bulwark de-
stroyed by explosion on Sheerness
Nov. T.-Germans renewed fierce bonn
bardment OF Relms.
Two British ships sunk or Havre by
German submarines. and one of Grimsby
by mine.
Dec. l-Germans cut their way out Of
the Russian trap In Poland but with great
losses
General De Wet Boer rebel leader. cap
tured
Dec. 2-Germans in Poland resumed the
offensive
Belgrade. capital of servia. occupied by
the Austrians.
Dec. 6.-Germans occupied Lodz, Rus
sian Poland. after severe bombardment
Dec 7.-Germans defeated Russians
north and south OF I.odz.
Dec. SHERMAN cruisers Scharnhorst
Gneisenau. Leipzig and Nuremberg under
Admiral Won Spec sunk by British squad
ron under Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee OF the Falkland islands. The
Dresden. badly damaged. escaped
Emperor William III in Berlin.
General Beyers. rebel Boer leader. re-
ported dead.
Turkish forces at Kurna, at head OF Per-
sian gulf, surrendered TO a British expedi-
tionary force from India
Dec. s-Terrific fighting around Lowicz.
| Russian Poland.
Dec. 10-Allies captured Roulers and
Armentieres.
Austrians in servia compelled to re-
| treat
Dec. u-Russlans checked three OF the
FIVE German columns advancing on War
saw
Allies repulsed violent attacks of Ger
mans near Ypies.
German submarine attack on Dover re-
/ pulsed.
Dec. Alderman barracks at Kiel de-
stroyed by fire.
Governor Goethais asked that destroy
ers be sent to Panama canal at once TO
enforce neutrality
British submarine passed under mines
| IN Dardanelles and torpedoed Turkish
battleship Messudieh.
Dec. H-servians retook Belgrade after
fierce battle.
Dec fisherman cruisers bombarded
scarborough, Hartiepool and whitby on
the Yorkshire coast. killing about one
hundred and fifty persons and escaping.
Dec. H.-Great Britain proclaimed a
protectorate over Egypt.
Allies with aid OF warships entered os-
| tend.
| Russians retreated In Galicia and Po-
| land.
Dec. 1S-General Potiorek. commander
OF Austrian army defeated In Servia. re-
moved from command.
Allies made advances at Dixmude and
Middelkerko by desperate bayonet
| charges.
British appointed Prince Husseln Kamel.
uncle Of the ex-khedive. sultan OF Egypt
Russians captured Lowicz.
Dec. 19.-The kings OF Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden agreed TO act together In
war matters and TO remain neutral.
Two British mine sweepers sunk by
mines.
Dec. alderman army In Poland reach
ed new Russian positions ind battle for
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