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Show "battle changes : G pAD OT 2?? YEAR f J O OF WAR. PvY ?rr f A X NORTH f( m i SEA UMVyV K J 'rX I joGROONO j rtCfi RUSSIA BERLIN , w I TfN GERMANY I oRAD0M A ,j P BUDAPEST AJ S PT-V KIMTOllNffCr X Z CC AUSTRIA-HUNGARY V. a: ) r-ROUMANiA V VNk A BULGAR1A RO ' X v x r j CHIEF EVENTS OF WAR'SSEGONOYEAR Aug1. 1 Teutons take Lublin. Aug. 2 Teutons take Choim; announce 170,000 Russians captured in July. Aug. 6 Germans capture "Warsaw. Aug. 7 Teutons take Ivangorod. Aug. 9 Germans take Serock. Aug. 10 Great Britain starts register of all men. Aug. 11 Germans take Lomza. Aug. 12 Allies land 50,000 more men on Gallipoli. Aug. 14 Germans take Siedlce and Soko-low. Soko-low. Aug. 16 Teutons start Belgrade bombardment. bom-bardment. Aug. 19 Russians lose Kovno. Zeppelins kill ten in Lo:.don suburbs. Aug. 20 U-boat sinks liner Arabic, two Americans killed. Aug. 21 German seize Novogeorgievsk. Aug. 24 Germans capture Ossowiec. Aug. 25 Germans take Kovel. Aug. 27 Brest-Litovsk falls. Aug. 23 Germans take OUta. Aug. 29 Teutons cross Zlota Lipa. Sept. 2 Germany announces 1,100,000 Russians captured since May 1. Lutsk is taken. New York sterling exchange drops to $4.50. Sept. 3 Russians lose Brody. Sept. 4 Russians give up Grodno. Brit-a Brit-a slaughterod in attempt to storm Hill 70. Sept. 6 Hesperian torpedoed, 2 Americans Ameri-cans killed. Russians check Teutons on the Dvina and Screth rivers. Sept. 8 Czar Nicholas takes command of all the Russian armies in the field. Sept. 7-8 Two Zeppelin raids on London; Lon-don; 30 killed. Sept. 10 As Teutons take Dubno, czar wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-bowla. Trem-bowla. Sept. 12 Russians drive Teutons back 14 miles in Galicia. Sept. 17 Von Mackensen seizes Pinsk. Sept. 20 Germans take Vilna. Sept. 26 Russians recapture Lutsk. Sept. 27 French in two day battle advance ad-vance on wide front in Champagne, while British attack south of La Bassee Canal. Oct. 2 Germans announce 95,000 Russians Rus-sians were captured in September. Oct. 5 Germans estimate allied loss in futile West front offensive at 130,000 men. Oct. 7 Bulgaria sends ultimatum to Serbia, Oct. 8 Teutons begin great Invasion of Serbia. Oct. 10 Teutons occupy Belgrade. Oct. 13 "Bulgaria invades Serbia at three points. Fifty-five killed by Zeppelin raid on London. Oct. 20 Russian recapture Czartorysk. Serbians lose Vranja, Oct. 22 Brand "vVhitlock. TJ. S. minister to Belgium, reports hurried execution of Edith Cavell. English nurse. Oct. 25 Bulgarians capture Uskub. Oct. 25 Germans storm Illuxt. Oct. 2S Bulgarians and Teutons effect junction in Serbia. Nov. 2 Austro-Germans take Kragu-jevac. Kragu-jevac. Nov. 4 First of German "no meat" days. Nov. 7 Bulgarians take Nish, Serbian war capital. Nov. 10 Italian liner Ancona sunk with large loss of life. Nov. 22 Serbians begin retreat Into Montenegro. Nov. 25 British defeated 18 miles from Bagdad. Nov. 27 Italians land at Avlona, Albania. Al-bania. Nov. 29 Germans announce operations against Serbia have ended in complete success. Dec. 7 New war council with all allies represented meets at Paris. Pec. 10 German chancellor makes peace bid In reichstag speech. Dec. 10 Turks begin siege of Kut-el-Amara. Dec. 16 Sir Dougias Hnlg assumes command com-mand of British in France. Dec. 20 Ford peace band reaches Chris-tiania Chris-tiania with delegates quarreling. Dec. 21 Lloyd-George declares Britain faces defeat unless greater elYorts are made. Dec. 2S Lloyd -George threatens to resign re-sign unless conscription is adopted. 1 ?c. 31 Italians occupy Durazzo, Albania, Al-bania, Jan. 2, 1016 AVord receiver! linnr Persia punk In Mediterranean; two Americans lust. Jan. 4 Germans abandon Cameroon colony, "West Africa. Russians take Czer-nowitz. Czer-nowitz. Jan. 6 Conscription bill passes first reading in house of commons. Jan. 7 British complete evacuation of Gallipoli. Jan. S Russians take Czartorysk. Jan. 20 Zeppelins kill 23 in Paris. Germans Ger-mans take two miles of trenclus at Pe-ronne. Pe-ronne. Feb. 1 Zeppelins raid Liverpool and other British cities; kill 59. Feb. 2 Germans bring British prize stonmer Appam into Hampton Roads. Feb. 17 Russians capture Krzorum. Feb. 21 German drive at Verdun heclns. Feb. 23 Czar visits Duma for first time In history. Feb. 24 Germans announce two m!Ie advance at Verdun. Feb. 27 Germans capture Fort Douau- mont, Verdun. Austrians capture