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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK April 24, 1915. In furious battle north of Ypres allies gained some ground. French repulsed attack! at Les Eparges and elsewhere. Germans gained in forest of Le P ret re. Finnish and Norwegian vessels sunk by German submarines. French aviator bombarded Smyrna Smyr-na fort. April 25, 1915. Germans gained more ground at Ypres and began terrific drive near La Bassee, French repulsed In tJie Argonne and the Meuse hills. Austro-Germans took by storm Ostry mountain In the Carpathian, commanding Orava valley. Russians repelled German in Prussian Poland. Russian Black Sea fleet bombarded bom-barded Bosporus forts. April 26, 1915. Allies rallied at Ypres and checked Germans. Germans took summit of Hart-mannsweilerkopf Hart-mannsweilerkopf from French. Austrians again defeated Russians Rus-sians In Carpathians. General land and sea attack on the Dardanelles. French cruiser Leon Gambetta torpedoed by Austrian submarine; 552 lost. German cruiser Kronprlnz Wll-helm Wll-helm Interned at Newport News. Zeppelin dropped large bombs on Calais. ' April 27, 1915. Allies repulsed German attacks near Ypres and Dlxmude and captured cap-tured several towns. German attacks at Les Eparges failed. Russians began another offensive around Uzsok pass. British battleships Majestic and Triumph gladly damaged In Dardanelles Darda-nelles attack. Allied airmen bombarded a dozen towns. International Women's Peace congress opened at The Hague. April 28, 1916. Terrible battle at Ypres continued, contin-ued, with varying fortune. Heavy fighting continued in Uzsok pass and Stryj regions. Allies established line across tip of Gallipoli peninsula. French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc disabled dis-abled at Dardanelles. German aeroplane dropped bombs on American tanker Cush-Ing Cush-Ing in North sea. Aviators of all armies made many raids. Secretary Bryan answered unfavorably unfa-vorably Germany's note on sinking of the Frye. April 29, 1915. Germans won victories at Ypres, In Champagne and along the Meuse. Germans began an offensive along entire East Prussian front. Russians beaten back In Carpathians. Carpa-thians. Allies landed many more men on Gallipoli, but at Gaba Tepeh were driven back by Turks, who sank 12 sloops carrying troops. German aeroplanes bombarded Beifort and Epernay. Kurds massacred Christians In Armenia. April 30, 1915. French and Belgians gained in Belgium. German gun shelled Dunkirk from position 22 miles away. Germans repulsed French at Le Mesnil and Fllrey. Russians checked Germans on left bank of Vistula and near Golo-vetzko Golo-vetzko and Nadvorna. Turkish troop ship sunk In Dardanelles. Dar-danelles. Zeebrugge bombarded from the sea. Zeppelin dropped bombs on Suffolk Suf-folk towns. |