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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Sept. 27, 1914. Allies repulsed German attacks on both wings, but Germans gained in center. French re-enforced on the Meuse. Germans bombarded Malines. Russians checked German ad vance into Poland at Suwalki and entered town of Przemysl. Serbs and Montenegrins reached Roumanian border. Japanese defeated Germans In outskirts of Kiaochow. German aviators dropped bombs in Paris and Warsaw. Cholera outbreak in Austria. m Sept. 28, 1914. Allies made progress on heights of the Meuse. Belgians retook Alost and repulsed re-pulsed Germans at Malines. General Hindenburg's army forced to retire from Poland. Pneeianc n.nniH nAnihir.a and took a fort at Przemysl. Russians crossed the Carpathians and invaded Hungary. Japanese approacid Tsingtau. German Congo seized tay British and French. French warship sunk by Cattaro forts. Russian soldiers occupied Tilsit estate of kaiser. Sept. 29, 1914. Germans owtupied Moll and Malines and bombarded Lierre. Outer defenses of Antwerp shelled by the Germans. Serbs retook Semlin. Russians swept over northern Hungary. Japanese invested Tsingtau. Chinese blew up railroad bridges to hinder progress of Japanese.. British warships bombarded Tsingtau. " German cruiser Emden sank five British steamers in Gulf of Bengal and all tank steamers at Madras. Zeppelin dropped bombs in Belgian Bel-gian towns. U. S. S. Tennessee ordered to the Adriatic. Sept. 30, 1914. Allies drove back both German wings and retook St. Mihiel. Germans destroyed town of Germans failed in attempt to cross the River Niemen. Retreating Austrians surrounded near Dukia. Hungarians retook Uzsok pass. Japanese reached Lao-Cha and Germans abandoned their artillery. Italian ships sunk by Austrian mines. British cruiser Cumberland captured cap-tured ten German merchant steamers. steam-ers. Cadets from Canada Royal Military Mili-tary college sailed for England. Oct. 1, 1914. Allies won fight around Roys. French shelled Germans In quarries. quar-ries. Belgians bombarded Termonde church to drive Germans from steeple. Bombardment of Antwerp forts continued. German and Japanese warships fought in Kiaochow harbor. Troops from India landed at Marseilles. Mar-seilles. Oct. 2, 1914. Allies checked at Arras. Germans driven back across the Meuse. Two Antwerp forts silenced. Russians broke German center and took up new battle line from Mariampol to Ossowetz. Germans bombard Ossowetz. Russians took two forts of Przemysl. German cruisers shelled Papeete, capital of French islands of Tahiti. French gunboat sank German auxiliary ships Rhios anc' Itolo. oerman cruiser Leipzig sank Union oil tanker Elsinore. German foreign office accused French of torturing wounded at Orchies. American Red Cross ship arrived at Pauillac, France. l |
