Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-26
Progress Of the World Conflict
In l9l6-Great Actions and
Heavy Losses -Roumania IN
Ally Of the Entente Powers.
JANUARY.

liot BIG Wouio pay ior lives Ioos On
the Lusitania.
lipoli peninsula; British loss In the
campaign 10000.
5. Montenegro: Montenegrin officials
signed peace terms with Austria.
FEBRUARY.
8. Galicia: Russian army attacked the
Austrian front near Tarnopol.
5. Southern Zone: Russians captured Err
zerum with 1900 Turks and 313 guns
3. Verdun: Germans sprang q heavy at
tack on the Verdun salient along q Is
mile front: gains at some points were
miles deep.
S. Verdun: French Fort Douaumont, I
miles from Verdun city captured by
Germans.
g. Verdun: Germans intrenched on q II
mile front Of ground captured.
MARCH.
6 Sea Raider: German ship Moewe.
which captured tho British ship Ap-
pam and sank Is merchantmen. reach.
ed home port laden with prisoners and
gold.
2 Verdun Battle: French counterat-
tacks repulsed at Verdun.
Italian Front: Italian artillery bonn
barded the Austrian town Of Goritz "A
hours.
%. verdun: French attacks checked on
Dead Mans hill.
4 Liner Sunk: British steamer Sussex
torpedoed and sunk in the English
channel; IS deaths
APRIL.
z Aerial Warfare: Zeppelins raided
coast Of Scotland and England. infict-
ing casualties which raised the total
In 8 days to 50 killed and l66 wounded.
6 Verdun: Germans captured Haucourt.
Z. Verdun: French repulsed Germans at
Dead Mans hill.
8. Italy: Italians evacuated their front
line of trenches in the Christallo zone,
Trentino.
Verdun: French yielded Bethincourt
line to German assaults.
O. Verdun: In an offensive on Is mile
front the Germans captured 500 yards
of trenches on hill 26, near Dead
Mans hill. No. 304 Assailants used
liquid fire.
4 Verdun: French offensive on Dead
Mans hill repulsed by Germans
8. Mesopotamia: Russians captured Treb-
izond, an important Turkish town on
the Black sea-
q. Russian North Front: Germans cap
tured over 5000 Russians In a drive
south Of Lake Narocz
8. British Disaster: General Townshend
surrendered Kut-el-Amara, Mesopota-
mia, to the Turks, with about 1000
troops.
MAY.
s. Submarines: Germany agreed to mod
ify submarine warfare on merchant
ships.
z Belgian Front: Germans captured
l,5O0 yards Of British trenches. 100 to
800 yards deep, on Vimy ridge.
Verdun: French recaptured Fort Douau-
mont after q violent struggle; also re-
took hill 87.
a. verdun: Germans recaptured Fort
Douaumont and other positions;
French counterattacks repulsed.
g. Neutral Rights: United States de-
manded that England cease illegal
seizures Of neutral malls at sea-
%. Italy: Austrtans launched great drive
In Trentino.
q. Naval Battle: Greatest naval battle
of the war of Jutland coast. Ger
man high seas feet led the attack,
defeating first British division. Brit
ish reserve turned the tide. but battle
ended In a draw. Both sides lost
heavily In ships; loss Of life upward OF
1000.
JUNE.
1. Italian Front: Italians opened q coun.
ter offensive in the zone Of Austria's
maximum effort. May S0-M.
4. Belgium: British counterattacks on
Ypres ridge repulsed with loss to the
Canadians Of 5000 men.
Kitchener Lost: General Kitchener
drowned while on voyage to Russia.
T. Verdun: Germans captured Fort
Vaux. called the key to verdun."
Z. Galician Front: Russians recaptured
the fortress Of Lutsk. Volhynia.
10. Galician Front: Russians captured
Dubno volhynia: 5000 prisoners
claimed In the days fighting. and
booty In enormous quantities"
Aerial Warfare: French aeroplanes
bombarded karlsruhe and Treves. In
Karlsruhe ITO were killed.
8. verdun: German attacks carried
Thiaumont fort and reached to Fleury.
three and half miles from Verdun.
IS. Italy: Italians began an offensive In
Trentino Austrians In general 10
treat.
JULY.
I. Verdun: French rstook Thiaumont:
lost It at 3 p. m. and regained 1t at
4:30 p. m.
The Somme: Concerted French and
British drive begun on the north and
south banks of Somme river; villages
and towns and seven miles Of trenches
captured on a Is mile front.
2. The Somme: Battle all day on the
Somme British captured Fricourt
French captured Frise.
:. The Somme: British attack centered
around La Boisselle, aiming for Ba-
paume French continued attacks to-
ward Peronne.
1. verdun: Germans retook Fort Thiau-
mont:
s. The Somme: Germans made counter
attacks on the Somme, but were re-
pulsed. French and British were also
repulsed at Hardecourt and on Ia
Boisselle front.
4. The Somme: British attack on the
somme covered 8 mile front. including
La Bolsseile. Continuation. Wood OF
Mametz and Trones Woods.
. The Somme: British captured Contal-
maison. Germans repulBed French
south Of the Somme.
l. The Somme: British opened daybreak
attack on the second German line At
Longueval, captured that village and
all Of Trones Woods.
s. The somme: British captured Del.
Vile Wood.
q The Somme: Germans launched heavy
attack on the British new positions
east of Bazentin and recaptured Del.
Vile Wood an6 Longueval. British et'
tackled at Ovillers and Pozieres-
4 The somme: Allies attacked along
front Of II miles. At one point the
German irst line was pressed back
30 yards: elsewhere repulsed.
r. The somms: British attacked In the
Pozieres region. but were repulsed.
AUGUST.
L Submarine Warfare: Italian steamer
Letiinbro, with 1l3 passengers, sunk
by a submarine at Malta while trying
to escape.
4 Somme Front: Germans. using liquid
dre, recaptured trenches from the
British et Pozieres, on the somme line.
& italian Front: Italians captured Co
rita, the supposed key to Trieste.
e Somme Front: Allied attacks won
1,600 yards Of German trenches north
Of Maurepas. South Of Maurepas the
French captured ~ miles Of trenches
and south Of the 6omms Loo yards
d Balkan Front: BulgarS attacked and
drove back both tanks Of the Anglo.
French line IN northern Greece.
= Balkans: Russian troops were with
the allies in Greece, Bulgars contin-
usd TO force back allies wings In
Greece. Roumanla was fully mobilis-
ID to enter the war. Allies marching
north In Greece attacked Bulgars q
velee mountain.
= Balkan Front: Roumanis mobilised
her troops and crossed The frontier.
n. Italy: Italy formally declared war On
the German empire.
- Balkans: noumania entered the va
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