The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915Various
History
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915
Various
World War, 1914-1918
Sept. 18--Germans defeated by garrison of seven British at Nakob.
Sept. 22--Germans repulsed in attack on fort in Voi district.
Sept. 24--Germans at Schuckmannsberg surrender to police.
Sept. 25--Australian force takes German New Guinea.
Sept. 26--French seize Coco Beach, Kamerun; British occupy Luederitz
Bay; Germans raid Walfish Bay.
Sept. 28--German Congo seized by British and French.
Oct. 13--Detachment of Boers under Col. Maritz rebels because of the
pro-British stand taken by the Government of South Africa; martial law
proclaimed in colony; British imprison Germans in British East Africa
and Germans imprison British in German East Africa.
Oct. 14--There are but few men in the Maritz rebel force; silence of
Boer leaders is found disquieting in England.
Oct. 15--Col. Brits's force captures eighty rebels under Col. Maritz;
Gen. Botha takes field; prominent men arrested on charge of treason.
*NAVAL RECORD*.
July 26--British and French fleets ready for action; Servian vessels in
Danube seized by Austrians; German fleet ordered concentrated in home
waters; Italy masses fleet.
July 29 and 30--British fleet leaves Portland; British and German fleets
in Far East mobilize.
July 31--German squadron stops merchant vessels in Danish waters;
British warships near; Montenegrin King's yacht escapes Austrian
destroyers.
Aug. 2--Fight between German and Russian cruisers off Libau; German High
Sea Fleet seizes Wilson liner Castro and a collier; fleets assemble in
Far East.
Aug. 3--Germans chase Norwegian food ship.
Aug. 4--Rival warships off Port of New York; British mine layer sunk by
German fleet; British fleet will aim to destroy Kiel Canal.
Aug. 5--British third flotilla has battle with Germans in North Sea;
cruiser Amphion damaged; German mine layer Koenigen Luise sunk; many
German merchant ships seized by English, French, and Russians; Germans
bombard Sveaborg, torpedo boat blown up.
Aug. 6--British cruiser Amphion sunk by mine; French capture German tank
steamer; Germans capture Russian ship.
Aug. 7--British and German cruisers reported in fight off Brazilian
coast; British steamers destroyed by mines off German and Turkish
coasts; British capture German steamer Schlesien; German merchant ship
captured by French; Germans capture Russian cruiser; Japanese warships
off port of Tsing-tau; German cruisers Goeben and Breslau leave Genoa.
Aug. 8--Thirty-six German ships seized by Belgians; Russians capture
Austrian and German merchant steamers; British capture German ship, said
to be North German Lloyd liner; naval fight in Adriatic; interest in
position of Goeben and Breslau; bombardment of Libau reported by ship
Captain.
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