The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF The WAR

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miles of KoveI.
August 3--French recapture part
of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged in LondoR for par
ticipation in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumopt.
near Ferdun
August British overwhelm Turks
at Romani, near Suez canal.
August 6.-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six viii
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 StanisIau.
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 JabIOn-
liza, near Carpathian pass
August 16.-AIlieS take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nOunced Russians have taken 35S. 600
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20.-BritiSh advance on IL
mile front ct ThiepvaI, near Somme
river. Allies attack on 15O-miIe 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.-RussiaRs recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 21-ROumania declares war
on TeutOns and fnvades Transatlantic.
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 FaIkenhayn.
August 31.-ROumanians cross DAN
ube and occupy RUstchuk, Bulgaria
AustFians fall back in Transatlantic.
September 2.-Roumanfans, far in
Pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames
September 3.-AlIies 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 10.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress of Silfstria.
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-miIe
front. Use tanks" for first time in
warfare.
September 1S.-Allfes 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 $1,000 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September IS.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Zen
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 Combles
and Thiepval IN Somme battle.
September 30.-Von Falkephayn
routs Roumanians at Hermannstadt.
Pennsylvania.
crossed the Danube.
october Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou-
manian invaders of Bulgaria back to-
MdIQ OduupG.
October 5.--Roumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
In drive on MonaStir.
October German submarine U-53
visits Newport. r. L, on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night of October rs.
October S.-ROumanians driven back
to Transatlantic frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians in rout
fee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over her
fleet to France on allies demand. Ital-
ians, resuming Carso drive, take s.
600 prisoners
october 22.-Roumanians in Do
brudja retreat hastily.
October 23.-Teutons occupy Con-
stanza, principal Roumanian seaport
Germans throw Russians back across
Narayuvka river.
October 24.-French take $500 pris-
oners at Verdun.
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