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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A . YEAR AGO THIS WEEK i Oct. 4, 1914. HI Allies defeated flanking move- M m ment, and battleground shifted to y B vicinity of Arras. KJ Allies claimed success In Woevre and Solssons region. ,, British forces aided In defense of Antwerp. y Russians defeated Germans ot Augustowo and their advance reached Nugy valley, In Hungary. Germans made unsuccessful at- tacks on Ossowctz forts. ( Japanese marched to Wel-Hseln. 4 Analo-French fleet bombarded ""W, Cattaro and destroyed Lustlca. JL Belgian government Issued Gray I Paper. , I, France officially denied German I charges of torture. Prayers for peace offered In American churches. I '; ; Oct. 5, 1914. I Allies repulsed on left wing. 4 Germans resumed offensive In Argonne district and along the 'V Mcuse. Three Antwerp forts taken by , ( Germans ! Two Russian armies advanced on Allenotcln. ' ' AustHans defeated Montenegrins In East Bosnia. J Japanese captured German naval ' base In Marshall archipelago. J Prince of Wnle3 fund reached $15,- 5 000,000. M Oct. 6, 1914. i Desperate fighting on the Olse. J Allies gained at Solssons. German column was at Lille. I Germans claimed victories near Suwalkl and Augustowo. Russian forces from Baltic forced .S Germans back between Wlrballen ' and Lyck. fl Austrlans claimed victory at 1 Uzsok pass, but Cossack3 were re- 9 ported 80 miles from Budapest. " French laid mines in the Adriatic. 1 German prisoners in France sen- 1 tenced to die for looting. M , Oct. 7, 1914. I Allies drove German cavalry back from Lille and gained at . ktf i Royc. Or Germans bombarded Lanaekerr ' Ml I because of attacks by civilians. VU Germans closed In on Antwerp n and crossed the Nethe. , ni., Belgian government was moved " ' jgx j to Ostend. ' 7 Germans on East Prussian fron- At tier checked Russian advance. Russians shelled Przemysl. . V Austrlans reported victory near Tesco, Hungary. Jx Canadian troops landed In Eng- ft land. j'l Japanese seized Island of Yap. British submarine sank German ' t destroyer off mouth of River Ems. j Six Austrian torpedo boats sunk i by mines In Adriatic. j New York Staats Zeltung barred ' . from mails. vi Oct. 8, 1914. m Antwerp bombarded by German y siege guns and Zeppelins. JS?-' Germans crossed the Scheldt. Doual, France, recaptured by Ger- j mans. 1 Allies gained near Arras, which ,t was being shelled by the Germans. Russians announced capture of Biala. ! ij Montenegrins made gains In Her- ryj zegovlna. It German aeroplanes dropped ' 'JA bombs on Paris. -, T Oct. 9, 1914. , ft Germans captured Antwerp, Bel- ' n gian king and army escaping to Os- " T tend. Germans occupied Courtral and destroyed bridges between Brussels , and Mons. Russians drove the Germans out ' of Lyck. F British air squadron destroyed , j Zeppelin In hangar at Dusseldorf. j. j ' Cavalry battles near Lille. r t I I J y |