The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, August 09, 1917, Image 3
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THiRD YEAR
OF THE WAR
Aug. 1, 1916.-Merchantman U-boat
Deutschland leaves Baltimore home
ward bound on first trip. Somme bat
tie continues. Russians in heavy bat
tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August 2.-Russians within ten
miles of Kovel.
August 8.-French recapture part
of Fleury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Casement flanged in London for par
ticipation in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont,
near Verdun.
August 5.-BrItish overwhelm Turks
at Romani, near Suez canal.
August 0.-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six vil
lages fror Austrians:
August S.-Italians take Gorizia
bridgehea 3 and capture 10,000 pris
oners. Zussian General Letchitzky
takes two; towns and many villages.
August O.-Gorizia falls to Italians
in great offensive. Austrians near
Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-tussiana take Stanislau.
August 11.---A&lies seize Doiran in
Balkan drive.
August 13.-Aujtrians evacuate line
of the Strypa riven
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.--Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 858,000
prlsorrrs since June 4, 1010, when
drive began.
August 18.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20.-British advance on 11
mile front at Thiepval, near Somme
river. Allies attack on 150-mile front
in Balkans. Two British light cruis
era and one or two German U-boats
sunk in North Sea battle.
August 22.-Announced big Russian
contingent has landed at Saloniki.
August 23.-The Deutschland reach
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
on .Teutons and invades Transylvania.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 20.-Kaiser makes Von Hin
denburg "-hief of staff of all German
armies it place of Von Falkenhayn.
August 81.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians fall back in Transylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
Transylvania, take Ilermnaanstadt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames. .
September 8.-Allies take three vil
lages on Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bul
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies' prisoners
In two days, 0,000.
September 8.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukal and 20,000 Rouma
nians.
September 8.-Rloumanlans and Rus
sians drive foe buck a little in Do
brudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rlou
manian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Struma river in Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture three
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
wheltped in Dobrudja.
September 15.-British take Ger
man Somme positions on six-mile
front. Use. "tanks" for first timie in
warfare.
September 18.--Allies take Fiorina,
Macedonia.
September 19.--Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 21.-Russians and Rou
manians announce they have thrown
Sback the invaders in Dobrutuja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took 55,800 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September 18.
- September 23.-oumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Zep
pelins Invade England ; one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.--Allies advance along
15-mile front on Sommne. Venizeios
loaves Athens to lead revolt against
Ring Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take Combles
and Thiepval in Somame battle.
September 80.-Von Fatlkenhayn
routs Roumanians at Hlermannstadt,
'Transylvanhia.
October 1.--A Roumnanlan army
crossed the Danube.
October- 2.--Another Zeppella shot
down near London.
October 4.--Mackensen drives Roeu
manian invaders of Bulgaria back to
ward Danube.
October 5.--Rloumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
in drive on Monastir.
October 7.-German submarine U-58
gisita Newport, RI. I., on miysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Narra
gansett Light night of October 7-8.
Ootober 8.-Roumanians driven backf
to Transylvanla frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians in rout
flee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Grdece turns over he~r
fleet to France on allies' demand. Itdl
tans, resuming Carso drive, take 5,.
000 prisoners.
October 22.-Roumanlans in Do
brudja retreat hastily.
October 28.--Teutons occupy Con
,stanza, principal Rloumanian seaport.
Germans throw Russians back across
Narayuvka river.
October 2 1.-French take 3,500 pris
oners at Verdun.
October 25.-Rouraulan city of Cer
navoda falls. Defenders blow up great
bridge across Danube.
October 20.-Light craft clash in
English channel. Six British drift-net
boats, a transport and a destroyer and
one German destroyer sunk.
November 1.-Deutschland reaches
New London, Conn., on second trans.
Atlantic trip with cargo worth $10,
000,000. U-58 arrives in a German
port.
November 2.-Germans evacuate
Fort Vaux, at Verdun. Italians take
4,731 in new offensive.
November 8.-Italians take 8.495
more prisoners.
November 5.-Central powers pro
claim kingdom of Poland. Italians
announce, have taken 40,305 Austriuns
since fall of Gorizia.
November 9.-Teutons driven back
twelve miles in Dobrudja.
