Show y OF 1916 TOLD IN BRIEF host ast dst important events of ot the last year set forth OF EUROPEAN WAR chief development in the mighty conflict of nation political and other happening happenings in the I 1 united I 1 COMPILED BY E W PICKARD EUROPEAN WAR jin I news received ot of torpedoing torpe dolne of p 1 0 0 liner persia in can I 1 about loit lost including U R N mcneely Uc Neely U 8 consul at at aden allan i jui I 1 british inscription bill passed fant re reading 3 ding and three cabinet member members I 1 italian steamer carrying montenegrin recruits from U 8 sunk by mine in the adriatic lot lost I 1 jn jan T germade promised U S 8 its sub ab ina marines rines would a observe erva rule rules tit f civilized warfare jan sin 9 british battleship edward VII sunk by mine jn 11 austrians lans captured loicen cattaro jin jan 13 austrian cruiser unk sunk by trench submarine jan 14 many documents connecting on with alleged war plots in U S taken from him by british Uri tish turned ever over to american abaiy Kermani hah 0 cuple I 1 by turk turks jan 13 renewed general at tack on austrian front austrian austrians took and pursued grins toward albania jan IL Austrian hydroplane and tor tedo 0 o boat sunk by british submarine in adriatic adala tic jan 21 1 austris Austria issued ultimatum to montenegro to surrender or face annl anni lil tuition latton jan 24 2 arl occupied hy by austrians Au jan 23 29 twenty tour killed in zeppelin raid on paris germans took to 0 ic nearly a mile of lemrich an fn trencher tren clis chr east ot of bouche jan SO another zeppelin raid made on carls jan 31 Several Zep pellis lne made raid over midland and northeast counties of ind 67 person persons killed lb E eb I 1 liner appal appam in charge ei oi prize crew from german commerce com merre rader arrived at norfolk with cit lve from seven other vessels I 1 rani unk sunk by bomb tomb tron fron Zepp pin ln 13 lost peb feb sl Z 1 pral an army defeated Itus marching on teheran zeppelin lost in north sea and crew d drowned feh feb 8 ffrench french aviators attacked city of smyrna killing W president nilion 11 accepted germany ys memorandum of at settlement of lusitania Lust tania c asse both sides ide yielding greil ground fob feb 9 tok yards of 0 brench trenches rear vimy U 8 demanded from train austria apology aa anil and reparation for attack on Petr olit te 0 french cruiser amiral charnier Charn ler torpedoed and funk 74 lost fob feb KRue 16 russians slane under orand grand duke nicholas captured Erz eruna fob feb 21 attack oa on verdun be bt feb 24 germane captured vil villages within bit cun gun ranee rang of verdun austria announced linking sinking of italian transport loaded with soldiers Bold ler by bomb from airplane at ian feb 1 french checked somewhat ome what german drive on verdun Itus took persia by term storm austrians entered durazzo xo italian italians retiring french cruiser provence cunk sunk tu tit mediterranean S 3 IY loit lost feb 27 british teemer steamer malola unk gunk by lymone mine lout lost fob feb 29 antalian italian government seized 34 interned aerman steamers german commerce raider greif and Brit lith cruler alcantara bunk sunk in north tea it acht ma lot lost march I S germane germans drove through daxe 1 site of Dou aumont and beyond russians took dielle armenia by as ault sault U 8 senate reelected relec ted resolution warn ink 1 american americans oft off arme armeil 4 ships i march S fience check checked sit second ger inn trusts infantry on verdun two raided norie norl beast ait coast of I 1 Enit land 11 killed march germans 4 began new now drive on omun capturing villas village fit el forges march 7 germans apdo further gain gains it verdun at coet cost U 8 house of representative tabled i resolution warning americana off armed liner liners march larch germany declared war on 1 port I 1 KAL march starch 10 russians advanced tr to within 80 0 m lea les of turk turks and german germans tva united lenahan perla persis harch 