Oct. 31--Japanese and British warships attack Tsing-tau; German
submarine sinks British cruiser Hermes in Strait of Dover; Turkish
cruiser bombards Sevastopol; Russian fleet attacks Turkish fleet near
Sevastopol.
Nov. 1--German squadron under Admiral von Spee defeats British squadron
under Rear Admiral Cradock off Coronel, Chile; British flagship Good
Hope and the cruiser Monmouth go down with all on board: Germans suffer
but slightly; shelling of Allied fleets sets fire to Tsing-tau.
Nov. 2--Turkish (formerly German) cruiser Goeben damaged by fire from
Russian forts; British ship scuttled in Black Sea; Turkish commander
sinks his ship to prevent capture; Germans blockade coast of Asiatic
Turkey with mines; Karlsruhe captures British steamers Vandyck,
Hurtsdale, and Glanton.
Nov. 3--Anglo-French squadron bombards the Dardanelles forts; British
cruiser Minerva bombards Akabah, Arabia, and sailors occupy the town;
British submarine D-5 sunk by mine in North Sea.
Nov. 4--Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth sunk by Germans to prevent
seizure; Anglo-French fleet continues bombardment of Dardanelles forts;
German warships seen off coast of England; German cruiser Yorck sunk by
mine in Jade Bay.
Nov. 5--British tow German sailing ship into Queenstown, the Captain not
having heard of the war; British mine sweeper Mary sunk in North Sea.
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