The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-06
Chronology Of the Year, Giving
the Most important Events
in All Countries.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR
Sinking Of LusItanIa and the TeutonIe
Drives Through Poland and Ser
bia, the Outstanding Features
Prominent Persons Who
Passed Away.
EUROPEAN WAR

Jan. 1.-British battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine in the Eng
lish Channel, with 579 Of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russian5 annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass in the
Carpathians.
Jan. 10-Iille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. 17.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. 19-Six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast dropping bombs in
Yarmouth, Sandringham, Kings Lynn,
Conner, Sherringham and Beeston, caus-
ing heavy Damage and some loss OF life.
Jan. H-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight in North sea.
Jan. 25.-Austro- Hungarian forces occu-
" pied Kielce, Russian Poland. -. ...r
Jan. a.--Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathians.
Feb! 1.-FTench torpedo boa sunk on
Nieuport. tH.% ..ar... ...,,-.,,.-.. +.
- Feb y 2--Anglo- French feet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles.
around British isles a war zone. .ty,t'
. Feb 6,-Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west Of War
saw.
Feb. s.-Germans violently bombarded
Soissons setting It afire b.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
in Bukowina.
British held cargo of food ship Will
helmina. ...-. -+t ..r
Feb. 11.-United States warned Germany
against destroying American vessels or
lives of American citizens in attacking
shipping, and warned Great Britain Of
the danger to American interests in the
Use Of American flag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated Lodz, but drove the
Russians out of East Prussia.
Feb B-Germany replied unfavorably
TO American warning not to sink Ameri-
can ships, and Great Britain refused to
modify it's shipping orders.
Germany began blockade Of England by
) sinking two vessels.
Feb. 23.-German blockaders sank
American steamer Carib, Norwegian ship
Regin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers,
Reims bombarded by Germans, 20 ci-
VILLAINS killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
Feb, 28.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest
March 2.-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment Of all commodities into
Germany.
Hamburg-American officials indicted in
New York by federal grand jury for con-
spiracy to defraud the United States
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
witz, Bukowina.
March 8.-Zeppelin airship LIS de-
stroyed near Tirlemont and II OF crew
killed. " "H
March 10.-American ship William p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Pripz E1tel
Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew Of Frye.
March 11.-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Augustowo, Po-
Hand.
March 15.-British order in council shut
off all trade with Germany, ordering tech
nical blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falk-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converte.- cruiser
Drama.
March 1S.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
mines in the Dardanelles.
March 22.-Austrian fortress OF Prem
yzl surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands Of Chris
tians at Urumiah, Persia.
March 23-Germans in Ghent executed
II Belgians as spies. "lsN .a'
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia. ,a.. ,..
Allies landed force on Gallipoll penin-
sula.
March 27-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
3, March 2S.-Twenty-day battle in Cham
.pagne country won by French, Germans
losing $4,000. ~ u&sr" Et@
German submarine sank British steam
.ers Aguilar and Falaba, about 140 lives
being lost.
April 4.-Russlans cleared BeskId range
of Austrians.s g..a .z e
Turkish cruiser Mejdieh sunk by Rus.
sian mine. s.
April S-Germany agreed to pay fol
sinking American ship William P. Frye
April 10.-Steamer Harpalyce, first re-
lief ship of New York to Belgium, sunk
in North sea by torpedo or mine.
April q. Omitted States replied to Ger.
man governments criticism of its for.
elgn policies. denying allegations and re.
iecting suggestions that expectation oi
April 26.-French cruiser Leon Gambet.
ia. sunk by Austrian torpedo. $50 lives
lost
April 29.-Garman air raiders dropped
incendiary bombs on five English eas
coast towns. 9- ,e. r., "a
Russians occupied Loubnia. northeas
of Uzsok pass.
April SO-British announced destruction
of eight German submarines within weel
by mines and net traps. y
May. 1.-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk IL
fight in North sea- ~
American tank steamer Gulhight tor
pedoed by Germans off Seilly islands. cap
tain and two seamen lost.
May 6.-Austro-G German forces occupies
Tarnow.
May 7-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoe'
and sunk by Germans off coast of Irelant
with loss af 1895 lives. including II
americans: among the latter A. G. Van
derbilt. Ebert Hubbard, Chas. Frohman
Chas Klein and Charles Plamondon.
May g.-British destroyer Maori sun
by mine.
Russian naval base Of Libau capture
by Germans.
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