14 italian started big offensive offen lve i LI ng whole austrian front march star Is 19 germans 4 repulsed french at t tick acks et st le mort a and captured capture 4 trenches from british at Ver vermelle melles march 20 squadron nf of french and british airplanes bombed destroy lille much property and many perlone march larch 11 31 germane at verdun russians 1 gained 1 against german germans and A austrian uart ans in I 1 eland oland and galicia and took 1 pah capital of persia march a evacuated ted czernai its H and Buk emina lna march starch 24 French bombard com barda d german positions at Ma lAncourt and british channel steamer and B steamer etea roer torpedoed torpe torp doel W inthout warning Amer trims on both Fri entente allies roje eted lansing 4 pro popat to 0 o disarm merchantmen march tt U great germar attack on laur ourt Nt Ma lancourt alancourt front repulsed march 23 british steamer eagle 1 point cne one american aboard torpedoed torpe doeu without barning german aerial attack on killed march 34 german attacked with liquid 11 ore re near verdun but were repulsed firmani torpedo d russian Ilu hoo titta I 1 ship hip in billack sea ea lost march I 1 I 1 arch 31 German took VII age of ma lancourt rear verdun at terrific col rive five elinn 9 daelyn counties coun tle 0 of f eitland killing 23 one zeppelin de do troyed strayed ANI april I 1 piT teen tn tilled la in zeppelin raid mid en april apri fland Zepp ellra raided englan I 1 and scotland t n pl it rn tn allies in note to U V 8 S phell their to pearch parcel post april A arenci rr enci repulsed ad fierce ot arn tn attack douth south of Pou aumont liner zent torpedoed without It hout 41 43 lost april io ffrench 0 French tet lost WO yards near dead man stan hill at veraun find nd then re tremendous attack loise losses were it ery I 1 large api april 1 rj ll 11 1 fr rah retook trenches trench ej at erdein after terrific batti battle ap 41 IR 1 russians captured akrit 1 19 president ellon ent sent ultima lum turn to germany on submarine tub marine question and lot old congre nim in joint session A april april ZO nl force forces of landed in france krance apri april 1 I Brit lith battleship 11 unk sunk by mine min in 1 mediterranean I edi loaf lost april 29 a townsie to nd and 10 y surrendered to flurk at L t kutel hutel kut hut el amara may t british hamer steamer la ilk a tn en with wheat for belgian Itel Klan it relief a list sunk 11 ll b r german submarine it may ay 2 rive german airships raided coasts of at en eland and scotland belgian rel relief iland of ship urk surk by herman german submarine may 6 germany a reply received in washington promised 11 with law laws of warfare res in submarine ope operation 3 with ith covert threat to resume former meth oda america rr auak england to lift starvation blockade may president told fl ermany our relation relations with britain could not dot enter 14 w controversy with berlla paris 1 r d url reported ked erelt great attacks at t ia 1 d chee rn unk lc carding 3 ost munitions 0 tor o jay to in a dimitt d sussex vi as tar Tifilo ed ator by ar man hubn arine my U 17 dutch teamer V blown up P one Arne american ricAn led lish stay 21 egerman 1 raided l lea em eng test ea austrians made decided 1 l gains against italians crossing ing the border aw near M 1 I cenia conza ia unit sunk may by 25 bratth submarine rit lh steamship washington Wahl neton may 31 reported capture ot of allago and arsiero great naval battle in north sea a british losina 14 enela and bermans IS I 1 J june u 5 larl ketchner and staff lot lost hen crimmer r hampshire Hampa hire was wa blown up in porth north pea ta june 7 german germans took rort vaux by storm austrians tn in tirol trot repulsed by italian hallam w with ith heavy Itu aslang recaptured lutak I 1 fortress june 17 Itu elane captured capital ot of Buk bukovina owina june 10 0 ll ulan split austrian buko wina army and occupied etrog eilets and Oll boka june 26 25 two austrian transports trang