Show I 1 HISTORY 0 F 1916 TOLO IN I 1 BRIEF I 1 most important events of the last year set forth PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR chief developments in the mighty conflict of nations political and other happenings in the united states state COMPILED BY E W PICKARD r M E EUROPEAN U WAR jan I 1 anew news received of torpedoing of P 0 liner persia in mediterranean about SO MO lost including it N mcneely U 8 consul congill a at aden jan S conscription bill passed first reading and three cabinet members resigned italian steamer carrying montenegrin recruits from U B S sunk by mine in the adriatic lost jan 7 germany promised U S its lt sub nub marines would 0 observe serve rules of civilized civilize warfare jan 9 british battleship edward VII sunk link by mine jan I 1 11 I austrians captured loicen dominating cattaro jan 13 Austrian cruiser unk sunk by french submarine jan 14 many documents connecting von with alleged war plots in U S taken from him hy british turned over ever to american embassy persia occupied by turks jan 16 Russians renewed general genera a attack ck on n austrian front all austrians Aust at rians too took and pursued montenegrins Montene Monte negri grins a to toward ard albania aba ia jan 21 Austrian 11 hydroplane di glane and torpedo boat sunk un by arit british is submarine in adriatic jan jail 23 22 Austria issued ultimatum to montenegro to surrender or taca face annihilation hi lation jan 24 occupied by austrians Aust rians jan four killed in zeppelin raid on paris I 1 germans took nearly a mile of french trenches tren chea east of souchez bouchez jan SO 30 another zeppelin raid made on paris jan 31 several zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins made raid over ever midland and northeast counties of england 67 persons er so n s killed feb all ii i 1 I british its liner ner A appah appam P parn in charge of prize crew from fir 0 m german commerce raider arrived at norfolk with ca captives lives from seven other ves selm rl collier her franz fischer ri sunk by bomb from zeppelin eppel ln 13 1 3 lost sia feb 2 per persian n army defeated riua nua slana stans tin arching on teheran zeppelin lost in north sea and crew Ar drowned browned owned feh feb 9 ffrench french aviators attacked city of smyrna killing 1 president wilson accepted germanys germanas Germ anys memorandum of settlement of case both sides yielding ground feb P germans took yards of trench french trenches near almy U S demanded from austria apology and reparation lepar atlon for attack on te french cruiser amaral Ch charnier Charn arriler ler torpedoed and dunki last 1091 feb io 16 Russians under grand duke nicholas captured fob feb 21 german attack on n verdun be xan san feb 24 germans captured cantu red rod villages within ble big tun gun range of verdun austila announced sinking of italian transport loaded with soldiers by bomb from air airplane marie fe feb b ffrench MF french rench checked somewhat german drive on verdun russians took persia by adorm austrians Aust rians entered durazzo italians retiring french cruiser provence sunk in mediterranean 3 lost feb F a b av 27 British steamer maloja daloja sunk b by y mine lost feb 29 italian government selred 34 interned german steamers german commerce raider greif and british celec alcantara sunk in north sea aea fight lost march mans drove through villare lam of 0 Dou aumont and beyond russians u safaris took armenia by assault U 8 S senate rejected resolution warn ring fing americans off armed ships march B french checked second ger iman infantry attick attack on verdun two zeppelina zeppelins Zepp elins raided northeast coast lof of england 13 killed march 6 germans began now new drive on verdun capturing village of forges march made further gains at verdun at tremendous cost U S house of representatives tabled resolution warning americans americana oft off armed liners march 9 germany declared war on portugal march 10 russians advanced to within to miles of ond turks and germans evacuated isfahan persia march 14 Italians started big offensive along whole austrian front march 19 Germans repulsed french attacks at le IA mort homme and captured capter ad trenches from british at vermelles vermilles Ver melles march 20 Squadron of french and brittell british airplanes bombed Zee zeebrugge brugge destroying much property and killing many per I 1 son march 31 germans halted at verdun russians gained against ger germana mans and aust r lane I 1 in n poland and galicia Gall cla and took isfahan capital of persia march 22 austrians Aust rians evacuated C czerno zerno wits and Buk bukovina owIna march 24 french bombarded german bosnians Bosn ians at a channel Ma lancourt alancourt hf and avocourt Avo court british channel steamer sussex and british steamer EnglI englishman torpedoed without warning americans on both entente allies rejected ted Inn sings pro primal conal to disarm merchantmen merchantman merchant men march ar W great german attack on malancourt front repulsed march 29 British steamer L eagle point one american aboard torpedoed without warning german aerial attick attack on killed twenty march 30 germans attacked with liquid it alre re near verdun but were repulsed germans torpedoed russian hospital ob hip in black seal aea lost march SL 31 Germans took village or of ma lancourt near verdun at