The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-12-30

thians southwark checked by small
reVerses in Moldavia. :, -. ::
SOUTH AND BALKAN FRONT.
.. JANUARY.
7. Allies evacuated the Gallipoli peninsu-
la. leaving to the Turks enormous
{. plumber. British loss in the campaign
10000.
ID. Russians captured Erzerum, with 49,
600 Turks and 323 guns.
MARCH. =. =.
3. British attack on Tigris front repulsed
by counterattack of Turks. British
lost 5000 killed and wounded.
-, -" APRIL. ~. ~
IL. Austrians In great force attacked Ital-
Ian positions in the Plezzo basin, Tren-
tino, and were repulsed. according to
Italian report. Italians recaptured po-
sition on Monte Sperone, which the
Austrians captured on the 18th. =
10. Russians captured Trebizond, an i'm
portant Turkish town on the Black
sea, by land and sea attack
q. British under Gen.. Townshend sur
rendered Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia,
TO tho Turks, with about 10000 troops,
after prolonged siege.
"a. Italians continued retreat in Trentino.
austria claimed 5000 prisoners in the
Tyrol campaign.
!. Italians opened counter offensive
IN the zone Of Austria's maximum
effort, May 30 and 81 Result reported
disastrous to the invaders
a. Italians began an offensive movement
In Trentino. Austrians reported in
-7s geifsVesi retreat. -.
>. Italians captured Goritz. the suppoaad
Key to Trieste Prisoners reported.
10000. The town had been under Ara
over year.
H. Allies from Saloniki began an ofren-
=. slve northward through Macedonia.
90 houmania entered the war and attack
ed Austria In the Carpathians, aiming
to invade Transylvania. GERMANY de-
clared war on Roumania.
~ Houman1ans forced three mountain
passes into Hungary and captured
kronstadt north Of Vulcan pass ana
an Industrial center. -, $50
81 turkey and Bulgaria declared war on
Roumania. va
SEPTEMBER
4 D. Bulgars and Germans captured br,dea-
mead OF Tutrakan, on the Danube 80
AAAIcS IRON Bucharest,
u. Ieuton1c allies defeated Russians at
Dobric, in Dobrudja.
q. Won Falkenhayn's column surrounded
the Roumanians near Red Tower pass
and destroyed their army.
OCTOBER.
.. Ieutons recaptured Kronstadt Hun.
gary, which Roumanians took Aug. 40
o. Constanza, on tho Black sea, Rouma.
mas cnlef port captured by Germans
a. Roumanians evacuated Cernavoda. on
tho Danube
o. Danube bridge at Cernavoda waa
blown up to check invading army.
o. Houmania moved capital to Jassy.
NOVEMBER.
~. Franco.Servians captured hill 1872. IN
front Of Monastir. Bulsars evacuated
Monastir.
a. Austro-Germans captured Craiova
Roumania, with heavy booty.
"A Falkenhayn's
armyrecaptured &Sa<
Orsova and N##MM
reached Ait riy- E###@$ -
er. Won Mack E@9sH3
ensen's troops K#EM
crossed the DAN V
ube above Ger Wss
navoda.
q. Austro- German
column Of Fall AuSs@ GO
ken hayn and o., E.,....-.-
Bulgar-Turkish- oA"' A1S r. =. =. :
German column, moving southeast and
northwest, respectively, met in Rou-
4 mania so miles west Of Bucharest.
.e:.,e:. DECEMBER.
4. German guns shelled Bucharest.
9. Teutonic allies captured Bucharest.
former capital Of Roumania TO,
:. Gen. sarrail's column checked by Ger.
mans in northern Greece Germans
and Bulgars won counterattacks In :.
the Monastir section. ::Teutonic allies
captured 5000 Roumanians in Walla-
CHA Z: z.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NARcH. ~.
81. British orders In council sanctioned
the capture of neutral ships destined
for q nonblockaded port