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[[File:The King at the Front, December 1914.jpg|thumb|400px|[[George V|King George]] has visited the [[Western Front]] on two separate occasions: in December last, when he met [[Raymond Poincaré|President Poincaré]] and [[General Joffre]], and bestowed the Order of the Garter on [[Albert I of Belgium|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]].]] |
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|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. |
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 20 September 2023
DIARY OF THE WAR
DECEMBER, 1914
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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. |
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