Gilpin observer., 1916-08-03
CHIEF EVENTS OF
WARS SECOND YEAR

aug. l-leutOnS I8k0 Lupllu.
Aug. &Teutons take Cholm: announce
10000 Russians captured in July.
Aug. 6Germans capture Warsaw.
Aug. 7-Teutons take Ivangorod.
Aug. 9AGermans take Serock.
Aug. 10-Great Britain starts register
OF all men.
Aug. 11-Germans take Lomza.
Aug. H-Allies land $1,000 more men on
Gallipoli.
Aug. N-aermans take siedlce and soko-
low.
Aug. 1sTeutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment
Aug. 19-Russians lose Kovno Zeppelins
kill ten in London suburbs.
Aug. 20-U-boat sinks liner Arabic, two
Americans killed.
Aug. 21-German seize Novogeorgievsk.
Aug. A+Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug. 25-Germans take Kovel.
Aug. N-Brest-Litovsk falls.
Aug. 2-Germans take Olita.
Aug. 2S-Teutons cross Zlota Lpa.
Sept. 3-Germany announces 1,100.0 900
Russians captured since May 1. Lutsk is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops to $50.
Sept SRussians lose Brody.
Sept. 4Russians give up Grodno. Brit
fish slaughtered in attempt to storm Hill
Sept. 6-Hesperian torpedoed. Ameri-
cans killed. Russians check Teutons on
Sept Scar Nicholas takes command
OF all the Russian armies in the field.
Sept 7-s-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don; 80 killed.
Sept 10-As Teutons take Dubno. czar
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bowla-
Sept 12-Russians drive Teutons back
IA miles in Galicia-
Sept 17-von Mackensen seizes Pinsk.
Sept. a-Germans take Wilma
Sept 2s-Russians recapture Lutsk.
Sept. H-French in two day battle ad-
vance on wide front in Champagne. while
British attack south of La Bassee Canal.
Oct. AGsrmans announce 5000 Rus
SLAMS were captured in September.
Oct. 6-Germans estimate allied loss in
futile West front offensive at 10000 mon.
Oct. 7-Bulgaria sends ultimatum to
Serbia
Oct. s-reutons begin great invasion of
Serbia.
Oct. 1o-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct. 13-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. Fifty-hve killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct. 2o-Russian recapture Czartorysk.
9erbians lose Vranta-
Oct. 22-Brand whitlock. U. g. minister
to Belgium. reports hurried execution of
Edith Cavell English nurse.
Oct. 25-Bulgarians capture Uskub.
Oct. 0-Germans storm Illuxt.
junction In Serbia.
Nov. 2-Austro- Germans take Kragu-
jevac.
Nov. 4-F1rst Of German mo meat"
days
Nov. 7-Bulgarians take Nish. Serbian
war capital.
Nov 10-Itaiian liner Ancona sunk with
large loss Of life.
Nov. 22-serbians begin retreat into
Montenegro.
Nov. @-British defeated Is miles from
Bagdad.
Nov. N-Itaiians land at Avlona, Al
bania.
Nov s-Germans announce operations
against Serbia have ended in complete
success.
Dec. 7-New war council with all allies
represented meets at Paris.
Doc. 10-German chancellor makes peace
bid in reichstag speech.
Doc. 1o-Turks begin siege Of Kut-ei-
Amara.
Dec. is-sir Douglas Haig assumes COM
mand of British in France.
Dec. 2o-Ford peace band reaches Chris
tiania with delegates Quarreling
Dec. H-Lloyd-George declares Britain
faces defeat unless greater efforts ire
made.
Dec. 2s-Lioyd-G George threatens to re-
sign unless conscription is adopted.
Dec Sl-Italians occupy Duraxzo. Al
bania-
Jan. 2. 1sl6-Word received liner Persia
sunk In Mediterranean; two Americans
lost.
Jan. A. Germans abandon CAMERON
colony. West Africa. Russians take Ger
nowitx.
Jan. s-Conscription bill passes nrst
reading in house of commons.
Jan. 7-British complete evacuation of
Gallipoli,
Jan. S.-Russians take Czartorysk.
yAn. 20-Zeppelins kill 20 in Paris. Ger
mans take two miles of trenches at Pc
rome.
Feb 1-Zeppelins raid Liverpool and
other British cities: kill 50.
Feb 2-Germans bring British prize
steamer Appam into Hampton Roads.
Feb. 17-Russians capture Erzerum.
Feb 21-German drive at Verdun begins.
Feb. 23-Czar visits Duma for first time
in history
Feb. 2a-Germans announce two mile
advance at verdun.
Feb. 27-Gsrmans capture Fort Douau-