SKELETON HISTORY OF WAR June IwArchduke unnd Archducheas Franels of Austria slain by Serblas assnssine, August l--Germany deciares war on Rassin. August 3German forces enter Luzsem- burg. Germany demands passage through Belgium. August S—England announces state of war with Germany. August T—Freach invade southern Al- ance, A t SBritish troops rance and Melgium. Aagust ll-—Germans pass Liege forts, August 13-Engiand and Fraace de- clare war on Austria. August 15-Austrians invade Serbia Im force. A ust 1T—Heéginning of five days’ bat tle between Serbians and Austrians on the Jadar, eading rout. August 20-Germans enter Hrussels. iand in attack Moas. tory over Russians at Krasulk, Japun declares war. Moms. August 20fFrench evacante Muclhau- sen. August 27-—Louvala mans. Aungust 285..Battle off Helgoland, eral German warships sunk, August 20-<Russians crushed ia three days’ battle near Tanunemberg. September B-—Russians occupy berg. September SHBattle of the Marne be- gins. German right wing defeated and retreat begins. September T-—Muaubeuge falls, burned by seve. Lem the Alsne. September 0 — Germans bombard dral. October D—Antwerp occupled by Germans. October 12-——HBoer revolt starts, October 14-—Allles occupy Ypres. tle begins on Vistula. October 10—Oatend occupied by Germans, Oetober 10-—Firast battle of Ypres be- wins. October 234-—Ten days’ battle before Warsaw ends In German retirement. October W-~Russinns reoccupy Lodz and Radom. the Bat- the sin, Nevember SJ—German bards British coast. November U—Dardaneclles forts barded. Nevember §-Tuingtau surrenders. November I12—Russians defeated Lipne sad Kutno. November 15-—Russinns Viotsinvek. November 1T-—Austriam victory Serbians at Valjeve ansounced, December 2-—Austrinus occupy grade. December S—Serblans defeat Austrianus in three days’ battle. December Germans occupy Lode. December 10-—Austrinuns evacuate Bel. grade. December 18—German crulsers bom- bard Searborough and Hartlepool, 1350 elvilinns killed. Deeosmber 30-20-Nevere fighting on the Hine of the Bzura river. Jamuary 3, 1915-—French advance across Alsne north of Selssoas, January lé—French driven back across Alsne river. January 34-——Naval battle in North sen. German armored cruiser Bluecher sunk. squadron bom- bom - nt defeated at ever Bel. January 30-—Russinns ecoupy Tabris. February 6—Fallure of German attacks went of Warsaw Febroary S~Heginning of battle Ia Rast Prussia, ending ix Russian de- eat. Februnry 18lerman formal subma- rine “blockade” on Great Britain be- wian, February M—Russians drivea Bukowina. March 10-—Hritish make advance at Neuve Chapelle. March S3l--Zeppelins bombard Paris. March 22-Surrender of FPrsemysl Russinas, March Jil-Hussians penetrate pass and enter Hungary. April 5—Freach begins vieleant attacks on Mibkiel salient. April lé—Russians at miles inside Hungary. April 15 —~Russians evacuate Tarnow. April 2%-—Second battle of Ypres be- mins, from to Dukis Sstropke, 20 sula, suffering fearful losses. Lizerne Het Sas and Hartmanasweller Kopf. Ypres. now with many Russian prisoners. sinks the Lusitania, more than 1,130 lost. Rus- siaus in fall retreat from Carpa- thines. port. May 13~French capture north of Arras, at great cost. made public, May JMeeltnly deciares war on trian. May B-Itnilnns invade Austria. May 20-—ltanlinus tuke Grodno. Russians check Germans at Sleaawa, May 31-—First German note on subma- rime reaches Washington. Zeppelins drop bombs In London. June 3—FPraemynl falls te Austro-Gers mans, June 10Giermans capture Stanislaw, June llSecond U. 5. sabmurine asote te Germany made public. Italians take Monfalcone. Giradisen. June 1D—Austro-Germuns occupy Tore nogrod. June o-French take Metseral June 2PFreach announce occupation of the “Labyrinth,” north of Arras, June Id—Austro-Germuns capture Lem berg. cross the Dnlester at Hulles. June 20-—Hallezs falls. July 2—Russinns defeat German atf- tempt to innd at Windau. July 3——Rasso-German naval Gottiand. July d4—itnlinus take Tolmineo, July O-—Herlin ssnounces galos in the Argonne forest. July 18—Giermans take Preasaysszs, miles north of Warsaw, July IBliermans advance at maay points in Russia, taking Windan, Ta- kum, Blonde and Grobee. July 20-—Russianns report sinking of 58 Turkish sailing vessels. German guns reach outer forts of Warsaw and damage the Lubiie-Cholm rail way. July 21-=Third U., =. goes to iefmany July pTurkinh-erman landed in Tripell July 2M4lioerman take Warsaw, July 28-Hussians repulse Austrinas in Galicia, battle of 50 submariaes note expedition two forts aear THE WAR PAINS NPP NPN NNN NNN NPN NSN SS CAMPAIGNS IN THE WEST The first month and western campaign was made up of startling, swift moves. On September 12, after the defeat on the Marne, the (iermans took up defensive positions along the Aisne river. a half of long deadlock The battle line of the Alsne and the Oise quickly extended northeast to the “Oa. with tremendous losses, situation has remained one point offset by minor gains for the enemy in other sectors At the beginning of August kaiser took possession of the state of Luxemburg and co-Belglan frontier. Permission to pass denied, Einem