Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-02

elSht hourS later tne GERMANS
captured Ostend. Meanwhile the al
lied troops occupied Ypres, and a des-
perate battle had begun on the Wis.,
tula river. German assaults upon the
allied lines between Ypres and Nieu-
port continued for week and then
weakened.
The Germans operating in Russia
meantime had been defeated after a
ten days battle before Warsaw.
In Africa revolt and mutiny broke
,, out. These disorders were headed by
the Boer leaders, General de Wet,
General Beyers, Colonel Maritz and
others.
Colonel Maritz was driven from
Cape Colony, General Beyers was kill
ed at Vaal river, and General de Wet
was captured after he had been in the
field for more than a month Native
troops in the African provinces be-
longing to Germany, Great Britain and
France were lined up on the borders
of their respective provinces. Fight
ing was general.
During the later part Of October the
British dreadnought Audacious was
sunk off the Irish coast; the Russians
successfully attacked 'LodZ and Ra-
dom, driving out the invading Ger
mans. Turkey joined the war at that
juncture by naval operations in the
Black sea. Odessa was attacked.
| November opened with a German
naval victory over a British squadron
off the coast of Chile and the Turkish
warships bombarded Sebastapol. Two
days later German warships ventured
from their anchorage behind the naval
base at Heligoland and bombarded the
British coast. France declared war on
Turkey and the forts guarding the en-
trance to the Dardanelles was bonn
barded by fleet Of allied English and
French warships. On the north the
Russians reoccupied by Jaroslav after
several days of ferocious fighting.
German cruisers which had been
stationed in foreign waters at the
opening of the war had by that time
given a good account Of themselves.
The Emden operating in the Indian
ocean and adjacent waters overlook
and sank more than a score OF mer-
camille ships belonging to the nations
allied against Germany before she was
finally run down and destroyed off CO.
cos Island. In the Atlantic the Karls-
ruhe and a number of auxiliary cruis-
ers performed similar duties. They
too sent to the bottom more than a
score of ships
On land the armies of the belliger-
ents settled down to hold their posi-
tions for the winter months Activi-
ties from November II, when the Ger
man forces captured Dixmude, result
ed in Russian defeats at Vlotslavek,
Lopno and Kutno. The battle in
Flanders progressed at intervals, Wig
orous actions taking place and thou
ed or wounded. Intrenched for the
winter, the armies contented them
selves principally with holding the po-
sitions they had gained. In the Ser
bian-Austrian campaign there was
considerable activity during the early
winter months. The Austrians occu-
pied Belgrade, the Serbian capital, on
| December 2, and retained it until De-
cember Is, when. after the Serbians
had captured large forces Of Austrians,
| they were driven back into their own
territory.
In East Prussia during the winter
ing in the loss Of many men, dead,
wounded and captured. The German
armies operating in East Prussia held
off and dispatched a Russian army Of
vast proportions, finally driving 1t back
well into it's own territory.
On the sea, British squadron de-
feated the German squadron which
was victorious off Chile. This engage
ment took place off the Falkland is
lands. German cruisers bombarded
Hartlepool and Scarborough, and the
German armored cruiser Bluecher was
sunk in the North sea by a section of
the British fleet operating there. Ger
man submarines became especially
active during the winter months, sink
ing many warships and merchantmen.
March opened with an announce
against the Germans for the subma-
rine warfare and the developemnt of
battle in France.
British troops in France again be-
came active, taking a notable ad-
vance at Neuve Chapelle. By the end
Of March the Russian troops had pen
etrated the Dukla pass and entered
Hungary. April saw the beginning Of
violent assaults upon the German
lines by the French east Of Verdun
and the Meuse. The French stormed
the German position at Les Eparges
and about the same time it was Off
cially announced that the total Of
British casualties to that date were
139,347. BY the middle Of April the
Russians had penetrated Hungary to
point twenty miles over the border,
and the Germans had begun a sue
cessful assault upon the allied lines
near Ypres. For several weeks the
armies struggled back and forth
losing thousands of men, gaining
ground one day and being forced to
evacuate their positions the next. In
Galacia during the first three days of
May the German-Austrian forces
broke through the Russian lines and
forced n retreat. Fifty thousand
prisoners, it was recited, were taken.
Around Ypres the British forces
lost ground and were finally forced
to evacuate an especially strong posi-
tion they had gained at an elevation
designated as Hill No. 60. Almost
simultaneously the Russians began a
retreat from the Carpathian passes
and while this was in progress the
Cunard liner Lusitania, bound from
New York to Liverpool, was sent to