The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-04
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF The WAR

tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August 2.-Russians within tel
imiles of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture par
OF F1eury, near Verdun. Sir Roge
easement hanged in London for par
'ucipation in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont
near Verdun.
August British overwhelm Turk,
at Romani, near Suez canal.
August 6.--RuSsians cross river!
Sereth and Graberka and take six vii
'lages from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorizia
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris
loners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-GOriZia falls to Italians
IN great offensive. Austrians neal
'Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 1O.-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 1j.-Russians take Jablon-
liza, near Carpathian pass.
August l6.-Allies take three miles
or trenches near the Somme An
nounced Russians have taken 35S,OOO
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20.-British advance on Ii
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-boats
sunk in North Sea battle.
August 22.-AmOunced big Russian
contingent has landed at Saloniki.
August 23.-The Deutschland reach
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians recaptuse
lMush, Armenia.
August 21.-Roumania declares war
on Teutons and invades Transatlantic.
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 Falkenhayn.
August 31.-ROumanians cross DAN
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
lAustrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt.
lZeppelins raid London and one is
brought down I'm flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos on 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, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
September S.-Roumanians and Rms
slams drive foe back little I'm Do
lbrudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rom
manian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Strnma river In Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture threa-
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
whelmed 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 Ron.
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
september 22.-Announced sllies
took $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September Is.
september 23.-Roumanians I'm Do
brudja driven back In disorder. Zen
peiins invade England; one burned, an.
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
lo-miie front on Somme. Venizelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt against
King Constantine.
september 26.-Allies take Combles
ana Thiepval in Somme battle.
september 30-von Falkenbavn
routs Rouma-ians at Hermannstadt
Transylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
! october 4.-Mackensen drives Ron.
manian invaders of Bulgaria back To-
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians fee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Germ river
In drive on Monastir.
October Herman submarine Ir.so |
visits Newport, r. l., on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara |
gansett Light night of October 7-s. |
October S.-Roumanians driven hack
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians I'm rout
nee through mountain passes.
October n.-Greece turns over her
fleet to France on allies demand ItaI-
ians. resuming Carso drive, take g.
600 prisoners
october 22-Roumanlans in Do
brudja retreat hastily.
October 23.-Teutons occupy Con-
stanza, principal Roumanian seaport
Germans throw Russians back across