The Irish standard., 1916-01-08
Chronology Of the Year, Giving
the Most Important Events
in All Countries.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR
Sinking Of Lusitania and the Teutonle
Drives Through Poland and Ser.
bia, the Outstanding Features
Prominent Persons Who
Passed Away.
COMPILED BY e. w. PlcKARp.
EUROPEAN WAR

Jan. british battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine in the Eng
fish channel. with 57s of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed Fist and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass in the
Carpathians
Jan. 1o-Lille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. 17.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. 1s.-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
Jan. 24-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight in North sea.
Jan. Acknowledgements forces occu-
pied k1elce, Russian Poland.
Jan. N-Austrfans drove Russians from
Uzsok pass in Carpathians.
Feb. 1.-French torpedo boa. sunk of
Newport.
Feb. 2.-Anglo-French feet DESTROYED
-FOUR forts in the Dardanelles
FEB. 4.-Germany declared waters
around British isles a war zone.
Feb. 6.-Russfans crossed River Rawka,
penetrating German front west Of War
saw.
Feb. s.-Germans violently bombarded
scissors, setting 1t afire.
Feo. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans In Carpathians but were driven back
In Bukowina.
British held cargo Of food ship WILL
helmina,
Feb. 11.-United States warned GERMANY
against destroying American vessels or
Nves 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-
can ships. and Great Britain refused to
modify its shipping orders.
Germany began blockade Of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. 23-German blockaders sank
American steamer Carib Norwegian ship
Regin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers,
Reims bombarded by Germans. 20 ci-
villains killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance Of Dardanelles.
Feb 28.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest.
March 2.-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment OF all commodities into
Germany
Hamburg-Amertcan officials indicted in
New York by federal grand Jury for con-
spiracy to defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austr1ans evacuated Czerno-
WITT. Bukowina.
! March s.-zeppelin airship LIS de-
etroyed near Tirlemont and II of crew
killed.
March 10-American ship William p.
FRYE sunk nv German Drtr
Friedrich. Prinz Etel at Newport News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March n.-German submarine UP sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po-
lard.
March 15.-British order in council shut
Off all trade with Germany. ordering tech
nical blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk Off Falk-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converte. cruiser
Drama.
March 1s.-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 22.-Austrian 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 East
Prussia.
Allies landed force on GaIlinou nenin.
Bula.
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 28.-Twenty-day battle in Cham
payne country won by French, Germans
losing $4,000.
ers Aguilar and Falaba, about 40 lives
being lost.
April 4.-Russians cleared Beskid range
Of Austrans.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Rus
sian mine.
sinking American ship William p. FRYE.
April 1o.-steamer Harpalyce, first re-
lief ship Of New York to Belgium. sunk
In North sea by torpedo or mine,
April N.-United States replied to Ger
man governments criticism of its for
eign policies. denying allegations and re-
3ecting 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
lncend'ary bombs on five English east
Russians occupied Loubnia, northeast
OF Uzsok pass.
April 80. British announced destruction
Of kglit German submarines within week
by Mines and net traps
May 1.-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk in
fight in North sea.
American tank steamer Gulfight tor
pedoed by Germans off Scilly islands, cap
tain and two seamen lost.
May 6.-Austro-German forces occupied
iarnow.
May 7.-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed
nd sunk by Germans off coast of Ireland
with loss af 1896 lives. including lis
Americans among the latter A. G. Van
deIbilt. Ebert Hubbard. Chas. Frohman.
Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon.
May S.-British destroyer Maori sunk
by mine.
Russian naval base Of I1ibau captured
By Germans.