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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK June 19, 1915. French too by assault Fond de Buval and advanced In Alsace. Germans evacuated Metzeral after-burning It. Austro-Germans captured Grodek, crossed the River Tanevv and took Komarno. German submarine sank British steamer Dulcle. June 20, 1915. Germans made strong attack In Argonne after bombardment with asphyxiating shells. Russians In general retreat before be-fore Mackensen, west of Lemberg. Italians took more positions In Monte Nero region. Turks defeated Russians near Oltl, Transcaucasia. British cruiser Roxburgh torpedoed torpe-doed by submarine, but not sunk. June 21, 1915. French rvade gains on heights of the Meuse, in Lorraine and In Alsace. Al-sace. Teutons captured Rawa Ruska and InvesUd Lemberg. Russians evacuated their positions posi-tions on the Upper Dniester. Italians made general assault on Austrian positions, but were repulsed. re-pulsed. Turkish Asiatic batteries bombarded bom-barded allied columns on way to new positions. German submarine sank British steamer Carisbrook by gunfire. Austrian naval planes bombed Bar! and Brindisi. Gen. Christian De Wet convicted of treason in South Africa. June 22, 1915. French captured the Labyrinth after many weeks of fighting. Teutons took Lemberg, Russians retreating in good order. Italians lost heavily In attacks along the Isonzo. French defeated Turks in great fight on Ga 1 1 i po II. British aeroplane bombed Smyrna. Smyr-na. June 23, 1915. Russians In swift but orderly re- treat before Teutons. Montenegrins marched against Scutari, Albania. Italians bombarded Malborgeth, Carnia. German submarine torpedoed and then burned Norwegian steamer steam-er Truma. June 24, 1915. Severe fighting in Bessarabia. Austrians took general offensive against Italians but failed to gain. British gunboat Hussar bombarded bombard-ed Turkish ports. Russian retreat in Galicia con- ' tinued. June 25, 1915. Germans made violent rilght attack at-tack on Heights of the Meuse, with asphyxiating shells and flaming liquids, but were driven back. Russians threw part of Linsln-gen's Linsln-gen's army back across the Dniester. Dnies-ter. Italians made progress along the Isonzo, taking Globna, north of ; Plava. British In land and water attack on Bukoba, on Lake Victoria Nyanza, destroyed the fort and captured much booty. French aviators bombed Doual. |