Cheyenne record., 1916-08-03
CHIEF EVENTSrOf /. !.
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aug. IL eutOnS Cak0t LuDilN.
Aug. 2Teutons take Cholm: announce
10000 Russians capturedsi I'D Julys r .
Aug. 6-Germans capture Warsfw.. 4;
Aug. 7-Teutons take Ivangorod.
Aug. 9Germans take Serock.
Aug. N-Great Britain starts register
Aug. 11-Germaps take Lomza.
Aug. 12-Allies land $1,000 more nreA on
GallipoE. -
Aug. i+Germ5es take sledlce and soF0=
Aug. 1s-Teutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment.
Aug. 15-Russiaps lose Kovno. Zeppelins
kill ten in Loi.don suburbs.
Aug. 20-U-boat sinks liner Arabic. two
Americans killed.
Aug. H-German seize Novogeorgievsk.
Aug. 2+Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug. 25-Germans take Kovel.
Aug. 27-Brest-Litovsk fall
Aug 8-Germans take Olita.
Aug. 2S-Teutons cross Zlota Lipa.
Sept 2-Germany announces 100000
Russians captured since May l. Lutsk is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops to $3.50.
Sept. s-Russians lose Brody.
Sept. +Russians give up Grodno. Brit
ish slaughtered in attempt to storm Hill
TO-
Sept. s-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 tho field.
Sept. 7-s-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don; 30 killed.
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bowla. .L Ea- 81 Pr.
Sept 12-Russians drive Teutons back
IA miles in Galicia-
Sept. 17-von Mackensen seizes Pinsk.
Sept. O-Germans take Wilma. -,."''r
Eort mt
Sept. N-French In two day battle ad-
vance on wide front in Champagne, while
British attack south Of La Bassee Canal.
Oct. 2Germans announce 5000 Rus
slams were captured in September.
, Oct. 5-Germans estimate allied loss in
futile West front offensive at 10000 men.
Oct. 7-Bulgaria sends ultimatum to
Serbia. J
Oct. s-Teutons begin great Invasion Of
Serbia.
Oct 51o-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct 13Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. Fifty-hve killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct 2o-Russian recapture Czartorysk.
'Serbians lose Vranja- ..., :,
Oct 22-Brand whitlock. o. g. minister
to Belgium. reports hurried execution of
Edith Cavell. English nurse.
Oct. 25-Bulgarians capture Uskub.
Oct 25-Germans storm 1lluxt.
Oct 2s-Bulgarians and Teutons effect
junction In Serbia.
Nov. 2Austro- Germans take Kragu-
jevac.
Nov. 4NFrrst of German mo meat"
days 40 s.-'-E y -.
i@Nov. ,7-Bulsarians take Nish. Serbian
war capital. @. s7g --sa44 /.
Nov. 1o-1talian liner Ancona sunk with
large loss Of life.
Nov. % 22serbians begin retreat into
Montenegro
Nov. 3-BritIsh defeated IS miles from
Bagdad. stL q
Nov. N-1talians land at Avlona, Al
Nov 2s-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 reichstag speech.
Dec. 1O-Turks begin siege of Kut-el-
Amara. s.f.---- -....--.-. ...-.......
Dec. 1e-Sir Douglas Haig assumes COM
mand of British in France. - e,s,3
Dec. 2o-Ford peace band reaches Chris
tiania with delegates quarreling.
Dec. 21-Lloyd-George declares Britain
faces defeat unless greater efforts are
made. f. sftE s..as r.--. d,
Dec 2s-Lloyd George threatens to re-
Sign unless conscription Is adopted. ,r,.
Dec. sl-Italians occupy Durazzo. Al
bania. % -
JAIL e 1Sio-"OEu reC6iSeo tiHet FerSla
sunk in Mediterranean: two. Americans
lost. "
(, Jan. A. Germans abandon CAMERON
colony. West Africa Russians take Ger
howitz.
II Jan. 6Conscription bill passes first
reading in house OF Commons
Jan. british complete evacuation Of
Gallipoli.
Jan S-Russlans take Czartorysl.
Jan. 0-Zeppelins kill 23 in Paris. Ger
mans take two miles of trenches at Pc
rome. IS - =; = ;
Feb. 1-Zeppelins raid Liverpool and
other British cities; kill So.
Feb. 2-Germans bring British prize
steamer Appam into Hampton Roads.
Feb. 17-Russians capture Erxerum.t /
Feb. 21-German drive at verdun begtna
Feb. 23-Czar visits DumA for nrst time
in history.
Feb. 2t-Germans announce two mile
advance at verdun.