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May 10.-Berlin admitted Sussex was tor
pedao oS BY BY Ger ,anh submarine tu,o
blown up; one American killed
May alderman seaplanes raided Eng
Austrians made decided gains against
Italians, crossing the border near vi
cenZa.
May 25.-British steamship Washington
sunk by su bmarine.
May 31.-Austrians reported capture of
Asiago and Arsiero.
Great naval battle in North sea. British
losing IA vessels and Germans IS.
June 5.-Earl Kitchener and staff lost
when cruiser Hampshire was blown up In
North sea.
June 7.-Germans took Fort vaux by
storm.
Austrians in Tyrol repulsed by Italians
with heavy losses.
Russians recaptured Lutsk fortress.
June 2O-Russians split Austrian Buko-
wilma army and occupied zadova, strog-
June 25.--Two Austrian transports, load
ed with troops, sunk in Durazzo harbor by
June galatians recaptured Posina and
Arsero.
ing apology for attack on Petrollte pun
lished.
July 1.-Allies began great. offensive on
west front, making big gains on both
sides of River Somme.
July 3.-French captured NUMBER OIL
towns in drive toward Peronne.
British took La Boisselle.
July 5.-French carried by storm German
second line near Peronne
Turks announced recapture of herman
shah from Russians
in Galicia.
David Lloyd-George made British Sec
July s.-French took Biache, close to
Peronne
German submarine Deutschland arrived
July 13-Germans opened seventh great
assault on Verdun.
July 15:-Italians captured vanzi. in Po-
Russians captured Baiburt, Armenia, by
assault
Germans took La Maisonnette and BIZ
aches, in SOmme sector.
July 1S.-Germans opened fierce counter
attack on British, with gas Shells, Win
ming at Longueval and Delville wood.
British blacklisted large number of
American individuals and firms for deal
ing with the Germans.
July 23.-British renewed terrific drive
in SOmme region, entering POz1ereS.
July 26.-Russians captured ErZingan,
Armenia.
July 28.-Russians captured Brody, Cali
clan railroad center; smashed Teuton first
line west of Lutsk, and drove back Won
IIinsingen in Volhynia.
-
ton lines on 15-mle front in Galicia.
Turks captured Bitlis and Mush.
Aug 9.-Italians captured Goritz.
Zeppelins raided English and Scotch
coast.
Aug. 13.-Russians took $4,000 men in
Galicia
Turks beat British east of suez canal
and in Mesopotanlia-
Aug 15-Russians captured Jablonitza,
in the Carpathians, and pierced new Teu-
ton lines on Lemberg front.
Arc british cruisers.
man battleship and one German subma-
rine lost in North sea action;
British swept Germans back on 1l-mlle
front in Somme sector
Aug. 24-British advanced south of
Thiepval, and French took Maurepas.
Russians recaptured Mush, Armenia. and
reported big victory near Rachta.
Zeppelins raided east coast of England;
Aug. 2-Italy declared war on Ger
Roumania declared war on Austria-Hun-
Aug. 2s.-Germany declared war on Rou-
Aug. Aug. 2s-Hindenburg made German chief
of staff in place Of Falkenhayn.
Aug 30.-Roumanians took Kronstadt
and other Transylvanian towns
Aug. SL-Roumanians seized Rustchuk,
Bulgaria, and more Hungarian towns.
Sept. 2.-Zeppelins raided England. one
being destroyed.
German East Africa, taken by British.
Sept 7.-Teutons took Roumanian for
tress Of Turtukai.
brio, Roumania.
Sept 16-Germans and Bulgarians cap
tured Roumanian fortress of Silistria~
Sept 11.-AllieS began new offensive in
Balkans, crossing the Struma
Sept. 15.-Allies smashed German third
line in Somme sector, advanced five miles
and took three towns. British used terri
BILE armored cars.
Serbs drove Bulgars back ten miles and
British and French advanced in balkans.
19Toia ms ian
crushed in the Dobrudja.
Sept. 17.-British took Danube TRENCH"
Mouuuet fortified farm and 1000 yards of
German trenches north of Courcelette.
Germans sank French transport filled
with troops
Sept. 1S.-French captured Deniecourt
Allies routed Bulgars in Macedonia and
Sept. 1s-Teutons drove Russians back
Sept. 23.-Zeppelins raided England,
killing 80 one Zeppelin destroyed and one
Sept. 25.-Zeppelins again raided Eng
Sept. 26.-Anglo- French forces took Com
bles and Thiepval after terrific fighting.
Sept. 2S.-Venizelos and Admiral COun-
douriotis issued proclamation of provision
al government for Greece
Oct 1.-BritiSh took 5000 yards of Ger
man trenches close to- Bapaume:
Zeppelins raided ENGLAND; one destroyed.
Oct. 2.-Roumanians crossed the Danube
into Bulgaria.
Oct. 4-Alies made great advances on
entire line in Macedonia.
Invading Roumanians forced out of Bull
garia.
Allied transport Gallia torpedoed: ssS
lost.
Oct S.-German submarine U-53 sank
five vessels off U. S. coast.
Germans recaptured Kronstadt. Transyl-
vania.
Oct. s.-Serbians forced crossing of Cerna
river in Macedonia
Oct. 1O.-Italians resumed advance on
Trieste, taking 5000 Austrians.
Oct 11.-Greek fleet turned over to allies
on their demand and largely dismantled.
Teutons began invasion Of Roumania.
Oct 15.-French captured Sailly-Saillisel
north of the Somme-
Oct 19.--Cunard liner Alaunia sunk by
mine in English channel; part Of crew
lost.
Oct. oO.-Roumanians won on Transyl-
vania frontier but lost in Dobrudja.
Russian battleship 1mperatritza Maria
Oct. 23.-Teutons captured Constance,
Roumanian Black sea port.
Oct