Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-01-14
WAR

Jan. 1-BrItish battleghlp FormldabI
SUM by German submarine Ia the Eng
hah channel. with $40 of crew,
Jan, 6.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish amy corps and routed First anC
Tenth corps IN the Caucasus.
Russians forced tzsUk pass in tEt
CarpHthians,
Jan. D-Lille evacuated by German,
and occupied by British.
Jan, H-Russiaua stormcd southerr
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl.
vania.
Jan. 10-Six German Zeppclins raided
tho Norfolk coast. dropping bombs IN
Yarmouth, S~andrlnRhnm, Kings Lynn,
Conner. sherringham and Beeston. caus-
Ing heavy damage and some loss OF llfc.
Jan. H.-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
Piled by Vice Admiral Beatty'a squadron
In running fight In North sea.
Jan cG-Austro-HunEarinn forces occu-
pied Klelce, Russian Poland
Jan. N-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsok pass IN Carpnthians.
Feb. l-French torpedo boa sunk off
Newport.
Feb. 2.-Anglo- French feet destroyed
four forts in the Dardnnelles.
Feb 4-Gernnny declared waters
around British isles n war zone.
Feb, G-Russlana crossed River Rawka.
penetrating German front west OF War
saw.
Feb. 9-Germnns violently bombarded
Soissons. setting II nnre.
Feb. O-Russinns repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans In Cnrpathlans but were driven back
In Bukowina.
British held cargo OF food ship WI
helmina.
Feb. Hunted States warned Germany
against destroying American vessels or
lives OF American citizens in attacking
shipping, and warned Great Britain Of
tho danger to American interests In the
use OF American flag by British vessels.
evacuated LODI. but drove the
Russians out Of East PRUSSIA.
Feb. T-Germany replied unfavorahly
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. 2.-German blockaders sank
American steamer Cnrlb. Norwegian shin
Kegin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers.
Reims bombarded by Germans. 20 ci-
VILLAINS killed.
Feb. g5.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
toI'H III eHlTuIlC6 OF D0rulnClleS,
Feb. %,-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brcst.
March Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment OF all commodities into
Germany.
Hamhurg-American officials indicted IN
New York by federal grand jury for con
spiracy To defroud the United States.
March 6.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
WITT, Bukowira.
March S.-Zeppelin airship La de-
Htroyed near Tiriemont and II OF crew
killed.
March n.-Amcrican ship William p
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prlnz Eitel
Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew OF Frye.
march n.-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Aucustowo Do
lard.
March B-Brltlsh order in council shut
on all trade with Germany. ordering tech.
meal blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Eoll,. |
Iand Islands by British wnrshlps Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converte' cruiser |
Drama.
March B.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship Bouvet sunk by
mines In the Dardanelles.
March 2.-Austrian fortress OF Przem-
vi surrendered TO Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris.
tians at urumlah. Persia.
March 22--Germans In Client cxacu+os
II Belgians rs spies.
Germans drove Russians out OF East |
Prussia. "
Allies landed forco on Gallipoll PENN.
sula. ~
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March S-Twenty-dny battle in Cham
payne country won by French. Germans
losing $1,000.
German submarine sank British steem
ers Agui'ar and Falaba. about 40 lives
being lost.
April A-Russtans cleared Beskid range
of Austrians.
Turkish cruiser MetidIeh sunk hv p,,.
sian mine.
April s.-Germanv agreed to nav ,or
sinking American ship William p. Frye |
April N.-Steamer Harpalyce. first 70.
lief ship OF New York to Belgium, sunk
In North sea by torpedo or mine.
April p United States replied 10 Cor.
mar governments criticism OF its for
eign policies, denying allegations and re-.
jecting suggestions that expectation ~
arms be prohibited.
April rs -French cruiser Leon fannie |
ia sunk by Austrian torpedo. G2 lives
lost.
April 2.-German air raiders dropped
~tncendiary bombs on five English east
coast towns,
Russians occupied Loubnia, northeast |
of Uzsok pass.
April 30, 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
fight in North sea.
American tank steamer Gulnlght tor
pedoed by Germans of Scilly Islands, cap.
tain and two seamen lost.
May 6-Austro-German forces occupied
May 1-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed
and sunk by Germans off coast OF Ireland
loss ef 1886 lives, including lis
among the latter A, G. Van
Ebert Hubbard. Chas. Frohman.
chas. Klein nj Charles Plamondon.
May S.-British destroyer Maori sunk
" mine.
Russian naval base Of Libau captured
Germans.