The Benson signal., 1916-01-08
HISTORY MAKING EVENTS OF 1915
Progress of the Great European War ReWeWedNotabe Occur
rences and Achievements Outside the Zone of Bae-Chron
illogical Record Of Outstanding Incidents Of
Year Just Closed.

Z5.-GermanS take BreSt-LitOVSk. e.
8.-GermanS take Olita.
29.-Austro-German cross the Zlota-Lipa.
Sl.-Pegoud, first man to loop the loop in
aeroplane, killed in air battle with Ger
mans. 'tt Z" 10 t-'a
Sept. 1-Ambassador Won Bernstorff gives
Secretary of State Lansing written as
surances submarines will respect lives of
noncombatants. Germans take Lutsk.
Germany announces she has taken l.
100, 600 Russian prisoners since May 2.
3.-TeutonS take Grodno.
4.-American steamship Hesperian tor
pedoed. two Americans killed and "a
7-S.-Zeppelins raid England. Grand Duke
Nicholas deposed by czar and sent to
Caucasus.
Scar of Russia takes personal com
mand of his armies. Germans take mile
of Argonne trenches. a. }.r 4.N
S-9.-Second Zeppelin raid on England in
"a hours.
9.-U. S. demands recall of Doctor Dumba,
Austro-Hungarian ambassador. Com
mander of submarines says Arabic
turned to attack her and he then tor
pedoed her.
1O-Anglo-French financial commission
lands in New York.
u-Zeppel1nS raid London.
15-Germans take PinSk.
16-$15, ,00O,O 900 in American meat confiScated
by British prize courts. Germans take
Pinsk. 4..
22-French aviators lombard royal pal
ace in Stuttgart. Bulgaria orders mo-
biliZatiOn.
25.-Great Franco-British offensive starts
in Champagne and Artois. After most
tremendous artillery, bombardment in
history. French charge and take 16
square miles and $4,000 prisoners in
Champagne; British less successful due
to bungling. Greek army mobilizes.
26.-Commission on Armenian atrocities
announces half million Christians have
been killed
2S.-$5OO 900 U. S. loan to allies an
nounced. Internal explosion destroys
Italian ship Benedetto Brin in Brindisi
harbor; 324 killed.
30.-French announce Germans have lost
100000 in four days in West.
Oct. 3.-Russia demands Bulgaria dismiss
all Teuton officers from her army in "a
hours. French air fleet of Go flyers bonn
bard German communications.
4-Ffench and British land troops in Sa-
lonili. Germans estimate allied loss
in western September battle at 10000.
6.-Bulgaria sends ultimatum to Serbia.
Zainis new Greek premier.
7-Great Teuton offensive against Ser
bia starts Russians lombard Varna.
10.-AustrO-GermanS capture Belgrade.
n.-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points.
12-Germans take Illukst
13.-Zeppelins lombard London Fifty
five killed and, ia injured tc Zeppelin
raid on London.
H.-Greece re. ounces ner treaty with
Serbia.
16.-Great Britain declares war on Bull
1S-Sir Edward Carson quits British cab
met. General Ian Hamilton deposed as
British Dardanelles commander. French
and British attack Strumnitza, Bulgaria.
2O.-Bulgarians take Vranja, and cut Nish-
Salonil1i railroad Italy declares war on
Bulgaria.
21-Great Britain offers Greece Cyprus if
she will assist Serbia. Russians take
E CZernowitz and attack Germans, at
Mitau. Bulgarians occupy Kumanova.
22.-Minister Whtlocks report shows
Miss Cavell English nurse, was rushed
to death in Brussels by firing squad de-
spite American and Spanish appeals
Russians take $500 prisoners and attack
Baronowitschi.
23.-Russians take $500 prisoners north Of
Tarnopol.
24.-Bulgarians take Krupili
25.-Bulgarians take Uskub. Germans
storm IlluXt near Dvinsk.
2S.-Viviani ministry falls. BRAND forms
new cabinet. King Georges horse falls
upon him while inspecting his army in
France.
26,-BulgarianS and TeutonS effect q juno
ton.
Nov 1.-Germans take Kragujevac.
3.-First of Germany's no-meat days.
4.-Zaimis cabinet resigns.
6-Bulgarians take Nish. Germans push
Russians across stripa river.
7.-Austrians sink Italian liner Ancona
205 killed. II Americans. Venizelos hav-
ing overturned the Zamais cabinet,
Skouloudis becomes head of new Greek
cabinet. L. S. note protesting at Brit
10.-Austrian submarine sinks Italian lin
er Ancona, seven naturalized Americans
killed.
12-Winston S. Churchill leaves British
cabinet to go to the front. Greek
chamber dissolved.
15.-Twenty- y-eght killed in Austrian air
raid on Verona.
2-GermanS take Cacak Serbian tempo
rary capital.
22.-Serbans begin retreat into Montene-
gro.
alderman papers full of talk of peace
29-Germany announces the successful
completion of her campaign against
Serbia.
Dec. 2.-Dr. Karl Buenz, managing di-
rector of the Hamburg american line,
found guilty of falsifying manifests in
New York, and sentenced to two years
in Atlanta prison.
3.-United States demands recall of Cap
tains Boy-Ed and Won Papen, German
military and naval attaches. Bulgarians
take Monastir.
4.-Henry Ford sails from New York in
Teuton troops rushed to Rutschuk on
the Danube to meet Russian threat.
5.-British admit Mesopotamian expedi-
tion has been defeated and has retreat
6.-Bulgarians attack French and British
in Serbia with great energy.
9.-Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg de-
clares in reichstag allies must seek
peace
12.-Stern note to Austria on Ancona sink
ing is made public.
13-Germany announces two Franco
British divisions have been annihlated
in retreat to Grecian soil
transport Re Umberto sunk by Aus