The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
EUROPEAN WAR

Jan. british battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine In the Eng
lish channel. with $40 Of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus. 70
Russians forced Uzsok pass in the
Carpathians.
Jan. 10.-I.ille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. 17.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
yania. ...
Jan. 19-Six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk coast. dropping bombs In
Yarmouth. Sandringham, Kings Lynn.
Conner. Sherringham and Beeston. caus-
Ing heavy damage and some loss OF life.
Jan. 2f.-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
In running fight in North sea.
Jan. Observation-Disclosures forces occu-
pied Kielce. Russian Poland.
Jan. 2I.-Austrans drove Russians from
Uzsol1 pass in Carpathians.
Feb. French torpedo boa sunk off
Newport.
Feb. 2.-Anglo-French fleet destroyed
four forts in the Dardanelles.
Feb. 4.-Germany declared waters
around British isles a war zone.
Feb 6.-Russians crossed River Rawka
penetrating German front west Of War
saw.
Feb. 9.-Germans violently bombarded
scissors, setting 1t afire.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
In Bukowina.
British held cargo Of food ship Will
helmina.
Feb. 11-United States warned Germany
against destroying American vessels or
lives of American citizens in attacking
shipping. and warned Great Britain of
the danger to American interests in the
Use of American flag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated Lodz. but drove the
Russians out of East Prussia.
Feb. T.-Germany replied unfavorably
TO American warning not to sink Ameri-
can ships. and Great Britain refused to
modify its shipping orders.
! Germany began blockade of England by
sinking two vessels.
Feb. 23.-German blockaders sank
American steamer Carlb. Norwegian ship
Regin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers
Reims bombarded by Germans 20 CT
villains killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance Of Dardanelles.
Feb. 28.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest
March 2.-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany.
neutrality-suspicious. officials indicted In
New York by federal grand jury for con-
spiracy to defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
WITT, Bukowina. ss,
March 8.-Zeppelin airship L-8 de-
stroyed near Tirlemont and II Of crew
killed.
March 10.-American ship william p.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 11.-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel
British took Neuve Chapelle
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po-
Hard
March 15.-British order in council shut
OFF all trade with Germany. ordering tech
f1ical blockade.
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese convertel. cruiser
Drama.
March 1s-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia.
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship Bouvet sunk by
mines in the Dardanelles.
March 22.-Austrian fortress of Prem
wi surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris
tians at Urumiah. Persia.
March 23.-Germans in Client executed
II Belgians spies.
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Gallipoli PENN
sula.
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 2S-Twenty-day battle in Cham
payne country won by French. Germans
losing $4,000.
German submarine sank British steam
ers Aguilar and Falaba, about 14O lives
being lost.
April 4.-Russians cleared Beskid range
OF Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Rus
sian mine.
April S.-Germany agreed to pay for
sinking American ship William P. Frye.
April 10.-Steamer Harpalyce, first re-
lief ship of New York to Belgium, sunk
In North sea by torpedo or NINE
April 21.-United States replied to Ger
man governments criticism of its for
eign policies. denying allegations and re-
jecting suggestions that expectation of
arms be prohibited.
Ia sunk by Austrian torpedo, $50 lives
lost.
April 29.-German air raiders dropped
tncendary bombs on five English east
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia. northeast
of Uzsok pass.
April 30.-British announced destruction
OF eight German submarines within week
by mines and net traps. r-
May british torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk in
fight in North sea.
American tank steamer Gulflight tor.
pedoed by Germans off Scilly islands, cap
tain and two seamen lost
May 6.-Austro-German forces occupied
Tarnow.
May 7-Cunard liner Lusitana torpedoed
and sunk by Germans off coast of ireland
with loss sf 1.2o6 lives. including Iii
Americans: among the latter A. G. Van.
derblt. Ebert Hubbard. Chas. Frohman
Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon.
May 8.-British destroyer Maori SUM
by mine.
Russian naval base of Libau captured
by Germans.