Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-03
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN Third YEAR
OF The WAR

tie continues. Russians In heavy bat
tie after crossing StOkhod river.
August Russians within ten
miles of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture part
of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged In London for par
ticipatlon in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont,
near Verdun.
August 5.-British oyerwhelm 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 Gorilla
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
Oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians
10 great offensive. Austrians near
Stanlslau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-Russlans take Stanislau.
August 11.--Allies seize DOiran in
Balkan drive.
August 13.-Austrlans evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
itzn, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
Of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 359,O0O
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 18.-Russians advance three
miles into hungary.
August 20.-British advance on IL
mile front at Thiepval, near SOmme
river. Allies attack on 150-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
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians recapture
Mush, Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
on Teutons and invades Transylvania.
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.
AIstrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
Pennsylvania, take Hermannstadt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down In flames.
September 3.--Allies take three viii
lagos on Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
CARS invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take fiv, 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 Rus
slams drive foe back a little in Do
brudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
mauian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Struma river In Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture three
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
whelmed in DObrudja.
September I5.-British take Ger
man Somme positions on six-nile
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.-Russlans and Rou-
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September Is.
September 2S.-2oumanians In Do
brudja driven back In disorder. Zep-
pelins invade England; one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.-AllieS advance along
15-mile front on Somme. Venizelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt against
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take Combles
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 30.--Von Falkenhayn
routs Roumanians at Hermannstadt,
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
crossed the Danube4
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou-
maniaA invaders Of Bulgaria back to-
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
In drive on Monastir.
October German submarine U-53
visits Newport, r. l., on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night of October rs.
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