The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
In THIRD YEAR
OF The WAR

Deutschland leaves Baltimore home.
ward bound on first trip. SOmme bat.
tie continues. Russians In heavy bat
tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August 2.-Russlans 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.-Brtish 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 Gorizla
bridgehesI and capture 10000 pris-
oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and MANY yiJlnpes
august o.-Gorizia falls to Italians
.n great offensive. Austrlans near
stanislau withdraw on wide front.
august 1O.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.--.Ailies seize Doiran In
Balkan drive.
August 13.-AuJtrians evacuate line
of the Strypa rIvee
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
atza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
OF trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 95sO 600
PRISONERS since June 4, 1915, when
drive began.
August 18.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 2O.-British advance on H.
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-bonts
sunk in North Sea battle.
august 22.-Announced big Russian
contingent has landed ut Saloniki
august 23.-The Deutschland reach-
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russlans reconture
Mush Armenia.
august 27.-Roumania declares war
1A ieutons and invades TransylvanIa.
1'"iy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 20.-Kaiser makes Won Hin.
denDurg chief Of staff Of all German
armies II place Of Won Falkenhayn,
August B1.-RoumanIans cross Dan
uDe and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians fall back in Transylvnnia.
september 2.-Roumanians. far in
iransylvanin, take Hermannstndt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down In flames.
september 3.-Allies take three viii
aages on Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
gars invade the Dobrudja.
september 4.-French take five moro
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
An two days, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
September 8.-Roumanians and Rus
SLAMS drive foe back little in Do
brudja.
September 1O.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress Of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Struma river In Balkans.
September 12-Allies capture three
'o iiho oi ooilllhe hOumunlQnS over
whelmed In Dobrudja.
September 15.-British take Ger
man Somme positions on six-!uile
Xront. Use. tanks for first time in
warfare.
September 1s.-Allles take Florina
Macedonia
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
september 21.-Russans and Ron.
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobruuia.
September 22.-Announced oll,as
TOOK $4,000 prisoners in Somme battle
between July I and September 18.
september 23.-Roumanians In Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Zen.
pelins invade England; one burned. an
other captured.
september 25.-Allies advance along
1o-mite front on Somme. Venfzelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt agoinst
King Constantine
September 26.--Allies take Comblas
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
september 3O.-Von Falkenhayn
routs Roumanians at Hermannstodt
Transylvania.
october IA Roumanlan armv
crossed the Danube.
october~ Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
october 4.-Mackensen drives Rou-
manian invaders Of Bulgaria bocl. to.
ward Danube. W.
October 5.--Roumanlans flee ocross
the Danube. Serbs cross Germ r,,o,.
in drive on Monastir.
October 7.-German submarine IJ.5a
visits Newport, II. l., on mysterIoua