Evening star., 1916-12-31

sea by mine and Earl Kitchener.
| British secretary of war. and his entire
stan were lost. During the early part
of June the Russians broadened their
offensive in Galicia and along the lines
further north, and on June they an
nounced the recapture of the fortress
of Lutsk in Volhynia and the crossing
OF the 1kwa and Styr rivers at severa. tha
points. During the remainder or the
monts the Russians made decldeo
gains. They continued to smash the
Austrian lines and threatened Len,
berg. They continued their southwark
! sweep into Galicia and on June II cap
tured Czernowitz capital of Bukowina
On June 30 the Russians occupied
/ Ladova. Strognietz and Glepoka Oh
June % the Russians announced the
occupation of all of Bukowina. Early
in the month an Austrian drive in the
Trentino was checked by the Italians
, and later in the month the Austrians
were forced to retire before new Of
aerial forces sustained severe loss
, through the death of Lieut.. 1mmelman,
most famous of German airmen' on
/ June 21.
On July 1 the British and French
launched their great drive on the west
front. A concerted attack was mace
on a twenty -fve-mile front north and
| south Of the Somme river. On July II,
after ten days and nights of continuous
fighting. the British claimed the cap
J ture of the whole of the enemys hrst
! lines of defense on a front of $4,000
yards. During the remainder OF the
month the British and French con-
tinued their advance. the British occu-
pying the entire village of Pozieres
July 26 and the French advancing
close to Perrone, an important ran
road center. On July 10 the Russians
crossed the Stokhod river in a move
ment on Kovel. but were checked oy
the Germans before that city. During
the remainder of the month the Rus
slams won repeated successes IN tnelr
drive toward Kovel and Lemberg. Ihe
Austrians continued to fall back before
the Italian offensive. On July IL the
Germans opened their seventh great
assault on Verdun.
During the month of August the
Russians, after terrific fighting, pierced
the Teuton lines on the Lemberg ana
Kovel fronts and advanced in the Car
pathians. They claimed to have cap
italians % s. continued their drive on
Trieste. On August 3. aiter Gays ..
terrific fighting. they captured Gorltz
and pushed forward. pursuing the re-
treating Austrians. The British ana
French continued to advance on the
Somme front Rumania, after months
of wavering, entered the war on tne
side of the entente allies with decIar-
alton Of war on A1strianhhuhgatiE sS,aanth ggation to
enter the war. On the same day ltaiy
declared war on Germany and the 1oi-
lowing day Germany declared war Oh
Rumania. With the deciarat1on o. va.
and Austrians on the Transylvanian
frontier. On August 80 the Rumanlans
occupied Kronstadt and Hermahnstaue'
the two chief cities OF Iransyivdhn,a hnse
successes had made him the idol OF tne
German people, succeeded Gen. Won
Falkenhayn as chief OF the senssaai
stan of the German army August %;
of
Rumanians, cooperating with the RUS
SLAMS. advanced in northern Transyl-
vania and Bukowina, but suffered Sc
we're reverses at the hands OF the Bui-
Rarians and Austrians in Dopruo1a. he @
allied troops made decided gains IN tns
Somme sector. occupying Comoies ana
other important towns september 20.
The allies began new onenslVe IN tne
Balkans September IL ana drove pack
the BulRars, who had been advancing
into Greece After period OF COM
narrative inactivity the Russians renew
ed their drive at Lemberg september ao;
Early in October the tide turned
against the Rumanians and Russians
in Transylvania. and the latter were
forced to retire before a strong Austro-
German force under command OF Gen.
Won Falkenhayn. The Rumanians were
driven from Pennsylvania. and. OCTOBER
II. the Teutons began an invasion OF
Rumania On the verdun front the
French smashed the German lines Oc-
tober "a, taking Douaumont fort ana
village.
and Russian forces on the one side and
the Teuton and Bulgarian armies on
the other held the center OF attention
in November. The Rumanians drove
brudia and checked Won Falkenhayn on
the Pennsylvania front, but the Teu-
tons strengthened by reinforcements,
checked the Rumanian advances in
Transylvsnia November IA. and began
wide encirclng movement. which
routed the Rumanians. Taking advAn-
tage Of the plight in which the Ruman-
ians on the Transylvanian front round
themselves. Won Mackensen held his
lines in Dobrudja, and. attacking the
Danube line. forced the river barrier
at several points Enecting juncture
of their forces. the Teuton command
ers drove the Rumanians back upon
Bucharest The Rumanians retreated
rapidly toward the capital, burning viii
lagos and all stores Of grain and mu-
nitions in the district through which
they passed. November % the seat of
the Rumanian government was moved
from Bucharest to JaSSy. near the nus
sian frontier.
The Serbians, aided by French and
Italian troops. made a start toward
winning back their country during No
vember. Their big drive resulted in the
capture of Monastir November 19. The
abandonment Of the German attacks on
Verdun, after months of sanguinary
fighting, was indicated early in Novem-
ber when the Germans evacuated Fort
Vaux On the Somme front the battle
OF the Ancre opened November 13 with
the capture by the British of fve miles
Of the German positions. together with
three strong towns. The allies con-
tinued to make slow gains on the
Somme front during the remainder of
the month. Little decisive fighting took
place on the east front.
During the month protests were made
by Belgium to neutral nations against
the deportation Of Belgians to Ger
many. 1t was reported that thousands
homes to Germany to be placed at
work.
During the latter part of the year
peace talk was revived in some quar-
ters, but expressions by leaders among
the entente allies indicated that little
hope for peace could be entertained
until after decisive results had been
obtained upon the field of battle.
Estimates of casualties based on Of
fetal data show that the second year
of the war cost more than 5000 900
lives and inflicted wounds on more than
5000. 900 men.
Ill lhe War and fculties growing
III the q" out 9TH OF the wa war
II United States tinued to con-
front the United
States government throughout the past
year The disagreement with GERMANY