Show THE HE EUROPEAN WAR lIAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Oct 25 1914 Germans crossed canal near Battle at Russians drove Germans from Vistula river and retook and Radom Austro Germans Austro-Germans Germans defeated near Heavy fighting In Bosnia Japanese sank German cruiser off Honolulu Rebellion by De Do Wet and Beyers In n South Africa Oct 26 1914 German advance checked on ori the Veer Battle between Rawa and the river French steamer Amaral Ganteaume Gan Can loaded with refugees sunk by torpedo or mine off ff Boulogne Slayers of Archduke Ferdinand found guilty of treason German property In France taken taken ta ta- ken Into trusteeship Oct 27 21 1914 Allies captured and claimed Germans were driven across border near Nancy Fierce battles between La Bassee Bassee Bassee Bas- Bas see and the Somme 1 New Russian army crossed the Vistula north of Russians drove Germans from Rawa British dread naught Audacious sunk off Ireland by mine or tor tor- Germans laid mines off Irish coast Oct 28 1914 Allies repulsed night attack near and made gains In Ypres region and between La Bassee and Lens Germans retreated before Russians Russians Rus Rus- scans advancing from Warsaw and Battle along River San Hungarian cavalry division almost almost al al- al most annihilated in Galicia Belgians defeated Germans on Lake Tanganyika Africa Emden sank a Japanese steamer Japanese cruiser repelled repelled repelled re re- attack of two German war war- ships HolI Holland nd army massed on border to prevent Invasion Oct 29 1914 Allies gained near Ostend Germans made gains gain west of Lille and southwest of Verdun Germans themselves near Russians split opposing armies north and south of river Northern German army In re treat Allies took Africa Turkey began war on Russia by bombarding Odessa and Theodosia Theodo Theodo- sla sia 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 resigned resigned re re- re- re signed as first sea lord of British admiralty being succeeded by Sir John Fisher Oct 30 1914 Belgians flooded lower Veer valley val ley Icy compelling Germans to with with- draw Germans made gains In the Ar- Ar gonne Russians pursuing retreating Germans cap captured guns and aeroplanes aeroplanes aeroplanes aero aero- planes and retook Austrians defeated near Tarnow Japanese aided by Indian troops attacked Germans at Tsing- Tsing tau German cruiser Koenigsberg bottled up In river on African African Af rican coast Turkish torpedo boats bombarded bombarded bom barded Odessa sinking one Russian Russian Rus sian gunboat three liners and French steamer Russian and Turkish fleets fought In Black sea German erman reserves of 1914 called out American n commission sent foodstuffs food stuffs to Belgium |