November 13.-British advance north
of Ancre; take 8,300 prisoners.
November 15.-England announces
food controller will be appointed.
November 17.-News received of
wholesale deportations of Belgians for
forced labor in Germany.
November 19.-Allies take Monastir,
Macedonia.
November 21.-Emperor Francis Jo
seph of Austria dies and Charles Fran
cis becomes ruler. Teutons take Crai
ova in drive on western Roumania.
November 23.-Russian dreadnaught
Imperatrita Maria sunk by internal ex
plosion ; 200 killed.
November 24.-Teutons capture Tur
nu-Severin and Orsova from Rouma
nians.
November 25.-Teutons cross Alt
river and sweep rapidly through Itou
mania.
November 20.-Venizelos party de
clares war on Germany and Bulgaria.
Teutons invading Ioumania from
north and south form junction.
November 27.-Teutons take Alex
andria, Roumania. Zeppelins raid
England; two downed by gunfire.
November 29.-Bentty replaces Jelli
coe in command of British fleet.
December 2.-French and Greeks
clash in Athens streets. Teutons win
great battle for Bucharest.
December O.-Bucharest falls.
December 7.--Lloyd George becomes
premier of Great Britain.
December 8. - Twenty-seven thou
sand toumanians surrender.
December 10.-Ieutschland arrives
home.
December 12.-Germany announces
she is ready for peace parleys.
Deceamber 14.-Russia ofilcially re
buffs German peace offer.
December 15.-French under Nivelle
take 9,000 prisoners on seven-mile
front at Verdun. Nivelle then leaves
to become commander in chief of all
France's home armies. Buzcu and all
W Valachia lost -to Roumanians.
December 18.-Russian troops take
over whole Roumanian front.
December 19.-Lloyd George tells
commons Germans must make resti
tution and reparation to get peace.
December 20.-Wilson sends notes
to both sides in war asking their alms.
December 24.-Switzerland officially
indorses Wilson's plea for statement
of war aims.
December 25.-Teutons take 9,000
Russians in Roumania.
December 20.-Germany replies to
Wilson, suggesting peace conference,
b~ut not stating own war alms er terms
of peace.
December 80.-Allies in reply to Ger
.man peace proposal call offer empty
nnd insincere and refuse conference.
December 81.--King Constantine of
Greece thanks President WUson for his
note to the belligerents.
January 4, 1017.-British transport
Icernia sunmk by U-boat in Miediterra
nean; 150 lost.
Janua ry 5.-House of representa
tiveis rules committee begins investiga
tIon of Wall street "leak" of Wilson
peace note news.
January 0.--Russlans retreat across
Sereth river in Rloumania.
Janumary 8.-Russians Jaunch offen
sive unear Riga.
January 11.--Allies in reply to Wil
son note outline aims. but refuse to
parley with an unbeaten Germany.
January 17.- -Learn German raider
Monewe has sunk 21 shIps and seized
three others in South Atlantic. En
tente, in supplementary note to Wilson,
amplifies war aims.
Jaua~~ry 19.-British steamer Yar
rowdaile, Mloewe's prize, reaches a
German part with 409 prisoners.
Januar'y 22. - WVison imakes his
"peace without victory" address in sen.
ate, demanding United States enter
wvorldI league at close of wvar.
January 24.-After liniitla? successes,
Russians are forced back unear Rigai.
January 25.-MfIne sinks British aux
ilIary cruiser Laurentic off' IrIsh coast.
JTanuary 31.-Germany declares ruth
less submarimfe wvar, revoking all
pledlges to the United States.
February 8.--United States severs
diplomatic relations with Germany.
President Wilson in address to sennie
outlines crisis. United States seizes
internedl German warships.
February 4.-Wilson asks neutrals
to break with Germany, United States
reserve fleet orderedl in service.
February 5.-Announced American
seaman was killed wvhen German sub
marine shelled lifeboat of British
steamer- Envestone..
February 0.---Lenrned Germany is
holding Unltedl States Ambassador Ge
rard.
February 7.-British liner Califor
nia, one Amerlean aboard, sunk, uin
wvarned, off Ireland ; 41 lIves lost.
