The Year 1915 Illustrated/Diary of the War, December 1914

DIARY OF THE WAR

DECEMBER, 1914

King George has visited the Western Front on two separate occasions: in December last, when he met President Poincaré and General Joffre, and bestowed the Order of the Garter on King Albert of Belgium; and more recently, in October of this year. On both occasions he received an enthusiastic welcome from both the French and British troops.

Dec 01 –	Surrender of General de Wet.
"  02 –	Meeting at Hazebrouck between King George, President Poincaré, General Joffre, Sir John French and Lord Kitchener. – War credit of £250,000,000 voted in German Reichstag.
"  04 –	King George meets King Albert of Belgium and bestows upon him the Order of the Grater.
"  05 –	Evacuation of Lodz by the Russians.
"  08 –	Three Swedish steamers sunkby German mines in Gulf of Finland. – General Beyers, rebel leader, drowned in Vaal River. – Battle off Falkland Islands. German warships SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, SMS Leipzig and SMS Nürnberg sunk.
"  09 –	General von Falkenhayn appointed Chief of General Staff of German Army in the field. – Serbians report victory over Austrians. – Surrender of Turkish forces at Kurna, Persian Gulf, to Indian Expeditionary Force.
"  11 –	Defeat of Turkish troops by Russians in Caucasus reported.
"  13 –	Germans driven from positions near Mlawa. – British submarine HMS B11 penetrates the Dardanelles and sinks Turkish battleship Messudiyeh.
"  14 –	German retreat along the Vistula continued. – Austrians admit heavy defeat at hands of Serbians. – Belgrade retaken by Serbs. – Capture of Vistegrad by Montenegrins.
"  16 –	Bombardment of Whitby, Scraborough and West Hartlepool by German battle cruisers.
"  17 –	Sinking of the German armoured cruiser SMS Friedrich Carl in the Baltic. – Egypt made a British Protectorate. – Sir Arthur McMahon appointed High Commissioner.
"  18 –	Fierce fighting near La Bassée. – Prince Hussein Kamil Pasha appointed Sultan of Egypt.
"  19 –	Raid of Zeppelin shed at Brussels.
"  24 –	Bomb dropped from German aeroplane near Dover Castle. – French submarine Curie reported sunk. – Turkish defeat near Sarakamisch reported.
"  25 –	Raid of Cuxhaven by British airships and seaplanes.
"  26 –	German aeroplane raid on Sochaczow.
"  29 –	USA Government send note to Great Britain on the right to search ships at sea.
"  31 –	Steinbach taken by French. – Losses of Austro-German armies reported to be 300,000 in three weeks.

Seventh year of issue.

The Year 1915 Illustrated: A Record of Notable Achievements and Events

Home Front

A Heroine of the War (Nurse Edith Cavell)Death of Field-Marshal Lord RobertsZeppelin RaidsThe War at Home

Western Front

Antwerp and AfterBattle of La BasséeFirst Battle of YpresWinter in the Western TrenchesThe Battle of Neuve ChappelleThe Second Battle of YpresThe Advance in Artois and ChampagneGerman Barbarism in Belgium

Eastern Front

Autumn Campaign in the EastVictory of the Serbian ArmyWinter and Spring Campaigns in the EastThe Russian Retreat in Galicia and Poland

Southern Front

The Dardanelles and GallipoliThe Balkans Again

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

The Fall of Tsing-Tau

Naval and Overseas Operations

The War on the SeasThe Intervention of TurkeyNaval Battle in the North SeaGermany's Piracy BlockadeNaval Activities in the Gulf of RigaBritish Submarines in the Baltic

Political Events

The Intervention of ItalyThe End of Liberal GovernmentThe CoalitionLord Kitchener's Review of the War

Editorials

One Year of War (By Frank H. Simonds)

Other

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