The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-02
Sept. 2. = Seat of French govern.


Sept. 6.-British cruiser Pathfinde
sunk by torpedo in North Sea.
Sept. 7.-Allies victorious in bat
tie along the line from Nanteuil t,
Verdun, the imperial guard under tn,
German crown prince being nearly an
initiated by the British.
Germans destroyed Dinant and cap
tured Maubeuge.
Sept. 8.-Allies pushed back the en-
tire line of invading Germans.
Sept. 9.-British forced Germans t,
retreat along the river Marine.
Sept. 11.-Russians drove the Ger
mans from several fortified position.
in Russian Poland, but repulsed will
heavy losses in East Prussia.
Sept. IL. - British warships from
Australia took Herbertshoehe, seat o.
government Of the German Bismarck
archipelago and the Solomon islands
French troops re.occupied Lunevillt
and scissors.
Sept 13.-Lille evacuated by Ger
mans and occupied by allies.
Steamer Red Cross with American
Red Cross nurses and surgeons sailed
from New York.
Sept. 14.-Retreating German army
halted in strongly intrenched position
along the Aisne river. Amiens re
occupied by the French.
Sept. 22.-Three British cruisers
were torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine in the North Sea.
Sept. 26.-British troops from India
landed at Marseilles.
Sept. 29.-Germans began attack on
defenses of Antwerp.
Oct. 2.-Germans defeated at Angus.
towo and forced out of Russia.
Oct. 5.-Belgian government moved
to ostend.
Oct. 9.-Germans entered Antwerp
Russian army occupied Lyck, East
Prussia.
Oct. 1o-German army of 10000 was
repulsed at Quatrecht, east of Client
Oct. 11.-Germany imposed war fine
of $100,00O,O00 ON Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by
German submarines.
Oct. 12.-Ghent occupied by the Ger.
mans.
Oct. 13.-Belgian government moved
to Havre, France.
Colonel Maritz and his troops in the
northwest of Cape Province, South
Africa, rebelled. Martial law proclaim
ed throughout Union of South Africa.
Oct. 15.-Germans occupied Ostend
and Bruges.
Oct. 16.-British cruiser Hawke sunk
in the North Sea by German subma.
rine.
Oct. 17.-Japanese cruiser Takachi.
no sunk by torpedo in Kiauchau bay.
| British cruiser.U ndaunted and four
destroyers sunk four German destroy.
ers in North Sea.
Oct. 18.-Allies recaptured Armen.
there's.
Oct. 19.-Desperate fighting along
Belgian coast, British; warships taking
part. 49,,
Oct. 20.-Japanese seized German
islands in the Marianne, Marshall
East Caroline and Vest Caroline archi
palagoes.
Oct. 23.-French retook Altkirch
Alsace, at the point of. the bayonet.
Oct. 24.-Ten days. battle before
Warsaw ended in German defeat.
Oct. Is. - Germans crossed River
User and slowly pressed toward the
south.
Oct. 26.-Germans bombarded Nieu.
port but were checked; by Allies.
Naritz and his rebel force defeat.
ed. 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 staff to succeed
Van Moltke.
Oct. 28.-De Wet and Beyers Joined
I'M South Africa revolt.
British dreadnaught. Asdacfous sunk
by mine.
Russians reoccupied Lodz and Ra
dom, Germans retreating.
Oct. 28.-Prinzip Was sentenced to
~ years imprisonment: four of his
accomplices sentenced to death and
others to various terms of imprison
ment.
Botha reported the rout of the rebel
Beers.
German cruiser Emden torpedoed
Russian cruiser and French destroyer
in Penang harbof..
Oct. 29.-TurkeE began war on Rus
STA. the cruiser Breslau bombarding
Odessa, Theodosfa and other places
on the Black sea.
Nov. 1.-Britfsh cruiser Hermes
sunk by German submarine in Dove,
straits. IN"
Five German warships engaged fou1
British warshfps OF the coast of Chile
and sank two and disabled a third; the
fourth escaped.
Nov. 3.-British and French fee,
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