The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-01-07
EUROPEAN WAR


sunk by German submarine in the Eng
fish channel. with $40 Of crew.
Jan. 6.--Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass IN the
Carpathians.
Jan. 1o-Lilie evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. H.--Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. lO.-six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast. dropping bombs In
Yarmouth. 6andringham. Kings Lynn,
Conner 6herringham and Beeston. caus-
ing heavy damage and some loss OF life.
Jan. Alderman armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight In North sea.
Jan. B--Austro- Hungarian forces occu-
Uied Kielce, Russian Poland.
Jan. N.-Austrians drove Russians from
UEsok pass In Carpathians.
Feb. 1-French torpedo boa. sunk on
Nieuport.
Feb. 2.-Anglo-French feet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles.
Feb. 4-Germany declared waters
around British isles a war zone.
Feb. 6.-Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west of War
saw.
Feb. 9.-Germans violently bombarded
Scissors, setting Il afire.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans In Carpathians but were driven back
IN Bukowina.
British held cargo of food ship VIII
helmina.
Feb. 11-Unitsd 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
Csc OF American flag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated LODE, but drove the
Russians out of East Prussia.
Feb. H.-Germany replied unfavorably
60 American warning not to sink Ameri-
can ships, and Great Britain refused to
modify its shipping orders.
Germany began blockade Of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. Alderman blockaders sank
american steamer Carib, Norwegian ship
Regin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers.
Reims bombarded by Germans. % ci-
villains killed.
Feb. 9s-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance of Dardanelles.
Feb. &.-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 6.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
witx, Bukowina-
March S-zeppelin airship LIS de-
stroyed near Tirlemont and IT OF crew
killed.
March 1o.-American ship William p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Prinx Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew OF Frye.
March 1l.-German submarine U-l2 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapeile.
Germans abandoned Ausustowo. Po-
land.
March 15.-British order in council shut
on all trade with Germany, ordering tech
nical blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk Off Falk-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and japanese convertec cruiser
Drama.
March is.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia.
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship Bouvet sunk by
mines in the Dardanelles.
March 2.-Austrian fortress OF Prem
yzl surrendered 70 Russians.
Turks massacred thousands Of Chris
tians at Urumiah. Persia.
March 2a-Germans In Client executed
II Belgians as spies.
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia.
Allies landed forco on Gailipoll penin-
sula-
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 2S-Twenty-day battle In Cham
pagne country won by French. Germans
losing 5000.
German submarine sank British steam
.ers Aguilar and Falaba, about 40 lives
being lost.
April L-Russlans cleared Beskid range
of Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Rus
sian mine.
April s.-Germany agreed to pay for
sinking American ship William p. Frye.
April Io.-Steamer Harpalyce. first re-
lief ship Of New York to Belgium, sunk
IN North sea by torpedo or mine.
April n.-United States replied to Ger
maj, governments criticism Of its for
elgn policies. denying allegations and re-
Secting suggestions that expectation OF
arms be prohibited.
April 1e-French cruiser Leon Gambet-
a sunk by AuRtrian torpedo. so lives
lost
April 9.-German air raiders dropped
incendiary bombs on i've English east
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia. northeast
of Uxsok pass.
April s.-British announced destruction
Of eight German submarines within week
by mines and net traps.
May l-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk In
fight in North sea-
American tank steamer Guinight tor
pedoed By Germans on Seiily Islands. cap
tain and two seamen lost
May 6-Austro-Gsrman forces occupied
Tarnow.
NAV l-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed
and sunk By Germans on coast Of ireland
with loss af i.Hs lives. Including III
Americans: among the latter A Q. YAH
derbilt, Ebert Hubbard. Chas- Fronman
Chaa Klein. and Charles Piamondoa
May a-British destroyer Maori SUM-
by mine.
Russian naval base Of Lbau captures
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