River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF The WAR b


miles of KOvel.
August 3.-French recapture part
of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged in London for par
ticipation 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 viii
lagos from Austrians.
August 8.-Italians take Gorilla
bridgehead and capture 10000 prfs-
Oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians
in great offensive. Austrians near
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 15.-Russians take Jablon-
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-AllieS take three miles
of trenches near the Somme An
nounced Russians have taken $4,000
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 18.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 2O.-British advance on IL
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.-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
denburg chief of staff of all German
armies in place of Won Falkenhayn.
August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians 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 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 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 DObrudja.
man SOmme positions on six-mile
front. Use tanks" for first time in
warfare
September 18.-Allies take Florina,
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 21.-Russians 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 18.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Yep
pelins invade England one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
15mile front on Somme. Venizelos
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 Danube.
October 2.-AnOther Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4. -Mackensen drives Rou-
manian invaders of Bulgaria back to-
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
In drive on MOnastir.
October Herman submarine U-53
visits Newport, r. l., on mysterious
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night of October 7-S.
October S.-Roumanians driven back
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians in rout
flee through mountain passes.
October 11-Greece turns over her
fleet to France on allies demand. Ital-
ians, resuming Carso drsve, take 81
900 prisoners.