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. 23--Russian cruiser Bayan sinks German cruiser and two torpedo
boats; Germany says submarine U-9 sunk British ships unaided in North
Sea fight yesterday; Austrian cruisers Maria Theresia and Admiral Staun
damaged; trawler Kilmarnock sunk by mine.
Sept. 24--Two Austrian torpedo boats and one destroyer sunk by mines in
the Adriatic; Norwegian steamer Hesvik sunk in North Sea; cruiser Emden
bombards Madras; Anglo-French fleet again bombards Cattaro.
Sept. 25--Kronprinz Wilhelm sinks British steamer Indian Prince; British
charge that Germans fired on Carmania after white flag was raised.
Sept. 26--Fortress of Pelagosa dismantled by Anglo-French fleet; British
cruiser Cornwall seizes Dutch steamer with coal consigned to Rio de
Janeiro; French gunboat Surprise sinks two German ships and seizes Coco
Beach, West Africa; British capture German ship Ossa and seize American
ship Lorenzo and Norwegian ship Thor accused of coaling German cruiser.
Sept. 28--French warship sunk at Cattaro by forts.
Sept. 29--German cruiser Emden has sunk five British steamers in Gulf of
Bengal and has destroyed all tank steamers at Madras; British warships
bombard Tsing-tau forts.
Sept. 30--British cruiser Cumberland captures Hamburg-American liner
Arnfried and nine merchant steamers; Italian ships sunk by Austrian
mines.
Oct. 1--Account given out of bombardment of Windau by German squadron;
fighting between German and Japanese warships in Kiao-Chau Harbor.
Oct. 2--British Admiralty plans to lay mines as counterstroke to German
policy; German cruisers shell Papeete, capital of French Island of
Tahiti; French gunboat sinks German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo;
German cruiser Liepzig sinks Union oil tanker Elsinore.
Oct. 3--German cruiser Karlsruhe sinks seven British ships; British
steamer Dawdon and Norwegian steamer Thomos sunk by mines; German
steamer Mark bottled up in Philippine port; Italian boat sunk by
Austrian mine; Japanese cruiser blown up by mine in Laoshan Bay.
Oct. 4--Anglo-French fleet bombards Cattaro and destroys Lustica; Dutch
steamer Nieuwland sunk by mine in North Sea; Rear Admiral Troubridge
recalled from Mediterranean to London to explain escape of German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
Oct. 5--Japanese capture Jaluit Island; British grain ship sunk by mine
near Dover; Japanese shells hit German gunboat Iltis in Tsing-tau
Harbor.
Oct. 6--French lay mines in Adriatic to offset similar action by
Austrians.
Oct. 7--British submarine sinks German destroyer off mouth of River Ems;
six Austrian torpedo craft reported sunk by mines in the Adriatic;
British trawler blown up in the North Sea.
Oct. 9--It is announced that thirty-two German merchant ships were
destroyed at Antwerp.
Oct. 10--Japanese warships silence Iltis forts.
Oct. 11--French fleet sinks two Austrian torpedo boats.
Oct. 12--German submarine sinks Russian cruiser Pallada.
Oct. 13--Russians claim that Germans lost two submarines in attack on
Pallada.
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