May 25, 1915

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1915, Battle of Bellewaarde, Belgium, British Army, Flanders, France, fundraising, gas, Germany, National Relief Fund, Poland, Przemysl, San, Second Battle of Artois, Second Battle of Ypres, weapons, Ypres

The enemy at Ypres uses gas over a front of five miles. French are still gaining ground. Germans claim successes on the San towards Przemysl. Official list of the new Cabinet is issued. National Relief Fund accounts, to March 31, issued. Subscriptions amounted to £4,901,000, and £1,960,000 allocated for relief.

April 30, 1915

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1915, air raid, Bury St Edmunds, England, fundraising, Great Britain, Ipswich, National Relief Fund, Queen's Fund for Women, Suffolk, The Times appeal

Air raid on Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds; no loss of life. The Times Red Cross Fund, £1,208,242. The National Relief Fund, £5,026,000. The Queen’s Fund, £153,196.

January 1, 1915

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1915, artillery, Belgium, British Army, contraband, decoration, Flanders, fundraising, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Formidable, Imperial German Navy, medal, merchant shipping, Military Cross, National Relief Fund, Nieuport, Queen's Fund for Women, Royal Navy, sinking, submarine, The Times appeal, trade, United States of America, Zonnebeke

The 151st day of the war. H.M.S. Formidable is torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel; over 200 survivors landed. Violent artillery engagement on the dunes at Nieuport and Zonnebeke. Full text of the Note addressed by the United States to Great Britain, on the subject of interference with trade, published in The Times. A new decoration, “The Military Cross,” instituted. An Army Order defines the new organization of armies, each consisting of three Army Corps. National Relief Fund, £4,271,000 ; The Times Fund, £802,268; The Queen’s Fund, £119,289.

December 31, 1914

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1914, Australia, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Bougainville, contraband, Cuxhaven, decoration, First Battle of Champagne, France, Francis E. T. Hewlett, German New Guinea, Germany, Great Britain, IJmuiden, King George V, medal, merchant shipping, Meuse, Military Cross, monarchy, Moselle, National Relief Fund, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Queen's Fund for Women, Royal Naval Air Service, Solomon Islands, The Times appeal, trade, United States of America, Vosges, Ymuiden

The 151st day of the war. Flight Commander Hewlett lands at Ymuiden, having been picked up by a Dutch trawler after the raid on Cuxhaven. Full text of the United States Government Note to Great Britain published. The French advance, especially between the Meuse and the Moselle. The King’s Australian Forces take Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands. New decoration, the Military Cross, instituted. The National Relief Fund exceeds 4½ millions sterling. The Times Sick and Wounded Fund, £802,268. The Queen’s “Work for Women” Fund, £119, 289.

December 2, 1914

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1914, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Lodz, Belgrade, Bethune, capture, censorship, decoration, Dublin, France, fundraising, German Imperial Chancellor, Germany, Ireland, King George V, Lens, Lodz, monarchy, National Relief Fund, Poland, Prince of Wales, Queen's Fund for Women, railway, Reichstag, riot, Russia, Serbia, speech, Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Warsaw

The King presents decorations, and makes, with the Prince of Wales, a circular tour of over 70 miles. Allies progress notably between Lens and Béthune. Russian battles ebb and flow, the Lodz-Warsaw railway being retaken from the Germans. The German Imperial Chancellor, in the Reichstag, accuses England of originating the war. Belgrade taken by the Austrians. A seditious paper seized in Dublin. The Prince of Wales’s Fund amounts to £4,001,000. The Queen’s “Work for Women” Fund exceeds £94,330.

November 29, 1914

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1914, Allies, Alsace, ambulance, Arras, Battle of Lodz, British Red Cross, France, fundraising, Germany, Great Britain, hospital, London, Lorraine, National Relief Fund, Petrograd, Queen's Fund for Women, Russia, The Times appeal, Vosges, Waterloo

Perceptible progress made by the Allies, who repulsed attacks north of Arras and in the Vosges. Petrograd issues warnings against exaggerated reports of Russian successes. Those successes seem, however, to be of an important character. The National Relief Fund over £3,961,000; the Queen’s Fund, over £92,896; and The Times Fund, £679,278, the sum of £6,591 contributed yesterday being allocated thus: New Waterloo Hospital, £3,645; motor ambulances, £389; and for general use, £2,557.

October 31, 1914

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1914, Albania, Allies, Battle of the Yser, Bedouin, Belgium, bombardment, British Empire, British Red Cross, China, Egypt, First Battle of Ypres, Flanders, France, French Navy, fundraising, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, HMS Hermes, Imperial German Navy, India, Italy, Japan, Manie Maritz, Maritz Rebellion, Mousquet, National Relief Fund, Odessa, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Navy, Penang, Qingdao, Queen's Fund for Women, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Navy, Saseno, Sazan Island, sinking, SM U-27, SMS Breslau, SMS Emden, SMS Goeben, South Africa, St John Ambulance, submarine, The Times appeal, Tsingtao, Turkey, Zhemchug

The 89th day of the war. Severe fighting and almost general advance of the Allies, but German offensive intensified. Turks bombard Odessa, and Beduin tribes violate the Egyptian frontier. More of Maritz’s rebels captured in South Africa. H.M.S. Hermes sunk in the Straits of Dover by a German submarine. Further activity of the German cruiser Emden reported; sinks a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer at Penang. Saseno occupied by Italy. General bombardment of Tsingtau begins, and Indian troops join the Anglo-Japanese forces there. The National Relief Fund, £3,546,000, the daily average subscription in October being £25,000. The Queen’s Fund for Women, £80,875, The Times Fund, £545,056.

October 5, 1914

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1914, Antwerp, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Army, Battle of the Vistula River, Belgium, British Army, East Prussia, Flanders, fundraising, Galicia, German Army, German Empire, Germany, National Relief Fund, Nete, Nethe, Poland, Prince of Wales, race to the sea, Russia, Russian Army, Vistula

Allies resume the offensive on their left wing. “General impression is favourable.” Main Russian Army posted on the Middle Vistula. Strength of the Germans and Austrians in this theatre estimated at about 88 Army Corps, and of the Russians at 100, not less than four million men to engage in impending battle. Germans thrice repulsed in their attempts to cross the Nethe near Antwerp, and British reinforcements arrive. The Prince of Wales‘s Fund reaches £3,000,000.

September 2, 1914

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1914, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Sedan, Berlin, casualties, France, Franco-Prussian War, fundraising, Germany, Lemberg, Lorraine, Lviv, Marne, Meuse, National Relief Fund, prisoners of war, Russia, Sedan, Seine, Ukraine, Verdun, weapons

Allies hold the line of the Seine, the Marne, and the Meuse above Verdun. Anniversary of Sedan celebrated with great enthusiasm in Berlin. Austrians utterly defeated by Russians at Lemberg after seven days’ continuous fighting. Austrian losses 130,000 men, including prisoners, and 200 guns. National Relief Fund reaches £2,000,000. 1st British casualty list issued 5,127.

August 14, 1914

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1914, Battle of Haelen, Belgium, Flanders, France, French Army, fundraising, Geet Betz, Geetbets, Great Britain, Nancy, National Relief Fund, Zeppelin

Reported destruction of a Zeppelin near Nancy. French Army announced as being in touch with the Belgians. Belgian success at Geet Betz. National Relief Fund reaches £1,000,000.