Show FHE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK oct 25 1914 germans crossed canal near battle at nieuport russians drove germans from vistula river and retook glodz and radom austro germans defeated near przemysla heavy fighting in besnia bosnia japanese sank german cruiser apollus off honolulu rebellion by da wet and beyers in south africa oct 26 1914 german advance checked on the battle between rawa and the kijanka river french steamer amaral gan beaume loaded with refugees sunk by torpedo or alno off boulogne slayers of archduke ferdinand found guilty of treason german property tn franco ta ken into trusteeship oct 27 1914 allies captured thobro it and claimed germans were driven across border near nancy fierce battles between la bas see and the semme new russian army crossed the vistula north of Ivan gorod russians drove germans from rawa british dreadnought dread naught audacious sunk off ireland by mine or tor germans laid mines off irish coast oct 28 1914 allies repulsed near and made gains in cypres ypres region and between la bassee and lens germans retreated before rus advancing from warsaw and Ivan gorod battle along river san hungarian cavalry division at most annihilated in galada belgians defeated bermans on lake tanganyika africa emden sank a japanese steamer japanese cruiser chitose re belled attack of two german warships holland army massed en border to prevent invasion oct 29 1914 allies gained near ostend germans made gains west of lille and southwest of verdun germans In trenched themselves near russians split opposing armies north and south of river northern german army in re treat allies took edaa africa turkey began war on russia by bombarding odessa and theodo sla from sea emden sank russian cruiser and french destroyer in harbor german airmen dropped bombs on bethune killing 19 women prince louis of battenberg resigned as first sea lord of british admiralty being succeeded by sir john fisher oct 30 1914 belgians flooded lower vat ley compelling germans to with draw germans made gains in the argonne russians pursuing retreating germans captured guns and aero planes and retook lans defeated near tarnow japanese aided by indian troops attacked germans at tsang tau german cruiser koenigsberg bottled up in river on at alcan coast turkish torpedo boats bom baided barded odessa sinking one rus gunboat three liners and french steamer russian and turkish fleets fought in black sea german reserves of 1914 called out american commission sent food stuffs to belgium |