Duraz-zo. Duraz-zo. Russians take Kermanshah. Mar. 4 Russians take Bitlis by storm. Mar. 6 The Moewe, German raider, reaches home port. Zeppelins kill 13 in England. Mar. 7 Germans take Forges, near Verdun. Ver-dun. Mar. 10 Germany declares war on Portugal. Por-tugal. Mar. 11 Relieving force repulsed seven miles from Kut-el-Amara. Mar. 25 Channel steamer Sussex destroyed de-stroyed by submarine; 235 killed; several Americans injured. April 1 Germans capture Malancourt, near Verdun. April 2 Zeppelin destroyed on British coast after killing 28. Germans take Vaux. April 6 Germans make fifth Zeppelin raid in six days on British coast. April 7 Germans capture Haucourt. April 19 Russians capture Trebizon on Black sea, April 21 First Russian contingent disembarks dis-embarks in France. April 25 Sir Roger Casement, Irish plotter, plot-ter, captured attempting to land in Ireland Ire-land from submarine. April 26 Irish revolutionaries seize Dublin. Dub-lin. April 29 British battleship Russell sunk by mine in Mediterranean. April 30 British in Kut-el-Amara capitulate. capit-ulate. May 1 British announce Irish revolt is quelled. May 6 Germany In note agrees to modify modi-fy submarine warfare. Allied warships bring down two Zeppelins. May 20 Austrians drive Into Italy near Lake Garda. May 21 Austrians announce capture of 13,000" Italians. May 22 Cossacks from Russian army in Asia Minor join British in Mesopotamia-May Mesopotamia-May 26 Compulsion bill signed by King George. May 26 Austrians advance In Italy, taking 24.000 prisoners. June 1 Russians begin great offensive against Austrians. Juno 3 Greatest naval battle in history off Skaggerrak. Both sides claim victory, i June 6 Russians announce capture of 13,000 Austrians. June 7 Kitchener and staff drown when cruiser Hampshire strikes mine north of 8 Germans capture Vaux Fort at Verdun. Russians announce capture of j 43,000 Austrians In three days. June 9 Russians take Lutsk. Greece disbands army at command of entente powers. June 10 Russians have forced back Aus trian 26 miles. June 11 Russians take BurzaCA Galicia June 12 Russians take Dubnw. June 13 Italians rally and check Austrian Aus-trian drive. June If Austrians evacuate Czernowltz. Bukowlna capital. June 21 Allies In Paris conference agree on boycott of Germany after the war. German re-enforcements halt Russian drive in Volhynia. June 24 All Bukowlna swept clear of Austrians by Russians. June 25 Russians seize Kuty 15 miles from Kolomea. June 26 Russians capture Kimpolung, Bukowlna. , June 28 Italians recapture Corsiero and Poslna. June 30 Russians in battle near Kolomea Kolo-mea take 10,000 prisoners. July 1 Anglo-French "big push" on Somme begins. July 2 British and French continue advance ad-vance on Somme. July 5 Russian patrols crowd Carpathians Carpa-thians into Hungary. July 6 French take German second line south of the Somme. Turks drive Russians Rus-sians from Kermanshah. Persia. July 9 British and French gain in West. Russians advance toward Kovel. German submarine merchantman Deutschland enters en-ters Chesapeake Bay. July 10 Russians advance 15 miles in Volhynia. July 11 French storm hill one mile from Peronne. Russians reach Stokhod river. July 12 British capture German trenchr : on eight-mile front. July 13 Russians capture Marnakhatum, 50 miles west of Krzerum. July 15 British announce advance of a mile on four mile front. July 16 Widespread peace aeltntlon in Germany. Russians take Baiburt, Armenia. Ar-menia. July 17 Russians capture 15.ofV men. Force fo. ovei Lipa river in Volhynia. July IS Great Britain publishes blacklist black-list of pro-German American firms. July 1 Russians drive Austrians back into Hungary. July 20 Allies make big advance on west front. Russians resume offensive In -fore Kovel. July 21 British reach German third line In Foureaux wood. Russian left wing drives Von Llnsingcn back 15 miUs. July 22 British cavalry defeated near Suez. July 2? British patrol squadron routs six German destroyers off Holland coast. British renew great drive in Somme region, re-gion, entering Pozieres. July 24 Anzacs and Germans fight fiercely in Pozieres. Russians pierce German Ger-man front south of Riga and drive Austrians Aus-trians into mountains on Hungary frontier. fron-tier. July 25 Turkey sends troops to nld Teutons Teu-tons against Kusf.a. Terrific fighting continues con-tinues on Somme front. British states blacklist was not directed against neutrals. |