The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-28

before Russian troops succeeded in
 occupying Lenberg, the capital of Galicia. Before the French and British troops, the Germans in France were forced to retreat far as the Aisne
 Events of the next few days includ- ed the bombardment of Rheims by the Germans, and the sinking by a.
 German submarine of the British
 cruisers, Aboukir, Greasy and Hogue. On the same day the Russian troops attacked PrzemysI and took Jaroslav. British troops from India were landed from transports at Marseilles
 on September 26 and were inm ediate- Iy dispatched to the northward. Be- fore their arrival at their destination the Germans had inaugurated a, siege of Antwerp, which resulted in the Belgian government moving from that
 city to Ostend. Two days later the bombardment of Antwerp began. The Belgian government remained at Os- tend for about 9 week and then re- moved to Havre, France. Forty eight hours later the Germans cap tured Ostend. Meanwhile the Allied troops occupied Ypres, and a, desper- ate battle had begun on the Vistula, river. German assaults upon the AL lied lines between Ypres and Nieu- port continued for a 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 leader, General de Wet,
 General Beyers. Colonel Maritz and
 others.
 Colonel Maritz was driven from Cape Colony, General Beyers was kill ed at Vaa1 rivers and General de Wet was captured after he had been in
 the field for more than a month. 
 belonging to Germany, Great Bri-
 tain and France were lined up on the borders of the respective pro vtnces. Fighting was general.
 During the latter part of October the British dreadnought Audacious was sunk off the Irish coast; the Russians successfully attacked Lodz and Radon, driving out the invad- ing Germans. Turkey joined the war at that juncture by naval oper- tions in the Black Sea. Odessa was attacked.
 November opened with a German l naval victory over a British squadron
 off the coast of Chile and the Turk ish warships bombarded SebastapoL Two days later German warships ventuEed from their anchorage be- hind the naval base at Heligoland and bombarded the British coast in the vicinity of Yarmouth. On No Vember 5,a Great Britain and France declared war on Turkey and the forts guarding the entrance to the Oar danelles were bombarded by a fleet of allied English and French war ships. On the north the Russians re- | occupied 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 HIoa 1 Ocean and adjacent waters overlook and sunk more than a score of mer- canti1e ships belonging to the na- tions allied against Germany before she was finally run down and des- | troyed off Cocos Island. In the At la-ntic the Karlsruhe and a number of auxiliary cruisers, performed sini- lar duties. They too sent to the bot
 tom more than a5~score of ships. On land the armies of the beIliger- l ents settled down to hold their posi- tions for the winter months. Activi- ties from November II, when the | German forces captured Dixmude, re- ! suited in Russian defeats at VlotsIa.- svek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle | in Flanders progressed at intervals,
 vigorous actions taking place and | thousands of men on both sides be- | ing killed or wounded. Intrenched l for the winter, the armies contented
 themselves principally with holding
 the positions they had gained. In 1 the Standardization campaign there
 was considerable activity during the
 early winter months The Austrians
 occupied Belgrade, the Serbian capi-
 tai on December 2, and retained it
 until December 15, when after the l Serbaans had captured large forces of
 Austrians, they were driven back into l their own territory.
 l In East Prussia during the winter l there was severe fighting, resulting in | the loss of many men, dead, wounded 1 and captured. The German armies operating in East Prussia held off l and dispatched a Russian army of | vast proportions, finally driving it | back well into it's own territory. On the sea, a British squadron sig na-lly defeated the German squadron
 which was victorious off Chile. This engagement took place off the Talk | land Islands. German cruisers bonn l barded Hartfepool and Scarborough. and the German armored cruiser | BIuecher was sunk in the North Sea by a section of the British fleet oper- atfng there. German submarines be-
 came especially active during the
 winter months, sinking many war
 ships and merchantmen.
 March opened with an announce
 ment of British measures against the
 Germans for the submarine warfare
 and the development of battle in | France.
 British troops in France again be-
 came active. making a notable ~ad- 1 vance at Neuve Chapel1e. By the
 end of March the Russian troops had
 penetrated the Duk1a Pass and enter 1 ed Hungary. April saw the begin
 ming of violent assaults upon the Ger
 man lines by the French east of Yer | dun and the Mouse. The French | storned the German position at Les | Eparges and about the same time it was officially announced that the to- tai of British casualties to that date
 were 139, ,347. By the middle of April the Russians had penetrated 1 Hun RaTY t0 a int f1zra11fv Ylafles ovel.