New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF THE WAR

miles of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture par
OF Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roge
Easement hanged in London for par
ticipatiOn In Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont
ear Verdun.
August 5.-British overwhelm Turk.
at Romani, ear Suez canal.
August 6.-Russians cross river.
Sereth and Graberka and take six vii
lagos from Austrians.
August 8.-Italians take GOrlzis
bridgehead and capture 10000 pris
e Russian General Letchitzk,
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. g
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
liza. near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
OF trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 1858, 900
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 2O.-British advance on H.
mile front at Thiepval, zeal 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.-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 PENNSYLVANIA.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 29.-Kaiser makes Won Hin
dehburg chief of staff of all German
armies in place of Won Falkenhayn,
August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
A%ustrians 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 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.-Roumaniars and Rus
Slams drive foe back a little in Do
brudja.
September 1O.-Teutons take Rou-
manian 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 D%obrudja.
September 15.-British take Ger
man Somme positions on six-mile
Use tanks for first time in
warfare.
September 1S.-Allies take Florina,
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
onto their own soil.
September 21.--Russians and Rou-
nanians announce they have thrown
pack the invaders in DObrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
:ook $500 prisoners in Somme battle
July 1 and September Is.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
'rudja driven back in disorder. Yep
'elins invade England one burned, an
,ther captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
front on Somme. Venizelos
caves Athens to lead revolt against :
King Constantine. ,
September 26.-Allies take Combles ,
nd Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 3O.-Von Falkenhayn
outs Roumanians at Hermannstadt.
Pennsylvania. I
October IA Roumanian army
rOssed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot r
own near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Roll d
invn6nrc Of n,1ror;r L.au l. 7
,ard Danube. n
October 5.--ROumanians flee across ii
Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
drive on MOnastir. t.
October Herman submarine U-53 r.
lists Newport, r. l., on mysterious
Sinks five ships off Narra- s
ansett Light night of October 10. n
October S.-Roumanians driven back S
Pennsylvania frontier.
October 1O.-Roumanians in rout h
ee through mountain passes. n
October 11.-Greece turns over her
Get to France on allies demand. Ital- n
ms, resuming Carso drive, take s. W
10 prisoners. s
october 22.-Roumanians in Do fl
retreat hastily.
October 23.-Teutons occupy Con- A
ANA. principal Roumanian seaport. al
throw Russians back across U
arayuvka river.
October 24.-French take $500 pris- tO
lers at Verdun.
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