porta load ed d with alth arc troop ps lunk sunk in Dur alisis harbor by italian viar ships june 27 recaptured rosana and arciero june MU U S 8 note to austria demand trigg ini lish apolony tor for attack on pub june 30 russians routed austrians in ant list galacia and took Ko colomes lomes jul july Y I allies brcan began great offensive offe offen nelve siv 0 0 on n west front making big call kali a on b both oth ides sides of pomme july I french captured a number of 0 towns in drive toward I 1 aronne took IA Bols boisselle selle july 11 L 1 rench carried ty storm german arond second line near I 1 aronne turk turks announce 1 recapture ot at herman kerman hah shall from rom russians Ilu silan july 6 again routed austrian austrians in galicia david lloyd george made british see ec rotary ot of viar war july 9 brench took blacha cloe close to peronne german submarine cub sub narine deutschland arrived at baltimore july july germans 13 opened seventh great shault on verdun july IS 13 italians captured anal in po ro ina valley russians Kus captured Ball halburt burt armenia by a asnault gem ans took I 1 a Ma Mal leonnette sonnette and dl achee aches in somme etor sector july IS 19 german germans opened flere counter attack on british Bril lali ith gas ga g a shells win nini at longueval longuevan Longue val and delville wood british blacklisted large 1 number of t amerle Amerl cin in individual individuals and arm firms for or dealing with the german germans july 23 british r renewed I 1 terrific drive in somme region e ent erinc july 26 tanu hu olan cap capture 1 armenia Arr nenia july russian russians captured brody gall galt clan ro railroad dad center smashed first line lian no west 0 of I 1 butak and drove back von in aug au 8 russian russians smashed through ten teu ton lines on 15 mile front in galicia Gall cla turk turks captured and minh blush AUK aug 9 italians captured goritz zeppelin raided english ani coast 13 1000 men galic 8 turk bent beat british east ot of sue suez canal and in aug 15 captured jablonic Jablo nit in the carpathian Carpathia ns and pierced new line lines on lernberg lember front aug I 1 19 two ariu h cruisers crullers one german battle battleship lp and one german submarine lost in north sea action british wept swept german germans back on it 11 mile front tn in somme sector ug 24 ced south ot at Thiep thiepval val and brench took maurees 16 Rus russians recaptured CaPtured Tt mush armenia and reported big vl victory tory near bachta epp eppelina eppel elins lne raided east coast ot at england killing eight aug 27 italy declared war on oer ger many iti lumanta declared war on austria hun gary aug 23 28 germa germany declared war on rou mania aug 29 hindenburg made german chief at tiffin place of falkenhayn AUK aug 20 rou r anians look tok kronstadt and na other town towns aug ai metzel Rust chuk bulgaria and more fl hungarian towns sept 2 zep zeppelin peling raided england one being destro destroys dee troyed YM sept 4 dar der es e salaam chief town of german eat east africa taken by british sept 7 took doumanian Hou Rou mantan manian for trem treal of ukal 8 and bulgar took dobric nou sept lo 10 Germane and bairs captured lan fortress of sept IL atall allien began new off lve in balkans crossing the strum sept allies smashed german third line in somme sector advanced five mile miles and nd took three louns oin british used terrible b new armored can cars serba serbs drove bulgara Duli back ten miles mil and british and french advanced in balkans 8 beat t 16 and russians Ilus crud in ta he sept 17 British took danube arnch h I 1 X yards of Jk louquet fortified farm and 0 annan irman trenches north of courcelette Coar Cour celette bermans sank french transport Ira filled cited with sept troops IS French captured Den deblecourt lecourt allies routed 1 Bul Il ulgare garst in macedonia and captured 1 cortna russians nu back beat I 1 ept IS 19 drove rl river er over 23 zeppelins raided Irn angland gland sept