Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-01
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Sept. 15.-Li,ie evacuated by Germans
end occupied by allies.
Steamer Red Cross with American Red
Cross nurses and surgeons sailed from
New York.
| Sept II. - Eetreating German army
halted in strongly intrenched position
along the A;sne river. Aniens reoccuped
by the French.
Sept. c2-Three British cruisers were
torpedocd and sunk by German submarine
| in the North sea.
Sept 25.-British troops from India
landed at Marseilles.
Sept. 2s.-Germans began attack on do
lenses Of Antwerp.
Oct. 2.-Gerrans defeated at Augustowo
and forced out OF Russia
Oct. 5.-Belgian government moved to
Ostend
Oct. 9.-Germans entered Antwerp.
Russian army occupied Lycl<, East Prus-
STA.
Oct. 1o.-German army Of 2ooao was re-
pulsed at Quatrecht, east of Client.
Oct. 11.-Germany imposed wax fine Of
s100, 600 on Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German
submarines
Oct. 1:-Ghert occupied by the Ger
mans.
Oct. 1s-Be,eian government moved to
Iavre. France.
| northwest of Cape province, South Africa,
rebclled. Martial law proclaimed through
out Union OF South Africa.
Oct. 15.-Germans occupied Ostend and
! Bruges.
Oct. 1e-Rrltish cruiser Hawke sunk in
the North sea by German submarine.
Oct. 17-Japanese cruiser Takachiho
sunk by torpedo in Kiauchau bay.
British cruiser J7NdaNnted and four de-
stroyers sunk four German destcoyers in
North sea.
Oct. 1s.-Al1cs rccaptured Arment!eres.
Oct. 19.-Des2erate fighting along Bel
gian coast. British warsh!ps taking part.
Oct. 2S.-Erench retook Altkirch, Alsace
at the point Of the bayonet.
Oct 2l.-Ten days battle before War
saw ended In German defat.
Oct 25.-Germans crossed River User
! and slowly pressed toward the south.
Oct 2e.-Germans bor1barded Nicuport
but were checked by allies.
EIaritz and his rebel force defeated by
Union Of Souti, Africa troops.
Prirzip. slayer Of Archduke Francis
| Ferdinand and his wife, and @ others
| found guilty Of treason.
Won Falkenhayn. German minister Of
| war, made chief OF staff to succeed Won
nfolt!1e
Oct 2S.-De Wet and Bcyers Joined in
South Africa revolt.
British dreadnaught Audacicus sunk by
mine
Russians reoccupied LODI and Radc n,
Germans retreatng.
Oct 2S.--PrinZip was sentenced to 20
years imprisonment; four of his accom-
plices sentenced to death and others to
various terms of Imprisonment.
Botha reported the rout Of the rebel
Beers
German cruiser Ernde,. torpedoed Rus
sian cruiser and French destroyer In Pc
nang harbQr.
Oct 29.-Turkey began war on Russia.
the cruise7s Breslau bombartling Odessa,
Theodosia and other places on the Black
sea.
Nov. 1.-Rr'tish cruiser Hermes sunk by
German submarine in Dover straits.
Five German warships engaged four
British warships off the coast of Chile
! and sank two and disabled third; the
! fourth escaped.
Nov s.-British and French fleet BON
| barded the Dardanelles forts, and British.
vessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah
! Arabia.
! Germans abandoned left bank of the
User below Dtsnnude.
| Nov. 5.-France. Great Britain and Rus
| STA declared war on Turkey Great Brit
| ain annexed Cyprus.
| Nov. s-The sheik-ul-Islan ordered a
| land.
| Nov. 7.-German fortress Of Using Tao.
| China, stormed by Japanese and British
| and captured.
Nov 9-Belg!an troops penetrated to
| Ostcnd.
! Ypres ser fire by German shells ard de-
stroved-
| German cruiser Emden driven ashore
| on Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus
fVo1 Cvy1ro
| Nov. 1o.-Russian fleet in Black sea sank
| four Turkish transports.
Nov. 11.-Brit!sh gunboat Niger sunk by
a torpedo off Deal
! Russians occupied Johannesburg. East
! Prussia.
Germans captured Dixmude.
Nov 15.--Gernans forced from all posi-
| tons on left bank of the User.
British destroyed Turkish fort at en-
| trance to Red sea.
| Nov. 16.-Floods in West Flanders cut
off large number of Germans.
Pope issued encyclical urging cessation
| Of warfare.
Nov. 1S.-Russsans checked by Germans
at Soidau after four days of bloody fight
ing.
Nov. ec.-Tpres bombarded by Germans
town hall and market place being de-
stroyed.
Nov. 23-Russians won great victory
over Germans who were advancing on
| Warsaw.
Nov. 24--Germans opened a terrific at
tack on the allies from Ypres to La
Bassee.
Naval base of Germans at Zecbrugge de.
nolished by shells from British fleet.
Nov. 2i.-British battleship Bulwark de.
stroyed by explosion off Sheecness.
Nov. 27.-Gercnans renewed fierce BON.
bar5ment Of Reims.
Two British ships sunk off Havre by
German submarines. and one off Grimsb.
| by q mine.
! Dec 1-Germans cut their way out o.
the Russian trap in Poland but with grea
losses.
General De Wet, Boer rebel leader. cap
| tured.
Dec c-Germans in Poland resumed thu
offensive
Belgrade. capital CT Servia occupied By
the Austrians.
Dec. 6.--Germans occupied LODI, Rus
sian Poland. after severe bonbardment
| Dec 7.-Gernlans defeated Russian:
north and south of LODI.
Dec. Sherman cruisers Scharnhorst
Gneiserau. Leipzig and Nuremberg. unde,
Admiral Won Spec. sunk by British squad
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