Oct. 23--Allies' squadrons seeking German cruisers Emden and Karlsruhe;
Emden's activity is having a bad effect on Indian shipping; French ships
aid British in shelling Belgian coast towns.
Oct. 24--British destroyer Badger sinks German submarine; Ostend
bombarded by French warships.
Oct. 25--Japanese sink German cruiser Aeolius off Honolulu.
Oct. 26--Vessel containing French and Belgian refugees sunk near Calais,
probably by a mine, the passengers being rescued by a British ship;
Germans claim that the British ships have been driven back from the
Belgian coast.
Oct. 27--Germans lay mines off Irish coast; British freighter Manchester
Commerce sunk; Germany demands that China release shipwrecked sailors of
submarine S-90, which was destroyed by the Germans when being pursued by
Japanese.
Oct. 28--Emden sinks Japanese steamer; Japanese cruiser Chitose repulses
attack by two German warships.
Oct. 29--Emden, flying the Japanese flag, enters Penang Harbor and sinks
Russian cruiser Jemtchug and a French destroyer; Turkish warships shell
Theodosia and sink two Russian steamers; British vessels slightly
damaged off Belgian coast, with ten men killed; Swedish steamer Ornen
and two British fishing boats sunk by mine in North Sea; British sink
German steamer in the Adriatic.
Oct. 30--Russian and Turkish fleets in battle in the Black Sea; Turkish
torpedo boats bombard Odessa, sinking Russian gunboat Donets, three
Russian liners, and French steamer Portugal.
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