Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-08-06
FIRST YEAR OF THE GREAT WAR
EVENTS In A BRIEF REVIEW
Naval and Miscellaneous Actions,
Air Raids and Grave Dip,
lomatic Incidents Id
volving This
Country.

tie of Newport. on Belgian coast, en-
gaging the German batteries on land
"a. Heavy fighting on the Belgian coast:
the Germans crossed the Yser-Ypres
canal. near Newport.
2. In battle on the coast Of Belgium Ger
man siege guns drove back British
warship6 In the English channel.
30 Belgians flooded the German camps on
the river User, in Belgium. by cutting
the bikes and forced the German troops
to withdraw.
NOVEMBER, 1914
Z. The kaiser's troops made a series Of
attacks from their lines at Arras and
in the Vosges and Argonne forests,
southeastern France.
T. Germans crossed the Ypres canal, Bel
GUM, at two points after defeating the
allies.
Is. French and Belgian troops repulsed
ground.
t6-17. German long range guns bombarded
rheims the second time.
DECEMBER, 1914
!. German outpost in front of La Bassea
France, captured by the allies.
16-1S- French and Belgian troops advanc-
ed on the User and at Ypres. forcing
Germans back toward Ostend.
q. Fierce artillery battle along the entire
front In southeastern France. French
air scouts located German targets tor
allied guns
French were advancing in Alsace and
firmly held the Vosges passes.
81. French captured important ground at
.Steinbach, in Alsace.
JANUARY. 1915.
4 French troops recaptured Steinbach. In
Alsace.
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scissors, France.
IL Flood on the Aisne prevented the al
lies from reinforcing their line north
of the river.
IA. Allies withdrew south of the Aisne
losing 5000 prisoners and many guns.
10. Heavy fighting at Arras, in Belgium
and Alsace. Germans captured trenches
from the French at St. Mihiel.
p. Allies captured La Bassee, in France
German aviators dropped bombs at
Dunkirk.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
49, Germans threw 1000 shells into city
MARCH. 1915
10 Beginning Of British attacks on Ger
man line at Neuve Chapelle. France
The village captured.
1913. French attacks and German cOun-
ter attacks continued at Neuve Cha
pelle. with heavy losses on both Sides
q. French troops captured the German
position on Hartmannsweilerkopf. in
Alsace.
APRIL, 1915
no. French occupied Les Eparges. Ger
mans bombarded Rheims.
13. German attack at Les Eparges re-
pulsed with heavy loss.
q. Germans captured the heights Of Les
Eparges on the Mouse line and recap
tured Hactmannsweilerkopf, in the
Vosges mountains They repulsed an
attack by allies along the Ypres canal
with asphyxiating gas and crossed
that barrier to the west side.
"A. Fighting continued at Ypres. both
sides gaining ground at separate
points.
y. French recaptured Hartmannsweiler-
kopf, In Alsace-
90 German artillery at Newport, Belgium,
bombarded Dunkirk. on the French
channel coast, inflicting casualties, at
p mile range.
MAY, 1915.
in Flanders, including Hill No. co.
where British defenders were over
come by gas.
JUNE, 1915
l. British army casualties to date In
France and Belgium 28,069, including
5O,342 killed.
II. French troops, with heavy artillery
support, gained ground north Of Arras
in France. They also advanced on
Alsace.
10. French forces made gains around Ar
ras where there was fierce battle
over a point known as the Labyrinth
q. French troops occupied the Labyrinth.
JULY, 1915.
3. Germans forced the French line back
in Alsace.
10 Souchez cemetery and trenches near
Arras, France, captured by Germans.
Is. Germans captured a mile of French
trenches in the Argonne.
| "A. In the Argonne the French repulsed
German attacks and gained ground.
f! 2. French reports stated that there was
| a violent cannonade in LIE Pretre for
est, German boInbardment Of Point-a-
Mousson and also of Hartmannsweil-
erkopf in Alsace. French aviators
dropped shells and steel arrows on a
German military railroad station near
Montfaucon, France