attacked Liege (August while other German armies passed around the city and swept over the level Belgian roads at a terrific rate, The little Belgian army yielded Brus. sels and fell back Ghent. Yon First Big Engagement. reached the French border did the first Important engagement take place This is generally known as the battle i A Souvenir of Soiferino. The recent Solferino anniversary re called not only the occasion of a great victory by Itallans over Austrians, but also the birth of the Red Cross. of Burope. Swiss, Henrl Dunant, whe had been among the nurses at the front and seen the sufferings of the wounded. That “souvenir” brought an invitation to Dunant from the Geneva Soclety of Publie Utility to propose an Interna Mons Charleroi (about 20 28), but at the same severe fighting along the through Thionville in Lorraine along the Vosges in upper which the French had invaded with temporary success This battle resulted in defeat for the August tine there whole line counterattacks on the advancing Ger mans at Peronne and at Guise, the French were obliged to fall back rap idly to the line of the River Marae On the left the French had with most German army, under Von Kluck, followed, Von Kluck's flank. The latter was not taken entirely unawares and met the German army on Von Kluck’s left and Driven Back From Paris. The Germans had begun the battle with five armies in line. The with. drawal of the two farthest west now finding its flank exposed by the with drawal of the troops on its right, At the same time the movement on the east end of the German line was ac Pe Paar Nine ied ihe us” nd tions. It was that pamphlet which brought the signing of the Geneva con: vention in 1864, with the Red Cross on white ground in compliment to Henri Dunant’'s country —Waestminater Oa rette, * Battleship Services, Every day on every Hritish war ship, whether in the North sea, or bombarding the Dardanelles, or guard celerated by a strong attack from the French fortified zone of Verdun, The German retreat was as orderly as that of the French and English had been. The invaders took up an ad mirable defensive position. It ran just north of the Aisne river, on a series of bluffs, then just north of Chalons and through the wooded, rough regions of the Argonne and the Woevre, joining hands here with the troops besieging Verdun. The allies have tried this line in vain ever since, Both combatants now tried to turn the west flank. Enormous bodies of cavalry. On the part of the French Flanders. On the part of the French there was largely the desire to link up with the Belglans, now being attacked in Antwerp. The mighty siege guns of the Germans made short work of the Belgian seaport, however, and it on October 9. The remnants of Belgian army retreated along the coast and the Germans in a final the sea Line Extended to the Sea, The battle line of the Aisne was now ing the Important French city of Lille, partly by flooding the lowlands, held the position of the Yser river and From October 18 was fought the desperate first battle to November 10 enormous losses In attempts to break They the allies only of Bliesia induced succeeded in pushing a little aad the | by the Cossacks | them to desist re-enforcements to Russia The Germans in September had per the feat of pushing a salient | into the French line south of Verdun bank of | Mihiel; while | offensive invasion and | wast the Meuse river at St had Ie sue the French the taken teas in Champagne at tiie same time For the throughout the of regu with heavy artillery 1 and mine fooding of ILer SHOWER Eave most part winter the fighting consisted iar siege warfare and counter-mine River Al the Ge the mans | French to entrap the troops north side of the ty of Soils SOUS that river in or a considerable | listance and capture most 0 them (January 14) Take Offensive in Spring French and $ English attempted to take the offensive With the spring. the several points nn the i 0 : Vosges the dominating hel ’ o Hartmannsweilerkop! was and retaken several times In san harges and finally remained in the French salient o Aly hands of The St ihiel was also | 18 French | The French suc { ted to tremend sure on both ceeded In gaining a littie ground, but the weakness of the sharp wedge they into the French line, be dislodged and later ceded in re gaining some lost sub e res legs the Germans despite apparent aa driven could not of the territory they had a British also reported victories’ at Neuve Chapelle and Hill No. 60, in Flanders Whether these should be accounted successes for the joubtful The mous bungled affairs to ing their own men allies is | British suffered enor sacs and at Neuve Chapelle the extent of shell who had taken Ger trenches devel use of man The next axpected was the un fumes | £h 1 noria i pment poisonous gas the Germans in attacks just of Ypres. With this novel weapon they succeeded in taking several small villages and more than compensating | for the British gains south of Ypres The losses of the French, Canadians and British were gevere, but they suc. in stemming the German on- effectively a few miles back their former position Begin Series of