Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-24

EUROPEAN WAR
FIELD AND IN
Campaign Against Russia on
Its Eastward Sweep---Con-
quest of Warsaw and
Other FOrtresses.
JANUARY,

l. Battleship Sunk: British battleship
Formidable sunk In the English cham
mel by German submarine or a mine;
over GOO drowned.
& France: Germans attacked by the al
lies at Scissors, France.
z France: High water in the Aisne
compelled the allies to retreat.
a. France: Allies withdrew south of the
Aisne at scissors, losing 5000 prison
ers and many guns.
z France: Allies captured La Bassee,
in France.
tack on the English coast the German
cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about
700 of her crew. British cruiser Lion
disabled.
10 Submarines: German submarines at
tackled British ships in the Irish sea,
800 miles from the nearest German
naval base on the Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY.
T. Cruiser Lost British cruiser Clan
MacNaughton, with crew of go men,
lost while cruising off the British
coast
Turkey: Turks, estimated at 1900, at
tackled British guards along Suez ca
nal south of Ismailla, Egypt.
T. Naval War Zone: German admiralty
declared a war zone In the English
channel on and after Feb. IS.
7. 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.
v. Austrian Front: Austrians reoccupied
Czernowitz, Bukovina, 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.
40. Ship Evelyn Sunk: American mer-
chant ship Evelyn mysteriously sunk
in the British war zone in the Irish
sea.
tured Przasnysz, Poland, an impor-
tant Russian post north OF Warsaw.
The Darda nelles: Allied fleet lombard
ed Turkish forts guarding the Darda-
nelles strait. sea entrance to Constan-
tinople
1. War Blockade: England announced
her intention to stop all ships to and
from the seaports of Germany.
.. Submarine: Three British merchant
vessels sunk by German submarines
off the coast of England.
10. Cruiser Raider German auxiliary
Prince Eitel friedrich made port at
Newport News Va, at the end of
10000 mile sea raid, having Oh board
342 passengers and crew OF vessels
sunk by her, including the American
ship W. p. Frye
II Submarine: British l French and
Swedish merchant vessels torpedoed
by German submarine UE 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 Falk-
land Islands, sunk in battle with a
British fleet near San Juan Fernan-
dez island, or Chile.
Is. British Blockade: Great Britain is
sued 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 battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and French battleship Bou-
vet sunk by mines during a naval at
tack in the Dar6aneles
%. Fall of Przemysl: The Austrian for
tress OF Przemysl. in Galicia, surren-
dered to the Russian army after q
gallant and prolonged defense.
APRIL.
s. Naval: British battleship Lord Mel
son destroyed by Turks in Darda-
nelles strait.
16. Aerial Warfare: German airships
dropped bombs near London in day
light.
q. 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 with
asphyxiating gas and crossed this bar
rier to the west side.
y. Dardanelles: Allied troops landed on
the shore OF the Dardanelles under
fire from the Turkish guns.
rs. Submarine: French steamer Leon
Gambetta torpedoed by an Austrian
submarine in the strait of Otranto;
500 seamen drowned.
%. Belgium: German artillery at Nieu-
port, Belgium. bombarded Dunkirk. on
the French channel coast. inflicting
casualties at % mile range.
MAY.
l. Lusitania: The Cunard liner Lusita-
mia sailed from New York for Liver
pool on her hapless voyage.
Submarine: American steamer Gulfiight
from Port Arthur. Tex, to Liverpool,
England, torpedoed off Scilly islands.
The captain was killed; the vessel and
SO of the crew saved.
Z. Lusitania Sunk: The Lusitania was
torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale, Mum
ster coast, Ireland. There were 2,104
persons on board, of whom LOO in
Guiding about 100 Americans, were
lost.
Submarine: British battleship Goliath
torpedoed in the Dardanelles with
loss OF 800 lives
y 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 hur-
riedly abandon the Carpathian noun
tains
a. Italy: The king of Italy declared war
on Austria Hungary. having previous
ly denounced the treaty of alliance
with the Teutonic powers. Clash OF
troops on the frontier
Is. Italy: Austrian navy and airships at
tackled ltalys coast. Italian troops
seized Austrian territory.
Submarines: British battleship Triumph
torpedoed in the Dardanelles while
supporting a land attack.
4. Submarine: British battleship Males
tic sunk by a torpedo in the Darda-
nelles.
JUNE.