The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-31
EUROPEAN WAR


Jan. 1-Bntsh batlesHlp Formidable
sunk ny German submarine In the Eng
lish channel with 579 OF crew.
Jan. 5-Russlans anuihllated Ninth
Turkish amy corps and routed FIRST ana
Tenth corps In the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass In the
Carpa thlans
jan 1o-Iine evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British
Jan. 17-Russlans stormod southern
Carpathian pass and entered IransyI-
vanla.
Jan. 1s-slx German Zoppelins raided
the Norfolk coast, dropping bombs ln
Yarmouth sandrlngham, Kings Lynn
Conner. Sherrlusham and Beeston. caus-
ing heavy damage and some loss Of life
Jan ct-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
in running fight In North sea.
Jan c6-Austro-Hungarian forces occu-
pied Klece. Russian Poland
Jan 27-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathions.
Feb l.-French torpedo boa sunk off
Nieuport
Feb 2.-Anglo- French feet destroyed
four forts in the Dardaneles.
Feb 4-Gernany declared waters
around British isles a war zone.
Feb 6.-Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west Of War
saw
Feb. 9.-Germans violently bombarded
Scissors, setting It afre
Feb. 1O-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
In Bukowina.
British held cargo Of food ship WI
helmina.
Feb. 11-United States warned Germany
against destroying American vessels or
lives OF American citizens in attacking
shipping. and warned Great Britain Of
the danger to American interests i'm tie
Use OF American nag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated LODI, but drove the
Russians out Of East Prussia.
Feb 17-Germany replied unfavorahy
to American warning not to sink Ameri-
can ships, and Great Britain refused to
modify its shipping orders
Germany began blockade Of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. 2S-German blockaders sank
American steamer Carib. Norwegian shin
Regin. damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers
Rems bombarded by Germans. 20 ci.
villains killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance Of Dardanelles
Feb 2S.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken TO Brest.
March Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment Of all commodities into
Germany
Hamburg American officials indicted I'm
New York by federal grand jury for con
spraey to defraud the United States
March 5-Austrlans evacuated Czerno-
witz, Bukowna
March S-zeppeln airshlp Is de
stroyed near Tirlemont and Il Of crew
Killed
March l0-American ship William p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prnz Eitel
Friedrich Prinz Eitel at Ncwpor, News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 11.-German submarine U-l2 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel
British took Neuve Chapele
Germans abandoned Augustowo, Po-
lard
March 15.-Briush order in council shut
or all trade with Germany, ordering tech
n'oal bockcde
German cruiser Dresden sunk of Falk-
land islands by British warshlps Glasgow
and Kent and japanese conyerte cruiser
Drama
March 1s-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work IN Serhi,
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French batleship BOuvet sunk by
mines In the uardauclos
March = N-Austrlan fortress Of Prem
yzl surrendered TO Russians
turks massacied thousands OF Chris
uans az truman, Fer7la.
March 25.-dermars In Client executed
Il Belslans as spies
Germans drove Russians out OF East
Prussia
Allies landed force on GanpolI penin-
sula.
March H--Russans forced way throueh
carpathians into Hungary
Mafch 81 "eny gay hatoe IN cham
paghe country Won uy fIench' Germans
losing o'"l-
He''nou sun'l.s ne sank lf'''lsa sioain-
srs AEullar ana faIap1. about lt0 lives
pe.ns iosD
Apii .. .-i'"salahs cieared beshIi range
Oh Aus'i 'a"s
arN'sN cruiser MfJ'dl' p sunk hy Rus
slan ulne'
ApIu ,-'ei eii'fhY agreed to pay for
s'nh'ns Ainel'ah sh'I William ] Frye,
ApIli V-SieaHlf taTpaIyce FIRST re-
lef ship 7f New YORK TO- Belgium sunk
W NoI'g wa z. ."iItl9 500 mine
man G0Nei uurHi criticism ~ its fHf-