The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-10
EUROPEAN WAR

sunk by German submarine In the Eng
lish channel. with 579 of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russians annihlated 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-
yania
Jan. 19-Six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast, dropping bombs In
Yarmouth, Sandringham. Kings Lynn,
Conner Sherrlngham and Beeston, caus-
Ing heavy damage and some loss of life.
Jan. @i-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. -Austro-Hungarian forces occu-
pied Kielce, Russian Poland.
Jan. H.-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathlans.
Feb. 1.-French torpedo boa sunk on
Nieuport.
Feb 2.-Anglo- French fleet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles
Feb. 4.-Gormany declared waters
around British isles n war zone.
Feb. 6.--Russians crossed River Rawka
penetrating German front west OF War
saw.
Feb 9.-Germans violently bombardtd
Soissons setting II anre
Feb l0.-Russians ropulsed Austro- Ger
mans In Carpathians but were driven back
In Bukowina
British held cargo OF food ship VIII
helmna.
Feb u.-Unltcd 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 T-Germany replied unfavorably
to American warning not to sink Amerl-
can ships, and Great Britain refused to
modify its shipping orders.
Germany began blockade Of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. 23.-German blockaders sank
American steamer Garth. Norwegian ship
Rcgin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers
Rcims bombarded by Germans 20 ci-
villains killed.
Feb. 25-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance OF Dardanelles.
Feb. S-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest.
March 2.-Grcnt Britain laid embargo
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany
Hamburg-Amcrlcnn officials indicted In
New York by federal grand Jury for con-
fpiracy to defraud the United States
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
witz. Bukowina.
March S.-Zeppelln airshIp Is de-
stroycd near Tirlemont and II of crow
killed
Marrh 1o.-Amcrican ship William p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Fitel
Friedrich, Prnz Eltcl at Newport News
with captain and crew OF Frye
March ll.-Gcrman submarine U-le sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel
British took Neuve Chapclle
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po.
land
March 15-Britlsh order in council shut
pr all trade with Germany, ordering tech.
meal blockade
German cruiser Dresden sunk OF Fnlk-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
md Kent and Japanese convcrte cruiser
Drama.
March 1S-American sanitary commits.
Ilon organized for work in Serbia
British hattlcshlps Irresistible and Ocean
snd French huttlcship Rouvet sunk boy
mines I'm the pordaucllcs.
March 22.-Austrian fortress OF Przcm-
yzl surrendered tn Russians
Turks mass1Crri thousands Of Chris
Hans at Uruwiah Persia.
March 2S.-Germans in Ghent executed
l. BelEians as spies
Germans drove Russians out OF East
Prussia
Allies landed force on Gallpom penin-
lula.
March 27.-Russlans forced way through
Carpathans into Hungary,
March S-Twenty-duy battle I'm Cham
pagne country Won by French Germans
losing 5OO00
German submarine sank British steam
trs Aguilar and Falaba, about 40 lives
being lost
April 4-Russians cleared Beslid range
81 Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mojideh sunk by Rus
Ilau mine.
April S-Germany agreed 10 pay FOR
sinking American ship William 7. Frye.
April l0-Stcamer Harpalyce first re-
lief ship of New York 70 Belgium sunk
In North sen hv torpedo or mine
April 21-Unued States replied TO Ger
nan governments criticism OF It's for
fign policies. denying allegations and re-
lectiug suggestions that expectation OF
arms be- prohibited.
April 26-French cruiser Leon Gamhet-
a sunk by Austrian torpedo. $50 lives
lost
April @-German air raiders dropped
nCcndiary bombs on five English east
coast towns
Russians occupied Loubnla. northeast
81 Uzsok pass.
April 80 British announced destruction
~ eight German sulAIarines within week
by mines and net traps
May british torpedo boat destroyer
md two German torpedo boats sunk in
hght In North sea
American tank steamer GulfiCht tor
2cdoed by Germans OF Scilly Islands cap
tain and two seamen lost
May 6-Austro-German forces occupied /,
Tarnow.
MAY 7.-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed I
and sunk by Germans OF coast Of Ireland |
with loss af l.S6 lives. including rs /
Americans. among the latter \. G. Van /
1erbilt Ebert Hubbard. Chas. Frohman
Chas Klein and Chlrles plamondon-