Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-07

demand Germany make reparatton Tor
deaths of Americans resulting from sub
marine attacks and give guarantees
against repetition of offense
May 12.-British battleship Goliath tor
pedoed in Dardanelles, 500 lost.
May l3.-President Wilson's note to Ger
| many cabled
May 7.-Zeppein attacked English
coast towns and was driven off and Grip
Piled by aeroplanes.
May H.-French won entire Lorette hill
north of Arras after six months of con-
tinuous fighting.
May 22-Russian battleship Pantelei-
mon sunk in Black sea with 1,4OO men,
May S.-Italy declared war against
| Austria Hungary.
May B.-ltaly invaded Austria at head
| of Gulf of Venice Selling four towns.
British warship Triumph sunk by tor
| pedo in Dardanelles.
| May 26.-American steamer Nebraskan,
| from Liverpool without cargo, struck and
crippled by torpedo off Irish coast.
Italy invaded the Trentlno.
May 27.-British battleship Majestic de-
| stroyed by torpedo in Dardanelles.
British auxiliary steamship Princess
Irene blown up in Sheerness harbor, 4SO
| lives lost
May S-German reply to Wilson note
| received at Washington and declared
\ evaslve
May Sherman zeppellns made raid
| on London.
| June 3.-Przemysl recaptured by Ger
| mans and Austrians.
June H.-Itallans took Gradisca and
other important towns
June I5.-Austro- Germans, advancing
| on LembergA captured Mosciska.
| Allied aeroplane fleet bombarded Karls-
| ruhe, killing q persons
Zeppelin raided English northeast coast,
| killing Ii persons.
| June 16.-Russians driven over Galician
| border,
| Germany called 100000 young trained
men to the colors.
| June H-Austro- Germans took Rawa
| Ruska from Russians.
General De Wet found guilty Of trea-
| son.
June 23.-Lemberg captured by Austro-
Germans.
French took German work called the
| Labyrinth west OF Lens.
June 8.-Italy broke diplomatic rela-
| lions with Turkey.
| Dominion freight liner Armenian sunk
| by Germans. 20 Americans lost
| June S0.-Russians began retreat from
| Vistula river in Poland
July I-Twenty allied aeroplanes raided
| Bruges, destroying docks
| J. s. navy department seized German
| wireless plant at SayVille, l.. l., for
| breaches of neutrality.
July G.--Germany's reply to American
| note on submarine warfare unyelding in
| most important particulars.
| July 9-German forces in German
| Southwest Africa surrendered to General
| Botha.
British liner Orduna bringing Ameri-
cans homo from Europe. attacked by
| German submarine with torpedo and
| shells.
| July 1S.-Italian cruiser Giuseppe Carl
| baldi sunk by Austrian submarine
| July 2.-American reply to Germany,
| reafflrming former stand, sent to Berlin.
Terrible massacres of Armenians by
Turks reported.
sunk by German submarine; crew saved
| July G.Austrians made air raid on
| Verona.
July 3O.-Austrians occupied Lublin
July 31.-Leyland liner I5erian sunk by
German torpedo boat; seven of crew
killed.
Aug. 2-M!tau, capital of Courland
taken by Germans.
Aug. S--Great Britain fatty rejected
American contentious against blockade
Aug. 5.-Warsaw occupied by the Ger
mans.
Aug 6-Ivangorod taken by Austro-
Germans.
Aug. 9-British cruiser India and de.
stroyer Lynx sunk
Turkish battleship Kheyr-E Ed Din Bar.
barossa sunk by submarine in Darda-
| nelles.
Germans occupied Praga.
Zeppelns raided English east coast
killing Is; one Zeppelin destroyed
| AUG IT G reiaOfa6
ian views on shipment of war supplies
| Aug. u.-BritiSh submarines entered
Black sea and torpedoed the Breslau enG
Goeben.
Aug 14-British troopship Royal Ed
ward sunk by submarine in Aegean sea
800 lost
Aug. T.-Germans took fortress of Kov
no.
Greek cabinet resigned and Venizelos
was invited to form new ministry.
U. S. accepted German offer of compen
sation in Frye case.
Zeppelns raided British east coast
killing ten civilians.
Aug. 19-White Star liner Arabic, Liv
erpool for Boston. torpedoed and sunk by
German submarine off Irish coast; as lost
including two Americans.
Aug alderman fleet engaged Russian
fleet in Gulf of Riga, each side losing sew
eral vessels.
Germans took Russian fortress of Novo
geoTgievsk
Aug 2l.-Italy declared war on Turkey
German cruiser sunk by British sub
| marine in Baltic sea-
British seaplane sank loaded Turkish
troopship in SEE of Marmora
Germans captured Besk. Russia
Aug 23-GermanF occupied Russian
fortress Of Ossowetz
| IL n
Brest-Litovsk.
Aug. 26.-Germans captured Russian
fortress o Olita.
Germany declared the sinking Of TIL
Arabic, If done by German submarine
was decidedly condemned by the German
government and full reparation would b
made.
Aug. 31--Adolphe Pegoud. notec Frencl
aviator, killed in action.
Germans took Russian fortress O
Lutsk.
Sept. 2-Germany offered to submit Lu
; sitania and Arabic compensation claim
to The Hague tribunal.
Russians evacuated Grodno
Papers involving Dumba and Bernstorf
taken by British from ]. F. ]. Archibald
Sept 4.-Allan liner Hesperian torpedoe
off Fastnet; 20 lost.
: Sept 9.-President Wilson demanded re
call of Austrian Ambassador Dumba.
e Germany declared it would pay no in
demnty for Arabic deaths
Zeppellns raided London. killing 20 an
injuring Sc.
Sept 10.-Germany defended attack o
: Orduna, saying it tried to escape subma
5 rine.
Anglo-French financial commission al
! rived in America to arrange for loan c
I $500, Co., 900 to allies.
Sept. 1j.-Russians checked Won TIir
denSurgs drive toward Riga and drov
Austrlans further back in Galicia.
Sept, 18.-Vllna evacuated by Russian.
Sept. 19.-British transport Ramaza
sunk by submarine in Aegean sea- hur
dreds lost.
q Sept. 22.-French aviators dropped II