The Great Battle Lines in the West First Year of The
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¦ow wltb many Russian prisoners. THE H— GREAT BATTLE LINES IN THE WEST May German submarine sinks the l.usltanla, more than 1,150 loat. Rua- THE CHANGING BATTLE LINE IN THE EAST FIRST YEAR OF THE ¦ i*> full retreat from Carpa- thians. WAR ON THE SEA May o—Germans capture LJbau Baltic port. May 12 French rapture Ceremony, At the end of the first year north of Arras, at great coat. of war not a German fighting May 14— American flrst submarine note made public. craft, except submarines, is May 24—Italy declares war on Aus- known to be at large outside tria. the May 26—Italians Invade Anstrla. Baltic sea. The Austrian May 20—Italians take Grodno. Russians warships are check Germans at Slenawa. confined to the up- May per 31—First German note on subma- Adriatic and the Turkish rine reaches Washington. Zeppelins fleet to drop bombs In l«ondon. the Sea of Marmora June adjacent 3—Prsemysl falls to Austro-Ger- and straits. The mer- nnsns. chant marine of June 10—Germans capture Stanlslau. the central June 11—Second European powers U. S. submarine note has disap- to Germany made public. Italians peared utterly from the ocean take Monfalcone. highways. June 12— Italians take Gradlaca. Sixty million dol June lO— Auatro-Germana occupy Tor- lars’ worth of German shipping nogrod. June 22—French take Metaeral. lies idle in the docks of New June 23—French announce occupation York, while several times as of the “l.abyrlnth," north of Arras. Jane 24 Austro-Germans capture l.em- much Is bottled up elsewhere. berg. At the same time the June 2H—Austrians cross the Dniester German at Halles. submarines have Inflicted enor- June 20—Halles falls. mous losses of allied shipping. July 2—Russians defeat German at- tempt to land at Wlndau. prob- July While both sides have B—Russo-German naval battle of ably concealed many losses, Gottlnnd. July 4 Italians take Tolmlno. the following is a fairly accu- July 5Berlin announces gains In the date summary of the number Argonne foreat. July 141—Germans take Prsasnyas. 50 Ihr ru a of Hr*l Krnrrnl K K rmrnl In «hr Weil, lomellmen known nn the battle craft which have been de- miles north of Warsaw. of atarted 20 In the Mnun-tliarlerol. liiKunt and reaultrd defeat of the French stroyed : July 10—Germans advance at many and llrltUh. They retreated nnulh of the Marne, where the aecond general e«»- polnta In Russia, taking Wlndau. Tu- Knicenient atarted September 5. The line of this date on the map ihuui the kum. Blonde and Grobec. ariulea' position** Junt before the buttle. Entente Allies. July 20 t.ernian —Russians report sinking of 50 The right wlur wan broken up and forced back, bringing about Brit- Rus- Turkish sailing « retirement of German guns vessels. German the whole line. The ponltlonn on September », In the lsh French slan reach outer forts of Warsaw ml<lat of their retreat, are nbovrn on the map by a nerlen of light and damage the while a of reetanulea. Battleships I.ublln-Cholm rail- row darkened reetan«len Indleaten the carefully prepared trench ..10 2 way. <hf A,"M where they Mopped and July were attacked by the allien Septcni- Cruisers 12 1 2 21—Third U. S. submarine note I er* 18 goes to Germany. widen now Ilotli extended their linen toward the coant. Tight nqnaren Submarines . 4 3 July 22—Turklah-Germas expedition nhow the approximate pnaltlon ainumed September 30. Ily October 15 the Auxll. cruisers 5 1 landed In Tripoli. taicire line waa complete from the Alpnto the aea. July 24 German two September take forts near The line of 30 alno nhown the Germans’ great drive Gunboats, de- Warsaw. llue Into the French acroan the Meune at St. Mlhlel. stroyers, July 20—Russians repulse Austrians frowned npotn of and In nwordn mark the the entrenched niece line where the torpedo Galicia. Kreatcnt wtruicKlcn have taken plaee alnce October 15. boats 4 6 2 The Germans ajtaln have penetrated ns close to Waraan as tbe star Total Japanese and Italian which marks the "blgb tide’’ of last autumn. losses, seven vessels of all of Ypres. when the Germans suffered CAMPAIGNS classes. OUTSIDE lng Russians in FIRST YEAR OF THE enormous losses in attempts to flank with the south- break Teutonic Allies. ern were through the line In Flanders and reach BIG WAR FIRST YEAR OF THE section. But the Austrians Ger- Aus- THEATERS too slow to carry out field mar- WAR IN THE WEST Calais. They succeeded in pushing the many tria WAR IN THE EAST shal's plans and the Russians, slip- back the allies only a little and the a Battleships 1 In score of regions there has ping into a gap the The first month and a half of the