Spain calls new U-boat decree unlaw
ful.'
February 8.-Germany tries to get
Ambassador Gerardl to sign a paper re
affirming Prussian treaties with the
United States, but he refuses.
February 10.-Gerard finally allowed
to leave Berlin. '
February 12.-.Annone ofmicia..
Germany has asked parley with Unit
ed States through Swiss minister at
Washington and been snubbed. Ger
many masses five army corps to over
awe Holland.
February 18.-British hem in Turks
at Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia.
February 15. - Germany releases
American Yarrowdale prisoners.
February 17.- Learn German em
bassy gave orders for crippling of Ger
man merchantmen here before publica
tion of ruthless warfare note.
February 20.-Austria backs Ger
many in ruthless warfare. Food riots
in New York, probably stirred up by
German agents.
February 22.-Germany torpedoes
seven Dutch ships leaving Falmouth
in violation of her pledge.
February 23.-British stringently re
strict imports to fight submarine war,
February 25.-Germans make "stra
tegic" retirement on Ancre front. La
conia, British ship, sunk unwarned ori
Ireland ; two American women killed.
February 20.-President asks con
gress for authority to arm American
merchanteraft. British capture Kut
el-Amara.
February 28.-Germany's plot to ally
Mexico and Japan with her against
the United States and her promise of
three American states to Mexico re
vealed.
March 1.-President Wilson con
firms story of German attempt to in
cite Mexico and Japan. Tokyo de
nounces plot. House passes bill to
arm ships, 403 to 13.
March 3.-Russians take Hamadan,
Persia, from Turks.
March 4 - President Wilson de
nounces "willful men" in senate who
filibustered against armed ship bill,
killing it by ending of administra
tion term. British take over 25-mile
Somme front from French. President
takes oath of office for second term.
March 0.-President's advisers tell
him he has power to arm ships with
out action of congress.
March 7.-Berlin admits sending In
terceptel Zimmermann note to Mex
ico.
March 9.-President calls extra con
gress session for April 10.
March 11.-Biritish capture Bagdad.
Russian revolution starts. Petrograd
troops desert government.
Mnrch 12.-German U-boat shells
and sInks United States merchant
ship Algonquin without warning.
March 14.-China breaks diplomatic
relations with Germany.
March 15.-Czar abdicates.
March 16.-Grand Duke Michael of
Russia renounces throne, bringing
Romanoff dynasty to an end. Duma
in control.
March 17. -Germans begin big re
treat on west front. Announced vote
of Russian people will decide form of
government.
March 18.-News received of sink
ing of American ships City of Mem
phis, Illinois and Vigilancia by U.
boats; 22 men missing.
March 21.-Wilson calls on congress
to meet April 2 instead of April 10.
Twenty lost when.United States tanker
Healdton, bound for Holland. is sunk
by U-boat in North sea.
March 25.-President orders partial
mobilization of National Guard to pro
tect property from German plotters.
Navy ordered to get ready.
Miarch 27.-Fifteen thousand more
National Guardsmen called out.
April 3.-WIlson asks declaration
of state of wvar by congress. Ger
mans ~drive Russians across Stokhod
river, taking a large number of pris
oners.
April 4.-Senate passes war resolu
tion, 82 to 0.
April 5.-House passes war resolu
tion 373 to 50.
April 0.-President signs congress
resolution and proclaims state of wvar.
Government takes over German liners.
April 7.-Cuba declares war on Ger
nmany.
April 9.-Austri-Hungary breaks
diplomatic relations wvith United
States. British storm Vimy Ridge,
taking 0.000 prisoners on first day of
battle. Wilson join~s fight to raise
new armies by universal service prin
ciple..
Apr-il 10.-British prisoners at Vimny
r-each 11,000. Brazil breaks diplo
muatie relations with Germany, Brit
ish advnnee 50 miles beyond Bagdad.
April 11 .-Hlerert C. Hoover, ae
cepts offer to direct food supplies of
United Statee.
April 13.-British cut into Hindena
biurg line. [Presidlent defines wanr zone
off coast.
Apr-il 14.--House passes seven hit1
lion war loan bill.
April 15.--Wilson calls on nation to'
support him In War.
