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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Feb. 14, 1915. Germans prepared for offensive in Alsace. Russians checked German In Lyck region. Fierce fighting In Bukowina. Albanians Invaded Serbia. French aeroplanes routed Zeppe-lines Zeppe-lines near Muelhausen. Feb. 15, 1915. Russian lines held In the north. Austria announced Bukowina entirely en-tirely evacuated by Russians. Germans retook Czernowlfcc British submarines appeared In the Baltic. Austrian fleet bombarded Antl-varl. Antl-varl. Germany told U. S. It would be willing to recede from blockade decree If England would let foodstuffs food-stuffs for civilians enter Germany. Italy and Holland protested against German war zone decree. Austrian aviators fired on Montenegrin Monte-negrin royal family at Rleka. Feb. 16, 1915. French forces gained In Champagne. Cham-pagne. Germans occupied Plock and Blelsk and Russians fell back In North Poland. Austrlans won In Dukla pass. British merchant collier Dulwlch torpedoed. British aviators made raid In Belgium, Bel-gium, and French aviators attacked Ghl8telles. Feb. 17, 1915. French steamer Vllle de Lille sunk by German submarine. Two Zeppelins wrecked off Danish Dan-ish coast. Allied airmen attacked network of Belgian canals. Cholera and typhus raging in Poland. Po-land. Feb. 18, 1915. Allies in West on offensive, Germans Ger-mans retiring from Norroy. Belgrade bombarded by Austrlans. Austrl-ans. German submarine blockade of Great Britain begun. Germany made unsatisfactory reply re-ply to American note. Norwegian steamer Nordcap blown up by mine. Feb. 19, 1915. Germans abandoned march to Nieman but advanced on Plonsk and occupied Tauroggen. Allied fleet began attack on forts at Dardanelles entrance. French steamer Denorah and Norwegian tanker sunk by German submarines. Passenger travel between England Eng-land and continent suspended by Great Britain. England defended use of neutral flags. French aviator bombarded Ost-end. Ost-end. j Steamer Batiscan sailed with relief re-lief supplies from 30 states of U. S. Feb. 20, 1915. Germans were repulsed at Osso-wetz. Osso-wetz. Russians bombarded Przemysl. German warship Holger interned at Buenos Aires. British steamer Cambank sunk by submarine in Irish sea. Austrian aviator bombarded Cet-inje. |