Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
EUROPEAN WAR

sunk by German submarine In the Eng
iish channel. with $40 Of crew.
Jan. b.-Russians annihilnted Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass In tho
Carpathians.
Jan. io.-Iille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. IT-Russians stormed southern
CarpathiaD pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. Is.-sjx German Zeppelns raided
the Norfolk coast. dropping bombs In
Yarmouth. Snndringham, Kings Lynn,
Conner. Sherringham and Beeston, caus-
ing heavy damage and some loss of life.
Jan. @.-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight in North sen
Jan. 2s.-Austro- Hungarian forces occu-
pied Kieice. Russian Poland.
Jan. N.-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathians.
Feb. 1.-French torpedo boat sunk Off
Nieuport.
Feb. a-Anglo- French fleet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles.
Feb. 4-Germany declared waters
around British isles Il wnr zone.
Feb. 6.-Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west of War
saw.
Feb. s.-Germans violently bombarded
Soissons, setting II afre.
Feb. 1o.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
in Bukowina-
British held cargo of food ship WILL
helmina.
Feb. 1i.-united 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. i7,-GermRny replied unfavorably
20 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 Chrib. Norwegian ship
Regtn. damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers.
Reims bombarded by Germans. 20 ci-
villains killed.
Feb. 2S.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance OF Dnrdaneiles.
Feb, 2s.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken 10 BrosL
, March 2-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany.
fambnre-American officials indicted in
New York by federal grand jury for con-
spiracy TO defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austrinns evacuated Czerno-
witt. Bukowina.
March s-zeppeIin airship LIS de-
stroyed near Tirlernont and II OF crew
killed
March i0,-American ship William p.
Friedrich. Prinz Eitei at Newport News
with captain and crew OF Frye.
March 1i-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torredo boat Ariel
British took Ncuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po-
land.
March l5.-British order In council shut
off all trade with Germany. ordering tech
meal blockade
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falk-
land islands by British wnrships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converted cruiser
Drama.
: March is.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia.
British battleshps Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleshlp Bouvet sunk by
mines in the Dardanelles
March 2.-Austrian fortress of Prem
yzl surrendered 10 Russians.
Turks massacTed thousands of Chris
tians at UrumiGh. Persia.
March 29.-Germans in Client executed
II Belgians as spies-
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Gallipoil penin-
suIR.
March 27.-Russians forced way through
Carpathiaus into Hungary.
March S.-Twenty-day battle in Cham
pagne country won by French. Germans
losing 10000
German submarine sank British steam
srs ACullar and Falnba, about 40 lives
being lost.
April 4-Russlnns cleared BesIsid range
Of .Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Rus
sian mine.
April S.-Gerrnany agreed to pay for
sinking American ship william p. FRYE.
April l0.-steRmer Harpalyce. first re-
lief ship OF New York to Belgium, sunk
IN North sea by torpedo or mine
April ?i.-United States replied TO Ger
man governments criticism of Its for
elgn policies. denying allegations and re-
jectinE suggestions that expectation of
arms be prohibited.
April 26-French cruiser Leon Gambet-
Ia sunk by Austrian torpedo. $50 lives
lost
April 29-German air raiders dropped
incendlary bombs on five English east
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia. northeast
of UZsolt pass
April 3n British announced destruction
of eight German submarines within week
by mines and net traps
May british torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk in
night In North sea.
American tank steamer Culfight tor
pedoed by Germans off scilly islands. cap
tam ana TWO aguGnen lost
May G.-AuHtro-German forces occupied
Tarnow.
May 7-CUnard liner Lusitanlh torpedoed
and sunk by Germans OFF coast of ireland
with loss af 1896 lives. including III
Americans: among the latter a. G. Van,
uerbilt. Elbeft Hubbard. Chps. Frohman
Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon.
May s.--Britlsh destroyer Maori sunB
by mine.
Russian naval base OF L.ibau captured
by Germnns,