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Verdun checked.
| Liner Cymric carrying munitions. tor
| pedoed and sunk; lost.
May l0.-Berlin admitted Sussex was tor
| pedoed by German submarine.
May 17.-Dutch steamer Batavier
blown up; one American killed,
May @.-German seaplanes raided Eng
lish east coast.
Austrians made decided gains against
Italians crossing the border near vi
May 25.-British steamship Washington
sunk by submarine.
May 3l.-Austrians reported capture OF
Asiago and Arsiero
Great naval battle in North sea. British
losing IA vessels and Germans is,
June 5.-Earl Kitchener and stan lost
when cruiser Hampshire was blown up in
June 7.-Germans took Fort Vaux by
Austrians in Tyror repulsed by Italians
Russians recaptured Lutsk fortress.
June 17.-Russians captured Czernowitz.
June 2O.-Russians split Austrian Buko-
wilma army and occupied ZadoVa. Stros-
June 2.-Two Austrian transports. load
ed with troops. sunk in Durazzo harbor by
Italian warships.
June 2s.-U. S. note to Austria demand
ing apology for attack on PetroNte pun
June so-Russians routed Austrians in
east Galicia and took Kolomea
west front making big gains on ooh
sides of River Somme.
July 3.-French captured number OF
towns in drive toward Peronne.
British took La Boissele.
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
David Lloyd-George made British sec
july s.-French took Biache. close to
Peronne.
German submarine Deutschland arrived
July i3-Germans opened seventh great
assault on Nerdun.
July 15.-Italians captured Vanzi. In Po-
Russians captured Baiburt, Armenia. by
assault
aches in Somme sector.
July lS.-Germans opened fierce counter
attack on British, with gas shells, win
ming at Longueval and Delville wood
British blackllsted 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 E.rzingan.
Armenia -,
clan railroad center: smashed Teuton first
line west of Lutsk, and drove back Won
Linsingen in Volhynia.
Aug. s-Russians smashed through Teu-
ton lines on l5-mile front in Galicia
Turks captured Bitlis and Mush.
Aug. 9.-Italians captured Gorttz.
Zeppelins raided English and Scotch
Aug l3-Russians took $1,000 men in
Turks beat British east OF Suez canal
and In Mesopotama.
Aug. l5.-Russians captured Jaolonitza,
in the Carpathians and pierced new leu-
ton lines on Lemberg front,
Aug 1s.-Two British cruisers. one Ger
man battleship and one German subma-
lrfr in
British swept Germans back on n-mile
front in Somme sector,
Thiepval. and French took Maurepas
Russians recaptured Mush, Armenia. and
reported big victory near Rachta.
Zeppelins raided east coast OF England.
Aug G.HitaIy declared war on Ger
Roumania declared war on Austria Hun
Aug cs.-Germany declared war on Rou-
Aug. 2e.-HIndenburg made German chief
| of stnT In place OF Falkenhayn,
| Aug O-Roumanians took Kronstadt
and other Transyivannn towns.
Aug 3l.-Roumanians seized Rustchuk,
Bulgaria. and more Hungarian % towns
being destroyed.
sept. 4.-Dar-es- -saiaam. chief town of
| German East Africa, taken by British:
| Sept. 7.-Teutons took Roumanian for
tress OF TmrtukaL ~,
| sept, lO-Germans and Bulgarians cap
| tured Roumnnlan fortress OF Silistria
| Sept l1.-Allies began new offensive In
| Balkans. crossing the Struma.
| Sept l5.-Alles smashed German third
| line in Sonme sector. advanced hve miles
| and took three towns. BRUSH used terri
| Serbs drove Bulgars back ten miles and
| British and French advanced In Balkans
| crushed In the Dobrudja.
| sept rT-British took Danube trench
| for frr, nj n rI ni
| German trenches north Of Courcelette:
| Germans sank Erench transport filled
Sept, is.-French captured Deniecourt.
Allies routed Buigars in Macedonia ant
| captured Florina
| Sent le.-Tcutons drove Russians back
over Stokhod river;
sept 23-Zeppelins raided England
killing 30; one Zeppelin destroyed and one
Sept. 25.-zsppeiins again raided Eng
| Sent 26-Anglo-F French forces took Com
bles and Thiepval after terrific fighting,
| Sept. 2S.-Venizelos and Admiral Coun
douriotis issued proclamation of provision
| al government for Greece,
| Oct l.-British took 5000 yards OF Ger
| man trenches close to Bapaume.
| Zeppelins raided England one destroyed
SerbIans routed Bulgars in Macedonia:
oct 2-Roumantans crossed the Danube
oct 4.EAiiies made great advances or
| entire line in Macedonia.
Invading Roumanians forced out OF Bul
Allied transport Gallia torpedoed; 63
| Oct s.-German submarine U-53 sanl
| ave vessels OFF u. S. coast,
| Germans recaptured Kronstadt. Transyl
Oct e.-Serbians forced crossing of Germ,
| river in Macedonia
| oct. lO-Italians resumed advance OF
| Trieste. taking 5000 Austrians.
| oct u.-Greek fleet turned oyer to allie
| on their demand and largely dfsmantled.
| Teutons began invasion OF Roumania.
| oct l5-French captured Sally -Saillsel
| north of the Somme
| oct le-Cunard liner AlauniG sunk b,
mine in English channel; part OF crev
| lost
yania frontier but lost in Dobrudja.
| Russian battieship 1mperatritza MARI
| DESTROYED by interior explosion 200 lost
Oct. 23.-Teutons captured ConstanZa