Oct. 16--German-Austrian forces assume offensive between the Vistula
River and Galicia; fighting near Warsaw and Przemysl; Germans forced
back into arid country from vicinity of Ivangorod; Servians and
Montenegrins defeat Austrians at Glasinatz.
Oct. 17--Germans advance near Mlawa; their attempts to cross the Vistula
repulsed; Austrians claim successes in Galicia; Montenegrins, French,
and British bombard Cattaro.
Oct. 18--Austrians repulsed at River San; both sides claim victories in
Przemysl district; report that Germans have lost heavily in trying to
cross the Vistula at Ivangorod; Servians rout Austrians on the Save and
the Drina.
Oct. 19--Fierce fighting near Warsaw and Przemysl; Servians capture
Serajevo forts.
Oct. 20--Przemysl forts damaged; Austrians advance in Stryi and Stica
Valleys; Servians win at Prekiet.
Oct. 21--Russian General Staff announces German rout in Poland and
halting of Austrians at the San; Servians repel Austrian attacks in
Bosnia.
Oct. 22--Russians defeat Germans near Warsaw; Russians capture many
Austrian soldiers and some guns in Galicia.
Oct. 23--Russians pursue retreating Austrians in Poland; Germans move
fortified positions to River Warthe and claim victory west of Augustowo;
Austrians reoccupy Czernowitz and announce capture of fortifications
around Sambor.
Oct. 24--Russians drive Germans back forty miles from Warsaw; fighting
south of Piliza River; Berlin reports repulse of attacks west of
Augustowo; fighting in Galicia; both sides claim victory in Bosnia.
Oct. 25--Russians defeat German rear guard trying to cross the Rivers
Ravka, Skernevka, and Rylka; German-Austrian forces repulsed near
Przemysl; fighting in Bosnia.
Oct. 26--Battle raging between Rawa and the Iijanka River.
Oct. 27--New Russian Army crosses the Vistula north of Ivangorod;
Russians drive Germans from Rawa; Austrians claim victory in Galicia.
Oct. 28--Germans admit that German and Austrian troops have been forced
to retire from Russian Poland as fresh Russians come up; fighting along
River San; Hungarian cavalry division almost annihilated in Galicia.
Oct. 29--Russians split opposing armies north and south of Piliza River;
Northern German army in retreat.
Oct. 30--German Army retreating from the Vistula is hard pressed by the
Russians, who capture guns and aeroplanes and reoccupy Czernowitz;
Austrian defeat near Tarnow.
Oct. 31--Germans lose heavily on East Prussian line; Russians occupy
towns beyond the Vistula; Austrians capture several Russian positions
and win victory on border of Bukowina.
Nov. 1--Russians regain more of Poland and advance along whole front
beyond the Vistula; fighting at Opatow; Montenegrins bombard Cattaro and
advance in Herzegovina; Austrian movement checked at Nadworna.
Nov. 2--Russians advance on East Prussia, while northern force covers
Warsaw; Germans retreat in three lines; German-Austrian armies in Poland
make another stand; battle between Austrians and Servians near Rovrye.
Nov. 3--Russians continue advances in East Prussia and Poland; Austrians
storm Sabao.
Nov. 4--Russians capture Barkalarjewo, drive left wing of German Army
back toward Biala and Lyck, and dislodge rear guards from Kola and
Przedborz; Austrians defeated on entire front from Kielce to Sandomierz.
Nov. 5--Germans in critical position; frost a new misery of the
campaign.
Nov. 6--Russians recapture Jaroslaw; Austrians in retreat along entire
Galician front; Germans continue to retreat in East Prussia.
Nov. 7--Russians attack last fortified German position at Sieradz on the
Warthe; Germans check Russians at Kola; Austrian Embassy at Washington
denies defeat.
Nov. 8--Russian cavalry invades Posen Province and destroys railroad
near Pleschen; German border population in Posen and Silesia in flight;
Russians in Wirballen; Przemysl again attacked.
Nov. 9--Russians are sweeping over the Prussian frontier; they occupy
Goldapp; Germans withdraw further from the Vistula; Austrians are pushed
back toward Cracow; Russians take many prisoners near Przemysl; Germans
win victory near Wyschtuniz Lake and capture 4,000 prisoners; Servians
force Austrian retirement near Shabats; Russians are twenty miles from
Insterburg and seventy from Posen; Kaiser's estate at Riminten ruined.
Nov. 10--Right wing of German Army driven back toward Masuran Lakes;
Germans rush reinforcements to Thorn and Posen; Russians occupy Miechow;
Austrians defeat Servians near Losnitza.
Nov. 11--Russians attack Cracow defenses; Austrians are pursuing
Servians on Shabats-Losnitza line.
