The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THIRD YEAR
 OF THE WAR

tie after crossing Stokhod river
 August 2.-Russians within ten miles of Novel.
 August 3.-French recapture part of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger Basement 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- oners. Rassian General Letehitzky takes tw3 towns and many villages. August A-Gorizia falls to Italians in great offensive. Austrians near Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
 August 1O.-Russians take Stanislau August 11.-Allies seize Doiran in Balkan drive
 August {8.-Austrians evacuate line of the Strgpa river.
 August E4-Russians capture Tusto- baby.
 August i5.-Russians take Jablon- itza, near Carpathian pass.
 August 16.-Allies take three miles of trenches near the Somme. An nounced Russians have taken 35S.00 prisoners since June i, 1916. when drive began
 August 1S.-Russians advance three miles into Hungary.
 August 20.-British advance on H. 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 ss 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 Von Hin denburg eaief of staff of all German armies in place of Von Falkenhayn.
 August ai.-Roumanians cross Dan ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria Austrfans ta!l back in Pennsylvania.
 Septembet 2.-Roumanians, far in Pennsylvania. take Hermannstadt. Zeppelins rltd London and one is brought dOwn in flames.
 September 3.-Allies take three yil- lages on Somme. Roumanians capture OrsoVa, Austria. Germans and Bel- gars invade tAe Dobrudja.
 September 4.-French take five mor, villages on SGInme; allies prisoners in two days. 6,0O0.
 September 6.-Teutons take Danube city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma- nians.
 September S.-Roumanians and Rus .ians drive foe back a little in Do crudja.
 September 10.-Teutons take Rou- m8nian fortress of Silistrla.
 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 55,800 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 15-mile front on Somme. Venizelos leaves Athens to lead revolt against King Constantine.
 September 26-Allies take Combles and Thiepval ID Somme battle.
 September 3O1Von Falkenhayn routs RoumH -ians at Hermannstadt, 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.--Roumanians flee across the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river in drive on Monastir.
 October 7.-German submarine U-53 visits Newport, R. l., on mysterious mission. Sinks five ships off Narra- gansett Light night of October 7-8.
 October S.-Roumanians driven back to Pennsylvania frontier
 October 10.-Roumanians in rout