terrific cost live five zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins rallied raided eastern counties of england killing 23 one zeppelin de t A r I 1 I 1 sixteen killed in zeppelin raid n gland arll A 11 2 raided england and scotland killing hilling ten april S entente allies in note to U B s upheld u their right to search parcel post nest april 4 french repulsed resulted ed fierce german a attach south mouth of Pou Dou aumont british liner zent torpedoed without warning 48 lost april 10 French lot lost BOO maids near dead man hill at verdun and then tremendous att attack ackt losses were ory large arl april I french retook trenches at ferdun after terrific battle april JR russians captured ond april 19 president wilson sent ultimatum t um to germany on submarine question and nd told congress co in joint session april 2013 20 contress 13 il Tress g forces of russians landed in france april al 27 battleship russell sunk by lt mine in mediterranean 24 lost april drill 29 General townshend Town hend and 1000 british surrendered to turks at kutel amara may I 1 british steamer la ia oen den with wheat for belgian relief sunk by german submarine may 2 alve german airships raided coasts of england and scotland belgian relief ship rr idland sunk by I 1 arman cwian submarine may 6 gen cart any reply received in promised compliance with laws lawn of warfare in submarine operations with rovert covert threat to resume former meth unless america persuades england to lift ht starvation blockade my may S president wilson told germany eur relations lorB with britain brita ln child not enter la in with berlin d e d d treat attack at liner carrying munitions or and a 5 lost lo 10 berain berlin admitted sussex was wag torpedoed bf br german submarine may lay I 1 17 dutch teamer steamer Il ataylor V b lawn blown lj up one american li med kited may so get german man seap ea laneis raided d eng list hall es eat t coast aita arians made decided gains acal against nat italians crossing cro Balne the border near VI colm mayb may as british steamship washington sunk bunk by y submarine may SL 31 zau s reported capture of asiago ada and r io r great naval battle in north sea liea british losing 14 vessels and germans 18 june i 5 larl earl kitchener and staff lost when cruiser hampshire was wa blown blonn up lit in nor north t it tea sea ju juna no 7 gormand took rort fort vaux by storm austrians Aust lans rians in tyrol repulsed by italians with heavy losses russians recaptured lutsk lutak fortress juno junell 17 rusland Ru captured Czer czernowicz c capital ap 1 tal nt fit Buk bukovina owina juno no 1 20 split austrian buko army and occupied gadova etrog eilets and Gli glibota boka june 25 two austrian transports loaded with troops sunk in durazzo harbor by italian warships june 27 It italians allans recaptured bosina posina and Ar austero stero june 23 U S note to austria demand I 1 ine apology for or attack on te published na a june SO russ I 1 ans routed austrians Aust lans rians in east galicia and took kolomer july I callies allies began great offensive on west front making big gains on both sides bides of river niver somme july ffrench captured a number of at towns in drive toward Ile ronne british took la Bo boisselle Bols lasell selle july b french parried carried by storm german 13 second line near peronne turks announced recapture of kerman shah from russians july 6 nuB Biang again routed austrians Aust lans rians in galicia david lloyd george georga made british secretary of 0 war july 9 french took dlache ache close to peronne german submarine deutschland Deutsch land arrived at t baltimore july 13 Germans opened seventh great assault on verdun july IS 15 rt Italians allans captured in po sina valley russians captured balbert nal Bal burt armenia by assault germans gern ans took la maisonnette Mai Mal sonnette and dl aches in somme sector july IS germans opened fierce counter attack attach on british with gas chell shells a winning at longueval Longue val and delvalle Delv wo cooil d british blacklisted large number of american individuals and firms for dealing with ft ith tile the germans july 23 british renewed terrific drive in somme region entering Po pozieres Poz leres july is 16 Russian captured Erz ingan armenia july 28 Russians captured brody gallian c railroad center smashed first line west ot at lutsk lutak and drove back von Lin linsinger linsingen singen in aug 8 russians smashed through agh lines on le 15 mlle mile front in galicia turks captured billie and mush blush aug 9 italians captured goritz zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins raided english and scotch coast A aug 13 russians too took man men in giu gallela lah turks beat british east ot of suez canal and in mesopotamia aug IS 15 Rus russians captured in the Carpathia ns and pierced now new touton lines on lemberg front aug british cruisers one battleship and one german submarine lost in north sea action british swept germans back on 11 mile front aront in somme sector aug AU 21 24 British advanced sou south th of T 1 i alu e p val and 1 rench french took maurepas Mau 1 russians s s I 1 ans recaptured mush blush armenia and ro reported ported mg big victory near bachta e eppell ppe lins ns raided east coast of england k killing I 1 1 ng eight AUK aug 27 italy declared war on germany german man Y