Nov. 12--Russians control East Prussian frontier railway; siege of
Przemysl resumed; Austrians win victory at Pruth; at the San River they
try to halt advance on Cracow; Servians rout Austrians who attempt to
cross the Danube near Semandria.
Nov. 13--Austrians evacuate Central Galicia; Russians take Tarnow,
Jaslo, and Krosno; Germans face about and advance on Poland on
forty-mile front; Germans defeat Russians in Galicia and near Kola.
Nov. 14--Russians continue advance in East Prussia; they cross the River
Schreniava about fifteen miles from Cracow; Germans have successes at
Stallupoenen and Vlaclaweo.
Nov. 15--Germans withdraw from Kalisz and Weljun; they are repulsed near
Czenstochow; Russians reach Angerburg.
Nov. 16--Germans check Russian advance in East Prussia at Stallupoenen;
Russians advancing from Soldau are defeated and driven back toward
Plock; Russians in Russian Poland driven back to Kutno after German
success at Wlozlawsk; Cracow is besieged.
Nov. 17--Great battle is being fought in Poland between the Vistula and
Warthe Rivers; Germans are falling back on the entire line between
Gumbinnen and Angerburg; Austrians reach the Kolubara River and capture
8,000 Servians.
Nov. 18--Russian advance guard between the Vistula and the Warthe driven
back toward the Bzura; battle fought at Soldau; Russians advance in East
Prussia; Servians and Montenegrins win fight near Trebinje forts.
Nov. 19--Russians driven back behind the Bzura; Germans, reinforced,
advance twelve miles beyond Lenczyca; Russians push forward in East
Prussia and Galicia.
Nov. 20--Russians check von Hindenburg on the Vistula-Warthe line and
win success near Lodz; both sides claim successes on Cracow-Czentochowo
line; Russian advance continues in East Prussia around Masurian Lakes;
Russians take four towns in Galicia.
Nov. 21--Russians take Przemysl trenches and find them filled with lime
as cholera preventive; heavy fighting in Poland; fighting at Cracow;
lull in East Prussia; Servians fall back on strong positions; they deny
Austrian reports of victories.
Nov. 22--German Army advances to forty miles from Warsaw; fighting on
line from Lowicz to Skierniewice; Russians take Gumbinnen; Austrians
evacuate Neu Sandec; Russians take 2,000 prisoners near Cracow;
Austrians cross Kolubara River and capture many Servians.
Nov. 23--German advance on Warsaw checked by arrival of Russian
reinforcements; many Germans captured near Lowicz; Austrians capture
2,400 Russians at Pilica; successful sortie by Przemysl garrison.
Nov. 24--Ten-day battle in Poland ends in Russian victory, Germans being
pressed back.
Nov. 25--Left wing of main German Army surrounded in Russian Poland;
remainder of army tries to retreat north of Lodz; von Hindenburg
reported cut off from Crown Prince; Russians again invade Hungary and
corner Austrians in Carpathian passes; Servians rout Austrians who
crossed the Kolubara.
Nov. 26--Russians report continued successes, while Germans report
victories between Lodz and Lowicz; Servians make gains; Austrians report
Przemysl undamaged.
Nov. 27--Germans are sending reinforcements; Austrians admit evacuation
of Czernowitz; Montenegrins defeat Austrians near Vishegrad.
Nov. 28--Germans retreat in Poland, fighting hard; Russians gain near
Cracow, and near Strykow; Russians in Czernowitz.
Nov. 29--Montenegrins defeat Austrians in Bosnia; Russians split German
Army at Lodz into three parts and repulse relief column at Gombin;
fighting at Strykow and Zgierz; fighting in the Carpathians.
Nov. 30--Three battles are being fought in Poland; Russians report
capture of ten miles of German trenches near Lowicz; Russians fail in
attack on Darkehmen; Russians have successes in Galicia and the
Carpathians.
Dec. 1--Germans break through Russian wing near Lodz, capturing 12,000
prisoners and 25 guns; Russians claim they have taken 50,600 Austrian
prisoners in two weeks in Galicia; Austrians claim victories and capture
of 35,000 Russians in Poland; Russians seize German ammunition barges on
the Vistula; Servians capture 1,500 Austrians on the River Djid; Germans
are suffering from the cold in Poland.
Dec. 2--Austrians take Belgrade; both sides claim victories in Poland;
Russians win at Szczercow, enter Wieliczka, and occupy strong positions
on the Vistula; Montenegrins repulse Austrians trying to cut them off
from Servians.
Dec. 3--Germans claim capture of 100,000 Russians in battles in Poland;
they attempt to flank Russian right wing; Austrians repulse assaults on
Przemysl; Russians take Bartfeld; Austrians report continued victories
and say that Belgrade was taken at the bayonet's point.
