Evening star., 1915-01-03
CHRONOLOGY OF EUR OPEAN WAR;
FIVE MONTHS OF FIERCE STRIFE

I Bay Of Bengal, by Australian cruiser
| Sydney.
nude. German submarine Sinks brltlsn
| gunboat Niger off Deal.
November 12-Russians occupy johann
nisburg in East Prussia Russians de-
feated at Vlotslavek.
November 13-Fighting renewed at
| November 15-Russians defeated at
| Lipno and Kutno. Battle in Flanders at
tains climax with charge Of the Prussian
Guard against Ypres.
Constantinople proclaims a holy war
against the allies. British house OF COM
mons votes war loan Of f225,o0O,000.
| November 17-Berlin announces Aus
trian victory over Servians at Val5evo.
| November 1S-French capture Travy-
le-VaL Naval battle in Black sea, in
| which Turks and Russians both claim VIC
| tory.
November 19-House of commons votes
a new army of 100000 men-more than
100000 men already under arms. ex-
elusive Of territorials. Germans pierce
Russian center south of Lodz.
November 23-Russians surround two
German corps south Of Lodz.
November 26-British battleship Bull
wark destroyed by explosion in the Med
way river. Germans break through Rus
sian circle near Lodz.
November 29-Russians fail in assault
December German reichstag votes
new credit of five billion marks. King
George visits the army in Flanders
December 2-Austrians take Belgrade
by storm. Germany claims 10000 Rus
i sian prisoners since November II. Gen.
De Wet captured.
December 3-London war Office an
nounces landing Of Australians and
New zealandsrs a; n ,r in Egypt. Italian
for a change of policy. Servians turn
| on Austrians in three days battle
which ends in a notable Servian VIC
tory.
December 6-Germans occupy Lodz.
December French attack to the
north of Nancy repulsed.
December S-The German squadron
tackled in the south Atlantic off the
| Falkland Islands by British fleet un-
der Admiral Sturdee, and the cruisers
Scharnhorst. Gneisenau. Leipzig and
Bussorah. in Asia Minor.
December 9-Gen. Beyers. Boer lead
er. killed at the Vaal river.
| December 10-The Goeben bombards
| Batum.
December 13-British submarine
sinks the Turkish battleship Messudieh
in the Dardanelles. Russians announced
repulse of Germans coming from Sol
dau.
December 1.-THE Breslau bombards
Sebastopol. Servians capture large Aus
trian forces.
December 15-Austrians evacuate
Belgrade.
December 16-German cruisers bonn
bard Scarborough, Hartlepool and
Whitby on English coast.
December 17-Berlin announces gen.
eral Russian retreat in Poland. Sur
vivors of Emden captured.
December 1S-Egypt proclaimed a
British protectorate. Gen. Botha re-
CARDS Boer rebellion at an end
December 20-26-Severe fighting be.
tween Germans and Russians on the
line of the Bzura river. Allied offensive
accentuated in the west
December 22-French parliament as
sembles: Premier viviani declares for
war to the end.
December 23-French chamber votes
war credit of eight and half billion
francs.
December 25-British naval and
aerial raid against Cuxhaven. Russia ms
defeat Austrian army at Tuchow near
Tarnow. German offensive in central
Poland halted. Italian marines occupy
Avlona.
December 2s-French OCCUPY St.
Georges near Nieuport.
December 30-German aeroplanes
drop bombs in Dunkirk.
January 1. 1915-British battleship
Formidable sunk in the channel.