THE WAR
COUNTRIES 'ENGAGED.
dermany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain.
Russia.
France.
Belgium,
Japan..
Servia. Montenegro,
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corpe is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men.
Division is a foros of infantry,
cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men.
A
Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade! in from 4,000 to 7,000 strong.. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong." Regiment of infantry is from
2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 15
to 200 men strong." Battery of artillery in the British and trench armies has 6 gunE and about 200 men, In thel German Army consists of 4 In the gune and 150 men.
Russian Army it consists of 8 guas and 250 men,
OPERATIONS DURING
JANUARY.
Jan. 1-British battleship Formidable sunk in the Channel. Army Orders announce oreation of now Armies,
Jan. 2.-Business interests in Washington protest against any legislation restricting the export of munitions of war to the bellige rents in Europe.
Jan. 3.-Allies in France and Belgium and Russians in Poland 14ogress in spite of bad weather.
Jan. 3.-Ruesians follow up Posse against Austrians and Tarks by making many captures. Decisive Russian victory in Sary- kamyah, entire Turkish Corps, including General Commanding, being captured, and another Oorps pursued.
Jan. 7.- Arrest of Cardinal Mercier by Germany announced, Jan. 8-Germans bombard Soissons and set fire to Law
Oburta. Germand ruocou py Burnhaupt at heavy cost to them- selves. French official ropor- discloses over one hundred ext amples of atrocious behaviour of Germans in France..
Jan. 9.-Announced that the Bakovina hare Russiana in
advanced 80 miles in a week and" reached the chain separating Bakovina from Hungary
Jan. 10.-British Reply to U.S. Note published: Britain undertakes to intorfere with
neutral trade only when each trade is not bona fide.
Jan. 11-sixteen German seroplanes seen over the Channel make for Dankirk and drop 30 bombs, doing but little damage. Germans severely punished both enat and west,
Jan. 12.-Russian soccorses in the Caucasus continue, two Turkish companies being captured.
Jan. 13.-Small-pox, cholera and typhoid raging in Austria, Roumania decides to enter the Concert of the Trip'o Eatente by about the middle of February.
Jau. 14.-King (hors confera honours on the Grand Duke Nicholas and other Russian geo erale, Germany secure partial exccess at Soissons, capturing a number of French with gane.
Jan. 15.-The British" in a brilliant ongagement capture a German position near La Baget capturing many prisoners. Uuion forces occupy Ramans Drift and Swakopmand. Russione continue to drive German cavalry towards Thato.
Jan. 16.-Rassiana bayonet an atire Turkish regiment in the facade. French Socialista de ware in favour of a continuation of the war until the victory they, Aibs is complete. Allissakm of betantial progreen at manel
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1915
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battle-eraiserneriously Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn two resigns post as German Minister damaged; no British shipa lost,
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