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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Jan. 24, 1915. Germans bombarded several towns in Flanders. Allies evacuated St. Georges. Russians were checked in Transylvania. Tran-sylvania. Turkish advance on Erze.rum was checked by the Russians. British patrol squadron under Vice-Admiral Beatty defeated German Ger-man squadron attempting to reach English coast; German battie cruiser Bluecher sunk. Secretary of State Bryan denied charges of government discrimination discrimina-tion against Germany and Austria. -Boer rebels under Maritz repulsed re-pulsed in- attack on Upington, Bechuanaland. Jan. 25, 1915. Kaiser sent Prince Eitel Fried-rich Fried-rich to direct fighting in Alsace. French gained toward Altkirch and destroyed bridges over Meuse at St. Mihiel. Germans were forced by floods to abandon Dixmude trenches. Fierce fighting in Bukowina. Russians were forced from their trenches south of Tarnow. Jan. 26, 1915. Another battle was fought at La Bassee. Germans by vigorous attacks gained ground near Craonne and In Alsace. Russians captured German airship air-ship that bombarded Libau. Roumania resumed exportation of war supplies to Hungary. American Red Cross shipped large consignment of supplies for Serbia and Turkey. Jan. 27, 1915. Germans" celebrated kaiser's birthday by attack on allies between be-tween La Bassee and Bethune, losing los-ing heavily. Indecisive fighting took place near Ypres. Austrians recaptured Uzsok pass. Russian; seized Pilkallen. British defeated Turkish advance guard near El Kantara on Suez canal. Tu.-ks were defeated by British at Korna. Two Hindu soldiers won the Victoria Vic-toria Cross. Prince von Buelow warned Italy because of its military preparations. General von Bissing ordered all Englishmen in Belgium sent to Germany. Jan. 28, 1915. French were defeated at Craonne. Germans made gains in the Vos-ges Vos-ges and upper Alsace. Tremendous struggle for the Carpatrfians opened, Austro-Ger-mans advancing on 80-mile front. Turks, re-enforced, attacked Russians Rus-sians in the Caucasus. Slavs in Austria-Hungary rioted because of mobilization order. Jan. 29, 1915. Germans were checked in two attempts at-tempts to cross the Aisne. Yser flood area drained by the Germans. Russian wings advanced in East Prussia, closing in on Insterburg and Tilsit. Advance in Carpathians made by Russians. Turks fortified Ezerum and expelled ex-pelled civilians. Italian soldiers of First and Thirty categories called to colors. Polish legion formed at Warsaw. Jan. 30, 1918. Russian force entered Hungary. First detachment of Canadian troops reached France. Germans won a victory in the Argonne. Russians cut railway between Memel and Tilsit. Russians overwhelmed the Turks In the Caucasus and captured Tabriz, Ta-briz, Persia. German submarine sank three British steamers in Irish channel. Italy placed contracts for war supplies In United States. |