The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-13
Chronology Of the Year, Giving
the Most Important Events 4
in AII Countries.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR
Sinking of Lusitania and the Teutonic
Drives Through Poland and Ser
bia, the Outstanding Features
Prominent Persons Who
Passed Away.
COMPILED BY e. W. PlcKARD.
EUROPEAN WAR

Jan. 1.-British battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine in the Eng
hsh channel. with $40 of crew.
Jan. 5.-Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish army corps and routed First and
Tenth corps in the Caucasus.
Russians forced Uzsok pass In the
Carpa thians.
Jan. 10.-I.ille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British
Jan. 17.-Russians stormed southern
Carpathian pass and entered Transyl-
vania.
Jan. 19-Six German Zeppelins raided
she Norfolk coast, dropping bombs in
Yarmouth. Sandringham. Kings Lynn,
Conner, Sherringham and BeestOn, caus-
Ing heavy damage and some loss Of life.
Jan. cf-German armored cruiser Blue
cher sunk and two battle cruisers Grip
pied by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron
IN running fight in North sea.
Jan. 26.-Austro-E Hungarian forces occu-
aed Kielce, Russian Poland.
Jan. 27.-Austrians drove Russians from
Uzsol1 pass in Carpathians.
Feb. 1.-French torpedo boa sunk off
Newport
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. 9.-Germans violently bombarded
scissors, setting it afire.
Feb. 10.-Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-
mans in Carpathians but were driven back
IN Bukowina.
British held cargo Of food ship Will
helmina
Feb. 11.-United 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. T-Germany replied unfavorably
10 American warning not to sink Ameri-
modify its shipping orders
Germany began blockade of England by
sinking two vessels
Feb. Fisherman blockaders sank
American steamer Carib, Norwegian ship
Regin. damaged British collier and three
British merchant steamers
Reims bombarded by Germans, 20 CT
villains killed.
Feb. 25.-Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts at entrance Of Dardanelles.
Feb. 2S.-Dacia seized by French cruiser
and taken to Brest.
March 2.-Great Britain laid embargo
against shipment of all commodities into
Germany.
Hamburg-American officials indicted in
NeW York by federal grand jury for con-
splracy to defraud the United States.
March 5.-Austrians evacuated Czerno-
WITT, Bukowina.
March S.-Zeppelin airship L-S de-
stroyed near Tirlemont and II Of crew
Killed.
March 10.-American ship William P.
Frye sunk by German cruiser Prinz Ettel
Friedrich. Prinz Ethel at Newport News
with captain and crew of Frye.
March 11-German submarine U-12 sunk
by British torpedo boat Ariel.
British took Neuve Chapelle
Germans abandoned Augustowo. Po-
land.
March 15.-British order in council shut
of all trade with Germany ordering tech
meal blockade.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falk-
land islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese converte, cruiser
Crama.
March 18.-American sanitary commits
SION organized for work in Serbia
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship Bouvet sunk nv
mines in the Dardanelles.
March 22.-Austrian fortress of PREM
yzl surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris
tians at Urumiah Persia
March 23-Germans in Client exacutod
II Belgians as spies.
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia
Allies landed force on GallipoH penin-
sula.
March N.-Russians forced way through
Carpathians into Hungary.
March 2S.-Twentyday battle in Cham
payne country won by French. Germans
1ssing $4,000.
German submarine sank British steam
ers Aguilar and Falaba. about .14o lives
being lost.
April 4.-Russians cleared Beskid range
Of Austrians.
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk bv Rms.
sian mine.
April s.-Germany agreed to paw for
sinking American ship William P. FRYE.
April 10.-Stsamer Harpalyce, first re-
lief ship Of New York to Belgium, sunk
IN North sea by torpedo or mine.
April H.-United States replied to Ger
man governments criticism Of it's for-
sign policies. denying allegations and re-
jecting suggestions that expectation of
arms be prohibited
April 26.-French cruiser Leon Gambet-
1s sunk by Austrian torpedo, $50 lives
last.
April 29.-German air raiders dropped
incendiary bombs on five English east
coast towns.
Russians occupied Loubnia, northeast
Of Uzsok pass.
April 3o.-Rritish announced destruction
on eight German submarines within week
by mines and net traps.
May 1.-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk in
eight in North sea.
American tank steamer Gulhight tor
p"adoed by Germans off Scilly islands, cap
tain and two seamen lost.
May 6.-Austro- German forces occupied
Tarnow.
May 7-Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed
aod sunk by Germans off coast Of Ireland
With loss at 1896 lives, including lis
americans; among the latter A. G. Van
d1rbilt, Ebert Hubbard, Chas. Frohman,
Gas. Klein and Charles Plamondon
May 8.-British destroyer Maori sunk
b. mine.
Russian naval base Of Libau captured
~ Germans.