Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
Of THE WAR

miles of KOvel.
August 3.-French ~recapture mart
Of Fieury, lear Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged In London for par.
ticipatiOn In Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont.
near Verdun.
August 5.-British oyerwhelm Turks
at I:Omani, near Suez canal.
August 8.-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberku and take six vii.
lagos from Austrians.
August S.--ltalians take Gorizia
~bridgehead and capture 10000 pris.
Oners. Russian General L~etchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August a.--Gorizia falls to Italians
In great offensive. Austrians near
Stanlslau withdraw on wide front.
August 0.~-Itussians take Stnuisluu.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian In
Balkan drive.
August l3.--Austrians eyacuate line
Of the Strypa river.
August l4.-Russians capture Tusto.
baby.
August 15.-Russiaus take Jablou.
liza. nea Carpathian pass.
August l6.-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somlne. An
noanced Russians have taken 35S,Uo0
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August lS.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20.-BritiSh advance on H.
mile front at Thicpyal, neal Somme
river. Allies attack on l5O.mile front
in 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 Saloniki.
August 23.--The Deutschland reach
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
on Teutons and invndes 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 F%alkenhayn.
August 3l.--Roumanlans cross Dan
ube and occupy R%ustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roulnuniuns, far in
Pennsylvania. take Hermannstadt.
Zeppclins raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii.
lagos or Somme. R%oumanians capture
Orsova. Austria. Germans and Bull
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.--French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
In two days, COCO.
September 6.--Teutons take Danube
city Of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma'
mans.
September S.-Roumanians and Rus
slams drive foe back u little in Do
brudja.
September 10.--Teutons take Rou'
manian fortress of Silistria.
September l1.--British drive across
Strumu river in Balkans.
September 12.--Allles capture three
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
whelmed In Dobrudja.
September 15.-British take Ger
man Somme positions on six-milt
front. Use tanks" for first time ii
warfare.
September 18.-Allies take Florina
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their wa.
back onto their own soil.
September 21.--Russians and Ron
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders In Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allie
took $500 prisoners In Somme BATH
between July ! and September Is.
September 23.--Roumanians In Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Zep
pelins invade England; n burned, an
other captured.
September c5.-Allies advance aloni
15-milc front on Somlne. Venizelo
leaves Athens to lead revolt agalns
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take Comble
and Thiepval III Somme battle. ..-..
September 30.--Von Talkenhay
routs RoumanIans ut Hermannstad
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian arm
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin she
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Ro,
manian invaders Of Bulgaria back t,
ward Danube.
October 5.--R0umanians fee acrOs
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna rive
In drive on Monastir.
October 7.-German submarine VI
visits Newport, Il. l., on mysterto,
mission. Sinks five ships of Narr,
gansett Light night Of October Z.
October 8.-Roumunians driven bat
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October W.-1toumanlans In ro'
fee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over n
fleet to France on allies demand. ltt
ians, resumins Carso drive, take
600 prisoners.
October o. ROumanians In u
brudja retreat hastily.
October 23.-Tcutons occupy Go
stnnza, principal Roumanian seapo'
Germans throw Russians buck nero
Narayuvka river.
October 24.--Trcnch take 3.5OU pr
oncrs ut Verdun.