Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
JANUARY. 1915.

JANUARY, 1915
n In German laval attack on the Eng
lish coast the German cruiser Bfuecher
was sunk with about zoo of her crew.
90 German submarines attacked British
ships In the Irish sea. 500 miles from
the nearest German naval base on the
Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
L. German admiralty declared a war
zone In the English channel after
Feb. Is
Ii German war zone decree went into
effect, warning neutrals Of danger in
the English channel. Norwegian mer-
chant steamer BelEidge sunk in Eng
Iish channel.
70. American merchant ship Evelyn mys-
teriously sunk in the British war zone
in the Irish sea.
q. Allied feet eombarded Turkish forts
guarding the Dardanelles strait. sea
entrance to Constantinople.
u. Heavy allied fleet bombarded Turkish
forts IA miles up DardanaIles strait.
MARCH. 1916
TO- German submarine U-12 rammed and
sunk by British torpedo boat de-
stroyer off the coast Of England. Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Eitel Friedrich
made port at Newport News. Va. at
| end Of $4,000 mile sea raid. having
on board 342 passengers and crew o.
| vessels sunk by her, including the
| American ship w. P. Frye.
! IA. The German cruiser Dresden. which
| survived the battle of Falkland Is
lands sunk In battle with a British
! feet near San Juan Fernandez island,
| of Chile.
Is British cruiser Amethyst lost. q killed.
in an attack on Turkish forts in the
| Dardanelles.
Is. British battleships Irresistible and
Ocean and French battleship Bouvet
irI,
during a naval attack in the Darda-
nelles.
26. German submarine US. with Com
mander Weddigen. sunk by a British
vessel in the North sea.
q. British ships Falaba and Aquilla tor
| pedoed by German submarines In st.
Georges channel: loss of life on both
81. A French and British steamer torpe-
doed off the English coast by a Ger
man submarine: 30 sailors drowned.
APRIL 1916
26. French warship Leon Gambetta tor
pedoed by an Austrian submarine in
the strait OF Otranto; 500 seamen
l. American steamer Gulfight. from Port
Arthur. Tex, to Liverpool. Eng
torpedoed by a German submarine of
, Scilly islands. The captain WIS killed
%. British battleship Triumph tOrpe loed
by Turks in the Dardanelles while
. supporting q land attack.
&C. American steamship Nebraskan, tor
pedoed by German submarine of
southwest coast Of Ireland, reached
: port with all on board.
, %. British battleship Majestic sunk by
4 Turkish torpedo in the Dardane2les.
JUNE. 1915.
8 II. Italian submarine Medusa torpedoet
by an Austrian submarine.
l. 20. Germany announced the sinking o
the famous submarine U-29. Captain
} Weddigen, by a British merchantma
N flying the Swedish flag.
30. British admiralty steamer Armenian
a with Americans in her crew, torpedoe
g off the British coast: q American
lest.
j. JULY, 1915.
y Z. Italian cruiser Amalfi sunk by Aus
TRAN submarines in the Adriatic sea.
IN II. German cruiser kOenigSberg destrOye
ly by British monitors in African water
20. Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sun
by an Austrian submarine in the Adr
. attic.
90 Is. American steamer Leelanaw, fro
~ Archangei. Russia, for Belfast Irelan
= attacked and sunk by German sui
= marine off the Orkney islands.