The Dermott news., 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
 IN THIRD YEAR OF THE WAR

Deutschland leaves Baltimore home ward bound on first trip. Somme bat tic continues. Russians in heavy bat tic after crossing Stokhod river.
 August 2.-Russians within ten miles of Kovel.
 August 3.-French recapture part of Fieury. near Verdun. Sir Roger Basement hanged in London for par dcipation in Irish revolt.
 August 4.--French take Thiaumont, near Verdur
 August g. --British overwhelm Turks at Romani. near Suez canal.
 August S-Russians cross rivers Sereth and Graberka and take six vil- iages from Austrians.
 August S.-ltalians take GoriZia bridgehead and capture 10000 pris- oners. Russian General Letchitzky takes two towns and many villages. August Q. -Gorizia falls to Italians An great offensive. Austrians near Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
 August 10 -Russians take Stanislau. August 1l1.-Allies seize Doiran in Balkan drive.
 August 1f.-Austrians evacuate line of the StryIa river
 August l4.-Russians capture Tusto- baby.
 August 15.-Russians take Jablon- atza. near Carpathian pass.
 August 16.-Allies take three miles or trenches near the Somme. An nounced Russians have taken 35S, 900 prisoners since June 4, 1916. when drive began.
 August lS.-Russians advance three miles into Hungary.
 August 2o.-British advance on H. milo front at Thiepval, near Somme river. Allies attack on 15o-mile front In Balkans. Two British light cruis- CTS and one or two German U-boats sunk in North Sea battle.
 August 22.-Annouuced big Russian contingent has landed at Saloniki
 August 23.-The Deutschland reach. es Bremen.
 August 24.-Russlans recapture Mush, Armenia
 August 27.-Roumania declares war on Teutons and invades Pennsylvania Italy formally declares war on Ger many.
 August 29.-kaiser makes yon Hin- denbnrg chief of stan of all German armies In place of von Falkenhayn.
 August Sl.-Roumanians cross Dan- ube and occupy Rustehuk. Bulgaria tAustrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
 September 2.-Roumanians, far in Pennsylvania, take Hermannstndt Zeppelins raid London and one Is brought down in flames.
 September 3-Allies take three vil- aases on Somme. Roumanians capture Orsova. Austria. Germans and Bull gars invade the Dobrudja.
 September 4.-French take i've moro villages on Somme; allies prisoners in two days, 5000.
 September 6.-Teutons take Danube city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma. inians.
 September S.-Roumanians and Rus .sians drive foe back little in Do- brudja.
 September lO.-Teutons take Rou- manlnn fortress of Silistria.
 September u.-British drive across Etruma river in Balkans.
 September l2.-Allies capture three mile line on Somme. Roumanlans over whelmed in Dobrudja
 September 15.-British take Ger man Somme positions on six-mile front. Use tanks" for first time in warfare.
 September ls,-Allies take Florina, Macedonia.
 September 19.-Serbs fight their way back onto their own soil.
 September 21.-Russians and Rou- msnians announce they have thrown back the invaders in Dobrudja.
 September 22.-Announced allies took oS,S0O prisoners in Somme battle between July l and September Is.
 September 23.-Roumanians in Do brudJa driven back in disorder. Zen pelins invade England: one burned. an. other captured.
 September 25.-Allies advance along l5-mile front on Somme. venizelos leaves Athens to lead revolt against King Constantine. September 26.-Allies take Combles and Thiepval m Somme battle.
 Septemta: S0.-von Falkenhayn routs Rou- =. iAns at Hermannstadt. Transylvsnia.
 October IA Roumanian army crossed the Danube.
 October 2.--Another Zeppelin shot down near London.
 October 4.-Maexensen drives Rou- manian invaders of Bulgaria back to- ward Danube.
 October 6.--Roumnnians fec across the Danube. Serbs cross Cerua river In drive on Monastir.
 October I.-German submarine U-53 visits Newport, k. l.. on mysterious mission. Sinks five ships on Narra- gansett Light night of October 7-S. October s.-Roumanians driven back to Trnnsylvanin frontier