| Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Dec 20 1914 Von advanced further further fur furS ther toward Warsaw R Russians crossed the Bzura burning the bridges Serbians and Montenegrins again invaded Bosnia Turks made gains near Lake Allied fleets bombarded Interior forts of the Dardanelles Russians drove Turks toward Van Belgian provinces agreed to pay tax to Germany Dec 21 1914 Allies extended offensive operations oper oper- In west gaining In center Russians won over Turks In Armenia capturing equipment Allied aviators dropped bombs in Brussels and made night night- attack near Ostend Chile protested against violations viola vlola of her neutrality by German navy Germans driven across border of North Poland Dec 22 1914 Germans claimed to have stopped allies in west Germans accused of shelling hospital In Ypres Russian army threatened railway railway rail rail- way to Thorn and Germans reformed reformed reformed re re- re- re formed to protect it Von Hindenburg's left threatened threatened threat threat- ene ened by new Invasion of Germany Germans crossed branches of Bzura and rivers Austrians defeated In the Car CarS Arabs menaced Christians In and French consul was seized Allied fleets bombarded German positions on Belgian coast French destroyer shelled Turks Allied fleets shelled Bahr Many Austrian soldiers killed In troop train accident Dec 23 1914 Allies made slight gains In west Austrians defeated In southern Galicia Portuguese retreated before the Germans in Angola Africa Turkish army left Damascus and marched on Suez canal Russian destroyers in Black sea bombarded Turkish villages King of Belgians sent message of thanks to Americans Dec 24 1914 British using new howitzers In west French artillery demolishes German trenches French cruiser damaged by Austrian Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian torpedo French submarine sunk by Austrian Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian shore batteries German aviator dropped bomb bombin in Dover Germany denied French charge I of hiring neutral ships to lay mines In in Mediterranean 1 Dec 25 1914 Unofficial Christmas along much ruch of the western front the allies and Germans in some Instances ex cx exchanging changing gifts and visits French shelled the outer forts of M Metz etz Civilians of East Prussia began movement toward interior of ince Russ Turkish Russo-Turkish operations were stopped by Intense cold Two German aviators flew up the Thames Dec 26 1914 British made naval and air attack attack at at- tack on German fleet without Important important Im im- im results Zeppelin dropped bombs In Nancy German aeroplanes made madel raid in Russian Poland and French aviators attacked Metz Fighting in Flanders was halted by dense fog Russians made gains In the south French attacked Austrian naval base at Pola In the Adriatic c. c Germany notified neutral nations their consuls In Belgium would not be recognized further |
