Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-29
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EUROPEAN WAR
FIELD AND IN
Campaign Against Russia on
Its Eastward Sweep=-=Con=
quest of Warsaw and
Other FOrtresses.
JANUARY.

Formidable sunk in the English chan
mel by German submarine or a mine;
over 600 drowned.
8. France: Germans attacked by the al
lies at scissors, France.
IL. France: High water in the Aisne |
compelled the allies to retreat.
Ia. France: Allies withdrew south Of the !
Aisne at scissors, losing 5000 prison |
ers and many guns.
r. France: Allies captured La Bassee, |
in France.
"a. Cruiser Sunk: In a German naval at
tack on the English coast the German
cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about
700 of her crew. British cruiser Lion
disabled
30. Submarines: German submarines at
tackled British ships in the Irish sea,
800 miles from the nearest German
naval base on the Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY.
8. Cruiser Lost: British cruiser Clan
MacNaughton, with crew of $50 men,
lost while cruising off the British
Turkey: Turks, estimated at 1900, at
tackled British guards along Suez ca
nal south Of Ismailia, Egypt.
4. Naval War Zone: German admiralty
declared a war zone in the English
channel on and after Feb. Is.
Z. East Prussia: Germans, by forced
march, turned the Russian flank at
JOHANNESBURG, in East Prussia, and
forced the enemy to retreat hurried
ly to Russian territory.
Is. Austrian Front: Austrians reoccupied
Czernowitz, Bu1ovina, which the Rus
slams captured early in the war.
War Zone: The German war zone de-
cree went into effect warning neu-
trails of danger in the English channel.
! 70. Ship Evelyn Sunk: American mer-
chant ship Evelyn mysteriously sunk
in the British war zone in the Irish
sea.
"A. Poland: Germans stormed and cap
tured Przasnysz, Poland, an impor-
tant Russian post north of Warsaw
The Dardanelles: Allied fleet lombard
! ed Turkish forts guarding the Darda-
nelles strait sea entrance to Constan-
tinople.
MARCH.
| 1. War Blockade: England announced
her intention to stop all ships to and
from the seaports of Germany
g. Submarine: Three British merchant
vessels sunk by German submarines
off the coast of England.
| TO- Cruiser Raider: German auxiliary
Prince Eitel Friedrich made port at
Newport News, Va, at the end of a
10000 mile sea raid, having on board
| 342 passengers and crew of vessels
sunk by her. including the American
| ship w. P. Frye.
| IL. Submarine: British, 1 French and 1
Swedish merchant vessels torpedoed
! by German submarine U-29 in British
waters. British auxiliary cruiser
/ Bayamo sunk by mine or German
submarine off the coast of Scotland !;
about 200 Britons drowned.
Ia. Naval: German cruiser Dresden,
which survived the battle of Fallf-
land islands, sunk. in battle with a
British fleet near San Juan Fernan-
DEE island, off Chile.
Is. British Blockade: Great Britain is
sued a sweeping order in council cut
ting off all outside trade with Ger
many and refused to enter into an
agreement with Germany to modify
the war zone blockade.
Is. Naval: British battles]1ips Irresistible
and Ocean and French battleship Bou-
vet sunk by mines during a naval at
tack in the DarGanelles
%. Fall of Przemysl: The Austrian for
tress of Przemysl, in GaIicia. surren-
dered to the Russian army after a
gallant and prolonged defense.
APRIL.
5. Naval British battleship Lord Mel
son destroyed by Turks in Darda-
nelles strait.
&c. Aerial Warfare: German airships
dropped bombs near London in day
light.
o. Western Front Germans captured
the heights of Les Eparges on the
Mouse line and recaptured Hart
, mannsWeilerkopf, in the Vosges noun
tains. They repulsed an attack by
the allies along the Ypres canal will
asphyXiating gas and crossed this bar
rier to the west side
Is. Dardanelles: Allied troops landed OF
the shore of the Dardanelles under
fire from the Turkish guns.
&c. Submarine: French steamer Leor
Gambetta torpedoed by an Austrian
submarine in the strait of OtrantO
500 Seamen drowned.
80. Belgium: German artillery at Nieu
port, Belgium, bombarded Dunkirk, OF
the French channel coast, infictins
casualties at % mile range.
MAY.
, /. Lusitania: The Cunard liner Lusita
mia sailed from New York for Liver
pool on her hapless voyage.
> Submarine: American steamer Gulf1igh
; from Port Arthur, Tex, to Liverpool
England, torpedoed off Scilly islands
The captain was killed; the vessel an(
80 of the crew saved.
Z. Lusitania Sunk: The Lusitania was
torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale, Nun
ster coast, Ireland. There were 2,10
persons on board, Of whom LOO, in
;, GLIDING about 100 Americans, were
lost.
Submarine: British battleship Goliath
torpedoed in the Dardanelles with 6
= : loss of 500 lives.
. IA. Italy: The Italian cabinet resigned
= on account of the war pressure.
. Galicia: Austro-German recaptured ia
:, roslav, on the west bank Of San river
Galicia, forcing the Russians to nur
riedly abandon the Carpathian noun
tains.
"a. Italy: The king of Italy declared wal
on Austria-Hungary, having previous
= ly denounced the treaty of alliance
with the Teutonic powers Clash o.
troops on the frontier.
s5 Italy: Austrian navy and airships at
tackled Italy's coast. Italian troop!
seized Austrian territory.
:. : Submarines: British battleship Triumph
torpedoed in the Dardanelles while
supporting land attack.
g. Submarine: British battleship Majes
tic sunk by torpedo in the Darda
nelles.
= JUNE.
n g. Przemysl: Germans recaptured Pre-
mysl, Galicia, which the Russians hat
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