The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-27

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battle line extending from near Lipn
toward the Warthe. Turkey; Tn
Turks capture El Arish. in Egypt.
November l6--East Prussia; A
Stalluponen, on the suwallSi border
the Russian advance is checked. Rus
sian forces near Soldau suffer a re
pulse. Central Poland AZ Wioalawsl
the Germans take several thousand
prisoners.
November l7--Western: Wide in
undations effected by the Belglans ex
tend the flooded area beyond Dixmude
ana bring to a close the first Battle O.
Ypses. East Prussia. Tho Russians
fall back between Gumbinnen and
Wirballen, and retreat from Soldau
upon Mlawa. Central Poland; Heavy
fighting retards the German advance
between Lodz and the Bzura river.
Reinforcements continue to pour in
from Prussia. The Russian port Of
Iibau on the Baltic is bombarded by a
German squadron. Seryia; The Aus
TRANS are victorious at Valjevo.
Noromber 19-Central Poland: The
German advance is blocked within 40
miles OF Warsaw. To the south, a
huge battle is under way, centering on
Krakow and Czenstochow. Turkey;
Russian reirforcements pour into the
Batoum district. Kurd forces suffer
defeat in Persian Armenia. General;
The Khedive of Egypt joins personally
with Germany and the Young Turks.
November 21--East Prussia: The
Russians readvance and capture Gum
binnen. Galieia: The Austrians
evacuate Sandec. Se-yia: The Sery-
ians make successful stand against
the Austrians, thoug hforced out of
Valjevo.
November 23--Central Poland: The
German line at Kalisz and Thorn falls
into Russian trap, Turkey; The
Turks claim victory over a British
force near FL Kantara, east of the
Suez canal.
November 24-Western: British
warships in the Channel lombard the
German naval base at Zeebrugge.
November 25--Galicia: Russian
forces attempt an invasion of Hungary
over the Karpathian mountains.
November 26--Central Poland: The
Germans extricate themselves from
the Russian encircling movement, and
continue their advance, Galicia; Aus
trian forces defending Krakow are de-
feated by the Russians at Brzesko,
Naval: The British predreadnaught
Bulwark blows up and sinks in the
Thames cause unknown,
November Western: The French
claim gains all along the line from
the Channel to Muhlhausen, averaging
A to 10 miles in the last two weeks.
November 2s-Servia' Austrians
advancing on the main Servian force
capture Suvotor, near valjevo. Buko-
wilma: The Russians seize Czerno-
witz.
November 90--Western: Germans
to the number Of 10000 concentrate
on an attack on Ypres. Galicia; The
Russian force across the Karpathlans
is surrounded and defeated servia;
Belgrade is taken by the Austrians
after a 126-day siege.
December 1-South Africa; Cen
eral De Wet is captured,
December S--Western; French
progress is marked, east OF Saint
Mihiel and in Alsace. Servia: The
resistance to the invading Austrians
becomes aggressive. Karpathians'
Bartfeld is captured by the Russians.
December 5-Western: The Ger
man attack at Ypres is successfully
resisted, with some gains by the Allies.
Central Poland; Reinforced from the
west, the Germans take Lodz, directly
against the Russian center.
December 6--Galicia: A Russian
force numbering 100000 is before Kra-
kow, and the suburbs are under bonn
bardment. - ee.
December S-Servia: Turning on
the invaders. the Servians bring to a
successful conclusion six-day battle
near Mt. Rudnik, and regain Valjevo
and Ushitza. Turkey: The British
expeditionary force at the head OF the
Persian Gulf gains Kurna, giving i
control from the junction of the Tigris
and Euphrates to the sea, South
Africa: General Beyers. the rebel
Boer leader. is killed. Naval: A Brit
ish squadron takes by surprise Ad,
miral Won Specs squadron in the
South Atlantic off the Falkland
Islands, and sinks three of the Ger
man vessels. Nearly 1000 lives are
reported lost
December 1O-General; Won Fai-
kenhayn succeeds Won Moltke as head
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