Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29

Italy invaded the Trentino
May N.-British battleship Majestic de-
stroyed by torpedo in Dardanelles
British auxiliary steamship Princess
Irene blown up in sheerness harbor, 43O
lives lost
May 30.-German reply to Wilson note
received at Washington and declared
evasive.
May alderman Zeppelins made raid
on London.
June 3.-Przemysl recaptured by Ger
mans and Austrians.
June n.-Italians took Gradisca and
other important towns.
June 15.-Austro-Germans, advancing
on Lemberg, captured MoscislSa.
| Allied aeroplane fleet bombarded Karls-
ruhe. killing 27 persons.
Zeppelin raided English northeast coast.
killing IL persons.
June 16.-Russians driven over Galician
border.
Germany called 100000 young trained
men to the colors.
June 21.-Austro-Germans took Rawa
Ruska from Russians.
General De Wet found guilty Of trea-
son.
June 23.-Lemberg captured by Austro-
Germans.
French took German work called the
Labyrinth, west Of Lens.
June 2S.-Italy broke diplomatic rela-
lions with Turkey.
Dominion freight liner Armenian sunk
by Germans. 20 Americans lost.
June 30.-Russians began retreat from
Vistula river in Poland
July 7.-Twenty allied aeroplanes raided
Bruges, destroying docks
u. S. navy department seized German
wireless plant at Sayville, l.. l.. for
breaches Of neutrality.
July S.-Germany's reply to American
note on submarine warfare unyielding in
most important particulars.
July 9.-German forces in German
Southwest Africa surrendered to General
Botha.
British liner Orduna, bringing Ameri-
cans home from Europe, attacked by
German submarine with torpedo and
shells.
July 1s.-1talian cruiser Giuseppe Carl
baldi sunk by Austrian submarine.
July 22.-American reply to Germany
reaf1rming former stand. sent to Berlin.
Terrible massacres of Armenians by
Turks reported.
July 25.-American steamer Leelanaw
sunk by German submarine; crew saved.
Verona.
July 30-Austrians occupied Lublin.
July 31.-Leyland liner Iberian sunk by
German torpedo boat; seven Of crew
killed.
Aug 2.-M,tau, capital Of Courland.
taken Dy 1eFINduS
Aug. 3-Great Britain fatty rejected
American contentious, against blockade.
Aug. 5-Warsaw occupied by the Ger
mans.
Aug. s-1vangorod taken by Austro-
Germans.
Aug s-Brtish cruiser India and de-
stroyer Lynx sunk.
Turkish battleship Kheyr-Ed-Din Bar
barossa sunk by submarine in Darda-
.nelles.
Germans occupied Praga
Zeppelins raided English east coast,
killing Is; one Zeppelin destroyed.
Aug 1o.-U. S. rejected Austro-H ungar
ian views on shipment of war supplies.
Aug 11.-British submarines entered
Black sea and torpedoed the Breslau and
Goeben.
Aug 14-Britis' troopship Royal Ed
ward sunk by submarine in Aegean sea;
800 lost. .. =
Greek cabinet resigned and Venizeloe
was invited to form new ministry. y 3f.
U. 8. accepted German offer of conhpen:
sation in Frye case. M:
Zeppelins raided British east coast
killing ten civilians s#s
Aug 19.-white Star liner Arabic, Liv.
erpool for Boston, torpedoed and sunk by
German submarine of Irish coast; As lost
including two Americans. RI 5#
MI Aug. 20.-German fleet engaged Russian
fleet in Gulf Of Riga. each side losing sew.
eralS vessels. y. tss5 ss5
b Germans took Russian fortress OF Novo.
georgievsk: y.3 $4&4
Aug 21.-1taly declared war on Turkey
AE German cruiser sunk by British sub.
marine in Baltic sea.
British seaplane sank loaded Turkish
troopship in Sea Of Marmora.
Germans captured Bielsk, Russia.
fortress Of Ossowetz.
Aug. 25.-Germans took Bialystok anc
Brest-Litovsk.
Aug. 26.-Germans captured Russian
fortress o. Olita.
Germany declared tho sinking Of the
Arabic; If done by German submarine
was decidedly condemned by the German
government and full reparauon would be
made.
Aug. s1-Adolphe Pegoud, notice French
aviator, killed in action.
Germans took Russian fortress Of
Lutsk.
Sept 2.-Germany offered to submit Lu.
sitania and Arabic compensation claims
to The Hague tribunal
Russians evacuated Grodno.
Papers involving Dumba and Bernstorh
taken by British from J. F. J. Archibald
Sept 4.-Allan liner Hesperian torpedoeG
of Fastnet: 26 lost.
Sept. 9.-President Wilson demanded re.
call of Austrian Ambassador Dumba.
Germany declared it would pay no in.
demnity for Arabic deaths.
Zeppelins raided London, killing 20 anG
injuring Sc.
Sept. 10.-Germany defended attack or
Orduna, saying it tried to escape subma
,rine.
Anglo-French financial commission ar
rived in America to arrange for loan Of
$500, 100000 to allies.
Sept. 15.-Russians checked Won Hin
,denburg's drive toward Riga and drove
IAustrians further back in Ga1icla.
Sept. 18.-Vilna evacuated by Russians
Sept. 19.-British transport Ramazar
sunk by submarine in Aegean sea; hun
dreds lost.
Sept. 22.-French aviators dropped 1ot
bombs on royal palace at Stuttgart ane
ELSEWHERE in Wurtemberg.
Germans captured Ostrow, but bulk Of
Russian army in Wilma salient escaped.
Sept. 13.-Germany promised American
would not be sunk by submarines, and
made other concessions.
Sept. 2.-Allies on western front began
tremendous general attack on Germans.
Sept. 28-American loan to allies. hall
a billion dollars at per cent announced
italian battleship Benedetto Brin de-
stroyed by interior explosion; 246 lost.
Austria Hungary recalled AmbaSsadol
Dumba.
Sept. zs.-Great battle in west without
definite result.
Oct. 5.-Venizelos, Greek premier. re-
signed because the king opposed his pro-
gram Of aiding the allies.
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