Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-01-06
REVIEW OF EUROPEAN WAR AND OTHER
IMPORTANT EVENTS Of THE YEAR 1916
Great Conflict RACES With Increased lntensityRoumana Fiji
teenh Nation to Enter Struggle 0verrn by Central Pow
ers-TeuoniC Allies Make First Peace Proposals.
United States Faces Several Crises


| Great Britain received q staggering
blow when the British cruiser Hamp-
shire was blown up In the North sea
| by mine and Earl Kitchener, British
secretary of war, and his entire staff,
were lost. During the early part of
June the Russians broadened their Of
fensive in Galicia and along the lines
| further north and on June they an
nounced the recapture of the fortress
of Lutsk In VOIhynia and the crossing
of the Ikwa and Styr rivers at several
| points.
On July /, the British and French
| launched their great drive on the west
| front. A concerted attack was made
on a 25-mlle front north and south Of
the Somme river. July II. after ten
days and nights of continuous fight
| ing, the British claimed the capture
OF the whole of the enemy's first lines
| of defense on front Of 1900 yards
During the remainder of the month the
! British and French continued their ad-
vance. the British occupying the entire
village Of P0zieres July 20 and the
ANH%h ahNHhNinE SibsE W dh
important railroad center.
During the month of August the
Russians, after terrific fighting, pierced
| the Teut0n lines on the Lemberg and
Kovel fronts and advanced In the Car
pathians. The Italians continued their
drive on Trieste. August 0, after days
of terrific fighting. they captured Go
ritz and pushed forward. pursuing the
retreating Austrians.
Roumanla Enters War.
ROumanla, after months OF wavering.
entered the war on the side Of the en-
tente allies with declaration of war
on Austria Hungary. R0umania was
the fifteenth nation to enter the war.
On the same day italy declared war on
Germany and the following day Ger
many declared war on Roumania. With
the declaration of war fighting began
! between the Roumunians and Aus
TRANS on the Transylvanian frontier.
August 30, the Roumanians occupied
kronstadt and Hermannstadt, the two
| chief cities Of Pennsylvania. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, whose sue
cesses had made him the idol of the
| German people, succeeded General Won
| Fnlkenhayn as chief Of the general
/ stan of the German army August 30.
During the month of September, the
! Roumanians. cooperating with the
| Russians, advanced in northern Tran
| sylvania and Bukowina, but suffered
| severe reverses at the hands of the
! Bulgarians and Austrians In Dohrudia.
| The allied troops made decided gains
| in the Somme sector, occupying
| Comhles and other important towns
ON September 20.
Early In October the tide turned
against the Roumanians and Russians
in Pennsylvania and the latter we're
forced to retire before a strong Austro-
! German force under command of Gen
eral Won Falkenhayn. On October IL.
the Teutons began an invasion of Rou-
| mania ON the Verdun front. the
French smashed the German lines Oc-
tober "a. retakIng Douaumont fort and
village
The struggle between the Roumanian
| and Russian forces on the one side and
the Teuton and Bulgarian armies on
the other held the center of attention
In November. Taking advantage of
the plight in which the Roumanians
on the Transylvanlan front found
themselves Won Mackensen held his
lines In Dobrudja and. attacking the
Danube line. forced the river barrier
at several points. Effecting a iuncture
of their forces. the Teuton command
erS drove the Roumunians back upon
bucharest. The Roumanlans retreat,
cd rapidly toward the capital. burning
villages and all stores of grain and
munitions in the district through which
they passed, November %, the seat
OF the Roumanlan government was
moved from Bucharest 10 JasSy. near
the Russian frontier. The Roumanians
| evacuated Bucharest December in or
der to save their army.
The SerbiauS. aided by French and
Italian troops. made a start toward
winning back their country during No
vemher. Their big drive resulted In
the capture OF MonaSur on November
10, On the Somme front the battle Of
the Anere opened November IL with
the capture by the British of five miles
OF the German positions. together with
three strong towns.
An announcement Of far-reaching
significance was made in the Russian
duma December by Premier Trcpofr.
who read proclamation announcing
officially that an agreement concluded
by Russia, France and Great Britain
In 1913, and later approved by Italy.
establishes In definite manner the
rights of Russia to the straits and
f., CouStantiuople
The fail of the British cabinet early
In December furnished one OF the most
/ sensational features of the years war
/ developments Demands of David
/ ldoyd-Gcorgc for the formation OF
Smaller war council 10 obtain greater
I safNa I n.