invasion of Silesia by the Cossacks in lines between Cruisers 18 2 been fighting which would have held the Germans and their allies, slaugh- western campaign was made up of finally induced them to desist and The first Iwelvemonth of fighting Submarines 9 1 worldwide attention were it not for tered the latter. The result was the startling, swift moves. On September send re-enforcements to Russia. between the Russians on one side and Auxiliary cruisers ....19 the mighty battle lines in France and high tide of Russian invasion. The 12, after the defeat on the Marne, the The Germans in September had per- the Austrians and Germans on Gunboats. destroyers, Poland. Austrians withdrew over the Carpa- Germans took up defensive positions formed pushing a the other is a story of great changes the feat of salient and torpedo boats ...20 1 Servia’s own war was a greater trial again, leaving Przemyel ten a of fortune, both combatants being re- thians to be along the Aisne river. The and Into the French line south of Verdun, Total ves- to her than either of the Turkish losses of two preced- peatedly driven back only to show besieged a second time. The Ger- half months siuce then have seen a which terminated on the west bank of classes, ing Balkan struggles. by sels of all four. Assisted resiliency mans withdrew to Silesia and the Rus- long deadlock. the Meuse river at St. Mlhlel; while Montenegro, the greatest In/ defeat and Total tonnage en- the little Slavic nation soon sians, following closely, were able The battle line of the Aisne and the the French had taken the offensive to resume the offensive in a most tente allies 376,770 twice threw the hosts of Franz Josef for a brief moment to raid this rich Oise quickly to surprising manner. extended northeast the with some success in Champagne at Total tonnage, beyond her borders and inflicted province sea Fighting continuous, The end of the year, however, finds at Pleschen. At the same has been about the same time. Teutonic 224,746 losses of about 330,000 she allies men, but the pendulum swinging strongly time they entered East Prussia with tremendous losses. The general For the most part throughout the suffered severely herself. again. situation hus remained unchanged, against the czar. He may recover winter the fighting consisted of regu- The Austrians invaded Serbia In But again the German strategic gains a one at and take again the roads to Cracow, of few miles for side lar siege warfare, with heavy artillery great force about August 15 and pene- railways proved their undoing. Hin- point offset by minor gains for Vienna and Berlin, but just at pres- one combats and mine and counter-mine. trated to the Jadar river, where a denburg concentrated at the BIG IN FIRST ent he is on the whole in worse plight Thorn and enemy in other sectors. The flooding of the River Aisne EVENTS great five-day battle ended the drove right Rus- in than in any hour since the war into the flank of the At the beginning of August the from winter snows gave the Germans YEAR OF THE WORLD WAR rout of the Teutons. sian main forces, throwing them back kaiser possession started. took of the little a chance to entrap the French troops The Austrians returned soon in on Lodz. state of Luxemburg Russia’s losses in the flrst year of and demanded on the north side of that river in the Jtinr 2N—Archdukr and A rchdarhrnn stronger force than ever. They war are He advanced too far, however, and to Krnnrl* Austria by Serbian the not approached by those passage through Belgium the Fran- vicinity of Soissons a of Minin reached Valjevo, where on when for considerable nMNOMMInn. November of any nation In any war of history. he had the Russian forces near- co-Belgian frontier. or 17 the met a surrounded, distance and kill capture most of AnicuMl 1—Germany declnrea war oa Serbians defeat. According to reliable estimates, she ly he suddenly found Rus- Permission to pass denied. Von Itnnnla. With them (January 14). their supply of artillery am- has had between 2,600,000 and 4,000,- sians in his own rear. In this ex- Einem attacked Liege (August 4), Augual 2 —(irrman ferre* enter l.nxrm- munition exhausted, the Serbians tremity, the Russians he tele- Take Offensive In Spring. liurK- (iermany demanda pummhk** now 000 men killed, injured and captured. say, while other German armies passed through Belgium. had to retreat. The Austrians, spring, be- Despite these horrible gaps graphed for re-enforcements. around the city and swept over the With the the French and August fi—I'.nulnnd announce! atate of made in lieving them crushed, withdrew six her ranks, she But before the re-enforcements level Belgian at a terrific rate.