The Benson signal., 1917-08-04
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN Third YEAR
OF The WAR

tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August Russians within ten
miles of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture part
of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement 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 vii
lagos from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorilla
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
Oners. Russian General Letcnitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-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 13-Austrians evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
Of trenches near the Somme An
nounced Russians have taken 35S,OOO
prisoners since June 4, 1915, 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 15O-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
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Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought, down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos 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 8-ROumanians and Rus
brudja.
September 1O.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress of Silistria.
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 $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 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 in SOmme battle.
September 3O.-Von Falkenhayn
routs Roumanians 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 8.-Roumanians driven back
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians in rOut