Show 1 OF 1916 TOLD IN BRIEF I 1 most important events of t the h e last year set forth PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR chief developments in the mighty conflict of nations political and oth other happenings in tho the united states COMPILED BY E W PICKARD I 1 EUROPEAN WAR I 1 jan I 1 news received of t torpedoing or p edding of P 0 liner linen persia in A mediterranean i e di about 50 lost including R N mcneely U S consul at at aden jan 6 british conscription bill passed first reading and three cabinet members resigned italian steamer carrying montenegrin recruits from U S sunk by mine in the adriatic lost jan 7 geri germany nany promised U S its submarines would observe rules of civilized warfare jan 9 british battleship edward VII sunk by mine jan II 11 Aust austrians rians captured loicen dominating cattaro jan 13 austrian cruiser sunk by french submarine jan 14 many documents connecting von with alleged war plots in U B taken from him by british turned over t to 0 american ern embassy bassy xer n 1 anshaw persia occupied by turks jan 15 flus russians renewed general attack on oil austrian front austrians Aust lans rians took and pur pursued 81 tied montenegrins Montene grins toward albania jan 21 austrian hydroplane and torpedo i boat sunk by british submarine in adriatic jan 22 Austria issued ultimatum to montenegro to surrender or face annihilation hi lation jan 24 occupied by austrians Aust lans rians jan 29 twenty four killed in zeppelin raid on paris germans took nearly a mile of french trendier tren dies clies east of souchez bouchez jan 30 30 another zeppelin riold raid made on paris jan 31 several zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins made raid over ever midland and northeast counties of england 57 persons killed fob feb I 1 british liner appam appah in charge of prize crew front from german com commerce merce raider arrived at norfolk with captives from seven other vessels collier franz Fi sunk by bomb from zepe zeppelin 11 n 1 13 I 1 lost feb 2 P persian r r 1 I aimy al my defeated russians marching on teheran drowned zeppelin ln lost in north sealand sea land crow crew feb 8 F rench french aviators J f attacked city of smyrna killing 1 f i I 1 president wilson accepted I 1 germanys germanas Germ anys memorandum of settlement of Lusi lusitania tanta case care both sides yielding ground fell feb 9 germans took yards of french trenches near almy U S demanded from austria apol apology 0 ay and reparation for attack on te french cruiser amiral charnier Charn ler torpedoed and sunk lost feb 16 russians under grand duke nicholas captured Erz erum F feb eb 21 german attack on verdun be igan feb 14 24 Germans captured villages within big gun range ot of verdun austria announced sinking of italian transport loaded with soldiers by bomb from airplane va feb b 26 6 french checked somewhat hcrman drive on verdun russians took persia by storm austrians Aust lans rians entered durazzo italians retiring tiri nir french cruiser provence sunk in mediterranean 31 10 lost feb 27 british steamer maloja daloja sunk by ay mirle mine lost feb 23 29 italian government seized 34 interned german steamers german commerce raider greif and h cruiser alcantara sunk in north sea fight lost march 3 2 germans drove through villa lage ee of f Dou aumont and beyond russians took bialis armenia b by y assault V U B S senate rejected resolution warning americans oft off armed sh ships alps march 5 french checked check ed second german infantry attack on verdun two zeppelina inq raided northeast coast of england IS 13 killed march 6 germans began new drive on verdun capturing village of forges march 7 germans made further gains at verdun at tremendous cost au V B house of representatives tabled resolution warning americans off armed liners march D germany declared war on portugal march 10 russians advanced to within 20 0 miles of ond turks and germans evacuated Is persia march 14 It italians allans started big offensive along whole austrian front march 1 germans repulsed french at tacks at le mort homme and captured trenches from british at vermelles vermilles Ver melles march 20 20 Squad squadron rort of french and british airplanes bombed zeebrugge Zee brugge destroying much property and killing many persons march 31 germans halted at verd verdun n Itus russians g gained a ined against germans and austrians Aust lans rians in poland and galicia Gall cla and took Is ra ital of persia march 22 austrians Aust lans rians evacuated czerno witz and march 24 french bombarded german positions at Bl Ma lancourt alancourt and avocourt Avo court british channel steamer sussex and nd british steamer englishman torpedoed without warning americans on both entente allies rejected landings Lan 1 sings airo pro im dosal sal to d disarm merchant merchantman merchantmen I 1 men march 28 great german attack on atau court Ma lancourt front repulsed march 29 steamer eagle point one ane american aboard torpedoed wit without houi framing german aerial attack on Sal killed twenty march germa no attacked with liquid alre fire near verdun hut but were repulsed germans torpedoed russian hospital ship in black sea lost march 31 31 germans took village 6 of lla lancourt near verdun at terrific cost five zeppelina zeppelins Zepp ZePT elins raid raided d eastern counties of england killing 28 one