Apr-il 1.-French in 25-mile of
fensive toward the "Ladlies Roard" and
in Chapagne take 10,000 prisoners
first day.
April 17.-Big war credit passes sen
ate. German wounded (lie when U-boats
sink British hospital ships D~onegai
and Lanfrano without warning.
April 18.-French prisoners in new
offensive total 17,000.
April 1.-Fight is started for pro
hibition during wvar. American freight t
or Mlongolia sinks a U-boat-the first
Amnerican victory of the wvar.
April 20.-In confused night battle
of destroyers In E~nglish Channel Brit
lah and German vessels lock, and
crewvs fight with cutlasses.
April 21.--Balfour commission from
Great Britain reaches United States.
April 24.-French comm issi on ar
rives in United States.
April 25.-U-boats sinik 04 British
vessels In week, it Is announced, caus
ing alarm an Britain. Willson tells Bal
four United States will not make~ a
separate peace. United States makes
first foreign war loan-$200,000,000 to
Great Britain.
April 28.-House votes conscription
army bill, 897 to 24, and senate, 81 to
8. Guatemala breaks off relations with
Germany.
April 29.--Petain chosen to lead
French armies in place of Nivelle.
Joffre asks United States army in
France Without delay.
May 2.--Announce first Liberty Loan
bond issue will be $2,000,000,000. Sec
retary of State Lansing warns U-boat
sinkings are serious.
May 2.--Russians abandon Mush,
Armenia, to the Turks.
May 3.-News received of mistreat
ment of Jews in Palestine by Turks.
May 4.---French take Craonne from
Germans.
May (.--French in second battle of
the Aisne take 0,100 prisoners.
May 7.--Orders given to raise 11,000
engineers here for work in France.
May 10.-Critical situation in R(us
sia and civil war is feared.
May 14.--Great Britain turns over
to United States 1,024,500 tons of ship
ping building for her here.
May 15.- New Italian offensive be
gins.
May 10.---Anlounce( squadron of
American destroye(.rs is assisting the
British ; U-boa0t losses sink to 20 in
week.
May 18.---l'resiletnt proclIims con
scriptioIl law, calling on 10,000,000 m1en,
aged twenty-one to thirty-one years,
to reglster ,Juie 5. Italians announce
0,432 prisonuers.
May 25.--taly launches renewed
Corso offensive, taking 0,000 prisoners
first (lay. (ermiann airplanes kill 70
persons in Dover and Folkestone.
May 20.--Germanly announces she
will sink hospitni ships without
warning unliess they obey certain strict
rules about the courses they take. An
nounced Italy hL1s captured 22,414 Aus
trians since May 14.
June 3.--Gene'ral Chang lsun named
dictator by royalists of China.
June 5.-United States registers for
the army draft without disorder.
General Brusiloff made head of Ius
sian armies.
June 7.--British blow up Messines
ridge; explosion heard in London;
5,000 prisoners taken on first day of
offensive.
June S.-General l'ershing, com
mander of Amlerilean expedition, ar
rives in 1Etnglanl. Secretary of War
Biker plans for 100,000 American air
lplanes. One hundred AUmerican avia
tors arrive in France.
June 9.-Wilson tells Russia what
United States is fighting for. Japan
offended by United States note urg
ing China to maintain order.
June 11.-Lord Northcliffe, famous
publisher, arrives to co-ordinate Brit
ish missions in United States.
June 12.-King Constantine of
Greece abdicates in favor of his sec
ond son, Alexander, at command of the
allies.
June 13.-In greatest air raid so far
on London, 153 are killed and 430 in
jured. Pershing reaches Paris. Elihu
Root and American mission in Pe
trograd.
June 15.-Liberty loan oversub
scribed. Great Britain frees all the
Irish rebels.
June 17.-Doctor Ivers,. who Wrote
Germany's official reply to the Bel
gian atrocity oharges, is sentenced to
nine months' imprisonment in Berlin
for extorting $80,000 from the mother
of a soldier by throats ; evidence
sh~ows he is a chlronic drinkard and
miorp~hine fiend. Duma demands imme
(hate offensive by Russian troops.
