Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

New York.
 Sept, n - Reureating German army halted in strongly intrenched position along the Aisne river. Aniens reoccupied by the French
 Sept. s-Three British cruisers were m the North sea.
 Sept S-British troops from India landed at Marseiliss
 Sept. cs.-Germans began attack on de- lenses of Antwerp
 Oct s-Germans defeated at sugustowo and forced out of Russia.
 Oct s.-Belgian government moved 10 osiend.
 Oct. e-Germans entered Antwerp Russian army occupied Iyck, East Frus- sta.
 Oct Alderman army of oo.too was re- pulsed st ouetrecht east of Ghent Oct. n.-Germany imposed war fine of s1oo,ooo cf5 on Antwerp.
 Russian cruiser PaIlada sunk by German submarines.
 Oct l2.-Ghent occupied by The Ger mans
 Oct. Is.-Belgian eove-rmcn, moved to Havre. France
 Colonel Maritz and his troops in the northwest Of Cape province. South Africa. rebelled. Martial law proclaimed through out Union of South Africa.
 Oct. l5.-G~fmans occupied Ostend and Bruges.
 Oct. ls-British cruiser Hawke sunk in :he North seq by German submarine. Oct. l7.-Japanese cruiser Takachiho sunk by torpedo in K,auchau hay.
 British cruiser Tndaunted and four de- stroyers sunk four German destroyers In North sea.
 Oct. 1S-Allies recaptured Armentiere.. Oct is.-Desperate fighting along Rel gisn coast. British warships taking part. Oct @.-French retook Altkirch, Alsace. at the point of the bayonet.
 Oct e.-Ten days battle before War saw ended in German defat.
 Oct 5.-Germans crossed River Yser and slowly pressed toward the south. Oct S-Germans bombsrded Newport but were checked by allies
 Maritz and his rebel force defeated by Union of South Africa troop.
 Prinzip. slayer of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife. and g others found guilty Of treason.
 Won Falkenhayn. German minister of war. made chief of staff to succeed Won Moltke
 Oct s.-De Wet and Beyers jcined In South Africa revolt
 British dreadnaught Audac!ous sunk by mine
 Russians reoccupied Lodz and Radon. Germans retreatinE.
 Oct 2s.-Prinzip was sentenced to 9 years Imprisonment: four of his accom- plIces sentenced to death and others 10 various terms of Imprisonment.
 Botha reported the rout of the rebel Boera
 German cruiser Emden torpedoed Rus sian cruiser and French destroyer in Pe- nans harbor.
 Oct 2.-Turkey began war on Russia, the cruiser Breslau bombardIng Odessa a -1..- VI, d. pn. .fr sea
 Nov. British cruiser Iferrnes 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. 3.-British and French fleet bonn barded the Dardanelles forts. and British vessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah Arabia
 Germans abandoned left bank of the Yser below DiNmude.
 Nov. 5.-France. Great Britain and Rus sla declared WET on Turkey. Great Brit ain annexed Cyprus.
 Nov. 6.-The sheik-1l-IsIam ordered a holy war against Russia, France and Eng land.
 Nov. 7-Gerrnan fortress of TsInr Tao China. stormed by Japanese and British and captured.
 Nov. 9.-Belgian troops penetrated to Cstend.
 Ypres set fire by German shells and de stroved.
 German cruiser Emden driven ashore on Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus traiian cruiser Sydney.
 Nov. l0-Russian feet In Black sea sank four Turkish transports.
 Nov n--BTitish gunboat Niger sunk by a torpedo on Deal
 Russians occupied Johannissurg. East Prussia.
 Germans captured Dixmude.
 Nov. i5.-Germans forced from all posi- tions on left bank of the Yser
 British destroyed Turkish fort at en- trance 10 Red sea.
 Nov. ls.-Floods in West Flanders cut off large number Of Germans
 Pope issued encyclical urging cessation of warfare.
 Nov. 1s-Russians checked by Germans at Soldau after four days of bloody fight ing.
 Nov. 2e-Ypres bor,bard~i by Germans. stroyed.
 Nov. G-Russians won great victory over Germans who were advancing on Warsaw.
 Nov. 2i-Gernans opened terrific at- tack on the allies from Ypres to La Bassee.
 Naval base of Gern ans al Zeebrugge de- molished by shells from British feet
 Nov. 2s.-Brltish battleship BufwsriS de stroyed by explosion off Sheerness
 Nov. 2.-Germans renewed fierce bonn bardment of Reins.
 Two British ships sunk of Havre by German submarines. and one off GrImsby by mine.
 Dec I-Gernnans 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 s-Germans occJ pied Lodz. Rus sian Poland after severe bonhardment
 Dec 7.-Germans defeated Russians north and south 1f Lodz.
 Dec. s-German cruisers Scliarnhorst Cneisenau. Leipzig ani Nuernberg. under Admiral yon Spec. sunk by British squad ron under Vice-A lmiral Sir Frederick Sturdee of the Falkland islands The Dresden. badly damaged. escaped
 Emperor William III in Berlin
 General Beyers, -ebcl Boer leader. re- ported dead
 Turkish forces at Kurna. al head Of Per .ian g1.tf surrendered 10 a British expe tt-