Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-01-07
HISTORY MAKING EVENTS OF 1915
Progress Of the Great European War Revewed-Notabe Occur
and Achievements Outside the Zone OF Bate-Chron
illogical Record Of Outstanding Incidents Of
Year lust Closed
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H-Pegeud FIRST man to loop the loop In
aeroplanS,killed in air battle with Ger
mans.
Sept l.-Amhassador Won Bernstorff gives
Secretary of State Lansing written as
surances submarines will respect lives Of
noncombatants. Germans take Lutsk.
Germany announces she has taken L.
100000 Russian prisoners since May 2.
S-Teutons take Grodno.
A-American steamship Hesperian tor
pedoed. two Americans killed ana
7-s.-zeppeilns raid England Grand Duke
Nicholas deposed by car and sent to
Scar OF Russia takes personal com
mand of his armies. Germans take mile
of Argonne trenches
S-9-.Second Zeppelin raid on England in
"a hours.
gu. s. demands recall OF Doctor Dumba,
Austro- hungarian ambassador. Com
turned to attack her and he then tor
pedoed her.
10; -Anglo- French financial commission
lands in New York.
1l.-Zeppelins raid London.
l5.-Germans take Pinsk.
| ID. -sl5, 900, 600 In American meat conflscated
by British prize courts. Germans take
Pinsk
19-Germans take Wilma
| 22.-French aviators lombard royal pal
ace in Stuttgart. Bulgaria orders mo-
bilization.
25-Great Franco British offensive starts
IN champagne ana Artols. AFTER most
tremendous artillery bombardment in
history. French charge and take l6
square miles and 5000 prisoners In
Champagne; British less successful due
to bunglng. Greek army mobilizes.
| 26.-Commisslon on Armenian atrocities
announces half a million Christians have
| been killed.
$500, 100000 U. s. loan to allies an
nounced. Internal explosion destroys
Italian ship Benedetto Brin In Brindisi
| harbor: 324 killed.
| "a - M
| 10000 in four days In West.
oct. 3-Russia demands Bulgaria dismiss
all Teuton officers from her army in "A
| hours. French air fleet of S. flyers bonn
bard German communications.
| 4-French and British land troops in Sa-
loniSi. Germans estimate allied loss
In western September battle at 10000.
| 6-Bulgaria sends ultmatum to Serbia.
Zaimis new Greek premier
| 7-Great Teuton offensive against Ser
| bia starts. Russians lombard Varna.
| ustro-Germans capture Belgrade.
11.-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
| points.
| l3-Zeppelins lombard London. Fifty
| five killed and ia injured in Zeppelin
H.--Greece renounces her treaty with
16.-Great Britain declares war on Bull
ls.-sir Edward Carson quits British cab
met. General Ian Hamilton deposed as
British Dardanelles commander. French
and British attack Strumnitza. Bulgaria.
| 20.-Bugarians take Vranja, and cut Nish-
| Saloniki railroad. Italy declares war on
| Bulgaria.
2i.--Great Britain offers Greece Cyprus If
she will assist Serbia. Russians take
Czernowitz and attack Germans at
Mitau. Bulgarians occupy Kumanova-
Administer Whitlock's report shows
| Miss Cavell, English nurse, was rushed
to death In Brussels by firing squad de-
spite American and Spanish appeals.
Russians take $500 prisoners and attack
23-Russians take 1900 prisoners north of
Tarnopol
A-Bulgarians take Krupili.
| 3.-Bulgarians take Uskub. Germans
storm llluxt near Dvinsk.
S.-Viviani ministry falls. BRAND forms
new cabinet. King Georges horse falls
upon him while inspecting his army In
| France.
26-Bulgarians and Teutons effect june
ton.
Nov. 1.-Germans take Kragujevac.
| 3.--First of Germapy's no-meat days
| 4.-Zaimis cabinet resigns
6-Bulgarians take Nish. Germans push
| Russians across Stripa river
| L-Austrians sink Italian liner Ancona.
205 killed. IL Americans. Venizelos hav-
ing overturned the Zamais cabinet.
Skouloudis becomes head of new Greek
cabinet U. s. note protesting at Brit
aims blockade, made public.
| 10,-Austrian submarine sinks Italian lin
| err Ancona, seven naturalized Americans
| killed
l2.-Winston s. Churchill leaves British
cabinet to go to the front. Greek
| l6.-Twenty- killed in Austrian air
raid on Verona
2l.-Germans take Cacak Serbian tempo
rary capital.
22.-Serbians begin retreat into Montene-
| gro.
Alderman papers full of talk of peace
9.-Germany announces the successful
completion OF her campaign against
Serbia.
Dec. 2.-Dr. Karl Buenz. managing d.
rector OF the Hamburg-American line
found guilty OF classifying manifests In
New York, and sentenced to two years
In Atlanta prison.
3-United States demands recall of Cap
tains Boy Ed and Won Papen. German
military and naval attaches. Bulgarans
take Monastir.
4.-Henry Ford sails from New York in
amateur effort to end the war. 50,O0t
Teuton troops rushed to Rutschuk or
the Danube to meet Russian threat.
5.-British admit Mesopotamian eXpedi-
ton has been defeated and has retreat.
ed.
6.-Bulgarians attack French and British
In Serbia with great energy.
| 9-Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg de
clares In reichstag allies must seek
peace.
l2.-Stern note to Austria on Ancona sink
ing is made public.
l3.-Germany announces two Franco
In retreat to Grecian soil.
l6,-ltaly admits destroyer Intrepldo anC
transport Re Umberto sunk by Aus