Julne 19.--United States Admnirai
Sims put in command of allied fleet
off Ireland,
June 22.-Announced Liberty loan
subscriptions total $3,035,226,850.
June 25.-American Ried Cross cam
paign closes, withl subscriptions over
the hlundred million dollars sought.
June 26.-Official Mesopotamlan re
port scores British civil and military
leaders. Canadians withtin one mile
of Lens, great French &mal center.
June 27.-Arrivai of first United
Stilte arm1 Ily In France announed.
Jlune 28,-Brazil joins in war by an
nulllin~g her dlecree of nleutrality be
tweeni thle enItente nations and Ger
mlany.
JTune 20.-Greece breiiks diplomatIc
relat ions withI th~e ('enmtral .powers.
,June1 30.-Russlans begin b~ig offen
sive inl Galiela. Wanr Minister Ke
rensky leads attack. Hlaig galins mile
on1 fouri--ile C front before Lens.
Juily 1 .-Wilshington aninounee
United Stimtes is reiady to. equlip army
of 2,0)00,000.
July -2.-tlRsian prisoners counted
in her offensivye number 10,273. Chin
ese' eire~i re-establlishedl.
.1lly :.-(Governmilent tells of twvo
submallirine ialttacks onl transports bear
inlg l'ershilng's men ;l one U-boat sun1k.
Itussi anmnouinces 6,000 imor~e prison
ers. Germains make v'ain flye-mile of
fenslve at Ve'rduni.
Jully 4.-Eleven killed in German
airl ridI~ on Ilarwichl.
July 5.-Republicans and monarch
ists hattile 35 miles from Peking.
.duly 6.-Leaders of German spy sys
temll ill United States arrested.
Jully 7.-T'Jwenty-twvo German Gotha
alirplanes, mloun~tinlg four guns each,
rid1( London, killing 43 and injuring
10)7.
Jully 8.-WVilsoni orders export em
bargo on food, fuel and mniiiy other
thlings to p~revenlt supplies reaching
(lerimany. British foreign office sta4gs
German crops this suimmter will not be
ablove 40 per cent of normal. United
States shipping bloard states expects
to bulild 5,000,000 to 0,000,000 tons ini
18 m~onthls, instead of thle 2,500,000 to
3,000,000 originally aimed at.
Jully 9.-British dIreadnaught Van.
guiird blown uip; ali but two alboard
killed.
Jutly 10.-Germans in sudde(ln dr1ive
along seacoaist beat Britishl back to
Y'ser' river and capture 1,250 men.
Crisis over electoral reforms and war
aims11 in Germiany. Russians take
Hlailcz- anliai.
July 11.-Russians seize town of
Kaluss.
July 12.--Widespread labor disorders
in West caused by Industrial Workers
of the World; German agents suspect
ed. Chang Haun, leader of Chinese
monarchists, flies to Dutch legation in
Peking.
July 18.-British bring down 80 Ger
man airplanes on west front in big
gest air battle so far.
July 14.-Chancellor Bethmann-Holl
weg resigned and Dr. 0. D. Michaelis
succeeded him. Germans took French
posts south of Courcy. House passed
$040,000,000 aviation bill.
July 15. - French took important
hills positions from Germans south of
Rei ma.
July l0.-Russians took Lodzlany
from Austrians, but evacuated Kaluss.
July 17. - French took German
trenches. near Melancourt. Three
nembers of Russian cabinet resigned;
riots in Petrograd suppressed. Shake
up in Blritish enbinet.
July 1S.-Incased activity on Rou
mnanian front. Russians took part of
Novica.
July 19.-Great German attack be
tween Craonne aad Hurtebise partly
successful. Chancellor Michaelis de
clared for subtmarine warfare. Rus
ssians driven back in Vilna region. Teu
tons make advances in Galica.
July 20.-Draft for American Na
tional army held. Premier Lvof! of
Russia succeeded by Kerenaky. Ger
many called 2,000,000 of her youngest
men to the colors.
July 21.-Senate passed food control
and aviation bills. Russians in disor
derly retreat, burning villages.
July 22.-German aviators raided
England, killing 11 in coast towps, but
were driven away from London. Siam
declared state of war with Germany
and Austria-Hungary.
