The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-15
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
d. IN THIRD YEAR
OF THE WAR i
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continues. russians In heavy bat
e. after crossing Stokhod river.
August 2.-Russians within ten
smiles Of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture part
of Neury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged In London for par
dcipation in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont,
near Verdun.
August 5.-British overwhelm Turks
at Roman1, near Suez canal.
August 6.-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six vii
lages from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorilla
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
pners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians
ln great offensive. Austrians near
Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian in
balkan drive.
August 13.-Austrians evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
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
Inounced Russians have taken $4,000
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 18.-Russians advance three
mlles into Hungary.
August 20.-British advance on H.
mile front at Thiepval, near Somme
9aver. 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
les Bremen.
August 24.-Russlans recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
bon Teutons and invades Transylvania.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 29.-Kaiser makes Won Hin
fdenburg chief Of staff of oil German
arm1es In place Of Won Falkenhayn.
August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
kAustrlans fall back in Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt.
Aeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
Hayes on Somme. Roumanians capture
|Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
|gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
tn two days, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
nians.
September 8.-Roumanians and Rus
slans drive foe back q little in Do
brudja
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Struma river in Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture three
mlle line on Somme. Roumanians over
Fwhelmed 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 Roll
man1ans announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $1,000 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September Is.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
prudja driven back in disorder. Zep-
pelins invade England; one burned. an
tother captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
l5-mile front on Somme. Venizelos
Leaves Athens to lead revolt against
king Constantine.
: oepIeAOer 1O-AllleS take COmbleS
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 3O.-Von Falkenhavn
Fouts Roumanians at Hermannstadt.
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Ron-
1nanian 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 TIA
visits Newport, R. l., on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
Hansett Light night Of October 7-8.
October 8.-Roumanians driven back
10 Pennsylvania frontier.
October 1O.-Roumanians in rout
dee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over her
leet to France on allies demand. Ital-