Middletown transcript., 1917-08-04
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF THE WAR

Deutschland leaves Baltimore home
ward bound on first trip. Somme bat
tie continues. Russians in heavy bat
tile after crossing Stokhod river.
August 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
Lagos from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorilla
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
Oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-GOrizia falls to Italians
in great offensive. Austrians near
Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian in
Balkan drive.
August 13-Austrians evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 35S,000
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 2O.-British advance on IL
mile front at Thiepval, near Somme
river. Allies attack on 150-mile front
in Balkans. Two British light cruis-
ers 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
Mush Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
on TeutOns and invades Pennsylvania.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 29.-Kaiser makes Won Hin
denburg chief of staff of all German
armies in place Of Won Falkenhayn.
August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria
Austrians fall back in Pennsylvania
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
Pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos On Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
CARS invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
in two days, 5000.
September 6.-TeutOns take Danube
city Of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
September s. -Roumanians and Rus
slams drive foe back a little in Do
brudja.
September 1O.-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 18.-Allies take Florina,
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 2t.-Russians and Reu-
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September -.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Yep
pelins invade England; one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
15-mile front on Somme. Venizelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt against
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take CombIes
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 30.-Von Falkenhayn
Pennsylvania.
October Ia Roumanian army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou-
manian invaders of Bulgaria back to-
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanian fee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
in drive on Monastir.
October 7.-German submarine U-53
visits Nd wport, r. l., on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night of October 10.
October 9.-Roumanians driven back
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 1O.-Roumanians in rout
flee through mountain passes.
October l1.-Greece turns over her
fleet to France on allies demand. Ital-
ians, resumAng Carso drive, take s.
600 prisonera
october 22-Roumanians In Do
brudja retreat hastily.
October 23.-Teutons occupy Con-
stanza, principal Roumanian seaport
Germans throw Russians back across