Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-24
MOVEMENTS IN
THE NAVAL ZONES
Italy and Bulgaria In the
COnfIict---Submarine War.
fare and Allied Campaign
Against COnstantinopIe.

SuiIlIHer resort patrons, killed.
20. Submarine: Germany announced the
sinking of the famous submarine U-29
Capt. Weddigen, by British mer-
chairman flying the Swedish flag.
%. Galicia Lemberg. Galicia, recaptured
by Austrians after ten months occu-
patton by Russians.
Is. Galicia: Germans captured Halicz, on
Dniester river in Galicia, virtually
controlling all eastern Galicia.
30. Submarine: British admiralty steam
Armenian, with Americans in hei
crew, torpedoed off the British coast;
% Americans lost.
JULY.
20. Poland: Austrians captured Radon,
81 miles south of Warsaw.
Submarine: Italian cruiser Giuseppe
Garibald sunk by an Austrian sub
marine in the Adriatic.
AUGUST.
g. Italy: Italy sent an ultimatum to
Turkey.
b. Fall of Warsaw: The German army
captured Warsaw, the capital of Po-
land, after vigorous campaign which
lasted over eight months
g. Baltic Sea: A fleet of German bat
tleships and cruisers attacked the en-
trance to the gulf OF Riga. in the Bal
tic sea.
Submarine A British submarine sank
the Turkish battleship Barbarossa in
the sea of Marmora-
a. Submarines: The British TRANSPORT
Royal Edward was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine in the
Aegean sea, with a loss Of nearly 1000
soldiers and sailors
49, Submarine: A German submarine tor
pedoed the White Star liner Arabic
off Cape Clear Ireland; 20 Americans
were among the passengers.
Russian Fortress Captured: Novo Geor-
gievsk the second greatest Russian
fortress in Poland, with its garrison,
was captured by Gen. ven Beseler's
German army
g. Aerial Warfare: A Russian aeroplane
squadron bombarded Constantinople,
killing or wounding IL persons.
Is Aerial Warfare: 60 allied airships flew
100 miles in German territory, drop
ping bombs upon big munition fac
tory and at several railway junctlehs
In Rhenish Prussia
Servia: Austrian troops crossed THE
border into Servia.
Fall of Brest-Ltovsk The fortress of
Brest-Litovsk fell before the assaults
Of the German armies.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Neutral Rights: German ambassador
notified the United States that ocean
liners would not be sunk by subma-
rines without warning unless they re-
sisted or attempted to escape.
8. Russia: Grand Duke Nicholas COM
mander Of the Russian army in Po-
land, transferred to the Caucasus.
Gar Nicholas assumed the command.
Aerial Warfare: German airships raid
ed London. injuring "a persons and
killing 20; second raid within "a hours.
| IL. Aerial Warfare: French air men raid
ed in Baden, Rhenish Prussia and
Lorraine. Zeppelins raided eastern
coast of England.
Is. Poland: Germans fianked Russians at
Wilma and captured the fortress.
| q Balkans: Bulgaria modified her army
! Is. France: Great drive of the allies from
the French seacoast to Verdun. Heavy
capture of guns reported and 5000
unwounded prisoners. German front
broken miles in length at La Bassee
and Souchez, France, and . miles in
Champagne
20. Balkans British and French troops
landed neutral soil Of Greece to
support Servia against Austria.
OCTOBER.
! 3. Bulgaria. Russia sent ultimatum
to Bulgaria demanding dismissal OF
German officers, etc. Allies prepared
to land troops in Greece and the Aus
tro-Germans to invade Servia.
Greece: Greece formally protested
against the landing OF British and
French troops at Saloniki to defend
Servia. Venizelos, Greek premier. ia
voring the allies. resigned. King Con-
former premier to head new cabinet
and assumed personal control
7. Servia: Austro-German forces under
Gen. Won Mackensen invaded Servia.
Bulgaria sent "a hour ultimatum to
Servia.
| II. Bulgaria: Bulgaria declared war on
Servia.
13. France Delcasse foreign minister of
France. resigned his post.
Servia: Bulgars invaded Servia at
toward the railway from Belgrade to
Saloniki.
Aerial Warfare: So killed and Ia injur-
ed in London by Zeppelin attack.
Is. Bulgaria. Great Britain declared war
on Bulgaria.
! II. Bulgaria: France declared war on
Bulgaria.
10. Bulgaria Italy declared war on Bull
garia.
g. Submarine German cruiser Prinz
Adalbert sunk by British submarine;
crew OF So nearly all lost.
"a. Aerial Warfare: Italian airship bonn
barded Trieste. and the Austrian air
men bombarded Venice.
o. France: \ new French war cabinet
was completed, Arstde BRAND. pre-
mier
81. SerVia: German troops captured ar
senal town of Kragujevatz. Servia.
NOVEMBER.
6. Bulgaria: Great railway junction at
Nish. SerVia, captured by Bulgarians
7. Submarine: Italian liner Ancona sunk
by an Austrian submarine in the Med
iterranean. 2lS lives lost including
some Americans
g. Russian Frontier. Germans abandoned
some of the ground iu front of Riga.
IA. Aerial Warfare: Austrian airshps
bombardcd Verona. go victims. of
whom 20 died
a. Teutons captured Mitrovitza and
Pristina with control Of the vale of
kossoVo i'm SerNi..
26. ITALY: Attacks bV Italian troops along
the whole 'front.' especially violent
! around GOritZ. were repulSed.
q. Servia: pr.trcul captured by Balga-
rians. with HOO prisoners.
DECEMBER.
! l. Turkey: British were defeated by
Turks nc-r Bagdad. Mesopotamia.
2, Servia: Germans and Austrian forces