The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06

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Oct. 1o.-German army of 10000 was re-
pulsed at Quatrecht, east Of Client.
Oct. 11.-Germany imposed wal fine Of
800, 600. 900 on Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada SUM by German
submarines. a,' Z
Oct. 12.-Ghent occupied by the Ger
mans. ~
Oct. 1s.-Belgian government moved to
Havre, France.
Colonel Maritz and his troops in the
northwest. Of Cape province, South Africa,
rebelled. Martial law proclaimed through
out Union Of South Africa.
Oct. 15.-Germans occupied Ostend and
Bruges. m.
Oct. 1s.-British cruiser Hawke sunk in
the North sea by German submarine.
Oct. H.-Japanese cruiser Takachfho
sunk by torpedo in Kiauchau bay.
British cruiser U~ndaunted and four de-
stroyers sunk four German ~destroyers in
North sea. ..
Oct. 1S.-Allies ~.recaptured Armentieres.
Oct. 1~9-Desperate fighting along Bel
gian coast. British warships taking part.
Oct. 2.-French retook Altkirch, Alsace.
at the point Of the bayopet. p
Oct. A.-Ten days battle before War
saw ended in German defat. .
Oct. 25.-Germans crossed River User
and slowly pressed toward the south.
Oct. 26.-Germanss bombarded Newport
but were checked by, allies.
Mar,tz and his rebel force defeated by
Union Of South Africa troops.
Prinzip. slayer Of 'Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife. and q others
found guilty Of treason. I
Won Falkenhayn, German minister of
war. made chief Of staff to succeed Won
Moltke.
Oct. 2s.-De Wet and Beyers Joined in
South Africa revolt. ~
British ~dreadnaught Audacious u by
mine .. si go
Russians reoccupied LODI and Radon.
EGermans retreatinE.
Oct. 2S.-Prinzip was sentenced to 20
years Imprisonment; four Of his accom-
pllces sentenced to death and others to
various terms: Of Imprisonment.
Botha reported the rout of the rebel
Beers. "s go
German cruiser EIaden eorpedoed Rus
sian: cruiser and French destroyer in Pc
nang harbor. ~
Oct: 29.-Turkey3 began war on Russia,
the cruiser Breslau bombarding Odessa,
Theodosia and other places on the Black
sea. T. l'l%trJ
Nov. british cruiser Hermes sunk by
German submarine in Dover straits,
Five German warships engaged four
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and sank two and disabled a third; the
fourth escaped.
Nov. 3.-British and French feet bonn.
barded the D%ardanelles forts, and British
vessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah.
Arabia. .
Germans abandoned left bank Of the
User below Dixmude. ~,
Nov. 5.-France, Great Britain and Rus
STA declared war on Turkey. Great Brit
| ain annexed Cyprus. sfsd, E1"
Nov. 6.-The sheik- ul-Islam : ordered a
holy war against Russia. France and Eng
land. = s..- Al 81 ~
Nov. Herman fortress OF Using Tao, |
China. stormed by Japanese and British
and captured.
Nov. s.-Belgian troops penetrated to
Ostend. ~
Ypses set fire by German shells and de-
stroyed. H.. hgCtE
German cruiser Emden driven ashore
on ,Cocos islands and destroyed by Aus
tralian cruiser Sydney. s H,.
Nov. 10.-Russian feet in Black sea sank
four Turkish transports. /
Nov. 11.-British gunboat Niger sunk by
a torpedo of Deal. t% -
Russians occupied Johannesburg. East
Prussia
Germans captured Dixmude.
Nov. i15.-Germans forced from all POSI- |
| lions on left bank Of the User.
British destroyed Turkish fort at en-
trance to Red sea.
| Nov. 1&-Floods in West Flanders cut
of a large number of. Germans.
Pope Issued encyclical urging cessation
| Of warfare. AF4
Nov. 8.-Russians checked by Germans
at soldau after four days Of bloody fight
ing.
Nov. 22.-Ypres bombarded by Germans,
town hall and market place being de-
stroyed.
Nov. 23-Russians won great victory
over Germans who were advancing on
| Warsaw. - i
Nov. M.-Germans opened a terrific at
tack on the allies from Ypres to La
Bassee. d. .--. ,.2@- .
Naval base of Germans at Zeebrugge de-
molished by shells from British feet.
Nov. 26.-British battleship Bulwark de-
stroyed by explosion OF Sheerness.
Nov. N.-Germans renewed fierce bonn
bardment Of Reims.
Two British ships sunk off Havre by
German submarines. and one of Grimsby
by q mine. .t..sF.,
Dec. 1.-Germans cut their way out of
the Russian trap in POLAND but with great
losses. y
General De Wet, Boer rebel leader, cap
tured.
Dec. 2.-Germans in Poland resume the
offensive.
Belgrade. capital of servia, occupied by
the Austrians.
Dec. 6.-Germans occupied Lode. Rus
sian Poland. after severe bombardment.
Dec 7.-Germans defeated Russians
north and south Of Lodz.
Dec. Sherman cruisers Scharnhorst.
Gneisenau. Leipzig and Nuremberg. under
Admiral Won Spec, sunk by British squad
ron under Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee OFF the Falkland islands. The
Dresden. badly damaged. escaped.
Emperor william i'll in Berlin.
General Beyers, rebel Boer leader, re-
/ ported dead. s
Turkish forces at Kurna. at head Of Per-
sian gulf, surrendered to a British expedi-
tionary force from India.
Dec. s.-Terrifc fighting around Lowicz,
Russian Poland.
Dec. 1o.-Allies captured Roulers and
Armentieres. e.
Austrians in Servia compelled to re-
treat. 81.
Dec. n.-Russians checked three of the
FIVE German columns advancing on War
saw.
Allies repulsed violent attacks OF Ger
mans near Ypres. Jr
German submarine attack IN Dover re-
! pulsed.
Dec. 12.-German barracks at Kiel de-
stroyed by fire.
Governor Goethals asked that destroy
ers be sent to Panama canal at once to
enforce neutrality.