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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO TSiiS WEEK August 21, 1915. Germans advanced on Osso-wetz. Osso-wetz. Russian fleet defeated German fleet in Gulf of Riga. British submarine F-13. aground on Danish island, shelled by German torpedo boat Great Britain and France declared de-clared cotton absolute contra-band. contra-band. Venizelos accepted Greek premiership. August 22, 1915. Severe artillery fighting In Ar-ras Ar-ras region. Italians gained ground in the Carso front. Two French torpedo boats sank German destroyer off Os-tend. Os-tend. Russians retired from the Nie-men Nie-men and Bobr line. August 23, 1915. Ossowetz captured by the Ger-mans. Ger-mans. Italians evacuated heights of Monfalcone. Austrians repulsed Italians east of Polazzo. British fleet of 30 vessels shelled Zeebrugge. August 24, 1915. Germans crossed the Narew river. Germans planned to invade Serbia via Bulgaria. Austrians attacks checked by Italians. August 25, 1915. Allies on Gailipoli peninsula advanced on 12-mile front. German cruisers bombarded signal stations near Riga. Austrian aeroplane bombarded Brescia. "Sixty-two French aviators attacked at-tacked Dillingen, Rhenish Prussia. Prus-sia. Sixty allied areoplanes shelled Mont Huest forest in Belgium. August 26, 1915. Brest-Litovsk captured by Aus-tro-Germans. Germans took Bialystok. Reims again shelled by the Germans. British aviator Bigsworth sank German submarine with a bomb. August 27, 1915. German advance northeast of Brest-Litovsk drove Russians nearly to Kobryn. Austro-Germans broke through -the Zicta Lipa line in Galicia. Italians developed great movement move-ment against Trent and Trieste. |