Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-06
HISTORY MAKING EVENTS OF 1915
Progress of the Great European War ReeWed-Notabe Occur
rences and Achievements Outside the Zone Of Bae-Chron-
illogical Record of Outstanding Incidents of
Year lust Closed.
5.-Germans take Brest-Litovsk.

| 29.-Austro- German cross the Zlota-Lipa.
| 3l.-Pegoud. first 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 or
noncOmbatants Germans take Lutsk.
Germany announces she has taken l.
100000 Russian prisoners since May z.
| 3.-Teutons take Grodno.
| 4.-American steamship Hesperian tor
| pedoed. two Americans killed ana a
| others.
7-s.-Zeppelins raid England. Grand Duke
| Nicholas deposed by car and sent 10
| 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.
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.
| 0.-Anglo-French financial commission
| lands in New York.
| 11.-Ieppelins raid London.
| 15.-Germans take Pinsk.
l6.-$l5, coo, 900 in American meat conilscated
sy British prize courts. Germans take
Pinsk.
l9,-Germans take Wilma
| 2.-French aViators lombard royal pal
ace in Stuttgart Bulgaria orders mo-
| biliZation.
| 25,-Great Franco British offensive starts
In Champagne and Artols. AFTER mos
tremendous artillery bOmbardment ~
history. French charge and take 10
square miles and 5000 prisoners IN
Champagne; British less successful due
TO bunglinB. Greek army mobllizes.
2G-Conmission on Armenian atrocities
announces half million Christians have
been killed.
2S $500 100000 y. s. loan TO allies an
nounccd. Internal explosion destroys
Italian ship Benedetto Brin in Brindis
harbor; 32i killed.
3o-FrenCh announce Germans have lost
10000 in four DAYS in West
Oct 3.-ltussia demands Bulgaria DISMISS
all Teuton officers from her army In q
hours French air feet of s. flyers bonn
bard German communications.
4.-FrenCh and British land troops In Sa-
lonilS Germans estimate allied loss
in western September battle at 10000.
6.-Bulgaiia sends ultimatum to Serbia.
Zaimis new Greek premier.
7.-Great Teuton offensive against Ser
bia starts. Russians lombard Varna.
l0.-Austro-GeTmans capture Belgrade.
l1.-Bulgarla nvades Serbia al three
points
l2.-Germans take Illukst
l3.-Zeppelins lombard London. Fifty
five killed and ia injured In Zeppelin
raid on London.
l4.-Greece rcnounces her treaty with
Serbia.
l6,--Great Britain declares war on Bull
CARA.
lS.-slr Edward Carson quits British cab
met General Ian Hamilton deposed as
British Dardanelles commander French
and British attack StrumuitZa, Bulgaria
a0.-Bulgarans take Nrnnia, and cut Nish-
Saloniki railroad. Italy DECLARES war on
2l-GTeat Britain offers Greece Cyprus II
she will assist Serbia. Russians take
I Czernowitz and attack Germans a.
Mitau. Bulgarians occupy kumanoVa.
22--Minister Whitlock's 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 attact
r BaronOwitschi.
23.-Russians take 1900 prisoners north o
- YarnopI.
5-Bulgarians take UskuD German
storm llluNt near Dvinsk.
eS-Viviani ministry falls. BRAND form
new cabinet. King Georges horse fall
upon him while inspecting his army il
France.
g. Bulgarians and Teutons effect juno
ton
Nov. l.-Germans take Kragujevac,
3-First OF Germanys nO-meat days.
i.-Znims cabinet resigns.
6-Bulgarians take Nish. Germans pusl
Russians across Stripa river
7-Austrians sink Italian liner Ancona
2O6 killed. II Americans. Venizelos hay
ing overturned the Hamais cabinet
Skouloudis becomes head of new Gree
cabinet. T. S. note protesting at Brit
Ill am Dt'thdut, Hidht publlN'
lO.-Austriln submarine sinks Italian lin
or Ancona, seven naturalized American
killed.
l2-Wnston $. Churchill leaves Brits
cabinet to 60 to the front. Gree
chamber dissolved.
5.-TwentY-eight killed in Austrian al
raid ON Verona.
~ Germans take Cacak Serbian tempo
rary capital
22-Serbuns begin retreat into Montent
gro.
M-German papers fun of talk of peace
g-GcTmany announces the successful
completion of her campaign agains
Serbia.
Dec DIR. Kari Buenz, managing d
rector Of the Hamburg American line
found guilty of classifying manfCstS |
New York and sentenced to two year
in Atlanta prison.
3-Inited States demands recall of Car
tans Boy-Ed and Won Papen, Germa
military and naval attaches Bulgarian
take Monastir
4-Henry Ford sails from New York !
amateur effort to end the war. 500
Teuton troops rushed to Rutschuk o
the Danube To meet Russian threat.
5.-British admit McsOpotamian eXped
ton has been defca, ed and has retrea
ed.
6.-Bulgarians attack French and BIRTHS
in Serbia with great energy.
9.--Chanccllor Won Bethmann- Hollweg d'
clnres in reichstag allies must sec
peace.
l2-stern note to Austria on Ancona sinl
ing is made public.
l3--Germany announces two France
British divisions have been annihlatt
In retreat to GrCcan soil.
l6.-Italy admits destroyer lnlrepido al
transport Re umberto sunk by Au
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