The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-08-04
CHIEF EVENTS OF
WARS SECOND YEAR

Aug 2-Teutons take Cholm; announce
10000 Russians captured in July
Aug. 6-Germans capture Warsaw.
Aug. 7-TeutOnS take 1vangorod.
Aug. 9Germans take Serock.
Aug. 10-Great Britain starts register
of all men.
Aug. 11-Germans take Lomza.
Aug 12-Allies land $1,000 more men on
Gallipoh
Aug 1+Germans take Siedlce and Soko-
low.
Aug. 16-Teutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment.
Aug 19-Russians lose Kovno. Zeppelins
kill ten in London suburbs
Aug 20-U-boat sinks liner Arabic, two
Americans killed.
Aug 21-German seize Novogeorgievsk.
Aug. A-Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug. 25-Germans take kovel.
Aug. 27-Brest-Litovsk falls.
Aug. 2s-Germans take Olita.
Aug 29-Teutons' cross Zlota Lipa.
Sept. 1-Germany announces 10000
Russians captured since May l. Lutsk is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops to $3.50.
Sept S-Russians lose Brody.
Sept. 4Russians give up Grodno. Brit
ish slaughtered in attempt to storm Hill
Sept. 6-Hesperian torpedoed. 2 Ameri-
cans killed. Russians check Teutons on
the Dvina and Sereth rivers.
Sept. Scar Nicholas takes command
Of all the Russian armies In the field.
Sept. 7-s-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don; 30 killed.
Sept. 10-As Teutons take Dubno car
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bowla.
Sept. 12-Russians drive Teutons back
IA miles in Galicia.
Sept. 17-Von Mackensen seizes Pinsk.
Sept. 0-Germans take Wilma.
Sept. 25Russians 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. AGermans announce 5000 Rus
SLAMS were captured in September
Oct. 5-Germans estimate allied loss in
futile West front offensive at 1901 600 men,
Oct. 7-Bu1garia sends ultimatum to
Serbia
Oct. STeutons begin great invasion Of
Serbia
Oct. 1o-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct. 13-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. F1fty-fve killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct 2o-Russian recapture Czartorysk.
6erbians lose Vranta.
Oct. 21Brand Whitlock, U. g. minister
to Belgium. reports hurried execution Of
Edith Cavell. English nurse.
Oct. 25-Bulgarians capture Uskub.
Oct 25-Germans storm Illuxt.
Oct. 2&-Bulgarians and Teutons effect
junction In Serbia.
Nov. 2-Austro-Germans take Kragu-
jevac.
Nov. first of German mo meat"
days.
Nov: 7-sulsarians take Nish. Serbian
Nov. 10-Italian liner Ancona sunk with
large loss of life
Nov. 22serbians begin retreat Into
Montenegro
Nov. 4-British defeated Is miles from
Bagdad.
Nov Galatians land At Avlona, Al
bania.
Nov. Germans announce operations
against Serbia have ended in complete
Dec New war council with all allies
represented meets At Paris.
Dec. 10-German chancellor makes peace
bid in reichstag speech.
Dec. 10-Turks begin siege of Kut-el-
Amara-
Dec. 11Sir Douglas Haig assumes COM
mand of British in France.
Dec. O-Ford peace band reaches Chris
n9nis with deleEates quarreling.
Dec. N-Lloyd-George declares Britain
faces defeat unless greater efforts re
made,
Dec. 2s-Lloyd-George threatens to re-
sign unless conscription is adopted.
Dec. sl-Italians occupy Durazzo. Al
bania-
Jan. 2. 1s16-word received liner Persia
sunk in Mediterranean: two Americans
lost.
Jan. - Germans abandon CAMERON
colony, West Africa. Russians take Ger
nowitz.
Jan. transcription bill passes first
reading in house of commons.
Jan. british complete evacuation OF
Gallipo1i
Jan S,-Russians take Czartorysk.
Fan. 2NZeppelins kill % in Paris. Ger
mans take two miles of trenches at Pc
rome.
Feb. 1-Zeppelins raid Liverpool and
other British cities; kill g.
FEB. 2-Germans bring British prize
steamer Appam into Hampton Roads.
Feb. 17-Russians capture Erzerum.
Feb. H-German drive at Verdun begins
Feb. 23-Czar visits Duma for first time
in history.
Feb 2EGermans announce two mile
advance at Verdun.
Feb. 27-Gsrmans capture Fort Douau-