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Show I HE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK August 14, 1915. Germans bombarded Novo-georgievsl:. Novo-georgievsl:. Severe fighting on the Zlota Lipa. Austrians advanced along the Bug river. August 15, 1915. Germans neared Kovno. Russians defeated by Germans , near Kubisko. Austrians resumed bombardment bombard-ment of Belgrade. Russians advanced in the Caucasus. Cau-casus. German embassy at Washington Washing-ton published charges that many British merchantmen had flown American flag. American note to Austria refusing re-fusing to stop shipment of munitions muni-tions published. August 16, 1915. Germans took outlying forts of Kovno and Novogeorgievsk. French won artillery fight near Soissons. Turko recaptured Van from Russians. U. S. accepted Germany's plan of settlement for the Frye case. August 17, 1915. Germans captured southwest front of Kovno, with 4,500 men. Von Mackensen cut Cholm-Brest-Litovsk railway. Russians again took Van and made other gains in Caucasus. Austrian fleet bombarded Pelagosa island in Adriatic. Zeppelins raided outskirts of London. August 18, 1915. Kovno occupied by the Germans. Ger-mans. Germans took two more forts of Novogeorgievsk. Von Mackensen's forces crossed the Bug. Violent artillery duels along whole western front. Italians took many Austrian trenches in Tolmino and Carso regions. August 19, 1913. Two more Novogeorgievsk forts taken by Germans. Austro-German forces penetrated pene-trated outer defenses of Bre?t-Lltovsk. Bre?t-Lltovsk. .wtvii?. Star liner Arabic sunk by GirmarT submarine; 54 lost. "'"- August 20, 1915. u.rman took Novogeorgievsk, with great stores of supplies. Italy declared war on Turkey. Heavy fighting on the Belgian front. |
