Nelson's history of the war. Vol. XI., The struggle for the Dvina, and the great invasion of Serbia

1915.

A TABLE OF EVENTS.

Western Front.

Eastern Front. y

Sept. 8. | Zeppelin raid on the East Coast | Fighting in Galicia continues.

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and London; twenty killed. German attack in the Argonne fails.

German attacks in the Vosges.

Small French successes.

French airmen raid Stuttgart. Great Allied offensive begins with a bombardment.

French attack in Champagne and the Vimy Heights in Artois. British assault and capture Loos, and make subsidiary attacks on the German lines.

French successes in Champagne. They also capture Souchez. Fierce fighting around Loos and Hulluch ; Germans regain some ground.

German attack in the Argonne. Attack by the British Guards. Fresh attack on Vimy Heights. Fighting at Loos and in Cham-

pagne.

Russian success on the Sereth; many prisoners taken. kensen still advances.

Failure of Mackensen’s counterattack. Ae le Sy me ee

Mac- |

Germans take Skidel. Russians fall back on Lida. End of the | battle of Meiszagola. Russians

retreat across the Vilia. mans cut the Petrograd-Vilna railway. Germans Strypa.

driven back to the

| Germans advance towards Rovno. | Germans occupy Pinsk. Investment of Vilna complete. German counter-attack in Galicia repulsed. Capitulation of Vilna. attack on Dvinsk. Fierce fighting around Vilna. Russian retreat progresses. Russians retake Vidzy. Further Russian successes.

German

Russians enter Lutsk, and win other successes.

Germans assault vain.

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