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December, 1914

2. Austrian forces capture Belgrade.

6. Russians begin bombardment of Cracow.

8. British recapture Passchendaele.

Serbians inflict crushing defeat on Austrian armies, recapturing Ushitza and Valievo.

Powerful British squadron under Vice-Admiral Sturdee, destroys German squadron of five cruisers off Falkland Islands, sinking the "Scharnhorst," "Gneisenau," "Nurnberg," and "Leipzig." The "Dresden" temporarily escaped.

12. Montenegrins inflict further defeat on retreating Austrians and occupy Vishegrad.

14. Serbians recapture Belgrade and expel all Austrians from Serbian soil.

16. German cruisers bombard Hartlepool, Scarborough, and Whitby on east coast of England.


“The meanest and most contemptible person whom we behold is the offspring of heaven, one of the children of the Most High; and, however unworthily he may behave, so long as God hath not passed on him a final sentence, He will have us acknowledge him as one of His; and, as such, to embrace him with a sincere and cordial affection.”
–Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man