Dec. 4--Russians win at Lodz; Germans have suffered heavy losses in
Poland; Allies land troops in Montenegro.
Dec. 5--Germans, reinforced, form new battle line and move on Piotrkow,
after losing heavily at Lodz.
Dec. 6--Germans occupy Lodz and drive wedge into Russian centre; one
Przemysl fort falls; Russians shell Cracow.
Dec. 7--Russians bombard Cracow suburbs; new battle on in Poland;
Russians besiege fortress of Lotzen; Germans abandon Zgier; Servians
check Austrian advance.
Dec. 8--Germans again in Cracow.
Dec. 9--Servians recapture towns of Valjevo and Ushirza, and take many
Austrian prisoners; Germans lose heavily in attack on Lowicz; Austrians
defeated near Cracow; Russians claim that they have 750,000 Austrian and
German prisoners in Russia.
Dec. 10--Servians capture many Austrians and large stores of supplies.
Dec. 11--Three German columns repulsed in Poland; Austrians defeated
north of Kesmaj and Parovnitza.
Dec. 12--Servians repulse Austrians at Kosmai; Germans occupy Przanysz,
but their front line is pierced; Lodz has been evacuated by the
Russians.
Dec. 13--Germans are defeated in Mlawa region; Posen prepares for a
siege; Austrian right wing, driven into Bosnia by the Servians, is
attacked by Montenegrins.
Dec. 14--Servians reoccupy Belgrade; Austrians reoccupy Dukla in the
Carpathians and capture 9,000 Russians; Germans gain in Northern Poland.
Dec. 15--Austrians abandon Belgrade without a battle; Germans rush fresh
troops to the Vistula; Austrians recross Carpathians into Galicia and
drive Russian left back toward the San River.
Dec. 16--King Peter enters Belgrade at head of an army; Servian General
Staff announces that country is free of invaders; Russians have new army
in Warsaw.
Dec. 17--Germans report Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen to
be completely broken; battle at Sochaczew; Austrians have success in
West Galicia.
Dec. 18--Russians admit falling back and shifting battle lines, but they
deny defeat; Russians win in Galicia between Sanok and Lisko; Austrians
announce capture of Piotrkow and Przedborz.
Dec. 19--Germans capture Lowicz; battle on the Bzura; fighting in
Galicia; Russians hold lines on Dunajec River against spirited attacks;
Austria claims to hold all West Galicia.
Dec. 20--Von Hindenburg follows up his success at Lowicz; German wedge
driven further toward Warsaw; Russians cross the Bzura and destroy
bridges behind them; Death's Head Hussars reported as having been caught
in a Russian trap and almost annihilated; Servians and Montenegrins
again invade Bosnia.
Dec. 21--Russians claim that Germans are being pursued into German
territory; both sides claim advantages in Poland.
Dec. 22--Russian Army menaces Thorn-Allenstein-Insterburg Railroad;
Germans re-form to protect it; von Hindenburg's left threatened by a new
invasion of Germany; Germans cross branches of Bzura and Rawka Rivers;
Austrians are defeated in the Carpathians.
Dec. 23--Austrians defeated in Carpathians and Southern Galicia.
Dec. 25--Movement of civilians to interior of East Prussia.
Dec. 26--Russians gain in South.
Dec. 28--Russians have raised the siege of Cracow to shatter Austrian
armies attempting flank movement; Russians believe German attack on
Warsaw has been checked.
Dec. 30--Germans retreat over the Bzura; Russians advance in South
Poland.
Dec. 31--Germans claim to have taken 136,000 prisoners, 100 cannon, and
300 machine guns in Poland since November; reports from Petrograd state
that the Germans lost 200,000 men at the Bzura.
Jan. 1--Russians invade Hungary; Germans in Poland move south; Austrian
Army split by Russian operations in Carpathian region.
Jan. 2--Germans commence offensive movement against Kielce; Germans
fortify captured Polish towns.
Jan. 3--Germans capture Bolimow; German advance on Kielce fails, as well
as German advance between Bzura and Rawka Rivers; Russians take
thousands of Austrian prisoners and sweep through Bukowina; Germans rush
to defend Cracow.
Jan. 4--Russians occupy Suczawa; Cracow again threatened.
Jan. 5--Russians defeat Austrians in Uzsok Pass and prepare to invade
Transylvania; Germans renew activities along the Vistula.
Jan. 6--New Russian army to take offensive against Germans at Mlawa;
rain is interfering with many field operations; Germans help Austrians
check advance against Cracow.
Jan. 7--Mud is hampering Germans.