The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-01-07

December 8, The German squadron
under Rear-Admiral Won Spec is at
tackled in the South Atlantic off the
Falkland Island by British fleet under
Admiral Sturdee, and the cruisers
Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and
Nurnberg are sunk-British occupy
Bussorah, in Asia Minor.
December 8. Gen. Beyers. Boer
leader. killed at the Vaal River.
December 10. Unofficial reports
speak of German submarine attack on
! Dover.
December II. Russians claim to
have beaten back three German attacks
on Warsaw.
December II. Berlin announces the
Russians lost 10000 men at Lodz-
French state left bank of the User is
free of Germans. Colonel Goethals
asks two destroyers to protect the
neutrality of the Canal Zone.
December IL. French lombard Metz
forts.
December IA. The Servians, having
cut an Austrian army to pieces, re-
occupy Belgrade.
December IA. British announces the
submarine Bill dove under five rows of
mines and sank the Tukish battleshp
Messudieh.
December Is. Three thousand U. S.
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at Waco where wandering bullets kill
ed and wounded fifty two persons on
the American side. General attack by
| by the Allies, the Flanders and France
December 16. Seven German cruis-
ers shell Hartlepoo, Scarborough and
Whitbv in England, at least 81 killed
and one hundred wounded.
Dec. 7. Egypt declared a British
protectorate by London government.
Allies advance to Westende. Belgium.
United States cruises Tacoma ordered
to Colon to protect neutrality of canal.
Col. GoethaIs, governor of the Canal
Zone, sails for the United States.
Dec. IS. Interstate Commerce Com
mission grants per cent increase in
freight rates to Eastern railroads.
Appointment of Prince Hussein Renal
as khedive of Egypt to succeed his
uncle, Obbas Hilmi, announced in
London.
Dec. 10. William V. Cleary, town
clerk of Haverstraw, N. Y, acquitted
on charge of numbering Eugene M.
Newman, his son-in-lay Germans
capture Anglo-Indian trenches in
France, according to Berlin report.
Dec. 20. Rumors of revolt in Phil
lppines comes from Manila Emperor
William of Germany returns to the
front entirely recovered from his recent
illness. Retreat of Russians before
Germans in Poland reported in Berlin.
Dec. q. Harry Thaw ordered ex-
tradited from New Hampshire to New
York by decision of the United States
Supreme Court. Trenches lost by
British regained, according to London
report. Execution of seventeen political
prisoners in Mexico. including three
generals, reported from E. Paso.
Dec. p. National prohibition amend
ment to the United States Constitution
defeated in House of Representatives
Dec. %. Invasion of Portuguese
colony of Angola, West Africa, by
Germans reported from Lisbon. French
chamber of deputies votes appropria-
ton of 81, 700, 900, 900 for war expenses
for next six months.
Dec. "a. Arrest of so Filipino in
surrectos reported from Manila. Bomb
dropped on Dover by German airman,
according to British report.
Dec. 25. Seven British sea planes
conveyed by cruisers and submarines
attack German naval base at Cuxhaven,
dropping bombs on ships and gas works.
Italian marines occupy Avlona, Albania.
Villa forces attack Vera Cruz, Mexico,
held by Carranza soldiers. Turks mob
American ship harboring French
refugees at Tripoli, Syria German
aircraft driven from Sheerness, Eng
land, by British planes. German
attacks Nancy, France.
Dec. 26. Success of Germans over
British in battle near st. Hubert, on
western battle front, announced in
Berlin. German cruiser sank by Rus
SLAMS in Baltic, according to Petrograd
report. Additional arrests of plotters
reported from Manila.
Dec. 81. Progress of allies on Mouse
reported from Paris. Engagement of
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the
Speaker of the House, announced.
Dec. %. United States addresses
note to Great Britain protesting against
drastic measures in searching American
ships for contraband. Retreat of
Austrians in Galicia announced from
Petrograd. Allies shell Newport.
Dec. 80. Austrian retreat before
Russians in Galicia admitted in Vienna
and Berlin. Repulse of Austrians by
Montenegrins reported.