The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-07-22

were 1OrceO TO eNdcuate -huiHduSeh'
the Germans took and swept over
| Longwv and reached Senlis. thirty
| miles from Paris. where the columns
swung TO the eastward. The French
| government fed to Bordeaux.
In the meanwhile German and Aus
trian troops had met the Russians.
\ victory at krasnik was announced
by the Austrian government on Au-
| gust %, while on August 29 the Ger
| man army under General Won Hin
| denburg defeated another Russian
force in a battle at Tanneburg. which
lasted for three days. Louvain was
burned by the Germans on the same
day that the japanese blockade OF
Tsingtau was begun. The blockade
was maintained more than two
months before Tsingtau surrendered.
Two days after the French govern
ment moved to Bordeaux the battle
of the Marne was begun, few hours
before Russian troops succeeded in
occupying Lemberg, the capital of
Galicia.
Owing to the activities of the al
lies troops, the Germans in France
were forced to retreat as far as the
Aisne. Events of the next few days
included the bombardment of Rheims
by the Germans, and the sinking by
a German submarine of the British
cruisers, Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue.
On the same day the Russian troops
attacked Przemysl and took Jaroslav.
British troops from India were
landed from transports at Marseilles
on September 26 and were Immediate
ly dispatched to the northward. Be-
fore their arrival at their destination
the Germans inaugurated siege of
Antwerp, which resulted in the Bel
gian government moving from that
city to Ostend Two days later the
bombardment Of Antwerp began. The
Belgian government remained at Os-
tend for about a week and then re-
moved to Harve, France. Forty
eight hours later the Germans cap
tured Ostend. Meanwhile the allied
troops occupied Ypres, and des-
perate battle had begun on the Wis
tula river. German assaults upon
the allied lines between Ypres and
Nieuport continued for week and
then weakened.
The Germans operating in Russia
meantime had been defeated after
ten days battle before Warsaw.
In Africa revolt and mutiny broke
out. These disorders were headed by
the Boer leaders. General de Wet,
General Beyers, Colonel Maritz and
others.
Colonel Maritz was driven from
Cape Colony, General Beyers was kill
ed at Vaal river, and General de Wet
was captured after he had been in
the field for more than month. Ma
tive troops in the African provinces
belonging to Germany, Great Britain
and France were lined up on the bor-
ders of their respective provinces.
Fighting was general.
During the latter part Of October
the British dreadnought Audacious
was sunk off the Irish coast; the Rus
slams successfully attacked Lodz and
Ramans. Turkey Joined the war at
that juncture by naval operations in
the Black sea. Odessa was attacked.
November opened with German
naval victory over British squadron
off the coast of Chile and the Turkish
warships bombarded ,Sebastapol. Two
days later German warships ventur-
ed from their anchorage behind the
naval base at Heligoland and bonn
barded the British coast. France
declared war on Turkey and the forts
guarding the entrance to the Dar-
danelles was bombarded by fleet of
allied English and French warships.
On the north the Russians reoccupied
by Jaroslav after several days Of fe-
rocious fighting.
German cruisers which had been
stationed in foreign waters at the
opening of the war had by that time
given a good account of themselves.
The Emden operating in the Indian
ocean and adjacent waters overlook
and sank more than score OF mer-
camille ships belonging to the nations
allied against Germany before she
was finally run down and destroyed
off Cocos Island. In the Atlantic the
Karlsruhe and a number Of auxiliary
cruisers performed similar duties.
They too sent to the bottom more
than a score of ships.
On land the armies of the belliger-