Attacks, The German line makes a salient at Solsaons, though not such a pro nounced one as at St. Mihiel. The | French began a series of at tacks on the upper side of this salient, to the north of Arras. Expending hun. dreds of thousands of shells, they time and again blasted away the barbed wire entanglements and concrete by coede i slanght from now precht of Bavaria's men, and then slight gains The fighting centered about the su- gar refinery of Souchex and the great German work called the Labyrinth Fighting went on in cellars and tun nels below the earth and the casual ties were heavy. The French bent the German line and captured the Laby- their sacrifice in human life is ques tionable in July, Crown Prince Frederick William's army attacked in the Ar gonne forest, west of Verdun, and succeeded in gaining several hundred yards of shattered woodland and cap turing several thousand Frenchmen. There were rumors that the Ger mans were reenforeing for another great drive toward Calals or Paris, but the Teutonic campaign in the West continued to wait upon the crushing of the much weaker enemy in Poland. ing the Atlantic trade routes, there are prayers, as well as a regular church service every Sunday. If there is no chaplain on board, the captain conducts the service. The “church” itself is the deck, the part chosen being as sheltered a position as possible. The sallors’ favorite hymns are those dealing with the sea, particularly “Almighty Father, Strong to Save” There is one thing about these serv. fees on board ship, every Jack Tar is keen on attending them, and though ., ® 00 ¥ MIGHTIDE hy Be gp The ma close to Warsaw as the siar Nd PtP NPN IN SPSINS SdP SSS S Pn CAMPAIGNS IN THE EAST The first twelvemonth of fighting 3 on one side and ians and Germans on iry of great between the Russi the Austr changes being re to combatants show afeatl and iO 8 most approached in any Slow to Mobilize. August , 1314 clared war on Russia War oil On Ger Almost the Germans crossed the fron and the p were practicall of the slowness tussia. The Grand holas cholalevitch forced to gather his main armies well rear of | of great fort Kovn y Georglevsk wan to the resses runni Grod no. Ossowetz Nove War Ivangorod BOCOH SAW and On could to relieve int of his desire to do all he the French who from nor by the amazing German Belgium, were being France through ihern rush Nicholas attacked . "er 3 ld BOOTIE! Woulia than he otherwise As a 1¢ it, he met have two disas done Samsonoff the enkamp! into East ' He East General oe sent renieral Prussia Renn into south and Prus nning of the war from yi the east engagement Gumbir the French surrounds sia he latter w the first large East at en this moment ng that the and about in the At lioy Germans, be were well in i on hand ! y tern frontier, h quickly wit from France and East Prus Samsonof great {Aug 5 their! eas drew 50.000 hurled sla, where with crushing force in of Tannenberg the Austrians Galicia to advancing men them by rail they fell into upon the Ger man victory Meanwhile troops in Russians leaving hold a fow back the from struck the Russians en masse at Kras nik and routed them to Lublin Most Bloody Drive of War, With two armies in difficulty grand duke decided to abandon one to its fate and save the other He threw reenforcements into Lublin and ordered the line of the Gnila Lipa river be forced at any cost in one of the most bloody drives of the war the Russians advanced into east ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg The Russians then advanced to Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian armies in Poland in the rear, cuttin them up frightfully Meanwhile Von Hindenburg had completed his victory over Samsonoff by turning on Rennenkampf and clear ing East Prussia of Muscovites, But though Rennenkampf had been de feated and Samsonoff almost anni hilated, the Germans, The Russians ware now as far west as Tarnow in Galicia, while their Hungary farther south. Hindenburg concentrated a great force suddenly west against Warsaw and Ivan gorod. The Siberian corps arrived in the nick of time to save Warsaw from the enemy, Hindenburg then drew off the north the north, thinking to take the pursu ern section. too slow to carry out the field mar. shal's plans and the Russians, slip ping into a gap in the lines between the Germans and their allies, slaugh- tered the latter. The result was the they are a matter of routine they are never hurried. PP, PPI Wart Cure. This 1s a sure and harmless cure for warts. Go to the drug store and get ten cents’ worth of cinnamon oll and put it on the warts every night and in the morning if you wish. Do not be afrald of getting it on the other skin around the warts, for it will not hurt it. The warts will soon start to disappear as quickly as they came. It is best to apply with a toothpick. i A A AAA A APPA The CArpa- Hussian invasion high Austrians withdrew the thians again ng Przemysl to be tin The Lee and the Rus leav second Ger irew o> 3 At tempting Aus Carpathian driven HW} pris Gag Hn Warsaw the aay Germans came on Then having i bably 50,00 y a8 many pro Joar Unable to reach spt rated