09 Thursday Jul 2015
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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.
12 Tuesday May 2015
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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.”
06 Wednesday May 2015
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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.
20 Monday Apr 2015
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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.”
20 Friday Mar 2015
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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.
14 Wednesday Jan 2015
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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.
11 Sunday Jan 2015
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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.
04 Sunday Jan 2015
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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.
20 Saturday Dec 2014
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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.
19 Friday Dec 2014
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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.