July 23.-Kerensky given absolute
powers as dictator of Russia. Ger
mans lost heavily in attacks along the
Clemin des Dames.
July 24-Goethals, Dennan and
White out of shlpping board; Rear Ad
miral Capps, E. N. 1lurley and Ili
bridge Colby succeeded them. Mc
Adoo asked congress for $5.00.Q00,00U
more for war. Russians evauited
Stanislau, thidr whole line periled.
French defeated Germans on CrAonne
front.
.Tuly 25-Division of trailt rous Rus
sian troops blown to plieces by own
artillery as part of Gekneral Kornlloif's
measures to restore order. I enInme,
Russian pacilist agitator, alt ired af
ter greatest man hunt liussin ever
knew.
100 MCST IMPORTANTI
EVENTS IN GREAT WAR
June 28, 1914.-Archduke Ferdinand
heir presumptive to Austria's throne
and wife assassinated at Serajavo
Bosnia, by Slav student, Princip, glv
lag the pretext for war.
July 28.-Austria delivers famous
ultimatum to Serbia, charging asans.
sinntion plot was hatched on Serb
soil.
July 28.-Serbia having agreed to
all Austria demands save one, Austria
(leclares war.
August 1.-Germany declares war on
Russin.
August 3.-Germany declares war on
France and invades Belgium.
August 4.-Great Britain declares a
state of war by act of Germany.
August 21-24-Battle of Mons-Char
lerol ; Germans victorious.
August 23.-Japan at war wvith Ger
many.
August 27.-Germans burn Louvain,
Belgium.
- August' 29.-Russians crushed in
battle near Tannenburg, Prussia.
September 5-10.-Germansq turned
back by French and British in the
battle of the Marne.
September 12.-Battle of the Aisne
begins.
October 9.-Germsans capture Ant
wverb).
October 21-31.-First battle of
Ypres.
October 30.-Rtussia declares war on
Turkey.
Novembsier 1 .-emns sink Ad
mdral Cradiock's British fliet oif Chili.
Noyemnber 10-12.-Second hat tlec at
Yplres.
D~ecemuber 1 .-Germns (GeuneralI De
WVet captured, ending SouthI A frienn
revolt.
Decemuber 5.-Serbi ans dlefea t A us
t ri a n.
Decemsber 8.-Britishs sinkc German
fleet off IFalkland islaisi.
.Jnnuary 24, 1915.-Navai battle in
North sea; German i cruiser luecher
sunk.
February 8.-Rlussiisans suffer sec
01nd great defeat in East Pruissia.
February 1 7.-Germsans begina sub
marine bloesade, despite Ameriean
protest.
March 22.-Rlussi ans take Przemnysl,
Galicia after long siege.
April 22.-Gas first used in war by
Germans at Ypres.
April 25.--Allies land at Darda
nelles.
May 4.--Beginning of great German
offensive against Russia.
May 7.-Lusitania sunk unwarned by
U-boat ; 1,000 die, of whom more than
100 are Americans.
May 22.-Italy declares war on Aus
tria.
JTune 2.-Teutons retake Przemysi.
August 5.-Germnans capture War
seW.
Septemsber 1.-Germany promises
United States to sink no more liners
wvithout warning.
September 8.-Czar -succeeds Grand
Duke Nicholas in command of Russian
armies,
September 15.-emans canture:
Pinsk-high dde Ia lave oes of 't
Septembel' 24-25.--Allies In drIV* e'
France capture 25,000.(
October 5.-Allies land at SalonikL
October 9.--Germans occupy Be*
grade.
October 10.-Bulgaria attacks . Selo
bia. "
December 9.-Germany announces
Serbia is entirely conquered.
December 19.-Allies evacuate Gat
li)0li.
February 14, 19i0.-Russians capture
Erzerum, Turkey.
February 23.-Germans open Verdun
offensive.
April 18.-Russians take Trebizond,
Turkey.
April 24.-Irish revolt in 1)ublin.
April 28.-British besieged in-Kut-el
Amara, Mesopotamia, surrender.
May 30.-Battle of Jutland; 14 Brit
ish and 18 German warships sunk.
June 5.-Lord Kitchener drowned
when cruiser Hampshire is torpedoed
north of Scotland.
