The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-04

| September 24-25.-Allies In drive In
France capture $4,000.
October 5.-Allies land at SalonilSi.
October 9.-Germans occupy Bel
grade.
October 10.-Bulgarla attacks Ser
bla.
December 9.-Germany announces
Serbia is entirely conquered.
December 19.-Allies evacuate Gal
lipoli.
February IA, 1916.-Russians capture
Erzerum, Turkey.
February 23-Gerrnans open Verdun
offensive.
April 1S.-Russians take Trebizond.
Turkey.
April 24.-Irish revolt In Dublin.
April 2S.-British besieged in Kut-el-
Amara, Mesopotamia, surrender.
May 30.-Battle of Jutland; ii Brit
ish and 1S German warships sunk.
June 5.-Lord Kitchener drowned
when cruiser Hampshire is torpedoed
north of Scotland.
June 17-Russians retake Czerno-
witz, capital of Bukowina, in great Of
fensive.
| June 2O-Arabs rebel from Turkey,
capture Mecca; new kingdom estab-
llshed.
June 27.-British and French in
great drive in west.
July 9.-Submarlne merchantmen
Deutschland reaches Baltimore.
July 27-Russians retake Brody,
northern Galicia.
August 9.-Italians take Gorilla.
July 10.-Russians take Stanislau,
Galicla.
August 2S.-Roumania enters war on
side of the entente, and invades Tran
| sylvania.
September 6.-Germany begins great
| squeeze on Roumania.
November 10.-First great air bat
tie of worlds history; 81 British.
French and German airplanes brought
down.
December 5.-Teutons take Bu-
charest.
December 11-Germany openly prof
fers peace to her enemies.
December 81. - President Wilson
asks both sides to define their war
aims.
January IT, 1917-News received
German cruiser Moewe has taken "a
ships in South Atlantic.
January 22.-Wilson asking "peace
without victory demands United
States enter world league at close of
war.
January 31.-Germany declares ruth
less submarine warfare on all ships,
whatever nationality, in the war zones.
February 3.-United States sewers
diplomatic relations with Germany.
February 26.-President asks con-
gress for authority to arm all Ameri-
can vessels.
el-Amara.
February 2S.-Zimmermann note
suggesting alliance of Mexico and
Japan with Germany against United
States made public.
March 11.-British capture Bagdad.
March 11.-Russian revolution starts.
March 15.-Czar abdicates.
March 17-Germans begin big
strategic retirement" on west front.
April 3-Wilson asks congress to
declare state of war with Germany.
April 6-President signs congress
resolution proclaiming war.
April Cuba declares war on Ger
many.
April 9.-Austria-Hun breaks
diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9.-British storm vimy Ridge.
April 10.-Brazil breaks diplomatic
relations with Germany.
April 16-French in great offensive
near Aisne river.
April 19.-American freighter Mon
golia sinks a submarine, this being
the first American victory of the war.
April 2S.-Both houses of congress
pass selective draft army bill.
May 15.-Big Italian offensive In
Carso begins.
June 3.-Chinese royalists name
Chang Esun dictator; Germans assist
plot.
June 5-Americans register for
army draft without disorder.
June british blow up Messines
ridge; explosion heard in London.
June S.-General Pershing reaches
England.
June liking Constantine of
Greece abdicates; nation prepares to
join allies.
June lo.-loo hiileu, foO luJureu III
London by German airplane raid.
June United States Liberty
Loan $, with billion oversub-
scription.
June 27.-Announce arrival of first
American army in France.
June 2S-BraziI joins in war
June 30.-Rnsslans begin big often
sive in Gahcia led by War Minister
Kerensky N person.