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France capture $4,000.
October 6.-Allies land at Saloniki.
October o-Germans occupy Bel
grade.
October 10.-Bulsaria attacks Ser
bia.
December 9.-Germany announces
Serbia is entirely conquered.
December 19.-Allies evacuate Gal
lipoli.
February IA, 1916.-Russians capture
Erzerum, Turkey.
February 23-Germans open verdun
offensive.
April 18.-Russlans take Trebixond.
Turkey.
April 24.-Irish revolt In Dublin. !
April 28.-British besieged In Kut-el-
Amara, Mesopotamia, surrender.
May 30.-Battle Of Jutland; IA Brit
ish and 1s German warships sunk.
June 6.-Lord Kitchener drowned
when cruiser Hampshire Ii torpedoed
north of Scotland.
June 17.-Russlans retake Czerno-
witz, capital Of Bukowina, In great Of
fenslve.
June 20.-Arabs rebel from Turkey,
capture Mecca; new kingdom estab-
llshed.
June 27.-Brltish and French In
great drive in west.
| July 9.-Submarlne merchantman
Deutschland reaches Baltimore.
July 27-Russians retake Brody,
northern Galicia.
August 9.-Italians take Gorizla.
| July 10.-Russinns take Stnnislau,
Galicia.
August 2S.-Roumanla enters war on
side Of the entente, and invades Tran
sylvania.
September 8.-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 President Wilson
asks both sides to define their war
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January II, 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.
February 28.-British capture Kut-
el-Amarn.
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 8.-President signs congress
resolution proclaimlng war.
April 7.-Cuba declares war On Ger
many.
April 8.-Austria. Hungary breaks
diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9.-British storm vimy Ridge.
| April 10.-Braxil breaks diplomatic
relations with Germany.
April 16.-French In great offenavs
near Aisne river.
| April 19.-American frelghter Mon
golia sinks q submarine, this being
the FIRST American victory Of the war.
April 2S.-Both houses Of congress
pass seiective draft army bill.
May 15.-Big italian Offensive II
Carso begins.
June 3.-Chinese royalists name
Chang Ilsun dictator; Germans aaaist
plot.
| June 5.-Americans register for
army draft without disorder.
June 7.-British blow up Messines
ridge; explosion heard In London.
June 8.-General PershinE reaches
England.
June 12.-King Constantine Of
Greece abdicates; nation prepares to
Join allies.
June 13.-163 killed. 430 injured In
London by German nirplnnc raid.
June 15.-Unitcd States Liberty
Loan closes, with billion ovcrsub-
scription.
June 27.-Announcc arrival Of frst
American army In France.
June 2s.-Braxil Joins In war.
June 30.-Russians begin big often
sivc In Gallcin led by War Minister
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