Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-01-06
WAR

Jan. british battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine In the Eng
llish channel. with $40 Of crew.
Jan. 5.-Rlssians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed Fist ana
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Ursok pass in the
sCarpathians.
Jan. 1o.-Iille evacuated by Germans
mi occupied by British.
Jan. 1T-Russians stormed southern
.Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
ys4ia.
<NJan. 1S.-Six German Zeppelins raided
2 the Norfolk coast, dropping bombs in
Yarmouth, S~andringham, Kings Lynn,
Conner. ~Sherringham and Beeston, caus-
ing heavy damage and some loss OF life.
Jan. Alderman 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. N.-Austrians drove Russians from
iUzsok pass in Carpathians.
Feb. 1.-French torpedo boa sunk on
Nieuport.
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. s.-Germans violently bombarded
Scissors, setting 1t afre.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
In Bukowina.
British held cargo of food ship Will
lhelmina.
Feb. HUNTED 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 LODI, but drove the
Russians out of East Prussia.
Feb. 17.-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 b~lockaders sank
American steamer Carib. Norwegian ship
TRegin, damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers
Reims bombarded by Germans, 20 CT
Williams killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance of Dardanelles.
Feb. 2S.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest.
March Z.-Gredt Britain ldlu SWDdIBC
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany.
Hamburg-American officials indicted II
New York by federal grand jury for con,
-spiracy to defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno
witt, Bukowina.
March s.-Zeppelin airship LIS de
sstroyed near Tirlemont and IT of crew
KILLED.
INA Hra.ah IN AroorIcan shin UTj11iopo d
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Elite
Friedrich, Prinz Eitel at Newport New
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 11.--German submarine U-12 SUM
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abandoned Augustowo, Pc
Hand.
March 15.--British order in council shu
oft all trade with Germany, ordering tech
snical blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falk
land islands by British warships Glasgow
n Kent and Japanese convertet. cruise
Drama.
March 1S.-American sanitary commits
sion organized for work in Serbia.
British battleships Irresistible and Ocea
and French battleship Bouvet sunk b
mines in the Dardanelles.
March 22.-Austrian fortress of Przen
wi surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris
tians at Urumiah, Persia.
March 2S.-Germans In Client execute
II Belgians as spies,
Germans drove Russians out Of Ea.
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Gallipoli penil
ssula-
March N.-Russians forced way throug
sCarpathians into Hungary.
March 2S.-Twenty-day battle in Chan
ypagne country won by French, German
losing $4,000.
German submarine sank British steam
4ers Aguilar and Falaba. about lao liv'
being lost.
April 4.-Russians cleared Beskid RAM
of Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Ru
sprlI g.-Germany agreed to pay +
81 efSg American ship William p. Fry
.prif N,-Steamer Harpalyce, first r
lidr ship Of New York to Belgium, sur
In North sea by torpedo or mine.
April M.-United States replied to &c
man governments criticism of its 70
-eign policies, denying allegations and r
iectinr suggestions that expectation
arms be prohibited.
April 26.-French cruiser Leon Gambe
Ia sunk by Austrian torpedo. 552 iiv
Host.
April N.-Germdn dT TalueTS urOpp
fncendiary bombs on five English es
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia. northea
of Uzsok pass.
April @.-British announced destructi
AZ eight German submarines within we
iby mines and net traps.
May 1.-Britlsh torpedo boat destroy
and two German torpedo boats sunk
fight In North sea.
American tank steamer Gulfiight Il
ipedoed by Germans off scilly Islands, ca
tain and two seanen lost.
May 6.-Austro-G German forces occupl
TTarnoM.
May T.-cunard liner Lusitania torpedo
.and Sunk by Germans off coast Of Irela
with ldss af 1.E6 lives. including
Aameridans; among the latter Al. 6; ~
d47blt,\ Eipert Hubbard. chas. Frohm'
Gas. 1&Ieln and Charles Piamondon'
<lhASA8.-British destroyer Maori su
by mine.
Russian naval base Of Libau captui
by Germans.