The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-31
EUROPEAN WAR

sunk by German submarine in the Eng
Dish channel. with $40 of crew.
Jan. 6.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass In the
Carpathians.
Jan. 10-Iille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. H.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
wanna.
Jan. 1s.-six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast dropping bombs in
Yarmouth. Sandringham, Kings Lynn,
Conner, Sherringham and Beeston. caus-
ing heavy damage and some loss Of life.
Jan. alderman armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight in North sea.
Jan. acknowledgements forces occu-
pied Kielce, Russian Poland
Jan. N.-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathians.
Feb. L-French torpedo boa sunk of
Nieuport
Feb. 2.-Anglo- French feet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles.
Feb. 4,-Germany declared waters
around British isles war zone.
Feb. 6.-Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west Of War
saw.
Feb. 9-Germans violently bombarded
Scissors, setting 1t afire.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro- Ger
nans in Carpathians but were driven back
IN Bukowina.
British held cargo of food ship VIII
helmina.
Feb. 11.-United States warned Germany
against destroying American vessels or
lives of American citizens In attacking
shipping. and warned Great Britain OF
the danger to American interests In the
use Of American flag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated Lode, but drove the
Russians out of East Prussia.
Feb. H.-Germany replied unfavorably
70 American warning not to sink Ameri-
can ships, and Great Britain refused to
modify It's shipping orders.
Germany began blockade Of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. alderman blockaders sank
American steamer Carib, Norwegian ship
IRegin. damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers.
Reims bombarded by Germans. % CT
villains killed.
Feb 25.-Aliied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance Of Dardanelles
Feb. S.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest
March 2.-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment OF all commodities into
Germany.
Hamburg American ofiicials indicted In
spiracy to defraud the United States
March 6.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
WITT. Bukowina
March S-Zeppelin airship L-8 de-
,stroyed near Tirlemont and II Of crew
killed.
March lo.-American ship william p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 11.-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel
British took Neuve Chapelfe.
Germans abandoned Augustowo, Po-
land.
March 15--British order In council shut
on all trade with Germany, ordering tech
meal blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Faik-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and japanese converte cruiser
Drama.
= March 1s-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work In Serbia
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship Bouvet sunk by
mines In the Dardanelles.
March 2.-Austrian fortress Of Prem
yzl surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands Of Chris
tians at Urumiah, Persia.
March 2.-Germans in Client executed
II Belgians as spies
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Gallipoii PENN
euia.
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 8.-Twenty-day battle In Cham
payne country won by French. Germans
losing 5000.
German submarine sank British steam
ers Aguilar and Falaba. about 40 lives
being lost.
April A-Russians cleared Heskid range
of Austrtans.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Rus
sian mine.
April s.-Germany agreed to pay for
sinking American ship William p Frye
April 10.-Steamer Harpalyce, first re-
lief ship Of New York to Belgium, sunk
in North sea by torpedo or mine
April M.-United States replied to Ger
man governments criticism of its for
eign policies, denying allegations and re-
jecting suggestions that expectation of
arms be prohibited.
April 26-French cruiser Leon Gambet-
"a sunk by Austrian torpedo. $50 lives
lost
April 1s.-German air raiders dropped
incendiary bombs on i've English east
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia. northeast
OF Uxsok pass
April %. British announced destruction
of eight German submarines within week
by mines and net traps.
May t.-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk in
fight In North sea. Y
American tank steamer Gulfiight tor
pedoed by Germans or Sciily islands. cap
tain and two seamen lost
May 6--Austro- German forces occupied
Tarnow.
May z--Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed
and sunk by Germans or coast of Ireland
with loss IT Las lives, including iB
Americans: among the latter A. q. Van
derbilt.. Ebert Hubbard. Chas. Frohman.
Chas Klein and Charles Plamondon.
Z May 3. British destroyer Maori sunk
by mine :,
Russian naval base Of Libau captured