Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-07
THE WAR.

cable sunk in English channel; 600 lost.
Eight Russian army corps cross Car
pathians and enter Hungary.
k-Russia estimates Turkish loss IN
Caucasus at 100000 men; announces cap
ture of eight Hungarian towns
e-Italy calls 1900, 600 men to the colors.
s-Austria protests against Italian occu-
patton of Avlona, Albania.
13.-Count Berchtold, Austrian premier
resigns.
across the Aisne river with heavy loss.
H.-Germans state allies lost l5O,OoO men
in recent futile offensive on west 'front.'
1s.-Zeppelips lombard six British towns
kill five.
M.-Russia says Austrian resistance in
northeastern Hungary has been broken
2-Battle of Dogger Banks: German
cruiser Bluecher sunk.
N.-German government SEXES all corn'
wheat and flour.
S0.-Russian army reaches T1lsit, East
Prussia Russians occupy Tabriz, Per-
Feb. 5.-Germany announces war zone
about British Isles to start FEBRUARY Is
1.-THE LuSitania flies American nag
crossing Irish sea to avoid submarines.
u.-Sharp American note to Germany re-
fusing to recognize the war zone. Is
made public.
1S'~German submarine tblockade" of
Great Britain begins.
N.-Thirty-two BritiSh-trench Warshlps
attempt to force Dardanelles.
22.-Germans announce more than 1O,OOO
Russians captured in second battle or
MaZurian lakes.
24.-Russians ousted from Bukowina.
2-Germans take PrZasnysz
March Russians recapture PrZasnysz
Lloyd-GeOrge demands abolition or
liquor in Britain.
2-Great Britain and France announce all
trade is to be cut off from Germany
5.-Allies land 100000 men at Dardanelles
6-Austrians eVacuate CZernowitZ. Venl-
zelos, Greek premier, resigns.
crniSar Prince E,itel Fried
rich interned at Hampden Roads. Brit
ish win victory at Neuve Chapelle, but
bungling prevents their using 1t. Ger
mar submarine sinks British cruiser
Bayano; 100 lost.
Alderman cruiser Dresden sunk near
Juan Fernandez islands, Pacific ocean.
1E-Lloyd-George announces Britain Will
take over war industries.
1S.-Britsh battleShips Irresistible and
Ocean and French battleship Bouvet
sunk at Dardanelles.
2.-Zeppelins lombard Paris.
22.-Przemysl captured by Russians; 49,
900 men taken.
23-Germans announce Memel has been
reCaptured from Russians.
26.-German submarine sinks the Falaba;
1lS lost: one American killed. German
submarine U 20. Captain Weddigen
sunk.
sl.-King George Of England announces
he has given up liquor for the duration
of the war.
April ALDERMAN cruiser Karlsruhe in
2O.-British capture Hill co. another de-
lusve victory.
A-Using asphyxiating gas. Germans cap
ture several villages north OF Ypres
26.-French cruiser Leon Gambetta sunk
by Austrian submarine in the Strait of
Otranto 600 killed.
s0.-Greatest military offensive in history
begins with German attack on Russians
near Gorlice. Galicia.
May 1-American ship Gulfiight torpedoed
off Sicily Islands; three killed.
2-Washington hears American steamer
Gushing is damaged by bomb from Ger
man aeroplane. Germans capture Tar
now.
6.-Japan sends ultimatum to China.
7.-Lusitania torpedoed off Fastnet Rock
Ireland: 1900 dead. including no Ameri-
cans.
e-Germans capture Lbau. Russian Bal
tic port.
l1.-Wilson announces: "A man may be
too proud to fight
12-Bryce commission gives detailed re-
port on German atrocities in Belgium
British battleship Goliath sunk by
Turks.
i4-President Wilson's first note on the
Lusitania made public.
n.-Italy declares war on Austria. COall-
ton cabinet announced in London. Italy
invades Austria at three points.
S.-British battleship Triumph torpedoed
at Dardaneles. American ship Nebras-
kan torpedoed.
T.-British battlcship Majestic sunk in
Dardanelles. Steamer Princess Irene.
AUXILIARY DlOWH up at LiOulI VI
Thames; all aboard killed.
S1.-First Zeppelin raid on London. Ger
man reply to first Lusitania note reaches
Wilson. proves disappointing.
June 4-Germans capture Przemysl.
b.-Germany in note to Washington re-
grets attack on Gushing and Gulfiight
6.-Italians occupy Monfalcone
10-Italians take Gradisca.
11.-Second U. s. Lusitania note made
1S.~Venizelos wins in Greek election.
1b.-Sixteen killed ia Zeppelin raid on
England
l9.-Austro Germany occupy Tarnogrod
2.-Germany announces Captain Weddi-
gen was killed when his submarine was
22-Lemberg falls to Austro-German. New
British loan of S. ESQ 100000 is fioated.
2S.-French capture the Labyrinth north
July 4.-ItaIians take Tolmino.
S.-Last German troops in South Africa
surrender.
lie Italian cruiser Amalti sunk by Aus
trian submarine in Adriatic.
1S.-German cruiser. Koenigsberg de-
stroyed by British in East Africa.
15.-Germans capture Przasnysz. Two
hundred South Wales coal miners quit
work.
1S-German submarine attacks Cunard
2O-Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi
sunk by Austrian submarine.
2S.xThird U. S. Lusitania note TO Ger
E.-American steamer Leelanaw torpe-
doed off Scotland. Germans take Pull
tusk.
SO-Austro-German take Lublin
Sl.-British steamer Iberian torpedoed
one American killed. Germans take
Cholm.
Aug. l-Austro- Hungarian protest against
munition trade made public in Wash
ington.
S-Germans take Warsaw.
6.-Germans take Ivangorod.
snlr Anlv ntNc( to- n
feat Germans in naval battle in Gulf of
Riga.
e-Germans take Lomza,
12-Germans take Stedlice. Six killed in
Zeppelin raid on England. Allies land
5000 men at three points on Gallipoli.
I7.-Germans take Kovno.
1S-Venizelos. proaily, again chosen Greek
premier. British transport Royal Ed
ward sunk in the Aegean. one thousand
killed.
I9-White Star liner Arabic torpedoed
several Americans kill. Germans cap
ture Novogec rgievsk.
2S.-Germans take Ossowiec.