Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-12-28
Campaign Against Russia on
Its Eastward Sweep...Con.
quest of Warsaw and
Other FOrtresses.
JANUARY.

Formidable sunk In the English chan.
mel by German submarine or q mine;
over 600 drowned.
& France: Germans attacked by the al
lies at Soissons, France.
Il France: High water In the Aisns
compelled the allies to retreat.
IA. France: Allies withdrew south Of the
Aisne at scissors, losing 5000 prison.
ers and many guns.
In France.
tack on the English coast the German
cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about
100 Of her crew. British cruiser Lion
disabled.
%. Submarines: German submarines at.
tackled British ships In the Irish sea,
800 miles from the nearest German
naval base on the Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY.
3. Cruiser Lost: British cruiser Clan
MacNaughton. with crew Of go men.
lost while cruising of the British
coast.
Turkey: Turks, estimated at 1900. at.
tackled British guards along Suez ca.
nal south Of Ismailla. Egypt.
l. Naval War Zone: German admiralty
declared a war zone in the English
channel on and after Feb. Is.
I. East Prussia: Germans, by forced
march, turned the Russian flank at
Johannesburg. In East Prussia, and
forced the enemy to retreat hurried
ly to Russian territory.
l8. Austrian Front: Austrians reoccupied
Czernowitz, Bukovina, which the Rus
slams captured early In the war.
hn
cree went into effect. warning neu-
trails Of danger In the English channel.
H Ship Evelyn Sunk: American mer.
chant ship Evelyn mysteriously sunk
In the British war zone In the Irish
sea.
a. Poland: Germans stormed and cap
tured Przasnysz, Poland, an impor
tant Russian post north Of Warsaw.
The Dardanelles: Allied feet lombard.
ed Turkish forts guarding the Darda-
nelles strait. sea entrance to Constan-
tinople.
MARCH.
!. War Blockade: England announced
her intention to stop all ships to and
from the seaports Of Germany.
9. Submarines: Three British merchant
vessels sunk by German submarines
of the coast of England.
10. Cruiser Raider: German auxiliary
Prince Eltel Friedrich made port at
Newport News, Va, at the end OF a
10000 mile sea raid. having OIL board
342 passengers and crew Of vessels
sunk by her, including the American
ship W. P. Frye.
II Submarine: British. l French and
Swedish merchant vessels torpedoed
by German submarine U-3 in British
waters British auxiliary cruiser
Bayamo sunk by mine or German
submarine of the coast Of Scotland
about 200 Britons drowned.
u. Naval: German cruiser Dresden.
which survived the battle Of Falk-
land islands, sunk In battle with
British fleet near San Juan Fernan-
dez island, of Chile
Is. British Blockade: Great Britain Is
sued q sweeping order In council cut
ting of all outside trade with Ger
many and refused to enter into an
agreement with Germany to modify
the war zone blockade.
18 Naval: British battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and French battleship Bou-
vet sunk by mines during a naval at
tack In the Dardanelles.
u, Fall Of Przemysl: The Austrian for
tress of Przemysl, In Galicia, surren-
dered to the Russian army after q
gallant and prolonged defense.
APRIL.
G. Naval: British battleship Lord Mel
son destroyed by Turks in Darda-
nelles strait.
16 Aerial Warfare: German airships
dropped bombs near London In day
light.
q western Front: Germans captured
the heights Of Les Eparges on the
Meuse line and reoaptured Hart
mannsweilerkopf. In the Vosges noun
tains. They repulsed an attack by
the allies along the Ypres canal with
asphyxiating gas and crossed TINS par
rier to the west side.
q. Dardanelles: Allied troops landed on
the shore Of the Dardanelles under
fire from the Turkish guns.
8. Submarine: French steamer Leon
Gambetta torpedoed by an Austrian
submarine in the strait Of Otranto;
800 seanien drowned.
% Belgium: German artillery at Nieu-
port, Belgium. bombarded Dunklrk. on
the French channel coast, inficting
casualties at % mile range.
MAY.
/. Lusitania: The Cunard liner Lusita-
MIA sailed from New York for Liver
pool on her hapless voyage.
Submarine: American steamer Gulnight
from Port Arthur. Tex, to Liverpool,
England, torpedoed of scilly islands.
The captain was killed: the vessel ana
83 Of the crew saved.
l. Lusitania Sunk: The Lustania was
torpedoed and sunk of Klnsale, Mum
ster coast, Ireland. There were 2104
persons on board. Of whom 1.100. in
Guiding about 100 Americans. were
lost.
Submarine: British battleship Goliath
torpedoed In the Dardanelles with
loss of 900 lives.
H. Italy: The italian cabinet resigned
on account Of the war pressure.
Galicia: Austro-German recaptured ia
roslay, on the west bank of San river.
Galicia, forcing the Russians to hur-
riedly abandon the Carpathiau noun
tains.
a, Italy: The king of Italy declared war
on Austria Hungary. having previous
ly denounced the treaty OF alliance
with the Teutonlc powers. Clash OF
troops on the frontier.
Is, Italy: Austrian navy and airships at
tackled Italy's coast. Italian troops
seized Austrian territory.
Submarines: British battleship Triumph
torpedoed In the Dardanelles while
supporting O land attack.
q. Submarine: British battleship Ma3es-
tic sunk by a torpedo In the Darda-
nelles.
JUNE.
3. Przemysl: Germans recaptured Pre-
mysl. Galicia, which the Russians had
occupied March 2, after a siege OF
% days.
O. Italy: Italians captured Monfalcone,
an important strategic town north
west Of Trieste.
n Aerial Warfare: q French airships
dropped 100 bombs on Karlsruhe. Ger
many; 200 noncombatants, including
summer resort patrons, killed.
%. Submarines: Germany announced tn
sinking Of the famous submarine US
Capt. Weddigen. by a British mer
chantman flying the Swedish flag.
q. Gallcia: Lemberg GalicLa, recapture'
by Austrians after ten months occu
patton by Russians.
q. GaIicia: Germans captured Halicz, OF
Dniester river In Galicia,- virtual!
controlling all eastern Galicia-
30. Submarine: British admiralty steam
er Armenian, with Americans In he
crew. torpedoed of the British coast
y Americans lost.
JULY.
20. Poland: Austrians captured Radon
81 miles south of Warsaw.
Submarine: Italian cruiser GluRpp'
Garibaldi sunk by an Austrian sub
marine In the Adriatic.
AUGUST.
{ Italy: Italy sent an ultimatum L
Turkey.
s. Fall Of Warsaw: The German arm,
captured Warsaw. the capital Of 20
land. after q Yigorous campaign Whicl