Prussia, an ywverwhelming tw ie re made was at Ussowelz retreated Miawa and then to flank at FPrzasnysz which city the Russians again as they bad important took But flanked the Sanking party done st Lodz and won success (February 22.2%) March and April, the Russians pressed through the western Carpa thian passes and entered Hungary Just when their future seemed bright est, the Germans broke the Russian line in West Galicia and let enormous forces au In The latter tried to retreat numbers were captured which had succumbed besiegers March 22, fel hands of the Austro ut vast Przemysl, the Russian again into the Yon Mosciska am captured Lemberg, th Galician capital Then he turne north and marched upon the Warsaw ivangorod ~Brest - Litovak triangi Przemysl east through From drove The Germans now began the grand of human warfare From the Windau river in the Bal border of East Prussia and in a gigan dom, west of the Vistula, and a line south of the Lublin-Cholm railway they delivered smashing blows and saw. Cost in Men and Money. The estimated casualties of the first year of the war are as follows: Teu tonic allies, 4,430,000; entente allies 6,288,210. The total cost of the first year of the war is estimated at $16,500,000,000 Not Altogether His Fault. Eddie hed traded a nice pocket kuife for a forlorn-looking dog, minus his tall. His father teasingly reminded him that he got the worst of the bar gain, as the dog had no tail. Ed sob bingly answered, "Well, daddy, he was sittin’ down when | traded.” Penalty of Progrese, When we get telephones that can be seen through every woman will hav to look into the mirror before si answers a call. —Toledo Blade, MILK MUST BE PURE - IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE TOO MUCH CARE TO BABY'S FOOD. “Artificial” Feeding Means Constant Watchfulness if the Health of the Littie One is to Be Properly Preserved. (Preparad for This Paper by the dren's Bureau U. B Labor.) When, for any reason, the baby can. not have breast milk, he must be fed on a bottle. This method of feeding is known as “artificial” feeding, be causs it is an imitation of the natural Way Since it was not that a baby should milk, the baby finds it Chil. ot Department intention COW 8S nature's fed very hard often be on the strange food, and consequently many thousands of bables, who would have lived and thrived oo breast milk, die every year are ug able thus to adapt themse On the baby's account every mother will do all in 10 secure breast milk, but on account, th are reasons why she should choose to d¢ Ariificial attention of som ne person because they ives firat of all we > Tr “Ir her po ! hea Hn her own re tha COB necessitates staking can eft undone only isk of the baby's + Aras } y study clean, fresh milk must have the most careful attention, an bottles employed must day in stantly EAI48er BCG watct SURAT may The | the babs mitten ciation “Beginnin average ounces of geven ounces be added one water and two sugar. This shou feedings “At uires should wate and BURAr This ings. The milk should be by days The by one-half ounce every « At three months the onn wee ¥ increase every fou uld be increased ight days average chil 16 ounces of milk daily, whiel with 16 ounces of added three suzar and two This should be The milk should every re. every should be diluted waler tablespoonfuls To this shofid b of ounces of limewater given in six feedings one-half ounce The should duced by one-half ounce about water be “At six months the average child re. 8 should be diluted with 12 ounces of water. To this should be added two and three even This should be given in five feedings This amount should be increased by one half ounce every week The milk should be increased only if the child is hungry and digesting his food well ‘At nine months the average child requires 30 ounces of milk daily, which should be diluted with ten ounces of water. To this should be added two even tablespoonfuls of su- gar and two ounces of limewater. This should be given in five feedings. The sugar added may be milk sugar or If this cannot be obtained cane (granu lated) sugar or maltose (malt sugar). At first plain water should be used to dilute the milk “At three months, sometimes earlier, a weak barley water may be used in the place of plain water: it is made of one-half level tablespoonful of barley flour to 16 ounces of water and cooked for 20 minutes “At six months the barley flour may be increased to one and one-half even tablespoonfuls cooked in the 12 ounces of water “At nine months the barley flour may be increased to thres level tablespoon. fuls cooked in the eight ounces of wa. ter.” In the hottest weather the baby's food should be weakened by pouring out one-quarter of the usual contents of the bottle and adding an equal amount of boiled water. He should be fed with absolute regu larity, once in every three hours, for the first five months of his life, and the interval should be gradually lengthened until at six months it ia four hours. Give the baby plenty of cool drink. tng water between meals, especially in hot weather. limewater
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