The Holly chieftain., 1916-01-07
THE WAR.

Eight Russian army corps cross CaE-
pathians and enter Hungary.
S.--Russie estimates Turkish loss In
Caucasus at 10000 men; announces cap
tgFs # siEh; ~ Hu1Saran S msn to toTns ,bs coIors
patton Of Aviona, Albania
n.-Count Berchtold. Austrian premier.
A-Germans at sossons drive French
across the Aisne river with heavy loss.
H.-Germans state allies lost 10000 men
IN recent futile offensive on west front.
XIII Ave.
northeastern Hungary has been broken
A-Battle of Dogger Banks: German
cruiser Bluecher sunk.
n.-German government seizeS all corn
wheat and flour.
se-Russian army reaches T1lsit. East
Prussia Russians occupy Tahriz. Per-
Feb 6.-Germany announces war zone
about British Isles to start February 49,
L-The Lusitania flies American flag
crossing Irish sea to avoid submarines
u-Sharp American note to Germany, re-
fusing to recognize the war zone Is
M.-Gernan submarine blockade" Of
Great Britain begins.
1.-Thirty-two British-French warships
attempt to force Dardanelles.
22.-Germans announce more than 100000
Russians captured in second battle OF
Mazurian lakes.
A.-RuSSianS ousted from Bukow1na.
@.-Germans take Przasnysz.
March 1.-Russians recapture Przasnysz.
Lloyd-George demands abolition Of
2-Great Britain and France announce all
trade Is to be cut off from Germany
and her allies.
6-Allies land 100000 men at Dardanelles.
6-Austrfans evacuate Czernowitz. Venl-
xelos Greek premier; resigns:
u.-German cruiser Prince hitel Fried
rich interned at Hampden Roads. Brit
ish win victory at NeuVe Chapelle. but
bungling prevents their using, it. Ger
man submarine sinks British cruiser
Bayano: 1870 lost.
Alderman cruiser Dresden sunk near
Juan hernandez Islands. Pacific ocean;
take over war industries.
1s:.British battleships lrresistible and
Ocean and French battleship Bouvet
sunk at Dardanelles.
H.-Zeppelins lombard Paris.
2.-Przemysl captured by Russians: 49,
600 men taken
23.-Germans announce Memel has been
recaptured from Russians.
26.-German submarine sinks the Falaba:
118 lost: one American killed. German
submarine U %. Captain Weddigen.
s1.-King George of England announces
he has given up liquor for the duration
April 1l.-German cruiser Karlsruhe in
termed at Norfolk.
so:-British capture Hill 60. another de-
A.-Using asphyxiating gas. Germans cap
ture several villages north Of Ypres.
H.-frenCn cruiser Leon GdmDetta SUNK
by Austrian submarine in the Strait of
Otranto 600 killed
3o:-Greatest military offensive in history
begins with German attack on Russians
near Gorlice. Galcia.
May 1.-American ship Gulfight torpedoed
off Scilly Islands: three killed.
2-Washington hears American steamer
Gushing is damaged by bomb from Ger
man aeroplane. Germans capture Tar
now.
s.-Japan sends utimatum to China.
7.-Lusitania torpedoed off Fastnet Rock,
Ireland: 1900 dead. including 10 Ameri-
cans.
tic port.
n.-Wilson announces: "a man may be
too proud to fight"
12-Bryce commission gives detailed re-
port on German atrocities in Belgium.
British battleship Goliath sunk by
A-President Wilson's first note on the
Lusitania made public.
N.-Italy declares war on Austria Coali-
ton cabinet announced In London. Italy
invades Austria at three points.
6.-British battleship Triumph torpedoed
at Dardanelles. American ship Nebras-
kan torpedoed.
N.-British battleship Majestic sunk in
Dardanelles Steamer Princess Irene.
British auxiliary. blown up at mouth Of
Thames; all aboard killed.
man reply to first Lusitania note reaches
Wilson, proves Disappointing
June 4.-Germans capture Przemysl.
grets attack on Gushing and Gulflght.
8.-Italans occupy Monfalcone.
10.-1talianS take Gradisca.
n.-second U. S. Lusitania note made
public.
1s.-Venzelos wins in Greek election.
15.-Sixteen killed in Zeppelin raid on
England.
1s.-Austro- Germany occupy Tarnogrod.
2.-Germany announces Captain Weddi-
gen was killed when his submarine was
22.-Lemberg falls to Austro- German, New
British loan of $3.50 900 is fioated.
23-French capture the Labyrinth. north
of Arras.
July 4.-Italans take Tolmino.
e.-Last German troops in South Africa
s.-Gerpan note on Lusitania made pub
lie. Italian cruiser Amalf sunk by Aus
trian submarine in Adriatic:
13.-German cruiser, Koenigsberg de-
stroyed by British in East Africa.
B.-Germans capture Przasnysz. Two
hundred South Wales coal miners quit
work.
1s-German submarine attacks Cunard
3o.-italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi
sunk by Austrian submarine.
23.-Third U. s. Lusltania note to Ger
a.-American Steamer Leelanaw torpe-
doed off Scotland. Germans take Pull
tusk.
tafs fserSn hublq for0eooea
one American killed. Germans take
Aug. 1.-Austro- Hungarian protest against
munition trade made public in Wash
8.-Germans take Warsaw.
8.-Germans take Ivangorod.
S.-Germans take Serock: Russians de.
feat Germans in naval battle in Gulf of
Riga
e-Germans take Lomza.
H:-Germans take stedlice.. Six killed in
$4,000 men at three points on GallipOli.