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Show TI!E EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK April 17, 1915. French made progress in the Vosgcs, in Champagne, and at Notre Dame de Lorette. Germans defeated French at Fl ii ey. Russians repulsed attacks in direction di-rection of the Etryj. Cznr of Russia le.t for the front. Turkish torpedo boat attacked Eritish transport in the Aegean, 100 being lost, and Turkish boat was destroyed by two warships. Greek steamer Ellispontis torpedoed torpe-doed In North sea. French airship bombarded Strass-burg Strass-burg and German aeroplanes attacked at-tacked Amiens. April 18, 1915. Germans repulsed English attack near Ypres and took position In the Vosges. French had successes at several points in France and Alsace. Russians made gains on the heights of Telepotch. British submarine E-15 ran ashore in the Dardanelles, and was destroyed by British picket boats. Bread riots occurred in Vienna and Bohemia. April 19, 1915. British took Hill 60 and pushed their line south of Ypres forward three miles. French made gains along Fecht river and took summit of Burgkorp-feld. Burgkorp-feld. Germans repulsed French at Combres. British and French forces landed on Lemnos. Von der Goltz made commander of Turks. Russian squadron shelled Turkish Turk-ish coast and sank many vessels. French airmen raided Rhine towns and Germans bombed Bel-fort. Bel-fort. Garros, famous French aviator, captured by Germans. April 20, 1915. Heavy artillery fighting In Charm pagne and the Argonne. Germans stormed and retook Embermenll. Russians repulsed heavy German attacks east of Telepotch. Severe fighting for possession of the heights near Oravozil. Two Turkish torpedo boats blown up by Russian mines at Bosporus entrance. German aeroplane squadron bombarded bom-barded Bialystok, Russian Poland. Great air battle over the Rhine won by allied airmen. April 21, 1915. German attacks on Hill 60 and Hartmannsweilerkopf repulsed. French lost ground at Flirey and in Forest of Le Pretre. Russian advance In Carpathians stopped. Twenty thousand French and British landed near Enos, on Gulf of Saros. , Germans in the Kameruns and Central Africa forced back. British aviators bombarded German Ger-man aviation harbor at Ghent. Bulgarian irregulars invaded Serbia. American government Informed Germany it would not prohibit shipment of arms. April 22, 1915. Great battle near Ypres, Germans Ger-mans forcing way across the canal and capturing several villages. French made gains farther south. Russians defeated Austrians In Bukowina but lost heavily at Uzsok pass. Allied fleet bombarded Dardanelles Darda-nelles forts. General Joffro retired 29 generals. gen-erals. April 23, 1915. French made progress at Fpr-stat Fpr-stat and near St. Mihiel. Russian cavalry invaded East Prussia near Memel. Severe fighting in Ujsok pass region. Blockade of Kamerun, German West Africa, declared by Great Britain. Russian aeroplanes bombarded Mlawa and Plotsk. |