Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-12
THE WAR.


Yam. british predreadnaught Forni-
dable sunk in English channel; 500 LOST.
Eight Russian army corps cross Car
pathians and enter Hungary.
k-Russia estimates TURKISH loss IN
Caucasus at 100000 men; announces cap
ture of eight Hungarian towns.
e.-Italy calls 100000 men to the colors.
1-Austria protests against ltahan occu-
patton of Avlona. Albania
13.-Count Berchtold, Austrian premier.
resigns.
across the Aisne river with heavy loss.
H.-Germans state allies lost l500OO men
in recent futile offensive on west 'front.'
19.-Zeppelins lombard six British towns,
kill five.
N.-Russia says Austrian resistance in
northeastern Hungary has been broken
24.-Battle of Dogger Banks; German
cruiser Bluecher sunk.
27.-German government seizes all corn.
sO"Rassian army reaches Tilsit. East
Prussia. Russians occupy Iaprlz' FER
STA.
Feb 5.-Germany announces war zone
about British Isles to start February 1S
1.-THE Lusitania flies American flag
crossing Irish sea to avoid submarines.
u-Sharp American note to Germany, re-
fusing to recognize the war zone. Is
made public.
1S-German submarine blockade" OF
Great Britain begins.
N.-Thirty-two British-French warships
attempt to force DardauelleS.
22-Germans announce more than 100000
Mazurian lakes.
24-Russians ousted from Bukowina.
26-Germans take PrZasnysz
March Russians recapture PrZaSnysz.
Lloyd-George demands abolition OF
liquor in Britain
2-Great Britain and France announce all
trade is to be cut off from Germany
and her allies.
B.-Ailies land 100000 men at Dardanelles.
6.-Austrians evacuate Czernowitz. Ven1-
zelos Greek premier, resigns.
u.-GcTman cruiser Prince Eitel Fried
rich interned at Hampden Roads, Brit
ish win victory at Neuve Chapelle. but
bunglng prevents their using 1t. Ger
submarine sinks British cruiser
Bayano 1870 lost
Juan Fernandez islands, Pacific ocean:
E.-Iloyd-George announces Britain Will
take over war industries
1S.-British battleships Irresistible and
Ocean and French battleship Bouvet
sunk at Dardanelles.
21.-Zeppelns lombard Paris.
22.-PrZemysl captured by Russ1ans; 49,
600 men taken.
23.-Germans announce Memel has been
recaptured from Russians
26.-German submarine sinks the t'alaba;
us lost; one American killed. German
submarine U 20. Captain Weddigen.
Skiing George of England announces
he has given up liquor for the duration
Of the war.
April n.-German cruiser karlsruhe IN
2O.~.British capture Hill co. another de-
luSiye victory.
74-.Using asphyxiating gas. Germans cap
ture several villages north of Ypres.
26.-French cruiser Leon Gambetta sunk
by Austrian submarine in the Strait Of
e0.-Greatest military offensive in history
begins with German attack on Russians
near Gorlice. Galicia.
MAY 1.--American ship Gulfight torpedoed
off Scilly Islands; three killed.
s-Washington hears American steamer
Gushing is damaged by bomb from Ger
s.-Japan sends ultimatum to China.
7-Lusitania torpedoed off Fastnet ROCK,
Ireland: 1900 dead. including ITO Ameri-
cans
s-Germans capture Libau. Russian Bal
tic port.
11.-Wilson announces: "a man may be
too proud to fight"
12.-Bryce commission gives detailed re-
port on German atrocities in Belgium.
British battleship Goliath sunk by
Turks.
14-President Wilson's first note on the
Lustania made public.
f1.-Italy declares war on Austria Coal-
ton cabinet announced in London. Italy
invades Austria at three points.
S.-British battleship Triumph torpedoed
at Dardaneles. American ship Nebras-
kan torpedoed.
Dardanelles. Steamer Princess Irene.
British auxiliary blown up at mouth of
Thames; all aboard killed.
e1.-F'irSt Zeppelin raid on London. Ger
man reply to first Lusitania note reaches
Wilson. proves Disappointing
June 4.-Germans capture Przemysl.
6.-Germany in note to Washington re-
grets attack on Gushing and Gulfiight.
s.-Italians occupy Monfalcone.
1O.-Italians take Gradisca.
n.-Second U. S. Lusitania note made
18.~VenizeIos wins in Greek election.
15.-Sixteen killed In Zeppelin raid or
1e.-Austro- Germany occupy Tarnogrod.
3O.-Germany announces Captain Weddi-
gen was killed when his submarine was
22.@Lemberg falls to Austro-German New
British loan of S1250, 900 is fioated
2S.-French capture the Labyrinth. north
July 4-Italians take Tolmino.
S-Last German troops in South Africa
surrender
s-German note on Lusitania made pub
lie. Italian cruiser Amalfi sunk by Aus
trian submarine in Adriatic.
Alderman cruiser, Koenigsberg de-
stroyed by British in East Africa.
15.-Germans capture PrzasnysZ. Two
hundred South Wales coal miners quit
IS.-German submarine attacks Cunard
liner Orduna.
20.-Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi
sunk by Austrian submarine.
23-Third u. S. Lusitania note to Ger
many made public.
S.-American steamer Leelanaw torpe-
doed off Scotland. Germans take Pull
tuSk.
eO.-Aust1 o-German take Lublin.
one American killed. Germans take
Cholm.
Aug. Acknowledgements protest against
muntion trade made public in Wash
ington.
e-GerInans take Warsaw
6-Germans take Ivangorod.
s-Germans take Serock. Russians de-
feat Germans in naval battle in Gulf of
Riga.
e-Germans take Lomza.
12.-Germans take Stedlice. Six killed in
Zeppelin raid on England. Allies land
$4,000 men at three points on Gallipoli.
T.-Germans take Kovno.
1S-Venizelos. proally, again chosen Greek
premier. British transport Royal Ed
ward sunk in the Aegean, one thousand
killed.
19.-WhiIe Star liner Arabic torpedoed
several Americans killed. Germans cap
ture Novogeorgievsk.
23.-Germans take Ossowiec.
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