The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-28

.EElEGRAlll - k@SEkAsY
the Boar leader, General de Vet Gen
eral Beyers. Colonel 3fartrz and other5s
| Colone4 Martz was driven rom
ICape Colony. General Beyer5 was
Killed at yaai river and Genera &c
Wet was caprured after ne haa sesn
IN the field for more than a month
Native troops m the African provinces
belonging TO Germany. Gre Britain
and France were lined up en- the boz
ders of the respective proy11ce5- Fgs1I-
| ing was general
During the latter part OF OCTOBER
the British dreadnought AMBIGUOUS
was sunk on the Irish coast the tst Gus,
slams successfully attacked LOCI ana
Radon, driving out the invading yer
mans. Turkey joined the war at that
Black sea Odessa was attacked
November opened with a German
naval victory over British squadron
! on the coast OF Chile and the TURKISH
warships bombarde6 SebastapoL TWO
days later German warsh1ps yentufe6
from their anchorage behind the naval
base at HeHgo1and and bombarded Ine
British coast H the vicinity or iaI-
mouth OnsNovember.5 S. Great BT1ta1G
and France declared war on Turkey
and the forts gnardfnS the entrance TO
the Dardanelles were bombarded by a
feet OF allied English and French
wafships On the north the RuSstans
lreoccupied Jaroslay after severat days
lofferoc1ous lighting
German cruisers which had been
| stationed in foreign waters az cue
opening OF the war had by that time
given a good account Of tnemseNes-
The Emden operating IN the lnolaa
ocean and adjacent waters ovefrooA
and sunk more than score OF meE-
tcanti1e ships belonging TO the nations
alice against Germany before 1t was
finally run down and DESTROYED on
Cocos island: In the Atlantic. the
karlsruhe and number OF aux1!ia1y
cruz performed similar duties
They too sent to the bottom more thar
a score of ships
Settle Down for Winter.
! ON land the armies OF the belliger-
entss settIed down to hold their posi-
4 tions for the winter months Acttv1teS
| from November IL. when the German
forces captured Dixmude. resulted IN
Russian defeats at Vlotslavek. doPno
and Kutno. The battle in FLANDERS
nrosressed at intervals, vigorous &C
]! tons taking place and tnouSands OF
men on both sides being Killed OF
wounded. Intrenched for the WINTER,
the armies contented themselves pr1n-
cipaa ly with holding the positions they
/ had. gained In the Serbian-Austrian
/ campaign there was considerable &C
! tiyfty during the early wfnter1nonstns-
| Phe IAustrfans> occupied Beigrade: tne e
Serbian capital on December ana
retained it until December %. nen,
| after the Serbians had captured large
4 forces OF Austrians. they were driven
i backsfnto their own territory
\ In East Prussia during the winter
/ there was severe fighting, resulting IN
The loss Of many men dead, WOUNDED
4 and cantured. The German armies
4 onerating IN East Prussia held on and
4 disnatched arRusSian army OF vast
4 proportions, finally driving II pack
4 Well into its own territory
4 On the sea, British SQUADRON sls-
4 nalfy defeated the German squao o1ss =
i 1rbiT>b w.r victorious OF Chile inns ms
4 engagement took place OF the Fax
1 1and islands. German cruisers DOM
4 barded Hartlepool and Scarborough.
ana the German armored scru1seSe
1 P1necer was sunk in the North sea
4 INV a section OF the British meet opeE-
i atins there. German submarines oe-
4 came especially active during Ine W. WI
ter months. snknS many Warsnps a a.le
IYnerC1antme en-.
March opened with an announce
ment Of British Teprisal measures
AGAINST the Germans for the subm 1a.
rine warfare and the DEVELOPMENT OF
t.ass russians Enter Hungary
!. British troops in France again be
came active. making notable advance
at Neuve 'Chapeue. By the end OF
4 March the Russian troops had pene-
trated the Dukla Pass and en1ereo
Hungary. April saw the beg1nn1ng OF
4 yioIent assaults upon the German Nnes
bv the French east of yerdun and tae
Veuse. The French stormed the Ger
1 man nositSon at Les Eparges and about
4 the same time it was Officially an
i nounced that the total OF British cas-
4 MATES to that date were BS,3L By
5 the middle OF April the Russians NAG
penetrated Hungary to a point twenty
! miles over the border. and the Ger
) mans had begun a successful assault
q upon the allied lines near Ypres- For
4 several weeks the armies struggled
! hack and forth losing thousands Of
fmen. gaining ground one day ana pc
: ing forced to evacuate their positions
ts,e next. In Ga1icfa during the nrs1
/ three days OF May the German-Ans-
5 trian forces broke through the Rus-
sian lines and forced retreat Fifty
thousand prisoners. 1t was Teclted
: were taken. -.