June 17.-Itussians retake Czerno
witz, capital of Bukowina, in great of
fensive.
June 20.--Arnbs rebel from Turkey,
capture Mecca; new kingdom estab
lished.
June 27.-British and French in
great drive in west.
July 9.-Submarine merchantman
Deutschland reaches Baltimore.
July 27.-Russians retake Brody,
northern Galicia.
August 9.-Italians take Gorizia.
July 10.-Russians take Stanislau,
Galicia.
August 28.-Roumania enters war on
side of the entente, and invades Tran
sylvania.
September 6.-Germany begins great
squeeze on Roumanin.
November 10.-First great air bat
tie of world's history ; 07 British,
French and German airplanes brought
down.
December 5.-Teutons take Bu
cha rest.
)ecember 11.-Germany openly prof
fers pincc to her enemies.
I)ecemher 21. - President Wilson
asks both sides to define their war
alias.
.Jntnuaary 17. 1917.-News received
(German ('raiser MaCwe has taken 24
ship s in South Atlantic.
.Janumry 22.-Wilson asking "peace
withoIut victory," demands Uijited
States enter world league at close of
war.
.ataunry 31.-Germany (leclares ruth
less submarine warfare on all ships,
whatever nationality, in the war zones.
February 3.-United States severs
diplomuntic relations with Germany.
February 20.-I'resilent asks con
gress for nut hority to arm all Amort
can vessels.
Februnry 20.-Bri tIsh capture Kut
el-Amarn.
February 28.-Zimmermnn t note
suggesting alliance of Mexico and
Japan with Germany against United
States made puiblic.
March 11.-British capture Bagdad.
March 11.-Russian revolution starts.
Minreh 15.-Czar nh(liCtes.
March 17.-4ernnans begin big
"strategic retirement" on west front.
April 8.-Wilson asks congress to
declare a state of war with Germany.
April 0.-President signs congress
resol utioa proclaiming war.
April 7.-Cuba declares wvar on dJer.
many.
April .-Austria-Hungary breaks
diplomiatic relations with United
States.
April 9.-BritIsh storm Vimy Itidge,
April 10.-Brazil breaks diplomatie . -2
relations with Germany.
April 1.-French in great ofl'ensiye
near Aisne river.
April 10.-Amerlean freighter Mion
golia sinks a submarine, this being
the first American victory of tho wvar.
April 28.-Both houses of congress
pass selective draft army bill.
Many 15.-Big Italian offensive in
Carso begins.
June 3.-Chinese royalists name
Chang Haun dictator; Germans assist
plot.
June 5.-Amerieans regIster for
army draft without disordIer.
June 7.-British bulow uip Miessines
ridge; explosIin lhenrd in London.
Juine 8.-Gieneral PershIng reaches
E'nglanad.
June14 12.-Kinug Constantine of
Greece ahdtientes ; nation prepares to
join allies.
JTune 13.-153 killed, 430 injured in
London by (eran airplane r'ald.
Jlune 15.-United States Liberty
Lonn closes. with billion oversub
setriptlonl.
JTune 27.-Announce arrival of first
Amerlnnt army in France.
JTune 28.-Brazil joins' in w~ar.
June 30.-Ruissians begin big offen
sive in GJallin ledl by War Miinister
Kerensky in person.
July 2.-Chinese empire declared re
estab~lishe'd; republicans priepanre to re
sist.
July 7.-Twenty-two German air
planes of immense new type kill 48,
Injure 107. in London.
July 8..-Wilson orders export em
bargo.
July 12.-Chinese empire falls;
Chang Ilsun flees to Dutch legatlon in
Peking.
July 13.-In biggest air battle so far
British claima downing of 30 German
planes on west front.
July 14.-Von Bet hmann-Iloli weg,
German impierial chancellor, resigns
and the kaiser appoints Dr. Georg
hiichaells in his place.
July 19.-Rum,inns in Galicla mn
tiny arnd are routed b~y Germans.
July 20.-Draft for American Na
tional armiy held.
July 20.-Premier L~voi of Russia
resigns and Kcerensky succeeds him.
July 2L.-United States senate,
passes food control and $640,000,000
aviation bills.