The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
HISTORY MAKING EVENTS OF 1875
Progress Of The Great European War Reviewed. Occur
renOes and Achievements Outside the fBaeChron
illogical Record Of Outstanding incidents Of
Year Just Closed.
5. Germans take Brest- Litovsk.

Is. Germans take Brest- T4itovsk.
|28.-Germans take OIita.
z9.--Austro-G erman cross the Zl0ta~Lipa.
sl.-Pegoud, hrst man to loop. the loop IN
aeroplane. killed In air battle with Ger
mans.
Sept L--Ambassador Won Bernstorf gives
Secretary of State Lansing written as
surances submarines will respect lives Of
noncOmbatants. Germans take LutSk.
Germany announces she has taken II
10000 Russian prisoners since May q
a.--Teut0ns take Grodno.
4.--ALnerican steamship Hesperian tor
pedoed. two Americans killed and q
rs. zepneiins raid England. Grand Duke
Nicholas deposed by ear and sent to
Caucasus.
Scar OF Russia takes personal COM
mand Of his armies. Germans take mile
OF Argonne trenches.
s-9.-Second Zeppelin raid on England in
"a hours.
e.-U. S. demands recall Of Doctor Dumba.
AuStro- Hungarian ambassador. Com
mander of submarines says Arabic
pedoed her.
lands in New York.
u.-Zeppelins raid London.
15.-Germans take Pinsk.
III: rs %, eco 900 in American meat cOnfiscated
BY British prize courts. Germans take
10. Germans take wilma.
22.7-French aviators lombard royal PAL
ace Ia Stuttgart Bulgaria orders mo-
Great Franco British offensive starts
In Champagne and Aftofs. After most
tremendous artillery bomhardment in
square miles and $1,000 prisoners In
Champagne: British less successful due
to bungling, Greek army rnobilizes.
26. Commission on Armenian atrocities
been killed.
Is, $500 100000 u. s. loan to allies an
nounced. Internal explosion destroys
harbor; 324 killed.
30. French announce Germans have lost
10000 in four days In West
Oct s-Russia demands Bulgaria dismiss
all Teuton officers from her army in "a
hours. French air fleet of S. flyers bonn
bard German communications.
4--French and British land troops in Sa-
lonili. Germans estimate allied loss
in western September battle at 10000.
6.-Bulgaria sends ultimatufn to Serbia.
zaimis new Greek premier.
i.1 ~ leuIom onehslye agal Vs. ser
10. -Austro- Germans capture Belgrade.
il-Bulgaria fnvades Serbia at three
points
R-Zeppelins lombard London. Fifty,
five killed and ia injured in Zeppelin
raid on London
A;-Greece renounces her treaty with
is. Great Britain declares war on Bull
garia
IS: sir Edward Carson quits British cab
met. General Ian Hamilton deposed as.
British Dardanelles commander. French
and British attack StrumnitzR. Bulgaria.
20. lgarians take Vranja, and cut Nish-;
Saloniki railroad. Italy declares war on
Il. Great Britain offers Greece cyprus il
she will assist Serbia. Russians take
Czernowitz and attack Germans at
Mitau. Bulgarians occupy Kumanova-
22.-Minister Whitlock's report shows
Miss Cavell, English nurse. was rushed
to death In Brussels by firing squad de-
Russians take $500 prisoners and attack
BaronoWitschi.
q. Russians take 1900 prisoners north OF
Tarn0pol
"a. -Bulgarians take Krupiii.
25.-Bulgarians take Uskub. Germans
storm IiIuxt near Dvinsk.
2S.-Vivianf ministry falls. BRAND forms
new cabinet. King Georges horse falls
upon him while inspecting his army in
&c. Bulgarians and Teutons effect juno
ton.
Nov l. Germans take Kragujevac.
3.-First of Germanys no-meat days.
4.Zainnis cabinet resigns.
6.-Rulgarians take Nish. Germans push
Russians acfoss Stripa river.
7.--Austrians sink Italian liner Ancona;
EOS killed. II Americans Venizeios hav-
ing overturned the zamais cabinet.
Skouloudis becomes head of new Greek
aims blockade, made public
10.--Austrian submarine sinks Italian lin
err Ancona. seven naturalized Americans
killed. XII
Y. Winston s. Churchill leaves British
cabinet to go to the front. Greek
chamber dissolved.
Is. Twenty -eight killed in Austrian air
2l-Germans take Cacak Serbian tempo
rary capital.
% Serbians begin retreat into Montene-
gro.
29.-Germany announces the successful
completion of her campaign against
Serbia.
Dec 2-Dr Karl Buenz. managing d.
rector of the Hamburg American line,
found guilty of classifying 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.
Henry Ford sails from New York in
amateur EFFORT to end the war. 5000
Teuton troops rushed to Rutschuk on
E.--Rritish admit Mesopotamian expedi-
ton has been defeated and has retreat
ed.
Buigarfans attack French and British
In Serbia with great energy.
9.-Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg de-
clares in reichstag allies must seek
peace.
stern note to Austria on Ancona sink
ing Is made public. sS5S
49, Germany announces two Franco
British divisions have been annihIated
In retreat to Grecian soil
16.-Italy admits destroyer Intrepido and
transport Re Umberto sunk by Aus
trians
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.