--Japanese aeroplanes wreck two forts at Tsing-tau.
Sept. 23--British drop bombs on Zeppelin shed at Duesseldorf; London
fears Zeppelin attacks and reduces lights to minimum.
Sept. 24--Zeppelin drops three bombs in Belgium; French capture five
Taube machines from Germans; destruction of Zeppelin by Russians near
Sieradz.
Sept. 25--Duel between Belgian and German aviators over Brussels;
Zeppelin drops bombs in Ostend; London prepares to repel attacks.
Sept. 26--Zeppelin raids Warsaw.
Sept. 27--Man killed and child crippled in Paris; three killed in
Warsaw.
Sept. 29--Zeppelin drops bombs on two Belgian towns.
Sept. 30--Japanese aeroplanes attack Kiao-Chau Harbor.
Oct. 1--Zeppelin drops bomb near Antwerp, but is driven off.
Oct. 2--Germans report capture of thirty French aeroplanes; it is
learned that aviators patrolled the Straits of Dover during passage of
British expeditionary force; German aviators drop messages to Russian
troops.
Oct. 5--Searchlight tests made in London in preparation for Zeppelin
raids.
Oct. 6--It is announced that German airship aided in sinking British
cruisers; commander and crew decorated by Kaiser.
Oct. 7--London insures against damage from Zeppelin raids as air fleet
is prepared at Wilhelmshaven; French aviators set fire to German
aeroplanes.
Oct. 8--German aeroplanes drop bombs on Paris and Antwerp.
Oct. 9--British air squadron destroys Zeppelin in hangar at Duesseldorf.
Oct. 11--Three killed, fourteen injured from bombs dropped on Paris by
German aviators; Zeppelin over Ostend driven away by guns; Japanese
drop bombs in Tsing-tau.
Oct. 12--Six more bombs dropped on Paris.
Oct. 13--French rout German aviators near Paris.
Oct. 14--French aviator decorated for bringing down German; Cossacks
bring down Zeppelin near Warsaw; bombs dropped on Nancy.
*AMERICAN INTERESTS.*
July 26--Americans are leaving Carlsbad and other resorts.
July 29--Tourists in Paris abandon plans to go eastward; many in London
take chances and go into Austria.
July 31--Exodus from Geneva; war panic among American tourists in Paris;
President Wilson directs State Department to ask Ambassador Herrick to
remain at his post; many left in London as sailing of the Imperator is
canceled.
Aug. 1--Many demand passports in France; Americans in London will
organize for relief work.
Aug. 2--Americans in Paris form committee to aid countrymen; refugees
from Continent arrive in Lond
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