The Monticellonian., 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THIRD YEAR 
 0F THE WAR

August 2.-Russians within ten miles of Kovel.
 August 3.-French recapture part of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger Easement hanged in London for par ticipation in Irish revolt.
 August 4.-French take Thiaumont, near Verdun.
 August 5.-British overwhelm Turks at Romani. near Suez canal.
 August 6.-Russians cross rivers Sereth and Graberka and take six vil- lages from Austrians.
 August S.-Italians take Gorizia bridgehead and capture 10000 pris- Ioners. Russian General Letchitzky takes two towns and many villages.
 August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians in great offensive. Austrians near iStanislau withdraw on wide front.
 August 10.-Russians take Stanislau.
 August 1.-Allies seize Doiran in Balkan drive.
 August 13.-Austrians evaeuate line of the Strypa river.
 August 14.-Russians capture Tusto- baby.
 August 15.-Russians take Jablon- ttza, near Carpathian pass.
 August 16.-Allies take three miles of trenches near the Somme. An nounced Russians have taken 358,OOO prisoners since June 4, 1916, when drive began.
 August 1S.-Russians advance three miles into Hungary.
 August 20.-British advance on 1i- mile front at Thiepval, near Somme river. Allies attack on 150-mile front in Balkans. Two British light cruis- CTS and one or two German U-boats sunk in North Sea battle.
 August 22.-Announced big Russian contingent has landed at Saloniki.
 August 23.-The Deutschland reach es Bremen.
 August 24.-Russians recapture lMush, Armenia.
 August 27.-Roumania declares war lon Teutons and invades Pennsylvania. Italy formally declares war on Ger many.
 August 29.-Kaiser makes Von Hin denburg chief of staff of all German armies In place of Von Falkenhayn.
 August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan- ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria lAustrians fall back in Pennsylvania. September 2.-Roumanians, far in Pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt lZeppelins raid London and one is brought down in flames.
 September 3.-Allies take three vil- lages on Somme Roumanians capture Orsoya. Austria. Germans and Bull gars invade the Dobrudja.
 September 4.-Freneh take five more villages on Somme; allies prisoners fin two days. 5000.
 September 6.-Teutons take Danube city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma- nians.
 September S.-Roumanians and Rus sians drive foe back little In Do lbrudja.
 September 10-Teutons take Rou- manian fortress of Silistria.
 September 11.-British drive across Struma river in Balkans.
 September 12.-Allies capture three mile line on Somme. Roumanians over whelmed in Dobrudja.
 September 15.-British take Ger man Somme positions on six-mile front. Use tanks for first time in warfare.
 September 1s.-Allies take Florina. Macedonia.
 September 19.-Serbs fight their way back onto their own soil.
 September 21.-Russians and Rou- manians announce they have thrown back the invaders in Dobrudja.
 September 22.-Announced allies took 55,SOO prisoners in Somme battle between July l and September Is.
 September 23.-Roumanians in Do brudJa driven back in disorder. Zep- pelins invade England one burned. an other captured
 September 25.-Allies advance along l5-mile front on Somme. Venizelos leaves Athens to lead revolt against King Constantine.
 September 26.-Allies take Combles and Thiepval Tn Somme battle.
 September 3O.-yon Falkephayn routs Rouma-ians at Hermannstadt. Transylvania.
 October IA Roumanian army crossed tfe Danube
 October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot down near London.
 October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou- manian invaders of Bulgaria back to- ward Danube.
 October 5.-Roumanians flee across the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river in drive on Monastir.
 October 7.-German submarine U-h3 visits Newport. k. l., on mysterious mission. Sinks five ships off Narra- gansett Light night of October 7-s.
 October S.-Roumanians driven back to Pennsylvania frontier.
 October 10.-Roumanians in rout flee through mountain passes.
 October 1I.-Greece turns over her fleet to France on allies demand. Ital. ians, resuming Carso drive, take B. 900 prisoners.
 october 22.-Roumanians In Do. brudja retreat hastily.
 October 23.-Teutons occupy Con. istanza. principal Roumanian seaport Germans throw Russians back across bNarayuvka river.
 October 24.-Freneh take $500 pris. oners at Yerdun.
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