World War 1 - 28th December 1914 End of organised rebellion in South Africa Western Front Village of St. Georges, near Nieuport, recovered by the Belgians and French. Eastern Front Poland: Germans in retreat; entrench west of Bzura. Southern Front Montenegrins repel Austrians at Grahovo. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres Armenia: Turks repulsed from Sarikamish; they begin a disastrous retreat. The Battle of Sarikamish was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman empires during World War I. It took place from December 22, 1914 to January 17, 1915 as part of the Caucasus Campaign. The outcome was a Russian victory. The Russians gave heavy casualties but still attacking on Ottoman lands. The Ottomans employed a strategy which demanded that their troops be highly mobile and to arrive at specified objectives at precise times. This approach was based both on German and Napoleonic tactics. The Ottoman troops, ill-prepared for winter conditions, suffered major casualties in the Allahüekber mountains Naval and Overseas Operations North Sea: Drifting German mines destroy eight vessels. Photo: Russian Trenches at Sarikamish
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