The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-01

-A N''Atfth ny dtNras /
Steamer Rod Cross with American Red
ross nurses and surgeons sailed from
New York.
Sept. a. - Retreatlng German army
matted In strongly ~intrenched position
along the Aisne river. Amiens ~reoccupled
by the French.
sept 2-Three British cruisers We're
iorpedoed and sunk by German submarine
IN the North sea.
sept %-British troops from India
landed at Marseilles.
Sept 9.-Germans began attack on de-
fenses Of Antwerp
oct 2-Germans defeated at Augustowo
and forced out Of Russia
oct 5.-Belgian government moved to
Ostend.
Oct 9.-Germans entered Antwerp.
russian army occupied Lyck, East Prus-
STA.
Oct. to-German army of 10000 was re-
pulsed at Quatrecht. east OF Client.
Oct. u-Germany imposed war fine of
HlM,UOO,OO on Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German
submarines.
Oct 12-Ghent occupied by the Ger
mans.
oct. 12-Belgiau government 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.-Germans occupied Ostend and
Bruges.
Oct. lG.-Brltish cruiser Hawke sunk in
the North sea by German submarine.
Oct, H.-Japanese cruiser Takachiho
sunk by torpedo in Kiauchau bay.
British cruiser Undaunted and four de-
stroyers sunk four German destroyers in
North sea.
oct 1S.-Allies ~recaptured ~Armentieres.
oct. H-Desperate fighting along Bel
glan coast, British warshlps taking part.
Oct. &.-French retook Altklrch, Alsace,
at the point of the hayonet.
oct 2t-Ten days battle before War
saw ended in German defat
oct, 2l.-Germans crossed River User
and slowly pressed toward the south.
oct. 26.-Germans bombarded Newport
hut were checked by allies.
Mrritz and his rebel force defeated by
Union Of South Africa troops.
Prinzip, slayer Of Archjuke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife. and @ others
found guilty Of treason.
Won F~alkenhayn. German minister Of
war, made chief Of stan to succeed Won
Moltke.
Oct. 2,-De Wet and Beyers Joined in
South Africa revolt.
British dreadnaught Audacious sunk by
mine
Russians reoccupied LODI and Radon.
Germans %retreating,
Oct. 2S.-Prinzip was sentenced to %
years imprisonment; four Of his accom-
pllces sentenced to death and others to
various terms OF Imprisonment.
Botha reported the rout Of the rebel
Beers.
German cruiser Linden torpedoed Rus
sian cruiser and French destroyer in Pc
nang harbor.
Oct. @.-Turkey began war on Russia,
the cruiser Breslau bombarding Odessa
Theodosia and other nlaces on the Black
sea.
Nov. British cruiser Hermes sunk by
German submarine in Dover straits.
Five German warships engaged -four
{ ritish warships OF the coast of Chile
and sank two and disabled a third; tn,
fourth escaped
Nov British and French feet bonn
barded the Dardanelles forts. and British
vessels destroyed the barracks OF Akabah
Arabia.
Germans abandoned left bank OF tn,
User below DtNmude.
Nov. 5-France. Great Britain and Rus
sla declared war on Turkey. Great Brit
min annexed Cyprus.
Nov. 6.-The shcik-ui-Islam ordered 8
holy war against Russia. France and Eng
land.
Nov German fortress OF Using Tao
China, stormed by Japanese and Britlsi
and captured.
Nov. s.-Belgian troops penetrated {
Ostend.
Ypres set fire by German shells and de
stroved
German cruiser Emden driven ashor.
on Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus
tralian cruiser Sydney.
Nov. m-Russian fleet in Black sea sanl
four Turkish transports.
Nov. n.-Britsh gunboat Niger sunk b,
a torpedo on Deal
Russians occupied Johannesburg. Eas
Prussia.
Germans captured DiXmude.
I Nov l5.-Germans forced from all posi-
lions on left bank Of the User.
Brit D destroyed Turkish fort at en-
trance to Red sea.
{ Nov. l6.-Floods ia West Flanders Gu
on a large number of Germans
o Popc issued eucycliCal urging cessation
Of warfare.
q Nov. 18.-Russians checked by German
at Soldau after four days Of bloody hght
ing.
Nov. 22.-Yprcs bombarded by German,
town hall and market place being de-
stroyed.
D Nov. % Russians won great victor.
over Germans who we're advancing o
% Warsaw.
q Nov. 2t.-Germans opened a terrific at
tack on the allies from Ypres to l.
r. Bassee.
% Naval base Of Germans at Zeebrugge de
molished by shells from British fleet.
{ Nov. 26,-British battleship Bulwark de
stroyed by explosion off Sheerness.
Nov. 21.-Germans renewed fierce BON
hnrdment Of Reims.
Two British ships sunk on Havre b
German submarines. and one on Grimsb
10y a mine
Il Dec. 1-Germans cut their way out q
/. the Russian tran in Poland but with grea
losses
+ General De Wet, Boer rebel leader. car
tured
d Dec. 2-Germans IN Poland resumed tn
offensive.
Belgrade. capital Of servla, occupied b
u the Austrians
Dec. 6-Germans occupied LODI. Rus
sian Poland. after severe bombardment
n Dec 7-Germans defeated Russian
north and south Of LODI.
Dec. S-Gcrman cruisers Scharnhors
It G%neisenau. Leipzig and Nuremberg. undo
Admiral Won Spec. Junk by British squad
ron under Vice-Admiral Sir Frederic
l. Sturdee off the Falkland islands. IN