Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-10
Chief EVENTS OF
WARS SECOND YEAR


Aug. 1-Teutons take Lubln
Aug. 2-Teutons take Cholm; announce
10000 Russians captured in July.
Aug. 6-Germans capture Warsaw.
Aug. 7-Teutons take Ivangorod.
Aug. 9-Germans take Serock.
Aug. l0-Great Britain starts register
of all men.
Aug 1l-Germans take Lomza.
Aug 12-Allies land $1,000 more men on
Gallipoli.
Aug. 14-Ceimans take siedlce and soko-
low.
Aug 16-Teutons start Belgrade bonn
bardment.
Aug. lg-Russians lose Kovno. Zeppelins
XIII ten in LoAdon suburbs
Aug 20-U-boat sinks liner Arabic, two
Americans killed.
Aug alderman seize Novogeorgieysk.
Aug 24--Germans capture Ossowiec.
Aug 25-Germans take KoveL
Aug. 27-Brest-Litovsk falls.
Aug. 2S-Germans take Olita.
Aug 2S-Teutons cross Hlota Lpa
Sept 2-Germany announces 10000
Russians captured since May /. Lutsk is
taken. New York sterling exchange
drops TO $3.50
Sept. 3-Russans lose Brody.
Sept. 4-Russians give up Grodno. Brit
fish slaughtered In attempt to storm Hill
20
Sept. 6--Hesperlan torpedoed, 2 Ameri-
cans Killed. Russians check Teutons on
the Dvina and Sereth rivers
Sept Scar Nicholas takes command
OF all the Russian armies in the field.
Sept. 7-S-Two Zeppelin raids on Lon
don: 30 killed.
Sept. 1O-As Teutons take Dubno, car
wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem-
bowla-
Sept 12--Russians drive Teutons back
u miles In Galicia.
Sept. 17-Von Mackensen selzes Pinsh.
Sept 20-Germans take Wilma.
Sept. 26--Russians recapture Lutsk.
Sept 27-F'rench in two day battle nd
vance on wide front in Champagne, while
British attack south of La Bassee Canal
Oct. 2-Germans 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
Oct. s-Teutons begin great invasion OF
Serbia
oct l0-Teutons occupy Belgrade.
Oct 13-Bulgaria invades Serbia at three
points. Fifty-nve killed by Zeppelin raid
on London.
Oct. 2O-Russlan recapture Czartorysk.
serbians lose Vranja.
oct. 22-Brand whitlock. U. s. minister
10 Belgium. reports hurried execution of
Edith Cavell, English nurse.
Oct 25-Bulgarians capture Uskub.
Oct 25-Germans storm Illuxt.
Oct. 2S-Bulgarians and Teutons effect
function I'm Serbia
Nov. 2-Austro- Germans take Kragu-
jevac
Nov. 4-First OF German mo meat"
days
Nov. 7-Bulgarians take Nlsh. Serbian
war capital.
Nov. lO-1talan liner Ancona sunk with
large loss or life.
Nov. 22-serbians begin retreat into
Montenegro.
Nov. 25-Britlsh defeated IS miles from
Bagdad.
Nov. galatians lard at Avlona. Al
hanla
Nov. 29-Germans announce operations
against Serbia have ended IN complete
success.
Dec New war council with all allies
represented meets at Paris.
Dec 1o--Cerman chancellor makes peace
bid in reichstag speech.
Dec 1O-Turks begin siege OF Kut-el-
Amara.
Dec fG-slr Douglas Haig assumes com
inand Of British IN France.
Dec 3o-Ford peace band reaches Chris
tianla with delegates quarreling.
Dec. 2l-Lloyd-George declares Britain
faces defeat unless greater Efforts are
made.
Dec 2s-Lloyd-George threatens to re-
elgn unless conscriptlon Is adopted.
Dec Galatians occupy Durazzo. Al
bania
Jan. 2, 1slG-word received liner Persia
sunk In Mediterranean, two Americans
lost.
Jan. a. Germans abandon CAMERON
colony, West Africa Russians take Ger
n0witz.
Jan. s-Conscription bill passes hrst
reading In house OF commons.
Jan british complete evacuation OF
Calllpoli.
Jar. E-Russlans take Czortorysk
Jan. 2o-zeppeiins kill % In Paris. Ger
mans take two miles OF trenches at Pc
rome.
-Feh. I-Zeppellns raid Liverpool and
other British cities; Kill Co.
FEB s-Gefnans bring British prize
steamer Appayn into Hampton Roads.
Feb IT-Rusnsans capture Erzerum-
Feb. 2 --Gerfuan drive at Yerdun begins
Feb Z3-czar visits Duma for first time
In history.
Feb. ~ -Gerrna-n announce two mile
ADVANCE Al yerdun.
Feb. 21-GsruAns capture Fort Lovau-