zeppelin de Is troyed 1 april A arll 1 sixteen killed in zeppelin raid mid on april england 2 ze zeppelina zeppelins Zepp elins raided england and scotland killing agten ten I 1 april 3 entente allies in note to U S upheld their right to search parcel post april french repulsed florce fierce german attack 50 south uth of Dou aumont british liner zent torp without warning 43 lost april 10 10 french lost 0 r n near ear dead man hill at verdun id then fie n repulsed tremendous attack losses w were ere very large april aarif II 11 french franch retook trenches at verdun a 9 ator fter ter rifle battle april 18 Russians Rus captured april ita president dent wilson sent ultimatum to germany on submarine question avd and told congress in jo joint int session april I 1 20 D big forces of russians landed landd in n france n e april anil 27 british battleship russell sunk by mine in mediterranean 12 lost april 29 general townshend Towne hend and 13 british altis h surrendered to turks at kutel kut el amara may I 1 british steamer blendon Hen donnall alt laden w with 1 I h wheat for belgian relief unk sunk by G german er m an submarine ma may y 2 five german a airships raided coasts of england and scotland belgian re relief ile and ship ehla fridland sunk b by german I 1 submarine au bm arine may 6 5 germanys germanas Germ anys reply received in washington promised compliance w with ith laws of warfare in submarine operate operations ons with covert threat to resume former methods unless america persuades england to tutt gift starvation blockade may S president wilson told germany relations 1 1 with britain could not enter with berlin I 1 I 1 1 1 parla reported great german attacks at verdun checked liner carrying munitions bior torpedoed and sunk 5 ost may 10 berlin aarn admitted I 1 tte 4 sussex busses was torpedoed by german submarine I 1 no may 17 dutch steamer bataller Ba tavier V blown up one american killed may 20 german seap seaplanes sea lanes planes raided english sh east coast austria lana u 9 mado made decided kalns gains against italians crossing the border near vicenza may 25 British steamship washington sunk by submarine may 31 Austrian lans 6 reported capture of 0 allago and arsiero great naval battle in north sea british losing 14 vessels and germans 18 june E S larl earl kitchener and start staff lost when cruiser hampshire was blown up in north 1 sea june jun e 7 germans took fort vaux by storm austrians Aust lana rians in tyrol repulsed by italians with heavy losses russians recaptured lutsk fortress juno june 17 russians captured Czer czernowicz capital of bukovina Buko Buk owina june 20 20 Rus russians split austrian buko wina army and occupied gadova etrog aletz and june 25 two austrian transports loaded with troops sunk in durazzo harbor by italian warships june 27 italians recaptured portria and Ar austero stero june 23 U S note to austria demanding apol apology 0 gy for or attack on te published june SO russians routed austrians Aust lans rians in east galicia and took kolomer july I 1 allies began great offensive on west front malting making big gains on both sides of river somme I 1 july ffrench captured tred a number nun ber of 0 towns in drive toward peronne british took la IA boisselle Bols selle july 5 french carried by storm german second Ito line anear near peronne turks announced recapture of kerman herman shah from rom russians july C russians again routed austrians Aust lans rians in galicia david lloyd george georg a made british secretary ot of war july 9 1 I rench french took blache close to peronne german germa submarine deutschland Deutsch land arrived at t baltimore july 13 germans opened seventh great a assault on verdun july IS It altans capt captured ared in po sina valley russians captured balbert Bal burt armenia by assault germans Gei tiana took la maisonnette Mai Mal sonnette and bl bi aches in somme sector july IS germans opened fierce counter attack on british with g gas as shells winning at Longue longuevan longueval Long ueal val and de delvalle vill a wood B british rl tish blacklisted large number of american individuals and firms birins for dealing with the germans july 23 british renewed terrific drive in somme region entering Po pozieres Poz leres july 26 russians captured n armenia july 2811 28 11 russians captured brody gall clan railroad center smashed first line west of lutsk and drove back von Lin linsinger linsingen singen in aug 8 Rus russians smashed through lines on 15 mile front in gallela turks c bialis and mush aug 9 italians captured goritz Zepp zeppelina zeppelins elins raided english and scotch coast aug 13 russians Rus took 84 men in galicia turks beat british east of suez canal and in mesopotamia aug lo 10 russians captured Jablo nitza I 1 in n tile the Carpathia ns and pierced new lines on lemberg front aug 19 two british cruisers one ger man batt battleship leshia and one german submarine lost in n north sea action british swept germans back on 11 mile front in somme sector aug aue 24 british advanced south of and french took maurepas Mau Rus russians recaptured mush armenia and reported big victory near bachta Zepp zeppelina zeppelins elins raided east coast of england killing eight aug 27 italy declared war on germany garmany german garman man Y roumania Rou manla manta declared war on austria hun gory gary aug 28 germany