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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A: YEAR AGO THIS WEEK July 10, 1915. Germans checked by Frerch north of Arras and by Belgians on the Yser. Russians delivered smashing blow against Austrians In southern Poland. British, Norwegian and Italian steamers sunk by German submarines. subma-rines. Unsatisfactory reply to U. S. note on Lusitania received from Germany. July 11, 1915. Great artillery activity on west front. Arras and Reims shelled by Germans. Ger-mans. Bombs dropped on Venice by Austrian aeroplane. Russians occupied positions on heights of right bank of River Ur-zendooka. Ur-zendooka. July 12, 1915. Germans took 22 miles of Russian Rus-sian trenches near Suwalkf. Austrians repulsed Montenegrins on Herzegovina border. Austrians made desperate efforts to get through the Carnic Alps into Italy. Allies advanced in Gallipoli. July 13, 1915, German crown prince's army thrown back by French at the Ar-gonne. Ar-gonne. Austrians in Lublin region retreated re-treated toward Galician border. Austrian attempt to invade Italy at Kreuzberg defeated with heavy loss. Russians bested Turks in battles bat-tles in Armenia aid Transcaucasia. French aeroplane squadrons bombarded bom-barded German railway and supply sup-ply stations. July 14, 1915. Germans made considerable advance ad-vance in the Argonne. New German defensive developed devel-oped in direction of Riga. Italians took two forts south of Goritz and trenches in Carnic Alps. July 15, 1915. Germans held gains in the Argonne Ar-gonne against counter-attacks. Germans renewed drive on Warsaw War-saw and took Przasnysz. Austria issued Red Book accusing accus-ing allies of cruelty, etc Welsh coal miners struck. Germany formally expressed regret re-gret for torpedoing of American steamer Nebraskan. July 16, 1915. French drove back Germans in the Argonne. Hlndenburg and Mackensen advanced ad-vanced on Warsaw. Austrians crossed the Dniester and advanced on Bessarabia. Heavy artillery fighting in Car-inthia. Car-inthia. German submarine U-51 sunk la Black sea by Russian warship. French aeroplanes bombarded military station at Chauny. |