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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AG0THIS WEEK Dec. 20, 1914. Von Hlndenburg advanced further fur-ther toward Warsaw. Russians crossed the Bzura, burning the bridges. Serbians and Montenegrins again Invaded Bosnia. Turks made gains ntar Lake Urumlah. Allied fleets bombarded Interior forts of the Dardanelles. Russians drove Turks toward Van. Belgian provinces agreed to pay tax to Germany. Dec. 21, 1914. Allies extended offensive operations oper-ations In west, gaining In center. Russians won over Turks In Armenia, capturing equipment. Allied aviators dropped bombs In Brussels and made night attack near Ostend. Chile protested against viola tlons of her neutrality by German navv. Germans driven across border of North Poland. Dec. 22, 1914. Germans claimed to have stopped allies In west. Germans accused of shelling hospital In Ypres. Russian army threatened railway rail-way to Thorn and Germans reformed re-formed to protect It. Von Hlndenburg'a left threatened threat-ened by new Invasion of Germany. Germans crossed branches of Bzura and Rawka rivers. Austrlans defeated In the Carpathians. Car-pathians. Arabs menaced Christians In Hodelda and French consul was seized. Allied fleets bombarded German positions on Belgian coast. French destroyer shelled Turks. Allied fleets shelled Kllid Bahr. Many Austrian soldiers killed In troop train accident. Dec. 23, 1914. Allies made slight gains In west. Austrlans defeated in southern Gatleln. Portuguese retreated before the Germans In Angola, Africa. Turkish army left Damascus and marched on Suez canal. Russian destroyers In Black sea bombarded Turkish villages. King of Belgians sent message of thanks to Americans. Dec. 24, 1914. British using, new howitzers tn west; French artillery demolishes German trenches. French cruiser damaged by Austrian Aus-trian torpedo. French submarine sunk by Austrian Aus-trian shore batteries. German aviator dropped bomb In Dover. Germany denied French charge of hiring neutral ships to lay mines In Mediterranean. Dec. 25, 1914. Unofficial Christmas along much of the western front, the allies and Germans In some Instances ex changing gifts and visits. French shelled the outer forts of Metz. Civilians of East Prussia began movement toward Interior of province. Russo-Turklsh operations were stopped by Intense cold. Two German aviators flew up the Thames. Dec. 26, 1914. British made naval and air attack at-tack on German fleet without Important Im-portant results. Zeppelin dropped bombs In Nancy, German aeroplanes made raid In Russian Poland and French aviators attacked Metz. Fighting In Flanders was halted by donse fog. Russians made gains In the south. French attacked Austrian naval base at Pc4a In the Adriatic. Germany notified neutral nations their consuls in Belgium would not be recognized further. |