The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-06-28

killed at Vaal river and General de
Wet was captured after he had been
in the field for more than a month.
Native troops in the African provin-
ces belonging to Germany, Great
Britain and France were lined up on
the borders Of the respective provin-
ces. 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
Radon, driving out the invading Ger
mans. Turkey joined the war at that
juncture by naval operations in the
Black Sea. Odessa was attacked.
November opened with a German
naval victory over British squadron
off the coast of Chile and the Turk
ish warships bombarded Sebastopol.
Two days later German warships ven
tured from their anchorage behind
the naval base at HeIgoland and bonn
barded the British coast in the vicin-
ity of Yarmouth. On November ;,
Great Britain and France declared
war on Turkey and the forts guarding
the entrance to the Dardanelles were
bombarded by feet of English and
French warships. On the north the
Russians reoccupied Jaroslav after
several days of ferocious 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 sunk 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 sent to the bottom more than
a score of ships.
On land the armies of the bellig-
erents settled down to hold their po-
sitions for the winter months. Ac-
tivities from November IL, when the
German forces captured Dixmude, re-
suited in Russian defeats at Vlotsla-
vek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle in
Flanders progressed at intervals, Wig
orous action taking place and thous-
ands of men on both sides being kill
ed or wounded. Intrenched for the
winter, the armies contented themsel-
yes principally with holding the posi-
tions they had gained. In the Servia-
Austrian campaign there was consid-
erable activity during the early win
ter months. The Austrians occupied
Belgrade, the Servian capital on Dec
ember 2, and retained it until Decem-
Der Is, when, after the Servians had
captured large forces of Austrians,
they were driven back into their own
territory.
In East Prussia during the winter
there was severe fighting, resulting
in the loss of many men, dead, wound
ed and captured. The German armies
operating in East Prussia held off and |
dispatched a Russian army Of vast
proportions, finally driving it back
well into its own territory.
On the sea, a British squadron sig
nally defeated the German squadron
which was victorious off Chile. This |
engagement took place off the Falk-
land Islands. German cruisers bonn
barded Hartlepool and Scarborough, |
and the German armored cruiser, |
BIuecher, was sunk in the North Sea
by section of the British fleet oper-
ating there. German submarines be-
came especially active during the win
ter months, sinking many warships
and merchantmen.
March opened with announcement of
British reprisal measures against the |
Germans for the submarine warfare
and the development of battle in
France.
British troops IN France again be-
came active, making notable advance
at Neuve Chapelle- BY the end of
March the Russian troops had pene-