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July 9, 1915

09 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Eastern Front, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1915, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Boesinghe, British Empire, Galicia, General Botha, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Lublin, Namibia, Pilckem Ridge, Pilken, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Theodor Seitz

Conquest of German South-West Africa; Governor Leitz surrenders all the German forces to General Botha. Austro-German attacks on the Lublin front repulsed. Renewed German attacks at Pilken reported.

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May 12, 1915

12 Tuesday May 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Britain at home, Gallipoli Campaign, Middle Eastern theatre, Naval warfare, South-West Africa Campaign

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1915, atrocities, Belgium, British Empire, Bryce Report, casualties, Dardanelles, England, Essex, General Botha, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Goliath, London, Lord Bryce, Namibia, Ottoman Empire, riot, Royal Navy, sinking, South Africa, Southend, Turkey, Windhoek, Windhuk

H.M.S. Goliath torpedoed in the Dardanelles, only 20 officers and about 160 men being saved. Anti-German demonstrations in London more serious than on previous days; and at Southend the military are called out. General Botha and the British South African forces occupy Windhuk, the capital of German South-West Africa. The Committee, of which Lord Bryce was chairman, appointed to report on outrages committed by German troops during the war finds that “Murder, lust, and pillage prevailed over many parts of Belgium on a scale unparalleled in any war between civilized nations during the last three centuries.”

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May 6, 1915

06 Wednesday May 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1915, Belgium, British Empire, Flanders, France, General Botha, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Lizerne, Namibia, Second Battle of Ypres, South Africa, Steenstrate, weapons, Ypres

The north of the arc of the German line round Ypres having given way slightly before a French attack, our Allies establish themselves between Lizerne and Het Sast, near the German bridge-head at Steenstrate. The German Commander in South-West Africa has, it is reported, admitted in a letter to General Botha, in reply to a protest, that orders had been given to poison wells.

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April 20, 1915

20 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Britain at home, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1915, artillery, Belgium, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, British Empire, British Prime Minister, England, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Great Britain, H. H. Asquith, Hill 60, House of Commons, Keetmanshoop, Lloyd George, munitions, Namibia, Newcastle, recruitment, Shell Crisis of 1915, South Africa, Ypres

The Germans make heavy artillery attacks in the hope of retaking Hill 60. Keetmanshoop, a central position in German South-West Africa, occupied by Union forces. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Newcastle, said the supply of munitions required mutuality of sacrifice between men, masters, and taxpayers. Mr. Lloyd George (replying to questions in Parliament) says:-“The Government are not of opinion there is any ground for believing that the war will be more successfully prosecuted by means of conscription.”

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March 20, 1915

20 Friday Mar 2015

Posted by The Times Report in East Africa Campaign, Eastern Front, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign

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1915, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, Galicia, General Botha, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Namibia, Poland, prisoners of war, Przemysl, Russia, South Africa, Swakopmund, weapons

Successful operations by the Union Forces. General Botha captures over 200 prisoners and some field guns at Swakopmund, and German stations in German South-West Africa are occupied by Union forces. Defence of Przemysl ending.

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January 14, 1915

14 Wednesday Jan 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Diplomacy & foreign affairs, Eastern Front, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1915, Battle of Soissons, British Empire, East Prussia, fortress, German Empire, German South-West Africa, Germany, Great Britain, Groningen, Hill 132, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, prisoners of war, Russia, Soissons, South Africa, Swakopmund, Thorn

German concentrated attacks at Soissons, and recapture of ground which had been gained by the French. Russians making progress 45 miles east of the German fortress of Thorn. The Dutch transfer 30 British officers from Groningen to a fortress. Swakopmund, the principal port of German South-West Africa, occupied by Union Forces.

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January 11, 1915

11 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Diplomacy & foreign affairs, Eastern Front, European theatre, Military life, South-West Africa Campaign

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1914, 1915, British Empire, contraband, court martial, East Prussia, execution, Germany, Great Britain, Maritz Rebellion, merchant shipping, Poland, prisoners of war, Private William Lonsdale, Russia, South Africa, trade, United States of America

Publication of text of the interim Note dispatched on January 7 in reply to the Note from the American Government on the subject of contraband cargoes. The Times publishes an article on the rebellion in South Africa and the extent to which it was due to German instigation. A Berlin telegram states that the death sentence on Private Lonsdale, a prisoner of war, for striking a guard in a German camp, is commuted to 20 years’ imprisonment. Russia slowly advancing on East Prussia.

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January 4, 1915

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Britain at home, Eastern Front, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1915, Alsace, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, cavalry, economy, Flanders, France, French Army, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Nieuport, Poland, Russia, snow, St. Georges, Steinbach, stock exchange, Vosges, weather

French advance 500 metres opposite Nieuport and consolidate their position at St. Georges. They also carry Steinbach in Upper Alsace. Galician battle in a snowstorm, Russians defeating Austrian cavalry. German airmen active over British camp in South-West Africa. The London Stock Exchange, closed since July 30, reopened.

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December 20, 1914

20 Saturday Dec 2014

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Britain at home, South-West Africa Campaign

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1914, British Empire, communications, First Lord of the Admiralty, Great Britain, Hannes Fourie, Jopie Fourie, Maritz Rebellion, Scarborough, South Africa, Winston Churchill, Yorkshire

The First Lord of the Admiralty, in a letter to the Mayor of Scarborough, stigmatizes the German raiders as “the baby killers of Scarborough.” Captain Fourie shot, and his brother’s sentence commuted to five years’ imprisonment.

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December 19, 1914

19 Friday Dec 2014

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Aviation, Britain at home, Diplomacy & foreign affairs, European theatre, South-West Africa Campaign, Western Front

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1914, air raid, Belgium, British Empire, Brussels, Coloured books, France, Germany, Hannes Fourie, Jopie Fourie, Maritz Rebellion, South Africa, treason, trial, Yellow book

The French Yellow Book is issued, free of charge, by The Times. Allies advancing along the whole of the line, extending from the sea to the Somme. Allied airmen drop bombs on Brussels airsheds. Captain Fourie, and his brother Lieutenant Fourie, ringleaders of the South African rebels, are found guilty of treason.

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