Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK April 10 1915 French gained In the and on the St. St Pont a Pont a Mousson son front Germans beat French between the Orne and the Meuse In Le LePretre LePretre LePretre forest and at la Grande Russians began attack on Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans between and Beskid passes Germans Austro Germans Austro-Germans repulsed strong Russian attack In vall valley y British relief steamer torpedoed In North sea Premier Borden called for second Canadian expeditionary force farce April 11 1915 Germans made some recoveries against the French and took three towns from Belgians Germans l In Infantry advance lost heavily by artillery attack of French Russians held all the main ridges of the and approached the valley German cruiser Wilhelm Wilhelm Wil- Wil helm arrived at Newport News Allied fleet bombarded Dardanelles Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles forts from gulf of Saros Hungary Austro-Hungary accused allies of atrocities and breaches of International International International Inter Inter- national law Great recruiting campaign began began began be be- gan In London Germany protested the shipment of arms from America to allies April 12 1915 Fierce fighting In France Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans being repulsed at Les but gaining In and Le LePretre LePretre LePretre forests Russians badly beaten near Kazl- Kazl and repulsed last of pass German attack on repulsed re re- re- re pulsed French battleship and aeroplanes bombard Turk camp at Gaza German dirigible dropped bombs on Nancy British defeated Turks and Kurds in Mesopotamia April 13 1915 French made gains near Berry- Berry au Bac but were repulsed at other points Germans near Thionville and Metz heavily re enforced Germans Austro-Germans violently attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked Russian left wing Russians gained In region near and on the Nie- Nie men bombarded by Germans Ger Ger- mans French aviators bombarded military military mili mill tary hangars at Vigneulles Many killed by explosion at naval reserve station In Lerwick Shet Shet- land German shells fall on Swiss ter ter- ter- ter April 14 1915 French penetrated German line at Marcheville but were driven out French artillery checked German attack at Les Russians drove Austrians from Hungary Germans attacked near Dutch and Swedish steamers blown up in North sea Zeppelin made mado night raid over Tyne district of England another was wrecked br bj gunfire In Belgium Bel Bel- gium April 15 1915 French carried with bayonet spur northeast of Notre Dame de Lorette Lorette Lorette Lo- Lo rette and gained In the Argonne Germans repulsed French at Marcheville and elsewhere Russians crushed Bavarians attacking attacking attacking at at- tacking their left wing and defeated defeat defeat- ed Austrians on extreme east east Austrians defeated Russians near on the Blala Biala Allied battleships destroy Turk camp at Enos Russian squadron bombarded Kara Kara German submarine sank British steamer Ptarmigan French airmen made several raids oh on on German lerman t erman positions April 16 1915 French repulsed German attacks near Arras and St. St Operations In checked by flooded rivers Great defeat of Turks at ShalLa Mesopotamia by British reported French cruiser bombarded El El- Arish Palestine and Russians shelled Asia Minor ports Zeppelins raided East Kent Essex Essex Essex Es Es- sex and Suffolk Rhine towns raided by allied aeroplanes Two allied hydroplanes shot down by Turks at Dardanelles |