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** [[Switzerland]] mobilises and proclaims state of siege. |
** [[Switzerland]] mobilises and proclaims state of siege. |
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** [[USA]] offers its good services. |
** [[USA]] offers its good services. |
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==1915== |
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*{{EF}} - Germans attack [[Kovna]], repulsed with heavy losses. [[Novo Georgievsk]] cut off in the east. Praga ([[Warsaw]]) is occupied. Mackensen forces Russians back across the [[Wieprz|Veprj]]. |
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*{{SF}} - [[Monfalcone]] dockyard (northern [[Adriatic]]) bombed. |
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** Night raid by Austrians into Italian positions in [[Trentino]]. |
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** British attack on Anafarta ([[Gallipoli]]) repulsed. |
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*{{AE}} - [[Bushire]] (Persian Gulf) occupied by British as reprisal for two officers killed there on [[12 July]]. |
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*{{NO}} - German Fleet attacks Riga and is repulsed. |
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** {{HMS|Ramsay}} sunk by German steamer ''Meteor'' (blown up to avoid capture). {{HMS|India}}, auxiliary cruiser, torpedoed off Norway. |
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*{{PO}} - German unsuccessful peace tentatives to [[Russia]] through [[Denmark]]. |
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** Naval General Service Medal instituted. |
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==References/notes== |
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