Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
CHIEF EVENTS Of
WARS SECONDLY YEAR

Aug. 2-Teutons take Cholm; announce
AI0.C00 Russians captured in July.
Aug. 6-Germans capture Warsaw.
Aug. 7-Teutons take Ivangorod.
Aug 9-Germans take Serock.
Aug O-Great Britain starts register
| of all men.
Aug. u-Germans take Lomza.
Aug. 1-AIlies land $1,000 more men on
Gallipoli.
Aug. l4Germans take sIedlce and soko-
low.
Aug 1s-Teutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment.
Aug. 4-Russians lose Kovno. zeppelins
kill ten in Lo.-don suburbs.
Aug. 2O-U-boat sinks liner Arabic. two
Americans killed.
Aug. 21-German seize Novogeorgievsk.
Aug. 24-Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug. 25-Germans take Kovei.
Aug. N-Brest-Litovsk falls.
Aug. 28-Germans take Olita.
Aug. 29-TeutoRs cross Zlota Lipa.
Sept. 2-Germany announces 100000
Russians captured since May 1. Lutsk is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops to $3.50.
Sept. .3-Russians lose Brody.
Sept. 4-Russians give up GrodnO. Brit
lsh slaughtered in attempt to storm Hill
co.
Sept. 6-Hesperian torpedoed, 2 Ameri-
cans killed. Russians check Teutons on
the DVina and Sereth rivers.
Sept Scar Nicholas takes command
Of al the Russian armies In the field.
Sept 7-8-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don; 30 killed.
Sept 1O-As Teutons take Dubno. czar
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bOwla-
Sept. 12-Russians drive Teutons back
IA miles in Galicia.
Sept. 17-Von Mackensen seiZes Pinsk.
Sept 2O-Germans take Wilma.
Sept 26-Russians recapture Lutsk.
Sept. N-French In two day battle ad-
vance on wide front in Champagne. while
British attack south of La Bassee Canal
Oct 2-Germans announce $500 Rus
slams were captured in Sep. p.ember
Oct 5-Germans estimate allie1 loss In
futile West front offensive at 10000 men,
Oct. 7-Bulgaria sends ultimatum to
Serbia.
Oct. S-Teutons begin great invasion of
Serbia.
Oct. 1O-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct 13-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. Fifty-fve killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct. 2O-Russiqn recapture Czartorysk
Serbians lose Vranja-
Oct. 22-Brand Whitlock. q. S. minister
to Belgium. reports hurried execution of
Edith CaveY. English nurse.
Oct. S-Ru'garians capture Uskub.
Oct. 25-Germans storm Illuxt.
Oct 2S-Bul~ari4ns and Teutons effect
junction In Serbia.
Nov. 2-Austro-Germans take Kragu-
jevaC
Nov. HFirst Of German mo meat"
days
Nov. 7-Bulgarians take Nish. Serbian
war capital
Nov. lO-ItaHan liner Ancona sunk with
large loss of life.
Nov. 22-Serblans begin retreat into
Montenegro.
Nov. S-BritIsh defeated Is miles from
Bagdad.
Nov. 27-Italians land at Avlona, AL
bania.
Nov. G9-Germans announce operations
against Serbia have ended In complete
success
Dec T-New war council with all allies
represented meets at Paris.
FEC 10-Ce-vnan chancellor makes peaSe
bid in reichstag speech.
Dec 10-Turks begin siege Of Kut-el-
Amara.
Dec 16-Sir Douglas Haig assumes com
mand of British In France.
Dec. Oxford peace band reaches Chris
tiania with delegates quarreling.
Dec. 21-Lloyd-George declares Britain
races QSL0aI unless greater elLOTIS are
made.
Dec. 28-Lloyd-George threatens to re-
sign unless conscrip.ion Is adopted.
Lee. sl-Italians occupy Durazzo. AL
bania-
Jan. 2, 1876 Word received liner Persia
eunk in Mediterranean: two Americans
lost.
Jan. r. Germans abandon CAMERON
colony, West Africa Russians take Ger
noWitz.
Jan. transcription bill passes first
reading in house Of commons.
Jan 7-Brtish complete evacuation OF
GallipoIl.
Jan 8-Russians take Czartorysk.
Jan 20-Zeppelins Kill 2S In Paris Ger
mans take two miles of trenches at Pc
rome.
Feb. 1-Zeppelns raid Liverpool and
other British cities: kill So.
Feb 2-Germans bring British prize
steamer Appam into Hampton Roads.
Feb 17-Russians capture Erzerum.
Feb. 2l-German drive at Verdu1 begins
Feb 23-Czar visits DuEna for first time |
in history.
Feb 24-Germans announce two mile |
advance at Verdun.
Feb 27--Germans capture Fort Douau- !