declared war on an rou manla aug 29 made german chief af 0 stare staff in place of I 1 falkenhayn alken Falken hayn bayn aug SO 30 Roum anians took kronstadt and other transylvanian towns aug 31 31 Roum anians seized Rust chuh chuk bulgaria and more hungarian towns sept beat 2 Uns raided england one being destroyed sept C 4 dar es salaam chief town of german east africa taken by british sept 7 took doumanian Rou manian fortress of ukal sept 8 and bulgara took do 0 o balc abrl burnan roumania sept 10 10 germans gerrans and bulgarians Bulga rians captured doumanian Rou manian fortress of sept li 11 allies began new offensive in balkans crossing tile the sept 15 allies smashed german third line in comme sector advanced five miles and took three towns british used terrible new armored cars be gerbs serbs r ba drove bulgara back ten miles and br british t ish and I 1 rench french advanced in balkans sept 16 Roum anians and russians c rushed crushed in the sept 17 british took danab danube trench Jk louquet fortified fortl fled farm and 1000 1 yards of german trenches north of Coure elette germans sank french transport tian sport filled with rith troops sept IS french captured deblecourt Den lecourt allies routed bulgara in macedonia and captured florina sept 19 Teli tons drove ru russians salans back over iod river sept 23 zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins raided england killing SO 0 one zeppelin destroyed and one captured be sept 2 25 1 zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins again raided england killing 1 1 ng 30 sept 26 anglo french forces took corn com bles and Thiep thiepval val after terrific fighting sept 28 venizelos and admiral court coun dour lotis issued proclamation of provision al government tor for greece oct 1 british took yards of german trenches close to bapaume baraume zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins raided england one macedon destroyed cestr red serbians Serb ians routed bulgari in macedonia a oct 2 crossed the danube into bulgaria oct 4 allies made great advances advance s on entire II 11 line ne in macedonia invading Roum Rouman anians lans forced ol 01 out lit of bul garla alad allied transport gallia torpedoed lost oct OCL S 8 german submarine U sa 53 sank live vessels vessel S 0 off if U B S coast germans recaptured kronstadt tra transil ansyl vania oct 8 9 serbians Serb Ser ians blans forced crossing of cerna river in Mace macedonia donla oct lo 10 Ita italians resumed advance on an trieste taking 6 austrians Aust lans rians oct 11 greek fleet turned over mantled to allies their demand and largely dis dismantled on bes besan an invasion of roumania Rou manla oct vi 15 french captured sallly sailly north of the somme oct 19 cunard liner AIa Ala unla sunk by mine in english channel part of crew lost oct ocl Roum antans won on transil but lost in vanla lola frontier russian battle battleship hip imperata Imper it za maria destroyed by interior int ifor explosion lost oct 23 captured constanz constanza Cons lanza a doumanian Rou manian black see sea port oct 24 french smashed german line at verdun taking Dou aumont tort fort and village oct 26 occupied Czer rna navoda voda and the vulcan pass roumania Rou manla nania oct 28 took lung northern key to bucharest greek steamer torpedoed lost steamer martna torpedoed without warn ing a number of americans lost nov evacuated fort vaux verdun front nov 04 germany and austria proclaimed autonomy of poland no gyon G 6 yon von Macke mackensen neen forced back in the P 0 liner arabia sunk by submarine in mediterranean nov american steamer columbian sunk by hubn submarine larine nov I 1 13 3 dattle battle of the ancee opened british capturing five miles of positions I 1 and three strong towns nov I 1 19 R allies captured me monaster lr nov 20 allies ordered diplomats ot of central powers wars to leave greece nov KO 21 took Cra craiovan lova rou manian rail and in military I 1 gitary center nov 22 ministers of central powers left G greece reece liner britannic hospital ship sunk by nina mine in the aegean n 24 lost nov occupied and severin severan I 1 nov 26 25 provisional government of greece declared war on bulgaria Ent entente enteL allies demanded greece deliver its ito arms arm s and munitions bourn doumanian Rou manian an an P armies in Wal Wallac lachia hla routed nov 27 f captured alt river line in bourna ta f derman german i raided v fE england neland two tw Z destroyed nov 28 8 american steamer Cher chemung nung sunk by german submarine crew saved nov 29 bir john II 11 jellicon Jellico a waa wa madi de arat sea aea lord ot of the admiralty emu and sl SI r david beatty commander of th the a grand granc fleet falkenhayn captured rouman lan ian railway center and italian steamer palermo tc torpedoed oil off spain 25 americans americana aboard N nov v SO 80 Teu tons opened battle for bu chrest charest greece refused demands of admiral du di fournet and allies prepared to seize athens landing troops at piraeus dec L lallies agileo marched on athens french sailors and greek reservists fought dec 2 mi pressed seed closer on bucharest ila rest while Rua russians attacked attached desperately in the wooded Carpathia ns and also seized Czer navoda bridge greece and allies reached compromise german reichstag passed man 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