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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A ! YEAR AGO THIS WEEK May 22, 1915. British won north of La Bassee, but were repulsed near Neuve Ciapelie. Russians took offensive on lower San and captured four towns. Germans defeated Russians at Shavli. Austrians in Bukowina retreated. Norwegian steamer sunk by German Ger-man submarine. German aviators dropped bombs on Paris. General mobilization of Italian army ordered and martial law proclaimed pro-claimed in northeast Italy. May 23, 1915. British advanced east of Festu-bert Festu-bert and French near Notre Dame de Lorette and Neuville-St. Vaast. Russians recrossed the San in effort to outflank the Germans. Germans defeated Russian right wing. Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary. Austrian patrol crossed Italian frontier and was driven back. Turks repulsed allies at Sedd-ul-Bahr. Great Britain, France and Russia Rus-sia in joint statement, accused Turkish government of responsibility responsibil-ity for massacres of Armenians, May 24, 1915. Germans attacked British near Ypres behind six-mile cloud of poison poi-son gas. Russian movement upon Nisko compelled Mackensen to draw in his wings. Furious German assaults south of Przemysl. Austrian artillery shelled Italian outposts in front of Rivoli. Austrian vessels bombarded Italian Ital-ian coast towns. Turkish gunboat sunk by allied submarine. Austrian aviators bombarded many Italian t"wns. Germans at Monso, Kamerun, surrendered to French. May 25, 1915. Von Mackensen took six fortified villages north of Przemysl. Russians won in Opatow region. Italians crossed Austrian frontier on 67-mile front. American steamer Nebraskan struck by torpedo or mine. Italy declared blockade of Austrian Aus-trian and Albanian coasts. Austrians sank Italian destroyer. Allies bombarded many Asia Minor coast towns. British battleship Triumph sunk in Dardanelles by German submarine-British coalition cabinet announced. an-nounced. May 26, 1915. British made further gains near La Bassee. Germans forced passage of the San River. Italians seized various towns in the Trentino. British submarine sank Turkish gunboat close to Constantinople. Zeppelin bombarded Southend, England, and later fell into sea. May 27, 1915. Belgians repulsed two German attacks near Dixmude. Teutons forced, another crossing of the San, broke through Russian lines near Stry and forced Russians back. Russians won fights on Upper Vistula and near Dniester marshes. Italian invasion of Austria continued; con-tinued; battles west of Praedil pass and at Plocken. Allies in Gallipoli carried five lines of Turkish trenches with bayonet. bay-onet. British auxiliary ship Princess Irene blown up; 321 killed. British battleship sunk by German Ger-man submarine at Dardanelles. Allied aviators bombarded Lud-wigshafen Lud-wigshafen and Ostend. May 28, 1915. Fierce fighting north of Arras. Russians drove Germans back I across the San, but Austrians advanced ad-vanced fa. ;her. Italians occupied Monte Baldo ! and crossed Venetian Alps. ! Austrians sank Italian destroyer j and Italians sank Austrian submarine. subma-rine. ' Five allied steamers sunk by German Ger-man submarines. 8 |