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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Sept. 20, 1914. Allies captured Souain. Belgians retook Lanaeken. Germans brought big siege guns up to Antwerp. Russians took Jaroslav and be-6nn be-6nn bombardment of fortress of Przemysl. Geneisil Hirdenburg began movement move-ment against Grodno, Russian Poland. Po-land. Germans defeated by Russians near Sandomierz. Serbs defeated Austrians near Novi-Bazar. German cruiser Koenigsberg disabled dis-abled British cruiser Pegasus in Zanzibar harbor. Six British ships taken by German Ger-man cruiser Emden. Austrian .torpedo boat sunk at Pola. German merchant cruiser Cap Trafalgar sunk by the Carmania. Zept. 21, 1914. Germans bombarded Antwerp forts. Allies took Massiges and Mesoil between Reims and Argonne. Serbs defeated Austrians at Kroupani, but evacuated Semlin. Russians took Dubiecko and surrounded sur-rounded General Dankl's army. German cruiser Emden sank British Brit-ish steamer Clan Matheson. Japanese aviators wrecked two forts at Tsingtau. German official statement of destruction de-struction of Louvain issued. French foreign office protested to neutrals on bombardment of Reims cathedral. Russia issued its Orange Book. Sept. 22, 1914. " Germans captured Craonne. German right turned between Peronne and St. Quentin. Austrians defeated on the Drina. Australians seized German wireless wire-less station on island of Nauru. Germans repulsed in attack on fort in Voi district, Africa. German submarines sank British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue in North sea. Sept. 23, 1914. Germans bombarded Verdun. Allies advanced left wing near Lassigny. Russians took Wislok. Cossacks raided Czenstochowa. Russian cruiser Boyar sank German Ger-man cruiser and two torpedo boats. British aviators dropped bombs on Zeppelin plant at Dusseldorf. Sept. 24, 1914. French took Peronne. Varennes captured by Germans. Russians again occupied Soldau. Russian advanced guard arrived before Cracow. Germans defeated at Subin. British troops landed near Lao-shan, Lao-shan, China. Germans at Schuckmannsberg, Africa, surrender. Two Austrian torpedo boats and one destroyer sunk by mines in Adriatic. German cruiser Emden bombarded bom-barded Madras. Anglo-French fleet bombarded Cattaro. Canada's contingent of 32,000 men sailed. German aviators dropped bombs on Ostend. Sept. 25, 1914. Allies attacked Germans at St. Quentin, but were repulsed. Germans advanced southeast of Verdun. Snow halted campaign in Alsace. Russians occupied Czyschky and Feisty n. Population of Cracow fled. Serbs and Austrians fought battle bat-tle near Zvorkni. Australian force took German New Guinea. Kronprinz Wilhelm sank British steamer Indian Prince. Belgian and German aviators in duel over Brussels. Germans again shelled Reims cathedral. Formal complaint of German atrocities filed in Washington. |