Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-08-09
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF THE WAR

August 3.-French recapture part
of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged In London for par
5dcipation In Irish revolt
August 4.-French take Thlaumont,
tnear Verdun.
August 5.-British overwhelm Turks
at Romani, near Suez canal.
August 0.-Russians cross rivers
:Sereth and Graberka and take six viii
lagos from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorizia
'oridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
'oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians
I'm great offensive. Austrians near
"Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian in
Balkan drive.
August 13.-Austrlans evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russlans take Jablon-
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
fnounced Russians have taken 35S,O00
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20-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
dages on Somme. Roumanians capture
'Orsova, AUSTRIA Germans and Bull
-gars 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 q little in Do
'brudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
'manian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
SStruma river in Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture three
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
'whelmed In Dobrudja.
September 15-British take Ger
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-
Fmanians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September IS.
September 23.-Roumanians In Do
sbrudja driven back in disorder. Yep
spelins invade England; one burned, an
.other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
1o-mile front on SOmme. Venizelos
tleaves Athens to lead revolt against
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take Combles
and Thiepval IN Somme battle.
September 30-Von Falkenhayn
sPouts Roumanians at Hermannstadt,
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
scrossed 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.---Roumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
Yin drive on Monastir.
October 7-Germ0n sithporina IT. FQ
visits Newport, II. l.. ON mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships of Nara
.gansett Light night of October rs.
October S-Roumanians driven back
TO Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanlans In rout
dec through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over her
fieet to France on allies demand. Ital-
fans. resuming Carso drive. take o.