Show THE fHE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK WEEl Oct 18 1914 I Seve Severe e fighting nC near NIeuport and in Alsace Germans repulsed by Belgians at River and by French at nt St. St Die Germans evacuated Austrians repulsed at nt River San Serbians routed Austrians on the Save Sav and the Drina German Anti-German riots In London President Poincare's country house destroyed by Germans Oct 19 1914 Allies aided by British warships warships war war- ships repelled German advance between Nieuport and Germans attacked allied line from Ostend to Lille Fierce fighting near Warsaw and A Serbians captured forts British battleship Triumph damaged dam damaged damaged aged at nt Japanese cruiser sunk by German submarine In bay Austrian submarine sunk by French cruiser in Adriatic Fifty thousand Belgian refugees returned from Holland Irish nationalists In London took pledge to avenge Belgium Italian fleet mobilized Oct 20 1914 Germans gained near Lille Battles along banks of the on the Arras Arras Roye Roye line and on the Meuse Allies reported recapture of Bruges forts badly damaged Austrians advanced in and Stica valleys Serbians won at British submarine E 3 sunk Japanese fleet took Islands of Marianne group Two German ships sunk at Ja luit Oct 21 1914 British monitors bombarded German Ger man right wing on Belgian coast Allies repulsed German attacks at Nieuport arid and La Bas- Bas see Heavy fighting on the Russians defeated German German German-Aus- Aus In northern Poland and halted Austrians at the San Serbians repelled Austrian attacks attacks at at- attacks tacks in Bosnia Cattaro again bombarded German cruiser Emden sank five British steamships in Indian Ocean All German and Austrian residents In England of military age ordered put in detention detention tion camps Oct 22 1914 French retook Altkirch General Helmuth von Moltke chief of German general staff retired retired re reo re- re tired on account of health Russians defeated Germans near Warsaw Russians captured many Austri- Austri ins and some ome guns in French and British warships bombarded German positions on Belgian coast British cruiser Carmania dam dam- aged American relief committee cabled to Belgians Oct 23 1914 German right wing re enforced gained ground at La Bassee Heavy Henvy fighting between the Ghent-Bruges Ghent line and Russians won battle along the Vistula nd pursued the Austrians in Poland Germans moved fortified to River Warthe Austrians reoccupied Czerno witz and announced capture of forts near Sambor German aviators dropped bombs on Warsaw V Yom Woman n spies executed In Ger Ger- many |