DIARY OF THE WAR
JANUARY, 1915
Jan 01 – | HMS Formidable sunk in the English Channel by German submarine; nearly 600 lives lost. |
" 02 – | Russian successes on the Bzura and advance in the Bukowina. – Turkish transport Perk-I-Skefket mined and sunk in Bosphorus. |
" 03 – | Arrest at Malines of Cardinal Mercier. – Great defeat of Turkish army by Russians in the Caucasus. |
" 04 – | London Stock Exchange re-opened. |
" 07 – | Sale of absinthe prohibited in France. |
" 08 – | Perthes taken by French. – Bombardment of Sinope by Russian fleet. |
" 09 – | Two Turkish transports sunk. – Reported capture of small party of rebels near Bechuanaland border. |
" 10 – | Russian occupation of Bukowina reported. |
" 12 – | German aeroplane raid on Dunkirk. |
" 13 – | Baron Burian appointed Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister. – Turks occupy Tabriz and Selines in Persia. |
" 14 – | German successes near Soissons. – Swakopmund occupied by Union Forces. |
" 16 – | H.M. tug Char sunk; also French submarine Saphir. |
" 17 – | Petrograd reports annihilation of Turkish 11th Army Corps at Kara Urgan. |
" 19 – | German aircraft raid on the East Coast of England. |
" 21 – | British steamer Durward sunk by German submarine off the Belgian coast. |
" 22 – | German aeroplane raid on Dunkirk, nine killed. British raid on Zeebrugge. |
" 24 – | Naval engagement in the North Sea; German armoured cruiser SMS Blücher sunk. Russians report sinking of Turkish steamer Georgios with aircraft on board. – Defeat of rebel force near Upington, South Africa. |
" 25 – | French artillery destroy St. Mihiel bridges. – Zeppelin shot down at Libau. |
" 27 – | British loan of £5,000,000 to Roumania. |
" 28 – | Germans lose 20,000 in three days on the Western Front |
" 29 – | Russian advance in East Prussia. |
" 30 – | German submarine sinks British steamer in the Irish Sea. |
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