The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-16
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD Year
OF The WAR

August Russians within ten
miles OF Koyel.
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.-Itallans take Gorilla
~brldgehead ant capture 10000 pris-
oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizla falls to Italians
In great offensive. Austrians near
Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 1i.-Allies seize Dorian In
Balkan drive.
August l3.-Austrians evacuate line
Of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
iua, near C~arpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
Of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 1884, 600
prisoners since June 4, 1915, 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
I'm Balkans. Two British light cruis-
ers and n or two German U-boats
sunk in North Sea battle.
August 22.-Announced big Russian
contingent has landed at Salon.ki.
August 23.-The Deutschland reach.
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians ~recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 2I.-Roumanla declares wal
on Teutons and invades Transatlantic.
Italy formally declares wal on Ger.
many.
August 29.-Kalser 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.
Zeppellns raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos or 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, 6,0OO.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city OF Tu.tukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
! September s.-Roumanlans and Rus
SLAMS drive foe back a little In Do
brudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress OF Silistria.
September 1l.-British drive across
Struina river In Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capt..e three
mile line on Sommc. Roumanlans over.
whelmed in Dobrudja.
September l5.-BritIsh take Ger
man Somne positions on slx-mlle
front. Use tanks" for first time In
warfare.
September lS.-Allies take Florlna,
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 2l.-Russlans and Rou.
manians nou they have thrown
buck the invaders In DobruHia.
September ~22.-Announ, allies
took $500 prisoners In Somme battle
between July l and September IS.
September 23.-Roumanlans la Do
brudja driven back In disorder. Yep
?elins invede England n burned, an
ether captured.
September 25.-Allles advance alony
B-mile front on Somme. yenizelo.
leaves Athens to lead revolt agains
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allles take Comble
and Thiepval In Somme battle.
September 30.-Von FalkenhayI
routs Roumanians at Hermannstadl
Transylvania.
October IA Roumanian arm
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin she
down n London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Ror
manlan invaders of Bulgaria back e
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians fee ncros
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna rive
In drive on Monastir.
October 7.-German submarine U-I
visits Newport, X. l., on mysteriou
mission. Sinks five ships or Narri
Gansett Light night Of October =
October S.-Roumnnians driven baC
20 Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians In 70,
nee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over h,
feet to France on allies demand. Ita
ians, resumlng Carso drive. take
000 nrisnnprg