The Year 1915 Illustrated/Diary of the War, January 1915

From The Great War 1914-1918
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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