The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
WAR

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lish channel. with 579 of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass In the
Carpathians.
Jan. 10.-I.ille evacuated by
and occupied by British.
IAN. T.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. Is.-six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast. dropping bombs in
Yarmouth. Sandringham. Kings Lynn.
Conner. Sherringham and Beeston. caus-
Ing heavy damage and some loss OF life.
Jam. Alderman armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight In North sea
Jan. Observation-Disclosures forces occu-
pied Kielce. Russian Poland.
Jan. N.-Austrians drove Russians from
Ussok pass In C~arpathians.
Feb. French torpedo boa. sunk of
Nieuport-
Feb. 2.-Anglo-French feet destroyed
four forts ih che Dardanelles.
Feb. many declared waters
around isles a war zone.
Feb. rs crossed River Rawka,
penetrb man front west Of War
saw.
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Soisse ing IL aflre.
Feb. russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
man. Jarpathians but were driven back
In Buko~ina-
British held cargo OF food ship VIII
helmira-
Feb. Hunted 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. H.-Germany replied unfavorably
TO American warning not to sink Ameri-
al 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 Carib. Norwegian ship
Regin. damaged British collier and three
British merchant
Reims bombarded by Germans. 20 CT
villains killed.
Feb. 25.-Aliied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance OF Dardanelles.
Feb. 2s.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest.
March Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. officials indicted in
New York by federal grand jury for con-
spiracy to defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
WITT. ukowi
March s.-Zeppeiin airship LIS de-
stroyed near Tfriemont and IT OF crew
killed.
March m.-American ship William p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Eftel
Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 1I.-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po-
lard.
March T.-British order I'm council shu
off all trade with ordering tech
nical blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk Off Falk.
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converte' cruiser
Drama.
March H.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia.
British battleships Irresistible and Ocear
and French battleship Bouvet sunk by
mines in the Dardanelles.
March Equestrian fortress OF Prem
yzl surrendered TO Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris.
tians at Urumiah. Persia.
March 23.-Germans in Client executed
II Belgians as spies.
Germans drove Russians out OF Eas,
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Gallipoli PENN.
sula-
March y.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 2S-Twenty-day battle in Cham.
payne country won by French. Germans
losing $4,000.
German submarine sank British steam.
ers Aguilar and Falaba. about 140 live.
being lost.
April 4-RusSans cleared Beskid rang,
OF Australians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh SUM by Rus
sian mine.
April s.-Germany agreed 10 pay 70,
sinking American ship William p. FRYE
April N.-Steamer Harpalyce. first re.
lief ship Of New York 10 Belgium. SUM
in North sea by torpedo or mine.
April e1-United States replied to Ger
man governments criticism OF its for
eign policies. denying allegations and re
jecting suggestions that expectation o.
arms b. prohibited.
April 26-French cruiser Leon Gambet
Ia sunk by Austrian torpedo. S2 live.
lost
April 2s.-German air raiders dropped
~incendiary bombs on five English cas-
Russians occupie Loubnia. northeas'
of Uzsok pass.
April S.-British announced destruction
OF eight German submarines within weeI
BY mines and net traps.
May 1-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk II
light in North sea.
American tank steamer Gulnight tor
pedoed by Germans or Scilly islands. cap
tain and two seamen lost.
May 6-Austro-German forces occupie,
Tarnow.
May 7-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoe'
and sunk by Germans OF coast OF Irelan,
with loss ef l.56 lives. including III
Americans: among the latter a. O.. Van
cerbilt. Ebert Hubbard. Chas- Frohman
Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon.
May s.-British destroyer Maori SUM
by mine.
Russian naval base Of I.ibau captures
by Germans