United labor bulletin., 1915-01-02

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Soissons.
Sept 13.-Lille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by allies.
Steamer Red Cross with American Red
Cross nurses and surgeons sailed from
New York.
halted in strongly intrenched position
along the Aisne river. Amiens reoccuped
by the French.
Sept. 22.-Three British cruisers were
torpedoed and sunk by German submarine
In the North sea.
Sept 2s.-British troops from India
landed at MarseiIles.
Sept 2e-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-
sia.
Oct. fisherman army of 10000 was re-
pulsed at Quatrecht. east of Ghent.
Oct. 11.-Germany imposed war fine of
800. .000. 600 on Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German
submarines.
Oct. 12.-Ghent occupied by the Ger
mans.
Oct. 1s.-Belgian 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. 15.-Germans occupied Ostend and
Bruges.
Oct. 16.-British cruiser Hawke sunk in
the North sea by German submarine
Oct. 17-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. 19.-Desperate fighting along Bel
gian coast British warships taking part
Oct. S.-French retook Altkirch. Alsace.
at the point of the bayonet.
Oct. 24.-Ten days battle before War
saw ended in German defat.
Oct. 25.-Germans crossed River User
and slowly pressed toward the south.
Oct. 26.-Germans bombarded Nieuport
but were checked by allies.
Maritz and his rebel force defeated by
Union of South Africa troops.
Prinzip. slayer of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife. and . others
found guilty of treason.
Won Falkenhayn. German minister of
war. made chief of stafr to succeed Won
Moltke.
Oct. 2s.-De Wet and Beyers Joined in
South Africa revolt
British dreadnaught AudacIous sunk by
mine
Russians reoccupied Lodz and Radon,
Germans retreating.
Oct. 2S.-Prinzip was sentenced to 20
years imprisonment; four of his accom-
p1ices sentenced to death and others to
various terms OF Imprisonment.
Botha reported the rout of the rebel
Beers.
German cruiser Emden torpedoed Rus
sian cruiser and French destroyer in Pc
nang harbor.
Oct 2s-Turkey began war on Russia,
fI,a atNar
Theodosia and other places on the Black
sea-
Nov. british cruiser Hermes sunk by
German submarine in Dover straits.
Five German warships engaged four
British warships of the coast of Chile
and sank two and disabled third; the
fourth escaped.
Nov. 3-British and French fleet bonn
barded the Dardanelles forts. and British
vessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah.
Arabia.
Germans abandoned left bank of the
User below Dfxmude.
Nov. 5-France, Great Britain and Rus
sia declared war on Turkey. Great Brit
ain annexed Cyprus.
Nov. 6.-The sheik-ul-Is Islam ordered a
holy war against Russia. France and Eng
land.
Nov. 7.-German fortress of Using Tao,
China, stormed by Japanese and British
and captured.
Nov. 9.-Belgian troops penetrated to
Ostend.
stroyed-
German cruiser Emden driven ashore
on Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus
tralian cruiser Sydney.
Nov. 10.-Russian fleet In Black sea sank
four Turkish transports.
Nov. 1l-British gunboat Niger sunk by
n torpedo or Deal.
Russians occupied Johannesburg, East
Prussia.
Germans captured Dixmude.
Nov. 15.-Germans forced from all POSI-
tions on left bank of the User.
British destroyed Turkish fort at en-
trance to Red sea-
Nov. 16-Floods in West Flanders cut
off large number of Germans
Pope issued encyclicai urging cessation
of warfare.
Nov. 1s.-Russians checked by Germans
at Soldau after four days of bloody fight
Ing.
Nov. 22.--Yprcs bombarded by Germans.
town hall and market place being de-
stroyed.
Nov. 2s-Russians won great victory
over Germans who were advancing on
Nov. 2-Germans opened terrific at
tack on the allies from Ypres to La
Bassee.
Naval base of Germans at Zeebrugge de-
molished by shells from British fleet.
Nov. 26.-British battleship Bulwark de-
stroyed by explosion or Sheerness.
Nov. N.-Germans renewed fierce bonn
bardment of Reims.
Two British ships sunk off Havre by
German submarines, and one on Grimsby
by mine.
Dec. L-Germans cut their way out of
the Russian trap in Poland but with great
losses.
General De Wet. Boer rebel leader. cap
tured.
Dec. 2-Germans in Poland resumed the
offensive.
Belgrade. capital OF Servia, occupied by
the Austrians.
Dec. 6.-Germans occupied Lodz, Rus
sian Poland. after severe bombardment
Dec 7.-Germans defeated Russians