Rou manla manio declared war on austria hun gary all AUK g 28 Oer Germany many declared war on roumania aug 29 made german chief of staff in place of fal I 1 falkenhayn alken k hayn aug 39 30 Roum anians took kronstadt and other transylvanian towns aug auff 31 seized Rust nuat chuk bulgaria and more It hungarian towns sept 2 raided england Ln gland one being de strayed sept 4 dar ea salaam balaam chief town of german east africa taken by british sept 7 took doumanian Rou manian fortress of ukal sept 8 Teu tons and bulgara took dobric roumania Rou nou manla ninnia sept lo 10 germans germana and ana bulgarian Bulga rians captured doumanian Rou manian fortress of Sill sept II 11 Allies began new offensive in balkans crossing tile the sept 18 15 allies smashed german third line in somme sector advanced five miles and took three towns british used terrible new armored cars serbs gerbs drove bulgara back ten miles and brittell british and french frenchi advanced in balkans sept 14 and russians crushed in the sept 17 took danube trench 11 fortified fortl fled farm and 1 1000 yards ards of german trenches north of courcelette Cour celette germans sank french transport tilled filled with troops sept 18 french captured Den deblecourt Dente lecourt court allies routed bulgara in macedonia and captured Fl arina sept aroya russians back over river sept 23 zepheline zeppelins Zepp Zep peline elins raided england killing 30 one zeppelin destroyed and one u rel coval sept p 1 zeppelina zeppelins Zepp elins again raided england la 17 k killing lilt 33 36 sept e 26 anglo lofre french forces took com I 1 bins J and after terrific fighting sept 28 venizelos and admiral coun dour lotts issued proclamation of provisional government for greece oct I 1 british took yards of german trenches dose close to zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins raided england one destroyed estr ored Ser serbians Serb ians blans routed bulgara in in macedonia macedon I 1 a oct 2 Roum anians crossed the tha danube into bulgaria oct 4 callies aldiva made great advances advanced ad vancey on oil entire line in macedonia invading Roum Rouman anians lans forced out of bulgaria allied transport gailla torpedoed ga lost oe oct t 8 S german submarine U 53 sank five vessels mussels oft off U S coast germans recaptured kronstadt vanla 1 oct ct 9 Ser serbians Serb ians blans forced crossing of cerna river in macedonia oct oci t lo 10 italians resumed advance on trieste taking MW austrians Aust lans rians oct 11 greek fleet turned over to allies on their demand and largely dismantled began invasion of roumania Rou manla oct 15 1 rench french captured sailly north nort of the somme 0 oct c t 19 Cunard liner alagnia sunk by m mine in english channel pan dart of crew lost oct 20 won on transil Tr ansyl vanla frontier but lost in russian battleship maria destroyed by interior explosion lost oct 23 cap captured red constanza doumanian Rou manian black sea port oct 14 french smashed germ german an una line at verdun taking Dou Dous aumont fort art a nd villa village oct 26 occupied Czer navoda and the vulcan pass roumania Rou Bour manla nania oct 28 Teu tons took lung not northern th key to bucharest areek steamer torpedoed lost areek steamer earn er marins marina torpedoed without warn ing in a kumher of americans lost lea L nav nov r ZO dermako ermana evacuated fort vaux verdun front no nov 6 germany and austria pro proclaim cWm el ad autonomy of poland no G von mackenson mackensen forced back in the Dob rudla P 0 liner arabia sunk by rine in mediterranean nov 8 american steamer columbian sunk by aubri sarine nov 13 dattle Battle of the ancee opened british capturing five miles of positions position and three thre strong towns nov 19 Allies captured monastic monastir Mo lr noy nov 20 D allies ordered diplomats of conn central powers 0 a r a to leave greece nov allt 21 talons took craiovan Cra iova lovo rou mardan manian tail nd ind military center nov 22 alt aters of central powers left greece liner Dri britannic tannic hospital ship sunk by m mine ine in the aegean 24 text lout nov 24 occupied orsola and severin nov 25 provisional government of greece declared war on Bul bulgaria garla allies demandil deman did dd greece deliver ilk it arms and munitions doumanian Rou manian armies in walla Wall aphis hla recited nov ZT Teu tons captured alt liver has alln la in ito roumania Rou manla german cair airship a airi raided england two Z zeppelina zeppelins Zepp ell neo lins elins destroyed es f rolie nov 2 28 american steamer chemung Che munir unit sunk by berm german n submarine crow crew saved nov 29 sir john it 11 Jell lSe e was mads made iret sea lord ot of the admiralty and sir david fleet beatty commander com commander mandir of at th e grand 1 falkenhayn alken Falken hayn haVil captured rouman lan ian railway center and italian steamer palermo torpedoed off spain 25 americans aboard nov 30 opened battle for du charest clin rest greece refuted refused demands of 0 admiral du fournet anil and allies prepared to seize bella athens athena landing troops at piraeus dec lallies L l allies marched on athens athena french ballom and greek reservist fought dec I 2 berm ains pressed closer on ilu charant clia ch iest arent while attacked draper desper abely in the wooded Carpathia ns and olaa also o laa seized Czir Czer navoda |