The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-28

March 25-Russians stOrmed German po-
sitiops on East front
British attacked German airshlp sheds
| ~ Sylt losing three seaplanes. two Ger
man vessels sunk.
Marrh 2S.-Great German attack on
Haucoprt-Malancourt front repulsed
Russian attacks repulsed with heavy
loss
Allies agreed on unity of action in ev-
March 3.-British steamer Eagle Point
one american aboard. torpedOed without
warning.
German aerial attack on saionIki killed
twenty
Terrific fighting at Goritz bridgehead.
March 90 Germans attacked with Iiouid
FIRE near Veiaun but were repulsed.
Germans torpedoed Russian hospitaI
ship in Black sea; 115 lost
March 31.-Germans took village Of Ma
lancourt. near Verdun, at terrific cost.
Five Zeppelins raided eastern counties
! Of England, killing q; one Zeppelin de.
| stroyed.
April 1-sixteen killed in Zeppelin raid
on England
April 2-Zeppellns raided England and
Scotland, killing ten.
April 3-Entente allies in note To IT q
upheld their right to search parcel post.
April 4.-French repulsed fierce German
attack south Of Douaumont
British liner zent torpedoed without
warning; 4s lost.
April s.-French evacuated entire salient
Turks defeated British near FeIahia.
MesOpatama.
April iO-Frsnch lost 500 yards near
pulsed tremendous attack; losses were
very large.
April n.-French retook trenches st
Verdun after terrific battle.
April 1S.-Russians captured Trebizond.
April 19.-President Wilson sent ultima
tum to Germany on submarine question
and told congress In joint session.
y o f0rpn9 nf Van
| In France
April 25.-German warships and Zeppe-
Inns attacked Lowestoft and vicinity. but
April H.-British battleship Russell sunk
| by mine in Mediterranean: 124 lost
April 9.-General Townshend and 10 900
British surrendered to Turks at Rut-el-
Russians defeated Austrians in big bat
tie near Mouravitz
May 1.-vBritish steamer Hendonhall, Ia
den with wheat for Belgian relief. sunk
| by German submarine.
May 2.-Five German airships raided
| coasts of England and Scotland
Belgian relief ship Fridland sunk by
German submarine
May 4-Zeppelin destroyed by British
| cruiser.
NAV 5.-Germany's reply. received In
| Washington, promised compliance with
| laws of warfare in submarine operations
with covert threat to resume former meth
| DDS unless America persuades England to
Zeppelin raided Saloniki and was de-
! stroyed by gun fire.
May S.--President Wilson told Germany
our rela tons with Britain could not enter
in controversy with Berlin.
Paris reported great German attacks at
Verdun checked.
Liner Cymric, carrying mupitions. tor
pedoed and sunk: los'
Fay. Scholz and Daeche, munition ship
| plotters convicted in New York
May lO.-Berln admitted Sussex was tor
| pedoed by German submarine.
May n.-Germans captured British
| trenches at Hulluch.
May l3.--Russians reported defeat of
| Turks in big battle near Erzngan.
British warship defeated small German
| squadron off Belgian coast.
May T.-Dutch steamer Batavier V
blown up; one American killed,
May @.-German seaplanes ralded Eng
Austrians made decided gains against
Italians, crossing the border near vi
cenZa.
May 25.-British steamship Washington
Italian steamer Moravia totpedoed
without warning.
May S1.-Austrians reported capture of
AsiagO and ArSiero.
Great naval battle in North sea, British
| losing Il vessels and Germans Is.
June earl Kitchener and stan lost
| when cruiser Hampshire was blown up In
| North sea.
June 7-Germans took Fort vaux by
| storm.
Austrians in Tyrol repulsed by Italians
with heavy losses
| Russians recaptured Lutsk fortress
June l7.-Russians captured Czernowitz.
| capital of Bukowina.
June 2O.-Russians split Austrian Buko-
wilma army and occupied Zadova, Strog-
metz and Gliboka.
June 25.-Two Austrian transports, load
| ed with troops, sunk in DurazZo harbor by
| Italian wGrships.
June 27.-Itaiians recaptured Posina and
| Arsiero.
June 2S.-U. s. note to Austria demand
ing apology for attack on Petrohte pub
June 3O.-Russians routed Austrians in
| east Galicia and took KOlOmea.
July 1.-Allies began great offensive on
west front. making big gains on both
sides of River Somme.
July 3.-French captured a number of
towns in drive toward Peronne.
British took La Boisselle.
| July 5-French carried by storm German
second line near Peronne.
Turks announced recapture OF Herman
| shah from Russians
July 6-Russians again routed Austrians
| in Galcia.
David Lloyd-George made British sec
retary of war.
July S.-French took Biache. close to
PerOnne.
German submarine Deutschland arrived
| at Baltimore.
July 1S-Germans opened seventh great
assault on Verdun.
July 15.-Italians captured Vanzi in Po-
| sina valley.
Russians captured Baiburt Armenia. by
assault
Germans took La MaisOnnette and BIZ
| aches, in SOmme sector.
July lS.-Germans opened fierce counter
attack on British. with gas Shells, win
ming at Longueval and Delville wood.
British blacklisted large number of
| American individuals and firms for deal
| ing with the Germans.
July 23-British renewed terrific drive
in Somme region, entering Pozieres.
July 26.-Russians captured Erzingan.
Armenia.
july 2S-Russians captured Brody, Cali
| clan railroad center; smashed Teuton first
| line west of Lutsk, and drove back Won
Linsingen in Volhynia.
| Aug 8-RusSianS smashed through Teu-
| ton lines on 15-mile front in Galicia-
| Turks captured BitliS and Mush.
| Aug 9-Italians captured GOritz.
Zeppelins raided English and Scotch
coast
Aug. 13-Russians took $4,000 men in
| Galicia.
Turks beat British east of suez canal
| and in Mesopotamia.
Aug. 15.-Russians captured Jablonitza,
in the Carpathians and pierced new Teu-
ton lines on Lemberg front.
Aug. 19,-Two British cruisers. one Ger
| man battleship and one German subma-
rine lost in North sea action.
| British swept Germans back on u-mile
| front in Somme sector.
Aug 24.-British advanced south of
| Thiepval and French took Maurepas.
Russians recaptured Mush, Armenia. and
reported big victory near Rachta-
| Zeppelins raided east coast OF England;
| killing eight.
Aug 27.-Italy declared war on Ger
| many.
Roumania declared war on Austria Hun
/ gary.
Aug 2S.-Germany declared war on Rou-
| mania.
| Aug. 29-Hindenburg made German chief
/ of staff in place of Falkenhayn.
| Aug 30.-Roumanians took KronStadt
| and other Transylvanian towns.
| Turkey declared war on ROumania-
/ Aug 31-Roumanians seized Rustchuk
/ Bulgaria and more Hungarian towns.
| Sept. 2.-Zeppelins raided England. one
being destroyed.
Sept. 4-Dar-es-S -Salaam, chief town of
German East Africa, taken by British.
| Sent T-Teutons took Roumanian for