The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-03
CHIEF EVENTS OF
WARS SECONDYEAR

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Aug. 1-Teutons take Lublln.
Aug 2-Teutons take Cholm; announce
10000 Russians captured In July.
Aug 6-Germans capture Warsaw.
Aug. 7-TeutOns take Ivangorod.
Aug 9-Germans take Serock.
Aug. 10-Great Britain starts register
OF all men.
Aug. ll-Germans take Lomza.
Aug l2-Allles land 5000 more men on
Galiipol
Aug. li-Germans take siedlce and soko-
low.
Aug. 1s-Teutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment
Aug. ls-Russians lose Kovno zeppelins
kill ten in Loadon suburbs.
Aug. 20-U-boat sinks liner Arabic. two
Americans killed.
Aug. H-German seize Novogeorgievsk.
Aug. 2i-Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug. 25-Germans take Kovel
Aug. 1-Brest-Ltoysk falls.
Aug. 2s-Germans take olita.
Aug. 2e-Teutons cross Zlota Lipa.
Sept. 2-Germany announces 10000
Russians captured since May !. Lutsk Is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops to s450
Sept. 3-Russlans lose Brody.
Sept 4-Russans give up Grodno Brit
ish slaughtered In attempt to storm Hlll
70.
Sept. 6-Hesperian torpedoed, Ameri-
cans killed. Russians check Teutons on
the Dvina and Sereth rivers.
Sept. Scar Nicholas takes command
OF all the Russian armies in the field.
Sept. 7-s-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don; 30 killed.
Sept. lO-As Teutons take Dubno. czar
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bowla.
Sept. 12-Russlans drive Teutons back
| II miles In Gallcla-
Sept. 1T-Von Mackensen seizes Pinsk.
Sept. a-Germans take, wilma.
Sept. 26-Russlans recapture Lutsk. .
Sept. N-French in two day battle ad-
vance on wide front in Champagne. while
British attack south OF La Bassee Canal.
Oct. 2-Germans announce $500 Rus
slams were captured In September.
Oct. 5-Germans estimate allied loss in
| futile West front offensive at 10000 men.
Oct. 7-Bulgarla sends ultlmatum to
Serbia.
Oct. s-Teutons begin great invasion OF
Serbia.
| Oct l0-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct 13-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. Fifty-five killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct 2O-Russian recapture Czartorysk,
Serblans lose Vranja.
Oct. 22-Brand Whitlock. y. 8. minister
TO Belgium. reports hurried execution OF
Edith Cavell English nurse.
Oct. 25-Bulgarians capture Uskub
| Oct 25-Germans storm Illuxt.
no N1..Na. 40. aex1 an
| junction In Serbia,
Nov. 2-Austro- Germans take Kragu-
| jevac.
Nov. i-First OF German mo meat
| days.
Nov. 7-Bulgarians take Nish. Serbian
war capital.
Nov. iO--Italian liner Ancona sunk with
large loss OF life.
Nov. 22-serbians begin retreat into
| Montenegro.
Nov. 25-Britsh defeated IS miles from
Bagdad.
Nov. 27-Italians land at Avlona, Al
bania,
Nov. 2e-Germans announce operations
against Serbia have ended In complete
| success.
+, Dec New war council with all allies
represented meets at Paris.
Dec. 10-German chancellor makes peace
bid In relchstag speech.
Dec. 10-Turks begin siege OF Kut-el-
Amara.
Dec. 1e-sir Douglas Haig assumes COM
| mand OF British in France.
Dec. 2-Ford peace band reaches Chris
tiania with delegates quarreling.
Dec 21-Lloyd-George declares Britain
faces defeat unless greater Efforts are
made.
Dec 2S-Lioyd- George threatens TO re-
| sign unless conscription Is adopted
Dec. 3i-Italians occupy Durazzo, Al
bania.
Jan. 2, 1sis-word received liner Persia
sunk In Mediterranean; two Americans
lost
Jan. A. Germans abandon CAMERON
colony. West Africa. Russians take Czer-
nowitz.
Jan. transcription bill passes first
reading in house OF commons.
Jan. british con plete evacuation oi
Gallpoli.
Ian. S-Russians take Czartorysk.
Ian. a-Zeppellns kill % in Paris. Ger.
mans take two miles OF trenches at Pc
rome.
Feb. 1-Zeppelns raid Liverpool and
other British cities; Kill b9.
Feb. 2-Germans bring British prize
steamer Appam into Hampton Roads.
Feb. 17-Russians capture Erzerum.
Feb. 21--German drive at Nerdun begins
Feb. 23-Czar visits Duma for first time
in history.
Feb. 2i--Germans announce two mile
advance at Verdun.
Feb. 2I-Germans capture Fort Douau'