The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-31
WAR
Movements Past Year in Field
and in Naval Zones
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
I. Battleship Sunk: British battleship
Formidable sunk IN the English cham
mel by German submarine or mine;
over 600 drowned
s. France: Germans attacked by the al
lies at SoissonH. France
H. France: High water In the Aisne
compelled the allies 70 retreat
"A. France: Allies withdrew south OF the
Aisne at Scissors, losing 5000 prison
era and many guns
n France; Allies captured Ia Bassee,
In France.
a. Cruiser Sunk: In a German naval at
tack on thR English coast the German
cruiser Bluecher was sunk, with about
100 OF her crew. British cruiser Lion
disabled
80. Submarines: German submarines at
tackled British ships In the Irish sea,
800 miles from the nearest German
naval base on the Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY.
g. Cnulser Lost: British cruiser Clan
MaoNaughton. with crew OF go men.
lost while cruising or the British
coast.
Turkey: Turks, estimated at 1900, at
tackled British guards along Suez ca
nal south Of Ismailia, Egypt
4. Naval War Zone: German admiralty
declared a war zone In the English
channel on and after Feb. IS.
Z. East Prussia: Germans by forced
march, turned the Russian flank at
Johannesburg, In East Prussia, and
forced the enemy to retreat hurried
ly to Russian territory.
49, Austrian Front: Austrians reoccupied
Czernowitz, Bukovina, which the Rus
slams captured early in the war.
War Zone: The German war zone de-
cree went into effect warning neu-
trails of danger in the English channel
90 Ship Evelyn Sunk: American mer-
chant ship Evelyn mysteriously sunk
In the British war zone in the Irish
sea.
a. Poland: Germans stormed and cap
tured Przasnysz, Poland, an lmpor-
tant Russian post north OF Warsaw.
The Dardanelles: Allied fleet lombard
ed Turkish forts guarding the Darda-
nelles strait, sea entrance to Constan-
tinople.
MARCH.
1. War Blockade: England announced
her intention to stop all ships to and
from the seaports Of Germany.
5. Submarine: Three British merchant
vessels sunk by German submarines
OF the coast of England.
10. Cruiser Raider: German auxiliary
Prince Eitel Friedrich made port at
Newport News, Va, at the end Of
5000 mile sea raid, having on board
342 passengers and crew of vessels
sunk by her, including the American
ship w. p. Frye.
II Submarine: Z British, l French and l
Swedish merchant vessels torpedoed
by German submarine U-9 in British
waters. British auxiliary cruiser
Bayamo sunk by a mine or German
submarine off the coast of Scotland;
about 200 Britons drowned
IA. Naval: German cruiser Dresden, !
which survived the battle Of Falk-
land islands, sunk in battle with a
British fleet near San Juan Fernan-
dez island, Off Chile
Is British Blockade: Great Britain is
sued a sweeping order in council cut
ting Off all outside trade with Ger
many and refused to enter into an
agreement with Germany to modify
the war zone blockade
49, Naval: British batteships Irresistible
and Ocean and French battleship Bou-
vet sunk by mines during a naval at
tack in the Darcanelles.
q Fall Of PrZemysl: The Austrian for |
tress of Przemysl in Galicia, surren-
dered to the Russian army after a
gallant and prolonged defense.
APRIL.
s. Naval British battleship Lord Mel
son destroyed by Turks in Darda-
nelles strait.
16. Aerial Warfare: German airships |
dropped bombs near London in day |
light
%. Western Front: Germans captured |
the heights Of Les Eparges on the |
Meuse line and recaptured Hart
mannsweilerkopf, in the Vosges noun |
tains. They repused an attack by |
the allies along the Ypres canal with !
asphyxiating gas and crossed this bar |
rier to the west side.
Is. Dardaneles; Allied troops landed on |
the shore Of the Dardanelles under |
fire from the Turkish guns.
26. Submarines French steamer Leon |
Gambetta torpedoed by an Austrian
submarine in the strait of Otranto; |
500 seamen drowned
30. Belgium: German artillery at Nieu- |
port, Belgium, bombarded Dunkirk, on |
the French channel coast, inhictlng /
casualties at % mile range.
MAY.
/. Lusitania: The Cunard liner Lusita-
MIA sailed from New York for Liver
pool on her hapless voyage.
Submarine: American steamer Gulfight |
from Port Arthur, Tex, to Liverpool,
England, torpedoed off Scilly islands.
The captain was killed; the vessel and
SO of the crew saved.
Z Lustania Sunk: The Lusitania was
torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale Mum
ster coast, Ireland There were 21O4
persons on board, of whom 1,10O in
cluding about 100 Americans we're
lost.
Submarine: British battleship Goliath
torpedoed in the Dardanelles with a