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

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DIARY OF THE WAR

NOVEMBER, 1914
Nov 01 Violent German attacks on Ypres. HMS Monmouth and HMS Good Hope sunk in action off the Chilean coast.
 "  02 British Admiralty give notice that the whole of North Sea must be considered a military area.
 "  03 British and French squadron bombards Dardanelles forts. Submarine HMS D5 sunk by mine off Norfolk coast.
 "  04 German cruiser Yorck destroyed by a mine near Wilhelmshaven. Russian offensive in East Prussia. British reverse in German East Africa.
 "  05 Great Britain declares war on Turkey, owing to hostile acts by Turkish forces. Cyprus annexed.
 "  06 Line of the San again in Russian hands.
 "  07 Fall of Tsing-tau, and capture of 2,300 prisoners. Russians bombard Black Sea ports.
 "  08 Admiralty reports British raid in Persian Gulf. Russian advance in Prussian Poland.
 "  09 German cruiser Geier interned by USA at Honolulu.
 "  10 German cruiser Emden destroyed by Australian cruiser Sydney at Cocos Island. Konigsberg takes refuge in river in German East Africa. Russian success against the Turks.
 "  11 The 100th day of the war. Parliament opened by the King. Germans capture Dixmude. De Wet routed by General Botha.
 "  14 Field-Marshal Lord Roberts dies in France. German defeat near Ypres.
 "  16 Mr. Asquith moved Vote of Credit for war purposes of £225,000,000.
 "  17 War Loan of 350 million announced. Turkish defeat at head of Persian Gulf.
 "  18 German squadron shells Libau. Russian Black Sea fleet engages Goeben and Breslau and seriously damages the former.
 "  20 Turkish advanced post defeated some thirty miles from Port Said.
 "  21 German forces under General Hindenburg reported near Lowitz. Basra, at head of Persian Gulf, occupied by British forces. British airmen raid Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen.
 "  23 Ypres Cathedral and Market hall destroyed by the Germans. Bombardment of Zeebrugge by British warships. German submarine U-18 rammed and sunk by British warships off Scottish coast.
 "  25 Vistula-Warta battle in Poland.
 "  26 HMS Bulwark blown up in Medway.
 "  28 Turks marching towards Suez Canal.
 "  30 Evacuation of Belgrade by Serbian forces.

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