destroyed troyed and one killing V one zeppelin dea capture captured again raided engin beat as 9 land kil killing i jr sa spirit 26 21 angco french for force ces took com corn b tell and thiepval Thiep val after admiral C coun oun 28 end nd sept dour loti issued proclamation of provision at 1 government tor for greece oct I 1 british took 3 OM yard yards ot of aerman trenches tren clie clog 1 4 to baj aarn ral rat Is led d 1 ingland one de ira fd routed bulgara in macedonia lit ct an serbians Ber blan oct 2 crossed the danube into oct bulgaria 4 callies allies me made Is great advance advances on entire lin line e in macedonia onla invading forced out of dul but ka allied allied rw transport tran port halll torpedoed 03 lost submarine V U cl 53 sank oc oct L a 8 german III tue germans 1 recaptured oft U 8 coast kronstadt Krone Tr Tra ansyl vanta forced crosina 9 of cerna oct 9 herblan ter blan forced river in 10 macedonia ng returned resumed advance on ott ot taking BW lam trieste 11 greek fleet turned over to allies oct derr demand land and bargelt largely dismantled their on began invalid I 1 0 of koumanias Kou nour mania nania oct Is 15 French iiii bailly r baillis Sall lliel I 1 north oct ocl of 19 the anard cunard bamme liner liver A launda unk sunk b by y min mine in english channel part of crew crow lost oct 20 noun won en on Tr transil Tran ansyl frontier b but lut lot lost in voin vania los marix marla detroey destro de russian td by r interior captured elii odilon constanza lost oct OCL 23 doumanian Hou manian U ick be aea A port 8 hod german line V tr french rench am oct oc tort fort and at Ver verdun duss taking village Todi Cerna occupied oct 5 teul orul nanta and the vulcan paw pass northern th took lung oct Teu tons key to bucharest nu charest lost reek ks teamer torpedoed warn lim without w 8 earner Star marina triss torpedoed loat lost ing a nuat number er of american americans evacuated FO fort nov noy 2 egerman vaux verdun front proclaim nov noy L and austria ed ad autonomy of I 1 oland loland forced back in 19 f g von mackenson the Deb rudia ink by submarine P 0 liner iner arabia ii in mediterranean columbian no L american unk sunk by submarine trie the J ancar opened batt batlle is of british nov noy alx lx capturing five alv emilei 0 of f lon and thre trong ig town towns tic lr no nov NOT nov it l 20 A alalee allies life C captured ordered d of central NOT nov h are tu ito leave took tack aree greece Cra Cr alov loval rou martian rail fall and d military center lef let NOT rs r S ministers tini of central power powers greece liner In britannic titan ile h nip sup ink sunk ty I 2 lot lost M mine in the aegean 11 and slid NOT noy 24 HT euton 1 Is loriLl government et of NOV or 2 pr is earla declared war en on auillar Bul graec deliver entente allias demanded deman deil tie it arm arms and wa Wal lachia routed manian nits in doumanian anle doumanian Hou Rou manian arl captured A alt it liver laal un i NIT V T la IQ german arm is england Ent lind two beg alln s del troyl nov a A american mol rican teamer steamer chemung sunk by Get rusin submarine crew saved laved no a V sir john II 11 jell jella i waa W made do arst tea sea lord of the th admira admiralty lt y and alt sir david avid beatty commander tom Lom mander at of tho th grand leet I 1 falkenhayn alken alker hayn shayn cap captured 1 1 tl rouman Rou nian ian an railway center and italian teamer steamer I 1 alermo torpedoed oft off spain a 25 americans Amer kait aboard nov X Tc uton opened battle for or bu haret charest gree tree e refused demand demands of admiral du I 1 1 bournet and allies prepared to seize lie athen athens landing laii iHn troop troops at I 1 iralu dec L 1 allies marchel marchet on athens arenth allon sailors and U 0 ask k reservists fought ie dee 2 germans pressed closer on nis barest alli russians 1 attacked deeper clely in the wooded woo leil and also e ize 3 czern a voda bridde greece 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