Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-31
EUROPEAN WAR
FIELD AND N
Campaign Against Russia on
Its Eastward Sweep-.-Con.
quest Of Warsaw and
Other Fortresses.
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
!. BattIeship Sunk: British battleship
Formidable sunk In the English cham
mel by German submarine or a mine;
over COO drowned.
8. France: Germans attacked By the al
lies at Soissons, France.
L. France: High water In the Aisne
compelled the allies TO retreat.
IA. France: Allies withdrew south Of the
Aisne at Scissors, losing 5000 prison
erB and many guns.
q France: Allies captured La Bassee
In France.
a. Cruiser Sunk: In German naval at
tack on tho English coast the German
cruiser Bluecher was sunk. with about
100 OF her crew. British cruiser Lion
disabled.
%. Submarines: German submarines at
tackled British ships In the Irish sea,
800 miles from the nearest German
naval base on the Belgian coast
FEBRUARY.
& Cruiser Lost: British cruiser --ian
MacNaughton. with crew Of go men.
lost while cruising on the British
coast.
Turkey: Turks, estimated at 12ooo at
tackled British guards along Suez ca
nal south OF Ismailia, Egypt
Naval War Zone: German admiralty
declared war zone In the English
channel ON and after Feb. Is.
Z. East Prussia: Germans, by forced
march, turned the Russian flank at
Johannesburg, I'm East Prussia, and
forced the enemy to retreat hurried
iy 10 Russian territory.
n. Austrian Front: Austrians reoccupied
Czernowitz, Bukovina, which the Rus
SLAMS captured early In the war.
War Zone: The German war zone do
cree went into effect. warning neu-
trails Of danger in the English channel
30 Ship Evelyn Sunk American rncr-
chant ship Evelyn mysteriousiy sunk
In the British war zone In the Irish
sea.
~. Poland: Germans stormed and cap
tured Przasnysz, Poland, an impor-
tant Russian post north Of Warsaw.
The Dardanelles: Allied feet lombard
ed Turkish forts guarding tho Darda-
nelies strait. sea entrance to Constan-
tinople.
MARCH.
l. War Blockade: England announced
from the seaports Of Germany.
o. Submarine: Three British merchant
vessels sunk by German submarines
of the coast OF England.
10 Cruiser Raider: German auxiliary
Prince Eitel Friedrich made port al
Newport News. Va. at the end Of q
$1,000 mile sea raid. having on board
A2 passengers and crew Of vesseli
sunk by her, including the American
ship w. p. Frye.
n Submarine: British, French and
Swedish merchant vessels torpedoed
by German submarine U-9 in British
waters. British auxiliary cruiser
Bayamo sunk by mine or German
submarine OF the coast OF Scotland
about 200 Britons drowned
Il Naval: German cruiser Dresden
which survived the battle Of Falk-
land Islands. sunk In battle with q
British feet near San Juan Fernan.
dee island. Off Chile.
lk British Blockade: Great Britain is
sued sweeping order In council cut
ting on all outside trade with Ger.
many and refused to enter into ar
agreement with Germany to modify
the war zone blockade.
lS Naval: British battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and French battleship Bou
vet sunk by mines during a naval at
tack in the Dardanelles.
a. FAN OF Przemysl: The Austrian for
tress of Przemysl, In Galicia. surren
dered TO the Russian army after q
gallant and prolonged defense.
App,i
3. Naval: British battleship Lord Mel
a hxs trlro In. N In
nelles strait.
Is Aerial warfare: Gerfnan eirs3sp'
dropped bombs near London In Gay
light
Y Western Front; Germans captured
the heights OF Les EparSes on IN
Meuse line and recaptured Hart
mannswenerkopi' IN the sosses noun
tains. They repulsed an attack D!
the allies along the fpres carai VIII
aspnyxiating gas ana crossed TINS uar
rier TO the west side
q Dardanelles; Allied troops landed o.
the shore OF the Dardanelies unde
fre from the turkish guns
u. Submarine: French steamer Leoi
Sambetta torpeooed py an austriai
submarine IN the strait OF ouahto
100 seamen drowned.
So beisium: German artillery az Nieu
port. Belgium, pomparded punkirk, OF
The French cnannei coast inniet'h'
casualties at ~ miie range
NAV.
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